The meaning of dance ...

For anyone who watched So You Think You Can Dance last night, you know the true effect that dance can have on the human sentiment. Dance is a means of expression that can so directly pinpoint an emotion, as manifested perfectly by Tyce Diorio's contemporary piece to Maxwell's cover of "This Woman's Work," performed by Ade and Melissa.

The piece is about a woman with breast cancer and her friend coping with it. Melissa and Ade were truly breathtaking as they smoothly flowed through Tyce's choreography simply oozing radiance and emotion and were 1,000 percent dedicated to each emotion, each facial expression, each and every movement.

Nigel said "this is why I love dance so much, because you can express so many emotions without the use of words." With Nigel himself, Mary and Mia Michaels along with Tyce, Melissa and the majority of the audience sobbing (not to mention me in my living room) it was apparent the true depth and magnitude of this piece. It was truly touching, to anyone, whether you are a lover of dance, or a grown man who hates dance.

The beauty and majesty of simplicity of this dance resonated with the audience and the dancers, and just everyone.

With that said, as I try to stop re-watching the video on YouTube and crying, the rest of the pieces, while good, faded in the background to this moment in television history. For any skeptics of reality shows, of dance as an art form, for those you don't believe in the importance of dance and the power of this performance art, please watch the video and then tell me that you were not completely moved by this.

And last, but probably most importantly, to raise social awareness about a serious disease, breast cancer, in the way that this show did, in the way that Tyce's raw and emotional choreography did, is a blessing to us all who have the privilege to watch this, because the awful fact is every single person's life has been affected, in some way by this terrible disease.

OK, and now I am emotionally unable to discuss any other pieces. However, I will post more after tonight's results show (and after I catch up with the first hour of last night's which I sadly missed).