Posts Tagged ‘Ballroom’
Natalie Cassidy & Vincent Simone – Quickstep
Natalie performed a good Jive last week, how is she going to cope with the energy levels required for this week’s Quickstep? Natalie has to control those shoulders, which do raise up at times, and the dance seems to have a very laboured start – though it does pick up after that. A slight mistake…
Read MoreRicky Whittle & Natalie Lowe – Tango
With rumours abound this week that Ricky’s split with his girlfriend Carley Stenson was due to his ‘close’ relationship with Natalie Lowe, this could be a passionate Tango indeed!Ricky Whittle – Tango The dance certainly starts with a lot of passion and energy, though it does look quite sloppy at times – is this nerves…
Read MoreRicky Whittle & Natalie Lowe – Quickstep
I hope Natalie has worked on Ricky’s frame, as that’s the one part of his dancing that I’ve felt has been particularly lacking.An energetic performance and hard to fault at times (though he needs to ensure he brings the feet closer together during the scatter chasses). I really found it hard to fault and this…
Read MorePhil Tufnell & Katya Virshilas – Tango
A dance that requires passion and control, and absolutely no hip rolling!!! Can Phil cope…Phil needs to keep the bum in, it does appear to be protruding throughout, and this is also resulting in a slight hunched over frame. An ok performance that should easily get 7’s.
Read MoreLaila Rouass & Anton du Beke – Viennese Waltz
Back to ballroom, and Anton’s forte, we should see significant improvement this weekThe training mid-week for this looked excellent, let’s hope she can perform tonight. There’s something just not quite right with her frame, it doesn’t look like she’s quite standing up from her core, which is resulting in a slight chin protusion. That slip…
Read MoreJade Johnson & Ian Waite – Foxtrot
The Foxtrot is a slow and elegant dance and, like most ballroom dances, tends to suit the taller couples – and these two are certainly both tall!For an athlete Jade does manage to pull off elegant quite well. A little bit of gapping between them , Jade needs to slow down when she’s the one…
Read MoreCraig Kelly & Flavia Cacace – Waltz
Craig is hoping to make it to Blackpool next week, but has thus far not managed to impress the judges with his attempts – will the Waltz be any better?Craig’s frame is vastly improved on his previous attempts at ballroom, and actually is one of the best frames I’ve seen from any of the celebrity…
Read MoreAli Bastian & Brian Fortuna – American Smooth
I expected Ali to struggle with the Jive last week and unfortunately was proved correct. Back to Ballroom should see Ali return to form.Impressive leg lift in the middle of the routine, shame that there just appears to be a few issues occurring throughout the routine. Definitely back on track, just a shame that a…
Read MoreNatalie Cassidy & Vincent Simone – American Smooth
So an American Smooth with no lifts…that’s a first for Strictly. How will it fair with the judges?Natalie needs to relax the shoulders and make sure she is leaning away from Vincent as it does ruin the top line look at the moment. A nice routine obviously lacking in the wow factor due to no…
Read MoreRicky Groves & Erin Boag – American Smooth
Ricky and Erin have decided to choose a Viennese Waltz as their American Smooth dance and from the training videos I think that could prove to be a good choice.Shame he was out of time at the start there as they came together. An excellent performance, with a cheeky bit of Quickstep thrown in for…
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