Posts Tagged ‘2012’
Denise 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.
Read MoreStrictly Training Video analysis
So Strictly starts in a little while and all the training videos have now been released. I’ve decided to analyse them all in one big post rather than 14 individual entries so that you can directly compare all of the pre-show training.
Read MoreAliona Vilani Hairline Fracture
If you haven’t heard already Aliona Vilani suffered a hairline fracture in her ankle whilst training with Johnny Ball on Thursday. Full recoverey time hasn’t been confirmed yet but initial prognosis puts her as out for 2-4 weeks, meaning she’ll miss at least the first show, if not maybe even the whole of this series…
Read MoreStrictly Come Dancing 2012 – Premiere
Yes yes I know I haven’t blogged about Strictly, or anything for that matter, in 9 months but I thought it about time to get back into it. The reveal show took place almost two weeks ago and although I watched it at the time, this is the first chance I’ve had to sit down…
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