Posts Tagged ‘Latin American’
Ali 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 MorePaso tips from Vincent Simone
Looking to improve your Paso Doble (albeit we don’t teach it in our classes!)? Here’s the top tips from Strictly Come Dancing’s Vincent Simone:
Read MoreThe moment of truth, dance off, and result
Is it unthinkable for Ricky Whittle to be in the bottom two…let’s find out! Still on target for a Ricky & Laila dance-off, but wait it appears Anton is more popular than Natalie. I preferred Natalie’s original Rock and Roll performance to Ricky’s but I think it’ll take a miracle for Natalie to be saved…
Read MoreNatalie Cassidy & Vincent Simone – Rock and Roll
So the cartwheel lift, and the rolly-polly are apparently out, let’s see what’s left for their routine Sorry Ricky but already this has much more energy and fun than your performance – and there’s a knicker shot for Len! It actually seems a little too Jive’y in places but I’ll give this an 8 too.
Read MoreRicky Whittle & Natalie Lowe – Rock and Roll
Fresh from police questioning I had someone comment last night “I wonder if Ricky will be dancing to ‘Jailhouse Rock’?” I’m already scared from watching the training videos of the lifts! I do wish Ricky would do something with his free hand, it does tend to just hang around. Looks like a slight mistake at…
Read MoreNatalie Cassidy & Vincent Simone – Samba
When I saw the training videos mid-week she looked a little flat so i’m hoping Vincent’s addressed that since. Len will definitely appreciate them going straight into the dance. For me i’d have Natalie take slightly more compact steps, this would help with the hip action. The bounce was improved over mid-week but I still…
Read MoreWe're famous!
Well the BBC have finally uploaded one solitary picture of us from the ‘Come Dancing With Strictly’ event in Blackpool! Not the best photo they took of us during the day so i’m sure there’ll be more…maybe. For more photos from Blackpool visit the BBC website.
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…
Read MoreLaila Rouass & Anton du Beke – Rumba
I thought their Paso last week was very good, and deserved higher marks than it received. Anton’s Latin choreography has been a bit weak this series so i’m hoping we see some improvement in the content.That foot/ankle injury is obviously causing Laila serious problems and the dance has definitely suffered. I think they might let…
Read MoreChris Hollins & Ola Jordan – Paso Doble
So Chris gave his best performance last week, can he keep it up with the Paso this week?Not sure on the facial expressions, but definitely an aggressive attacking attitude. I don’t personally like all the jumping stamps but the ending was very good and generally very good technique throughout. Easily 8’s, maybe even a 9…
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