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Strictly 2018

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  • ObelixxObelixx Posts: 30,090
    Yes, we watched it late last night after a late dinner - gardening all day for once.

    I expected the Street to be more hip-hoppy but agree it was a lively, vibrant dance and well-performed.   I find contemproary dance can be very samey with the movements and lifts (like classic ballet which I find underwhelming) but I thought it was a good attempt and she did very well.   Loved Oti's tango.  She seems to have her horeography mojo back and he performed well.  Danny's jive was amazing.   

    I liked Kate's Viennese (gorgeous dress too) but can see why Craig said it was mediocre.   I didn't like the foxtrots, mostly because the music felt wrong to me and they were too fast.  The whole point of foxtrot is that it is slow and measured and graceful and gives you time to do some moves and figures - like the difference between Viennese and slow or Engish waltz - and not full pelt like a quickstep.  

    I was pelased with the guest judge.  He clearly knew his stuff and had done his homework and made some very good comments.  He can guest again.
    Vendée - 20kms from Atlantic coast.
    "The price good men (and women) pay for indifference to public affairs is to be ruled by evil men (and women)."
    Plato
  • AnniDAnniD Posts: 12,585
    Yes, how could l forget about Danny's jive :blush:  l remember thinking "At last, a jive with proper tempo". How he kept it up all the way through was amazing. I am ambivalent about Ashley and Pasha's rumba, l realised that l had spent the whole time watching Pasha, so had to go back and watch it again.
  • ObelixxObelixx Posts: 30,090
    edited October 2018
    Forgot about that.  Wasn't keen on the choreography or the music but she did it well.  I think a rumba needs to be a bit more languid and less spinny.
    Vendée - 20kms from Atlantic coast.
    "The price good men (and women) pay for indifference to public affairs is to be ruled by evil men (and women)."
    Plato
  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,147
    AnniD said:
    Yes, how could l forget about Danny's jive :blush:  l remember thinking "At last, a jive with proper tempo". How he kept it up all the way through was amazing. .....
    I kept thinking 'that man is only 8 years younger than me!'  ... I've not jived like that (well, not as good as that, but at that tempo) since I was in my early 40s!!!  :o

    Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.





  • ObelixxObelixx Posts: 30,090
    I don't think I ever have.  Tend to cheat and do Boogie Tap instead.  Much less strain on toes and lungs and heart.
    Vendée - 20kms from Atlantic coast.
    "The price good men (and women) pay for indifference to public affairs is to be ruled by evil men (and women)."
    Plato
  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,147
    My ex was a great jiver and quickstepper ....... that and football ruined his knees ... two knee replacements later he does Ceroc ... apparently .... 

    Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.





  • ObelixxObelixx Posts: 30,090
    edited October 2018
    Had to google that.  It looks a lot like what we call West Coast Swing - very fluid and flowing to a less manic tempo and much less tricky for knees and toes and stamina.
    Vendée - 20kms from Atlantic coast.
    "The price good men (and women) pay for indifference to public affairs is to be ruled by evil men (and women)."
    Plato
  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,147
    He and Mrs seem to enjoy it ... they've both got some health problems  so it suits them ... to be fair, my knees probably aren't up to jiving now  :'(

    Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.





  • GWRSGWRS Posts: 8,478
    Watched show last night , overall a good show , as ever you like some more than others
    Thought new judge new his stuff and had done some home work as well 
    No real duffers last night so it will be interesting to see who is in Dance off ?
  • ObelixxObelixx Posts: 30,090
    The bottom 2 I hope.
    Vendée - 20kms from Atlantic coast.
    "The price good men (and women) pay for indifference to public affairs is to be ruled by evil men (and women)."
    Plato
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