Everleigh Soutas - Hoax

DC Dance Factory
In10sity Nashville 23-24
Junior Contemporary Solo
3rd Overall

[dakotaskong]

the choreo is so good! why are people complaining! It’s finally a dance that shows her strength as an emotional dancer and not just tricks!

[RebeccaFaulkner-sr]

From a former dancer, this is THE most beautiful solo I’ve ever seen. She has so much composure and poise to execute this solo so well. Blown away. Also, would love to learn this choreo.

[capybara_]

I don’t think people realized that this is contemporary and not lyrical. That’s why the choreo is simple and doesn’t have many tricks or turns.

[CruelSwiftie]

i didn't know i would see the most talented dancer with the most talented singer's song

[alyssaayon]

The choreography is amazing! I love that it’s not all tricks and turns. She did amazing

[Addytheballerina]

I want to see the haters doing this dance as perfectly as she did cause no doubt they can do even half as good as this.

[emmapau.]

I love her emotion, most people who say this isn’t good many of them aren’t dancers. more advanced dancing looks like this, everyone has an opinion and I’m not saying your’s is wrong, please don’t take offense. everleigh has grown so much as a dancer and I love this type of choreography as a dancer myself

[rrrockich]

That was phenomenal! Her dancing has improved since moving to Nashville!

[maialovesdance]

Dance/acro teacher here... I see comments on both sides about choreo and see what everyone is getting at, but at the end of the day, the issue is not the choreo but the storytelling. This choreo isn't bad at all, but the storytelling is far beyond that of most soloists competing Junior, which is where things seem to fall flat. If this solo was given to a mid-level teen who had worked exclusively with the storytelling elements of dance and they had developed a "plot" for this solo, it likely would have landed much better, but I think for an 11 year old kid a roll is just "my teacher told me to roll" rather than "I'm falling to the ground after taking a bullet, " which is understandable. I would love to see her do the same dance in like, three years....

[ellascabar]

She better compete at radix nationals for protege! With how she’s dancing, she definitely has top 6 potential!

[TheIrisify]

can’t understand all of these mean comments, this girl is so gifted and hard working !

[Kathryn.samarita]

Why does it feel like this girl could be on dance moms if they were still doing the show

[elle_dances..]

i compete against her studio a lot and they are very close to us!!

[luvcali]

people are freaking out about the choreo when majority of little kids dances are just laying on their stomach and kicking their legs back and forth for the whole dance..

[abbythings]

this is ACTUAL GOOD CHOREOGRAPHY for once yall. this is DANCING and FEELING THE MUSIC, not just holding up your leg like she did as a mini. good job everleigh!

[Popcorn]

I used to be a dancer and I was really good at lyrical and acro and contemporary but contemporary was also really hard for me at the start

[Anistyn]

If u think this choreography is bad then you probably still ballet slippers and a tutu bc this choreography is rlly goof

[imjustcookingpizza]

If you think Talia choreo is bad you either dont dance, or you dance at a studio that still wears tights and jazz shoes.

[JJSQUAD]

Why the hell is there so much hate that was amazing 🎉

[alexia_cohen]

Guys, the choreography is not that bad. Talia is a great choreographer. Is it her best work? I don’t think so, but the main issue for me is the lack of storytelling and emotional depth. When I was a junior, I had a hard time projecting all the emotions with my body, and sometimes my choreography felt flat because it was far too mature for my age and knowledge. When you move on from the mini category to the junior one, showing hard tricks is not the main focus. As a dancer gets older, tricks become less important, and emotional execution takes on greater significance. Everleigh is an outstanding 11 year old dancer; she has a lot of emotion, but the emotional maturity and storytelling aren’t there yet. I think this dance would have suited a teen better. P.S: no hate to Everleigh or Talia, they’re both great