Posts Tagged ‘Ballroom’
Audley Harrison & Natalie Lowe – Strictly Training Video
Second up is Audley Harrison and Natalie Lowe with the Waltz. Audley is looking nice and light on his feet initially, though he really needs to take slightly smaller steps – it’s about driving forward to move further, not taking bigger steps. He has a nice frame, but doesn’t look quite so confident out of…
Read MoreStrictly Training Video – Chelsee Healey & Pasha Kovalev
Final video update tonight is new boy Pasha Kovalev and his partner Chelsee Healey with their Waltz. Our first chance to see what Pasha brings to the show, as well as one of my initial tips for the title Chelsee. Balance issues aside you can see straight away that Chelsee actually has quite a lot…
Read MoreStrictly Training Video – Nancy Dell'Olio & Anton Du Beke
Second up tonight is Nancy Dell’Olio and Anton Du Beke also with the Waltz. For the majority of the training Nancy is looking quite rigid and heavy footed, but I’m really liking the sequence around about 58/9 seconds in. If she can continue to be lighter on her feet she’ll be in good hands with…
Read MoreStrictly Training Video – Dan Lobb & Katya Virshilas
Ok it’s been a busy few days so I haven’t had time to keep you up-to-date with all the training videos so you’ll now get 3 in fairly quick succession. First up, Dan Lobb & Katya Virshilas with their Waltz training. Dan needs to be careful not to let his shoulders tense up during the…
Read MoreStrictly Training Video – Anita Dobson & Robin Windsor
Maybe it’s Anita, and not Alex, who needs L and R written on her! The number of times we have to say “other left foot”…yet the students just giggle.Anita is looking nice and elegant at the moment, so that’s a great start, though I do wonder how she’ll cope when the Latin dances come…
Read MoreStrictly Training Video – Rory Bremner & Erin Boag
Day two of training so we should see a bit more development as the weeks progress. Next up is Rory Bremner & Erin Boag and Waltz.I imagine this will be a good one for Rory to start off with (though his wiggle didn’t look too bad at all in the opening show). Rory will need…
Read MoreChris Hollins & Ola Jordan – Foxtrot
Chris really stepped it up in the final last week and delivered an almost perfect Foxtrot, can he improve on that tonight? Looks to me like there has been some work on the hands, but really should be smiling throughout. Shame about the mistake in the middle. Ola knows how much the audience like the…
Read MoreGethin Jones & Flavia Cacahe – American Smooth
So a new partnership for the Christmas Special, how will they perform together? Doesn’t really seem to be much chemistry between them, and I’m finding the performance a little stale, however the final lift drew some excited gasps from Emma’s mother and sister. Not a bad performance, but not as good as the others so…
Read MoreAli Bastian & Brian Fortuna – Viennese Waltz
A perfect 40 in Blackpool, let’s see if they can recreate that magical dance tonight. Ali’s elegance always suits the mainly slow Ballroom dances. A little shaky at times but otherwise faultless and I think this could be the first perfect score of the night.
Read MoreRicky Whittle & Natalie Lowe – Quickstep
Perfect marks in the final for their Quickstep makes this a strong contender, though hopefully there’ll be some new choreography. Thought there was a slight slip up in the middle, but otherwise a very good performance, will the judges overlook the lift at the end though? Technically it seemed perfect but have to knock off…
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