Posts Tagged ‘Ballroom’
Strictly 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 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 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 MoreHarry Judd & Aliona Vilani – Foxtrot
Hands are a little splayed (as Craig would put it) which is a shame. Needs to keep his head up and really stretch out in his frame but there’s a great connection between them both…Emma wonders if they’re both single… A good performance let down by his frame – really work on stretching away from…
Read MoreJason Donovan & Kristina Rihanoff – Foxtrot
Jason was top of the leader board last week, and the training midweek suggested he’ll still be there this week, let’s hope he lives up to it. Not sure on the solo spin and a few picked up feet in his first feather step. Needs to watch his shoulder line and the pivots are a…
Read MoreRobbie Savage & Ola Jordan – Foxtrot
Almost a stumble at the beginning but other than that quite a good start. Shame that it actually loses it a bit once they go into hold. His eyeline’s just a little too high, which a lot of the guys suffer from in the Ballroom, but he’s definitely putting a lot into the performance. It…
Read MoreLulu & Brendan Cole – Foxtrot
Head up Lulu! Lifting her feet rather than tracking along the floor and missing quite a few of her heel turns, which is a shame as she was doing them in training. You can tell she’s forgotten a few of the steps but a huge improvement on last week. Not bad, Lulu just needs to…
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