Originally Posted by Tangerine_82:
“You could be right there. I never thought of myself as a traditionalist but maybe I am lol. I don't have this problem when going to see contemporary ballets but I do prefer the traditional ones more. I think my issue is that on Strictly I expect ballroom and latin and that didn't feel like either to me. Kara's AS was dragged over the coals the other week for not being strictly ballroom enough but compared to Matt's it was easily recognisable as an AS. Plus she danced it perfectly, which helped lol. But I just think Matt could have produced a good AS and because Aliona wanted to explore the boundaries, it all went pear-shaped. And that's a shame.”
“You could be right there. I never thought of myself as a traditionalist but maybe I am lol. I don't have this problem when going to see contemporary ballets but I do prefer the traditional ones more. I think my issue is that on Strictly I expect ballroom and latin and that didn't feel like either to me. Kara's AS was dragged over the coals the other week for not being strictly ballroom enough but compared to Matt's it was easily recognisable as an AS. Plus she danced it perfectly, which helped lol. But I just think Matt could have produced a good AS and because Aliona wanted to explore the boundaries, it all went pear-shaped. And that's a shame.”
I think the difference might also be that Matt doesn't really use the music. He doesn't create the drama when he needs to and doesn't reign it in when it's required. I don't think it has as much to do about preferring traditional routines as much as that he didn't perform it convincingly enough.
If you look at this clip with the same song, the movements are punchy with the music and soft when it requires it, without that feeling of 'manic'. Well, to me anyway. Opinions will probably differ on that.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Da1VkB9D29o






