Originally Posted by parthena:
“I am amazed that you think Scott could possibly deliver elegant Latin, I cannot see him as an all-round dancer. Great for foxtrot, waltz and QS, that's it.
What really upsets me is that it's looking most unlikely that we'll be allowed to see Matt dancing at his best - Aliona seems to be deliberately over-stretching him and inserting elements into the routines that look ungainly and stressful.”
It seems to me that most of the Pros consider themselves to be dancers but Aliona, who I like as a person, seems to think she's more of an
artiste, you can tell by the way Matt talked about the AS that he thinks she's one too. Which is all for nice for the two of them.
However, I don't think this approach is doing him any favours because if you watch other free dances or interpretive dances Aliona's choreography is pretty mundane by comparison anyway. But basically, it's not her dream she should be following and she should be choreographing to highlight Matt's strengths and not is weaknesses (he can't act - sorry).