Sabra Johnson
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| Sabra Johnson | |
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| Born | Sabra Elise Johnson |
| Occupation | Dancer |
Sabra Elise Johnson (born July 29, 1987) is a dancer from Roy, Utah and the most recent champion of the Fox reality television show So You Think You Can Dance.
She was born in the Netherlands, lived nine years in Germany, and after that, nine years in Utah. She now lives in New York while pursuing her dancing career.
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[edit] Early career
Johnson started formal dance training at the age of 16 at Dance Impressions in Bountiful, Utah, under the direction of mother-daughter team Kandee Allen and Vivian Colobella. Before training in dance, Johnson had a previous background in gymnastics. Her dance training consists of jazz, ballet, contemporary, and gymnastics, with some experience in hip hop, modern, tap, and theater. Johnson's favorite style of dancing is contemporary.[1]Before auditioning for So You Think You Can Dance, Johnson was going on to her fourth year of being a dancer. Johnson had a backup role on the hit film High School Musical as one of the skater dancers in the "Stick To The Status Quo" scene. [2][3]
[edit] Contestant on So You Think You Can Dance
On the first episode of the show, Johnson was paired up with breakdancer Dominic Sandoval, and they remained partners for five weeks. Each week, Johnson and her partners were required to reach into the hat with paper slips containing the a variety of dance styles. The pair performed a disco routine during week one, a contemporary routine during week two, a rumba during week three, a hip hop during week four, and a jive during week five. The couple landed themselves in the bottom three couples only once which was during the first week. After week five, there were only ten dancers remaining in the competition.
After Johnson made it into the top ten, she was separated from Dominic Sandoval because of the rules for the top 10 competition. In week 6, Johnson was randomly paired with contemporary/hip hop dancer Kameron Bink for the next dance where they performed a contemporary routine. Bink was eliminated on the following results show. In week 7, Johnson was randomly paired with ballroom dancer, Pasha Kovalev, for the next performance where they performed a Broadway routine and a quickstep. In week 8, Johnson was randomly paired with contemporary dancer Neil Haskell for the next dances where they performed a jazz routine and a paso doble routine. During the following results show, Johnson was announced as a top 4 finalist of the season. Throughout the season Johnson was praised for her passion, enthusiasm, prodigious talent, personality, strong dancing and versatility in the different routines. In the end, Johnson garnered more votes than her fellow finalists and was subsequently crowned America's favorite dancer, beating out Danny Tidwell, Neil Haskell, and Lacey Schwimmer. Sabra became the first woman to win in the three seasons of the show.
[edit] Performances
| Week | Partner | Dance | Song | Result |
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| 1 | Dominic Sandoval | Disco | "No More Tears (Enough Is Enough)"— Donna Summer & Barbra Streisand |
Bottom 3 |
| 2 | Contemporary | "I'll Stand by You"—The Pretenders | Safe | |
| 3 | Rumba | "Stickwitu"—The Pussycat Dolls | Safe | |
| 4 | Hip-hop | "Make It Work"—Ne-Yo | Safe | |
| 5 | Jive | "I Do the Jerk"—Ryan Shaw | Safe | |
| 6 | Kameron Bink | Contemporary | "Amazing Grace"—Crystal Lewis | Safe |
| 7 | Pasha Kovalev | Broadway | "A Wild Wild Party"— from The Wild Party | Safe |
| Quickstep | "Mr. Pinstripe Suit"—Big Bad Voodoo Daddy | |||
| 8 | Neil Haskell | Jazz | "Sweet Dreams (Are Made Of This)"—Eurythmics | Safe |
| Paso Doble | "España Cañí"—Juan & Gennaro | |||
| 9 | Neil Haskell | Hip hop | "Whine Up"—Kat DeLuna & Elephant Man | Winner |
| Lacey Schwimmer | Jazz | "Koyal (Songbird)"—Nitin Sawhney | ||
| Danny Tidwell | Cha cha | "Gotta Get Down (La Negra Tiene Tumbao) [Spanglish Remix]"—Celia Cruz |
Note: Results highlighted in red indicate that contestants placed in the bottom dancers or couples, but may not have necessarily been eliminated.
[edit] Post SYTYCD
Johnson appeared on the February cover of movmnt magazine, with Danny Tidwell, as part of a article on "Keep It Real", a non-profit organization.
[edit] References
[edit] External links
- Sabra Johnson Interview at DaemonsTV.com
- Profile at So You Think You Can Dance
- "Sabra Dance" at The Standard-Examiner (Utah)
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