Alex and Twitch's dance message: "Get out of your mind!"

Sometimes great performances on So You Think You Can Dance touch a deep emotional chord with me. Last night my wife and I started to make our way through some recorded episodes. We came to Alex and Twitch's astounding hip-hop dance, "Get out of your mind!"

We watched it twice. Today I saw it twice more, having been able to find it online. You'll probably have to wait for an ad to finish before seeing the video, but believe me, you need to wait. Then, enjoy.

What's amazing is that Alex is an accomplished ballet dancer. Hip-hop seemingly would be way out of his comfort zone. But he nailed this piece, both creatively and emotionally. The audience went wild, and the judges said it was one of the best performances ever on the show.

I loved the notion of a psychiatrist jumping up, hitting his patient with a clipboard, and rocking out to "Get out of your mind!" Sanity is so overrated. I'll take Alex and Twitch's craziness over sensible sobriety anytime.

To be able to just let go like that, on a stage with many millions watching live television, terrific! This is where dance melds with philosophy, broadly speaking, as so many art forms do.

I kept recalling the performance today. How Alex gets off his therapeutic couch and dances his way to mental health by saying fuck it. Which is what the actual lyrics to "Get out of your mind" (by Lil' Jon) say a lot.

The version of the song played on So You Think You Can Dance was considerably cleaned up. Here's the original of some lyrics heard on the performance:

Grab dat bottle, twist dat cap
Hold it in the air and tip it back
I'm drunk as hell, I'm off Patron
I really don't dance but I'm in the zone
Move bitch get out the way
I'm runnin' over nigga's like a runaway train
I grab my beer, you do the same
Shake that shit and make it rain!

I don't give a fuck! I don't give a fuck! --- FUCK IT!
I don't give a fuck! I don't give a fuck! --- FUCK IT!
I don't give a fuck! I don't give a fuck! --- FUCK IT!
Lets fuckin' lose it!

Get outta your mind! (x3)
Fuck that shit! Get outta your mind!
Get outta your mind! (x3)
Fuck that shit! Get outta your mind!

Cheap therapy. Not recommended for everyone, but, hey, if it works for you, it works.

Comments

[Celeste Vos]

I felt the same thing after I watched that dance. I think I watched it 3 times and then told Patrick to watch it immediately when he came home. It was the perfect combo of music, performance, choreography, and dancers. I'm so sad that Alex is no longer on the show, he was the best dancer by far! You crack me up that you posted the lyrics, you're one hip hop dad!

[jacques]

wat can I say these two dance like seasond veterans
i can not wait for Alex to come back next year
At the same time feeling very sorry that he is missing the rest off this year show
good luck to him