Posts Tagged ‘Latin American’
Ricky Whittle & Natalie Lowe – Cha Cha Cha
I wasn’t a big fan of their Cha Cha the first time round, though the judges seemed to really like it. Let’s see if Ricky can change my mind. Some of Ricky’s forward locks are really good, and then some appear to have no hip action whatsoever, and he does need to look at those…
Read MoreBoth couple's Lindyhop
Out of the two of them I’d say in advance that Chris could well outperform Ricky in this dance – on a personality basis anyway! Little stumble at the start from Ricky there. Chris does need to keep his head up though. However Ricky can definitely lift Natalie easily over his head…up until that spin…
Read MoreChris Hollins & Ola Jordan – Rumba
I personally really liked Chris’ Rumba back in his first week but there was still significant room for improvement, let’s hope 10/11 weeks on has seen that improvement realised! At times Chris’ hands look really good, at others they are just stuck out, but thankfuly mainly there is some shaping there. I’d like to see…
Read MoreRicky Whittle & Natalie Lowe – Cha Cha Cha
Not quite sure on the pants in the training Ricky… Seems to be dancing more with his upper body than his hips early on and I do wish he’d do something with his free hand when it’s not in use. I don’t feel like there’s as much choreography as I’d be expecting from these two…
Read MoreChris Hollins & Ola Jordan – Samba
Another Samba tonight, Ali scored well earlier on and it’ll be difficult to have such a direct comparison to her. I think Bruno might mention the stamping jump at the start, and Chris’ mouth is making a comeback. His hips are a little lacking but it’s a very good performance and I’ll give it an…
Read MoreLaila Rouass & Anton du Beke – Salsa
They’ve not impressed in the Latin so far this series, the training looks good but can they ‘bring it’ on the night? Why Laila, why always the mistakes? Especially when you’re apart from Anton it just makes it so obvious. Emma asked me yesterday my prediction for who was going out tonight, I predicted Laila…
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 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.
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