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KARMIRYAN ENDS 'SO YOU THINK YOU CAN DANCE' QUEST
Glendale News-Press (California)
Distributed by McClatchy-Tribune Business News
August 28, 2013 Wednesday
by Brittany Levine, Glendale News-Press, Calif.
Aug. 28--With pulsating jazz music blaring, Glendale resident Paul
Karmiryan popped on stage Tuesday night doing flip after flip toward
the audience during one of his final performances on "So You Think
You Can Dance."
For the past several weeks, the judges on the hit Fox show have gushed
over Karmiryan, but that didn't save him from being booted off the show
as he fell behind the top four finalists in garnering audience votes.
"It's so unpredictable," Karmiryan said during a conference call with
reporters Wednesday afternoon, adding that although he didn't make
it to the finale, he wouldn't have changed a thing.
"Of course. it's everyone's goal to make it to the finale and to
make it all the way," he said. "Thinking back on the L.A. auditions,
just the journey I've made from L.A. to now, it's just amazing. I
have no regrets."
The 22-year-old was selected out of thousands of dancers who auditioned
for the show, now in its 10th season. The top 20 moved on to compete
as couples on live television. At the end of the competition, there
will be one male winner and one female winner.
Karmiryan, who moved to Glendale from Armenia when he was 6 years old,
isn't a stranger to television dance competitions. He won the Armenian
version of the show two years ago.
That experience prepared him for the Emmy Award-winning American
version, which, he said, had a tougher competition pool.
"They were the same show, but both of them were completely different
in my life as a whole," he said, noting that because of Armenia's
small population -- it's slightly smaller than Los Angeles -- the
American show was on a grander scale.
Karmiryan, who started dancing just over four years ago, started
with Latin ballroom as his dance of choice, but throughout the show
he danced hip-hop, jazz and other styles.
His favorite was dancing a contemporary piece to Lady Gaga's "The Edge
of Glory." As dark blue lights flooded the stage, Karmiryan and his
then-partner, Mackenzie Dustman, a Temecula resident who was kicked
off the show earlier this month, glided on stage, portraying lovers
from two different worlds.
"The moment that we shared together on the stage, it just meant a
lot to us," Karmiryan said.
As much as his moves looked effortless on screen, Karmiryan said
that was because of hard work and draining practices. By the end of
Tuesday night's show, Karmiryan's muscles were giving in and he was
fighting to finish.
"We're still human after all," he said.
Karmiryan is set to join the top 10 finalists on a 42-city North
American tour that kicks off on Oct. 1. After that, he plans to
continue dancing -- both on television and off. One day he hopes to
be on "Dancing with the Stars," an ABC show that pairs celebrities
with professional dancers.
"It's really not the end, it's only the beginning," he said.
Glendale News-Press (California)
Distributed by McClatchy-Tribune Business News
August 28, 2013 Wednesday
by Brittany Levine, Glendale News-Press, Calif.
Aug. 28--With pulsating jazz music blaring, Glendale resident Paul
Karmiryan popped on stage Tuesday night doing flip after flip toward
the audience during one of his final performances on "So You Think
You Can Dance."
For the past several weeks, the judges on the hit Fox show have gushed
over Karmiryan, but that didn't save him from being booted off the show
as he fell behind the top four finalists in garnering audience votes.
"It's so unpredictable," Karmiryan said during a conference call with
reporters Wednesday afternoon, adding that although he didn't make
it to the finale, he wouldn't have changed a thing.
"Of course. it's everyone's goal to make it to the finale and to
make it all the way," he said. "Thinking back on the L.A. auditions,
just the journey I've made from L.A. to now, it's just amazing. I
have no regrets."
The 22-year-old was selected out of thousands of dancers who auditioned
for the show, now in its 10th season. The top 20 moved on to compete
as couples on live television. At the end of the competition, there
will be one male winner and one female winner.
Karmiryan, who moved to Glendale from Armenia when he was 6 years old,
isn't a stranger to television dance competitions. He won the Armenian
version of the show two years ago.
That experience prepared him for the Emmy Award-winning American
version, which, he said, had a tougher competition pool.
"They were the same show, but both of them were completely different
in my life as a whole," he said, noting that because of Armenia's
small population -- it's slightly smaller than Los Angeles -- the
American show was on a grander scale.
Karmiryan, who started dancing just over four years ago, started
with Latin ballroom as his dance of choice, but throughout the show
he danced hip-hop, jazz and other styles.
His favorite was dancing a contemporary piece to Lady Gaga's "The Edge
of Glory." As dark blue lights flooded the stage, Karmiryan and his
then-partner, Mackenzie Dustman, a Temecula resident who was kicked
off the show earlier this month, glided on stage, portraying lovers
from two different worlds.
"The moment that we shared together on the stage, it just meant a
lot to us," Karmiryan said.
As much as his moves looked effortless on screen, Karmiryan said
that was because of hard work and draining practices. By the end of
Tuesday night's show, Karmiryan's muscles were giving in and he was
fighting to finish.
"We're still human after all," he said.
Karmiryan is set to join the top 10 finalists on a 42-city North
American tour that kicks off on Oct. 1. After that, he plans to
continue dancing -- both on television and off. One day he hopes to
be on "Dancing with the Stars," an ABC show that pairs celebrities
with professional dancers.
"It's really not the end, it's only the beginning," he said.