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The Pasha Kovalev Appreciation Board
Lili27
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This is an appreciation board for the new pro Pasha Kovalev - a place to post any info, videos, etc. for SCD's new pro.
Pasha is wonderful dancer and he has great partnering skills. He is soft spoken, boyish, sweet and with a touch of geeky. .
I am going to post a few of my favourite videos from SYTCD both when he was on the show and when he was an all star and some interviews. If you have any please share. I will try include the videos that have practice and judging but some do not. These are all different styles.
First the audition.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7rwbju65LFY
First cha cha on his season. Rehearsal and judging.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FDO9bp76Imk
The west coast swing choreographed by Benji Schwimmer. What is so cool about this is that Pasha and Sara are doing some of the same moves that Benji and Heidi did when they won the west coast swing championship in 2005. One of Pasha's best dances.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0hhe2_HGakk
The transformers hip hop routine. This dance received an emmy nomination and Pasha struggled with this routine as most ballroom dancers do. He delivered though.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RJWFlsctLaQ
Jazz dance. Pasha almost did not make the final cut because Mia Michaels the jazz judge did think he could handle jazz or hip hop. Take that Mia.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f_rQH9aVaS8
My personal favourite. The smooth waltz with Lacey.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PZ63byrReS0
And the argentine tango with Lauren from season 7.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-J0pK9kBV0w
Pasha is wonderful dancer and he has great partnering skills. He is soft spoken, boyish, sweet and with a touch of geeky. .
I am going to post a few of my favourite videos from SYTCD both when he was on the show and when he was an all star and some interviews. If you have any please share. I will try include the videos that have practice and judging but some do not. These are all different styles.
First the audition.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7rwbju65LFY
First cha cha on his season. Rehearsal and judging.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FDO9bp76Imk
The west coast swing choreographed by Benji Schwimmer. What is so cool about this is that Pasha and Sara are doing some of the same moves that Benji and Heidi did when they won the west coast swing championship in 2005. One of Pasha's best dances.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0hhe2_HGakk
The transformers hip hop routine. This dance received an emmy nomination and Pasha struggled with this routine as most ballroom dancers do. He delivered though.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RJWFlsctLaQ
Jazz dance. Pasha almost did not make the final cut because Mia Michaels the jazz judge did think he could handle jazz or hip hop. Take that Mia.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f_rQH9aVaS8
My personal favourite. The smooth waltz with Lacey.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PZ63byrReS0
And the argentine tango with Lauren from season 7.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-J0pK9kBV0w
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A lesson in jive. "We don't wanna shuffle"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z0xkbHblIo0
Looking forward to seeing how he compares to the lovely Artem
Will look at all the vids you've posted tomorrow - it's like having a little Strictly amuse bouche
"Give her the message"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=STU0NQPRsr8
I do hope that the Producers of SCD acquaint Pasha with the rules for all the dances. Artem fell foul of them with the American Smooth. Len Goodman said they didn't spend enough of the dance in hold.
We know Pasha and Artem worked together on Burn the Floor. Whether they are friends or just work colleagues we don't know.
I am looking forward to seeing how Pasha fits in with the Strictly Family. I am sure he is going to make a big impact on the show as Artem and Robin did last year. Let the fun begin.
Yes, he wrote on his myspace a while back that he went home for a long holiday to see his family and how excited he was. His note was quite touching.
I feel like slipping him a little note that says "keep your girl in hold, keep her feet on the floor and her shoes on." Haha. Pasha has not been tested on his own choreography and his style of teaching yet so that remains to be seen. We'll see.
Don't know, I guess we will find out if they spend any time together.
I do wonder how he will be accepted by the other pros but again it all remains to be seen. Artem, Robin and Jared all came in as new boys and had one another to share that experience with but Pasha is on his own. It will be interesting to see how he fits in.
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/showtracker/2007/07/so-you-think--5.html#more
He did end up having to do the solo. The dress on the mannequin was worn by Anya and you can see the story he was trying to tell in 30 seconds he had.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fq19fTuVfS8
It would be pretty daunting for anyone - I hope they're nice to him :eek:
I'm sure they will be - I have a feeling the ladies may take him under their collective wing
Lili - I've been looking around for discussion/fan sites related to the US dance shows. What's the equivalent of DS for DWTS and SYTYCD? I'm familiar with the ABC/DWTS forum (:eek: :eek:) and found TWOP for SYTYCD (much less :eek:!), but wondered if there was a (nice) general place to go to for info/opinion......
Hi Fridgesoup.
I think their might a message board on idolforums for sytycd. Other than it is just twop that I know of. Sytcd official site took theirs down the way the BBC did. Twop is a rough place but then the theme is television without pity -spare the snark, spoil the network. But the moderaters will step in.
This year there was so much controversy because Melanie won it and she was never really given anything much out of contemporary which was her genre. Even the viennese walz she did with Pasha, while it was a study in lifts and timing of lifts it was NOT VW. I call it the lifty dance and I thought that is as close I am going to see Pasha do contemporary.
On partnering
EDGE: How important are TV shows like "So You Think You Can Dance" and "Dancing With the Stars" in bringing this resurgence of dance to the mass public?
EDGE: Pasha, you’ve been on "So You Think You Can Dance" before. Will you see you on either that show or "Dancing With The Stars" this year?
Evidently Pasha did get an offer from DWTS but went to SCD instead.
On living in the US and learning English
Hi Pasha, Thanks for taking the taking time out of your busy schedule. I enjoyed watching you compete on SYTYCD and all of the success it has brought you. What originally brought you to America?
What has been the toughest adjustment to make in Los Angeles after growing up in Russia?
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Dreaming in English....
On his partnership with Anya
America loves Anya too; she is such an amazing dancer. How long have you two been dancing together?
How did you meet?
You two go together like warm cookies and cold milk. So many partnerships don’t go the distance, why do you think yours has survived?
On being an all star.
Congratulations on becoming an "All-Star" for the seventh season of SYTYCD. Other than changing partners each week, what will be your biggest challenge?
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What other plans do you have for the future?
I am guessing that SCD was one of those projects.:)
Do you know what Anya is doing now (or has planned)? It sounds like Pasha and Anya are close professional partners but not personal ones; is that the case? (Just trying to guess how the Beeb are going to play things with him :rolleyes:)
I also hope that Anya is doing something that she wants to do for the next 5 months, as they seem to have always done things together before.
Hopefully we'll get some tweets from the other pros that Pasha is there for rehearsals this week - I'm sure someone would have mentioned him if he'd been there last week!
I got shot down in flames when I said we hadn't heard anything about him last week. Perhaps he was given time to get over jetlag and settle into his new accommodation.
Like you I am looking forward to hearing some news about Pasha this week. We are getting names leaked of the celebrities, it wouldn't hurt to send a bit of news our way about the new professional.;):)
I think we only got the pics of them in training as a follow up to the comments that Brendan's wife had made on twitter. If Pasha had been there, I think he would have been in the photo!!:D:D (But of course, I have a nasty suspicious mind;))
I bet this thread is going to be very popular once the series starts!
http://www.buddytv.com/articles/so-you-think-you-can-dance/exclusive-interview-pasha-kova-9404.aspx
That you for posting the interview Lili27. He looks dishy in that photo;)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZxSQ8DhF9q0