Originally Posted by Ignazio:
“BIB guess you didn't notice his closeness with Kara - the lovely lady he's been with since their SCD partnership?
As for your preferences for Deborah + Robin, Susannah + Kevin, Mark + Ivetta that's fine and surely what SCD is about. We form opinions about the participants often basing our opinions on nothing more substantial than what we see on our tv screens.Some appeal to us, others don't; we warm to some others leave us cold.
I have never detected a coldness between Natalie and Artem - but then I haven't been looking for it.”
I'd actually forgotten about Kara - which I suppose tells its own story about my perception/impression of his partnerships on the show (or at least what we are shown) - and now you have mentioned her, I recall thinking that again, his choreography and content were always too intense and I think the judges actually pulled him up about it at points during the series saying he was making things too difficult so she wasn't getting the emotion into the dances.
I don't think there's a coldness between Artem + Natalie - just a lack of warmth. He is undoubtedly a great dancer, she is by far technically the best dancer on the show - but they don't 'move' me when they dance.
It isn't that I am looking for coldness - I look for good dancing, good chemistry, a love of the show and participating in it and the dreaded 'J' word. Personality and performance in equal measure - and personality in the performances from Natalie just doesn't come across to me.