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Post by lynette on Dec 1, 2020 15:26:46 GMT
No quick steps then. 2 jives. Thank goodness no own choice.
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Post by poster J on Dec 1, 2020 16:24:56 GMT
No quick steps then. 2 jives. Thank goodness no own choice. And two suitable jive tracks as well! Think most of them have done the Quickstep already.
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Post by FairyGodmother on Dec 1, 2020 22:54:34 GMT
Also can someone there please tell the cameramen that we like to to see the feet. Or we cannot understand what the judges are criticising. My pet hate is when they're doing something that spins, and the camera goes around with them. It doesn't look impressive, because the dancers look like they're not moving, and the whirling background makes me feel dizzy!
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Post by BurlyBeaR on Dec 2, 2020 13:55:24 GMT
I am struggling to thing what music from Phantom works for the Argentine Tango. That dance only works for me when the music is authentic. Phantom really isn't a Latin score! Been done before...
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Post by oxfordsimon on Dec 2, 2020 17:35:15 GMT
And that really shows you shouldn't.
For the AT to work, it has to be with appropriate music.
Just because a track has the right numbers of beats per bar for a particular dance, it does not mean that you should dance to it
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Post by lynette on Dec 2, 2020 19:24:13 GMT
Sometimes the music choice is bizarre: they might as well just count.
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Post by nick on Dec 2, 2020 21:00:47 GMT
Also can someone there please tell the cameramen that we like to to see the feet. Or we cannot understand what the judges are criticising. My pet hate is when they're doing something that spins, and the camera goes around with them. It doesn't look impressive, because the dancers look like they're not moving, and the whirling background makes me feel dizzy! I agree. I think we've avoided that this season - I guess because normally it's a cameraman with a handheld camera who runs around them and that can't be done with social distancing.
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Post by anthony40 on Dec 3, 2020 17:56:12 GMT
JJ dancing last week in the kilt and puffy shirt looked like something from Brigadoon.
And what were HRVY and Jeanette wearing last week? Looked like he was in sleep pants and was she wearing a cape? The dance was great; very energetic and dynamic but the costumes were odd!
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Post by theatreian on Dec 3, 2020 23:16:12 GMT
I think the costumes this year have been terrible and look like they have been done on the cheap. The outfits that they have put Tess and Claudia in have bene even worse. Still it gives some extra humour, goodness knows what they must think of them.
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Post by TallPaul on Dec 4, 2020 11:50:38 GMT
And suddenly, the re-inclusion of The Phantom of the Opera all makes sense. The BBC may not carry adverts, but it does an awful lot of advertising! At least it gives BurlyBeaR a legitimate excuse to wear his new cape. 😂
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Post by david on Dec 4, 2020 17:05:02 GMT
As you can see TallPaul , BurlyBeaR is all set to go. Just waiting for the phone call from ALW!
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Post by TallPaul on Dec 4, 2020 17:17:04 GMT
He'd never get away with a rose that colour on the right side of the Pennines!
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Post by nick on Dec 4, 2020 18:41:57 GMT
My pet hate is when they're doing something that spins, and the camera goes around with them. It doesn't look impressive, because the dancers look like they're not moving, and the whirling background makes me feel dizzy! I agree. I think we've avoided that this season - I guess because normally it's a cameraman with a handheld camera who runs around them and that can't be done with social distancing. Looks like I’m wrong. They’ve just shown a masked cameraman circling Maisie and Gorka on Take Two. We have been warned.
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Post by oxfordsimon on Dec 5, 2020 19:34:32 GMT
Frustrating opening number. Why not do full and proper drag? The show has done it before.
That was an attempt to try not to offend and it was just annoying.
Bad make up really didn't help either.
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Post by robertb213 on Dec 5, 2020 19:37:29 GMT
I thought the Priscilla number was fabulous!
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Post by oxfordsimon on Dec 5, 2020 19:40:27 GMT
JJ - Charleston - a sweet attempt with some clean swivels and lots of genuine bounce.
But it lacked complexity.
Amy did well to try to mask his physical limitations.
Good but will it be enough?
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Post by oxfordsimon on Dec 5, 2020 19:50:43 GMT
Ranvir - VW - music isn't widely known by average telly viewers which will hamper her as people don't know the story or the context.
Too many spins. A very flat performance. Giovanni is a master of hiding the lack of technical ability in her dancing.
Dull and lacking in the real joy of dance. It was clean but uninspiring.
27 would be a fair score if there were 4 judges...
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Post by BurlyBeaR on Dec 5, 2020 19:53:49 GMT
I thought the Priscilla number was fabulous! I did! Johannes was loving it too!
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Post by BurlyBeaR on Dec 5, 2020 19:55:01 GMT
I’m tired of hearing about Ranvir’s insecurities. And Dave Arch and his singers made that song sound mundane.
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Post by alece10 on Dec 5, 2020 19:58:57 GMT
I thought the Priscilla number was fabulous! I did! Johannes was loving it too! He was having a ball wasnt her. Was that Gorka as the drag queen in blue?
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Post by oxfordsimon on Dec 5, 2020 19:59:04 GMT
Maisie - jive - messy, messy, messy. Not because she can't dance but she sacrificed dance to quirkiness.
I really got no sense of the story or character. And not enough jive content.
Costume and wig were really bad.
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Post by oxfordsimon on Dec 5, 2020 20:03:03 GMT
I did! Johannes was loving it too! He was having a ball wasnt her. Was that Gorka as the drag queen in blue? I liked that they did the medley but they missed a chance to honour the original properly. Drag has been part of SCD before and they can do it right. The costume and make-up departments let the dancers down.
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Post by oxfordsimon on Dec 5, 2020 20:07:35 GMT
Bill - Argentine Tango - the music is just wrong for the dance.
The choreo was very poor and that is fatal for this dance
Bill is never going to convince as a dark, seductive character
That was just painful (made worse by some very poor singing)
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Post by alece10 on Dec 5, 2020 20:08:50 GMT
Its a strange dance. He looked like he was trying to kick her up the bum.
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Post by BurlyBeaR on Dec 5, 2020 20:13:14 GMT
Oh dear. Bill’s Phantom is dead in the vast glassy lake yet we have Michael Crawford giving accolades. Awks.
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Post by oxfordsimon on Dec 5, 2020 20:18:16 GMT
Harvey - American Smooth - that was full on. So much complexity. So much content. So much joy of dancing.
And seeing him in grey joggers training....
Given he can sing, he could transition to MT easily if he can act.
It was a real show dance
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Post by BurlyBeaR on Dec 5, 2020 20:18:59 GMT
Loved HRVY’s Chorus Line routine but missed opportunity at the end with the choreo. We needed more high kicks.
Remind me, why don’t we like J Manrara? I lthink she’s great 😊
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Post by robertb213 on Dec 5, 2020 20:20:10 GMT
I did! Johannes was loving it too! He was having a ball wasnt her. Was that Gorka as the drag queen in blue? Yep, Gorka in blue, Giovanni in red. Both did brilliantly!
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Post by alece10 on Dec 5, 2020 20:20:47 GMT
Absolutely loved that. Proper show dance. And I love a staircase. Agree he could do MT so well. Minor point. The song is called One, not One singular sensation.
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Post by BurlyBeaR on Dec 5, 2020 20:25:53 GMT
I don’t think that Jamie routine represented the show very well. The title song isn’t always the best song.
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