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Old 25-10-2004, 14:25
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In my dim and distant past I was a ballroom dancer so I think I am qualified to say this. The male personalities should be given a handicap advantage of 1 point added to each of the judges scores. The judges stated several times in the last series but not yet in this one, that it is much easier for the male professional dancers to lead their female partners to give a good performance than the other way round. The handicap would even things up a bit. Actually Aled and Roger gave astonishingly good performances for the limited time they have had, far better than any of the other male personalities in either series.
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Old 25-10-2004, 15:07
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I'm not sure. Isn't it balanced out by the female dancers having to do more "extras" - the professional females obviously have an advantage over the amateurs there?

It is by no means an "equal" competition anyway. All of the professional dancers have different experience, and the amateurs have such different backgrounds - the athletes have some obvious advantages, stage performers like Leslie Garrett and Claire Sweeney have others. I also wonder how much of a difference is made because of the choreographic and teaching abilities of the professional dancers. I think adding a handicap on the basis that you suggest is silly really, and I doubt it would do much to help the competition at all.
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Old 25-10-2004, 17:32
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Hmm weird....I just said to the people I was waching it with on Saturday that I thought the boys had a harder job as they don't seem to be as comfortable with it as the girls.
On both series 1 AND this one I thought the boys were struggling more.
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Old 25-10-2004, 18:01
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If the boys are struggling more, and I'm not sure if I agree with that, then it it is possibly down to social factors. Women are more likely to dance socially than men, women are generally encouraged from childhood to be "more graceful" than men. I agree that it is probably harder in some respects for the male amateurs in that they are supposed to lead and be dominant in the pair, and that is harder to pull off when you are the less competent partner. However, I think it's more likely down to a general lack of dance/movement experience amongst the men. Generally.

I think it's all quite abitrary though, considering how well Christopher did in the first series relative to the quality of his dance technique.
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Old 26-10-2004, 16:21
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Yes, I have thought this too, because in ballroom the man has to lead. Christopher was appalling his Paso was a joke, he got through because he is someone who has recieved the most fanmail in the history of Eastenders
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Old 28-10-2004, 15:27
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It depends on the dance I suppose (says the man who knows sod all about dancing).

Where the men usually look awful is in the segments where I left standing whilst the ladies strut their stuff. Aled and Roger really made an effort to keep moving, and looked great. Unfortunately, everyone else ended up looking like a plank of wood caught in someone's headlights.
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Old 29-10-2004, 08:12
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I agree that the male celebrities have a harder time of it because of the role they have to take. Definitely in ballroom and probably in the latin, the male has to take the lead.

I know this because when I tried ballroom dancing I was utter pants at it. Mainly because as a female I kept trying to lead. It doesn't work that way and my partner and I ended up in knots.

So if you have a male lead who is professional, it has got to be easier than a male lead who has no clue what he is supposed to do. The professional female can't help him out much because they can't take the lead for him - they can only coach.
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