Posts Tagged ‘Brian Fortuna’
Strictly Professionals for 2010 announced
So returning to compete with celebrities this year are: Anton du Beke, Brendan Cole, James Jordan, Vincent Simone, Ola Jordan, Flavia Cacace, Erin Boag, Kristina Rihanoff, Natalie Lowe, Aliona Vilani, Katya Virshilas Added to this are three new professional dancers (3 girls were added last year so 3 guys are added this year): Images courtesy…
Read MoreThe moment of truth!
So it’s all down to how the studio audience voted, who’s going out first…(I’ve predicted it to be between Austin & Rachel) Chris & Ola – unsurprising to be honest as the Foxtrot didn’t really allow Chris’ personality to come across. Gethin & Flavia – lacking chemistry so again unsurprising. Ricky & Natalie Austin &…
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 MoreAli Bastian & Brian Fortuna – American Smooth
A dance that should suit Ali better, although they have chosen quite a fast number. Not sure about Ali having both hands above her head during her spins, looks a little untidy. It looks like they’ve decided to quash any ‘are they or aren’t they’ rumours with those kisses at the end. A very good…
Read MoreAli Bastian & Brian Fortuna – Argentine Tango
Can Ali pull off the unexpected and actually give us a down and dirty performance? Incidentally this song they’re dancing to is the same one that a couple I choreographed for used in their Christmas party last night, and won! Hints of passion there, but i’d still like to see a bit more intensity, and…
Read MoreAli Bastian & Brian Fortuna – Samba
The bogey dance so far for most competitors, and I don’t think the Samba will prove to be her dance tonight either. Still looks too ‘nice’ and on a couple of moves Ali doesn’t appear to finish before she’s on to the next step and really needs to dance from the floor. I don’t think…
Read MoreAli Bastian & Brian Fortuna – Tango
Another dance where Ali won’t be able to ‘float’ round the floor so will be interesting to see how she copes with the passion and aggression required in this dance. Slight slip in the spins at the start and they appear to be incorporating rising into the dance at points. Ali is looking quite unsteady…
Read MoreAli Bastian & Brian Fortuna – Charlston
Yet another injury has hit the current series of Strictly, one really has to start wondering if this series really is cursed! So far Ali appears to be coping with her injured ankle well. Another energetic performance although the exit from the first lift looked a little messy. Preferred this performance to Chris’ so I’ll…
Read MoreAli Bastian & Brian Fortuna – Foxtrot
Away from the sexy requirements of the Latin Ali should perform a great Foxtrot tonight. Like the Viennese the other week, Ali looks a little shaky at times but overall another almost faultless performance (a little hard to tell whether she was correctly releasing the toe when moving backward – good old Strictly camera angles!)…
Read MoreAli Bastian & Brian Fortuna – Cha Cha
A perfect dance last week, sadly I don’t think they’ll perform quite as well this week – Ali hasn’t performed well in the fast Latin dances so far.The fringing is hiding the inadequacies in her hip action, and an obvious mistake in the middle. Didn’t really float my boat, but then pretty much what I…
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