I love it, but i don't think that it's right for this sort of arena, to me AT is a seedily sexy dance best performed in darkened rooms.
peach45, tell us more!
The say the tango is danced in brothels, so presumably the AT is danced to pink candles, a straightforward no-holds-barred arousal dance then. Oh dear, before the watershed as well.
The tango is not only seen, the intertwined postures are such that it is felt by both dancers. The Last Tango in Paris was followed by another activity right up against the wall, then out came the butter.
gosh, thank you for that clip. Absolutely loved it. Its made me so happy because I think this style of AT will suit Alesha and Matthew - do you agree?
Difficult to tell, really - bear in mind Pablo Veron is an AT Dance God, whereas Matthew's pretty much learning AT from scratch himself. You've gotta be confident as hell to lead like that - and as we saw with Darren last year, if a leader isn't totally confident, it really shows.
Not sure that the SCD audience will go for it though because we've only ever been shown Vincent & Flavia dancing a showdance AT and the more flashy moves will be expected.
Yes - and realistically, it's a show competition, they should do show tango. But, given that AT's interpretative, they can blag it if it goes wrong. Making it all up seems to be a regular strategy with them anyway
So did I - it's definitely an acquired taste, all that bandoneon stuff got on my nerves. I'm slowly starting to appreciate it a bit more now, however.
But AT can be danced to other music, as shown last year. In fact, I reckon Bond themes are a great idea - they're all about dramatic crescendos - Thunderball, I could see being fantastic.
Really interesting thread, and special thanks to DavidJames, learnt loads reading this (plus another excuse to watch Mark and Karen's AT again, the impact never lessens for me)
...So did I - it's definitely an acquired taste, all that bandoneon stuff got on my nerves. I'm slowly starting to appreciate it a bit more now, however.
But AT can be danced to other music, as shown last year. In fact, I reckon Bond themes are a great idea - they're all about dramatic crescendos - Thunderball, I could see being fantastic.
I'm sure you are right as I enjoyed last year's SCD ATs. I think if it was in a live situation where I was on the audience, the music would play a big part of setting the scene and creating the right atmosphere.
Interesting. Looking at that again, Emma was superb - to me, the problem with the routine was that Darren wasn't that good - he looked tentative, he was a bit withdrawn in the body, and he was swishing his head about a bit too much.
Emma's footwork and her routine was amazingly good - professional level. She started off with a lovely sequence of boleos, she did ganchos, ochos, sacadas and a gorgeous colgada - difficult to fault her performance.
I've just watched this and my eyes were drawn to Emma. I had to force myself to look at Darren. I have to say that I did think she did a very good job although I am not in favour of this dance being included at all. We have the ordinary tango and I think it's a bad idea to have such a specialist dance, which the pros as well as the celebrities have to learn, at this late stage in the competition.
I've just watched this and my eyes were drawn to Emma. I had to force myself to look at Darren. I have to say that I did think she did a very good job although I am not in favour of this dance being included at all. We have the ordinary tango and I think it's a bad idea to have such a specialist dance, which the pros as well as the celebrities have to learn, at this late stage in the competition.
Yeah, it's a bit of a bodge - but then you could say exactly the same thing about salsa. It's a compromise between popularity and ballroom strictness. In fact, the American Smooth isn't one of the 10 ballroom dances either.
As for why it's done now, I suspect that's simply because it's a very difficult dance - you need to be a good dancer to do it justice. Can you imagine Dom trying it, or Kate? :eek:
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I'm not that keen on it as I hate the music - but I loved to bits Karen & Mark's last year. Credit to Emma though as I'd forgotten how well she'd done
peach45, tell us more!
The say the tango is danced in brothels, so presumably the AT is danced to pink candles, a straightforward no-holds-barred arousal dance then. Oh dear, before the watershed as well.
The tango is not only seen, the intertwined postures are such that it is felt by both dancers. The Last Tango in Paris was followed by another activity right up against the wall, then out came the butter.
Yes - and realistically, it's a show competition, they should do show tango. But, given that AT's interpretative, they can blag it if it goes wrong. Making it all up seems to be a regular strategy with them anyway
So did I - it's definitely an acquired taste, all that bandoneon stuff got on my nerves. I'm slowly starting to appreciate it a bit more now, however.
But AT can be danced to other music, as shown last year. In fact, I reckon Bond themes are a great idea - they're all about dramatic crescendos - Thunderball, I could see being fantastic.
I'm sure you are right as I enjoyed last year's SCD ATs. I think if it was in a live situation where I was on the audience, the music would play a big part of setting the scene and creating the right atmosphere.
I've just watched this and my eyes were drawn to Emma. I had to force myself to look at Darren. I have to say that I did think she did a very good job although I am not in favour of this dance being included at all. We have the ordinary tango and I think it's a bad idea to have such a specialist dance, which the pros as well as the celebrities have to learn, at this late stage in the competition.
As for why it's done now, I suspect that's simply because it's a very difficult dance - you need to be a good dancer to do it justice. Can you imagine Dom trying it, or Kate? :eek:
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=c2-I85De9mM
It look better now than I thought it did last night. Nothing wrong technically, and a great story telling performance.