Strictly Come Dancing
It Takes Two – Tuesday 9th October
A few days later than intended, here’s Tuesday’s update! On Tuesday’s show they featured Sid & Ola, Fern & Artem and Lisa & Robin along with the return of Karen Hardy’s Choreography Corner.
Read MoreIt Takes Two – Monday 8th October
So It Takes Two is back, and I’m going to try and bring you updates and analysis daily, teaching schedule allowing. On Monday’s show they featured Anton & Jerry, Craig Revel-Horwood and Louis & Flavia.
Read MoreStrictly Come Dancing Week 1 Day 2
So we had a pretty busy weekend of teaching and weren’t able to blog during the second show. I’ve decided to analyse the second show all in one big entry rather than spamming everyone with 8 separate entries two days after the live show. Going forward I’ll probably just do a Monday analysis of the…
Read MoreWeek 1 Leader Board – Day 1
So the leader board at the end of day 1 is above, how does it compare to my marks? 1: 7 Denise & James 2. 6 Michael & Natalie 2. 6 Nicky & Karen 4. 5 Colin & Kristina 4. 5 Fern & Artem 6. 3 Victoria & Brendan The judges and I aren’t quite…
Read MoreDenise Van Outen & James Jordan – Waltz
A nice elegant start, but they need to start Waltzing soon as this intro is going on quite a while. A nice head line from Denise, the fog makes it difficult to see her footwork at times.
Read MoreColin Salmon & Kristina Rihanoff – Cha Cha Cha
Well that’s another interesting outfit! Better Cuban Breaks than the previous two celebrity attempts, but could do with some hip action at the same time. His height is definitely working against him with his hip action, and the hands are just a little too camp, but Ian Waite proves that being tall doesn’t mean you…
Read MoreVictoria Pendleton & Brendan Cole – Cha Cha Cha
Not sure about the outfits, and Victoria looks very unsteady on those heels! It’s a fast start but feels a bit messy and I’m not really seeing much hip action, I’m assuming the outfit is to cover up the cyclist size quads that pop out on occasion. Just like Fern Victoria unfortunately messes up the…
Read MoreMichael Vaughan & Natalie Lowe – Waltz
Michael has some nice movement but his head position makes him look uncomfortable, and like Nicky he needs to improve his posture and stand up straighter. Also think he may have just been out of time at the start. Needs to work on his chasse footwork as he’s coming down too early and doing a…
Read MoreNicky Byrne & Karen Hauer – Waltz
Personally I’m a fan of the tail suit for Ballroom dances but I suppose he has the body to pull off the Lycra shirt! Posture isn’t great during the opening intro, really needs to stand up more and keep himself from hunching over. Timing seems to go a bit iffy during the pivots and it’s…
Read MoreFern Britton & Artem Chigvintsev – Cha Cha Cha
Nothing like a bit of Stevie Wonder to get the party started! Fern needs to make sure her feet stay in contact with the floor all the way through the dance and should really be straightening the standing leg.
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