Strictly's Best Salsera: Janette or Karen?

Here is Janette Manrara

So You Think You Can Dance
http://youtu.be/EBe1OK3YS7M

Here is Karen Hauer
Matthew Hauer and Karen Hauer (2009 AR Show Dance)
http://youtu.be/p0fMH3hEVLM

I'll call it a tie. Does anybody else get a look in?

Yeah. Abbey

WOW, thanks for the clips. Have to say I prefer Karen. OMG she can move.

They could have had both in a salsa show dance given that they were both out and their OHs were in the final. With guest male dancers as none of the SCD males would be upto them.

Yes, wonder why the BBC didn't have these lovely ladies do dems. Instead we get stuck with duff unfunny VT's and Lens Lens

There is so much potentially superb about SCD - and they cut it out to show the dross.

And the wonderful^2 band would be a great showpiece band much better than (almost) every guest artist.

Whatever ...

It has the potential to be so much better, in many areas, but, hey, what do we know.

I found a salsa dance of Janette with Jonathan, a salsa dancer. Unfortunately the sound is muted, but you can see the dance.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1dCerO9Ked8

Good find. Thanks.

Thanks, will enjoy it. I actually don't need the music, I often watch dancing with the sound off !

Of the two I preferred Janette's. But mostly because of the style. They were both fab.

I see that Karen's was a showdance. I'll have to see if I can find a clip of Karen dancing an ordinary salsa, to then compare, but both ladies are fab. Begs the question, why isn't this talent shown on SCD. Such a shame. I don't know too much about salsa, but both these clips look fabulous.

Janette's dances looked more showdancey to me with all those lifts. But I'll forgive them both.

Here is Janette in the next SYTYCD season

http://youtu.be/ZbY6LEIBgB8

(Nice faux English accent in the beginning and ghetto cool at the end so she obviously can act)

Very impressive though, thanks for the clips

The reason I preferred the first one is because it was built more around a Cuban styled basic. This is my general preference. The second one is more stylised (to my eye) Mambo based. Although style lines are blurred for showdances.

But look how both ladies use their feet on the floor. That's the bit I think SCD should be "looking for"

The commentator calls the dance a "Mambo Salsa". And then just "Mambo" after hearing that they were US Mambo champions.

http://youtu.be/p0fMH3hEVLM

Matt and Jaren Hauer 2nd pl. mambo championship 07'

dancing to a song by somebody's ex ... (Aguanile)

http://youtu.be/4gMpnnAFN6s

Yes I have seen that clip - Its not my favourite salsa performance but the track is wicked.

Here you are then ...

Aguanile (American Idol) - Marc Anthony And JLo
http://youtu.be/jpN-YfQA2LY

Oh I have had this thread renamed to "Salsa Talk"

Did Ryan Seacrest ever utter 7 more perfect words!

I had to google "Ryan Seacrest" #outoftouch [as they say in the Twitterverse].

"Ladies and Gentlemen - This is Marc Anthony"

Aguanile is very African style. The opening is almost (real) Samba to my ears.

Do you dance to Toto La Momposina and if so what style?

TOTO LA MOMPOSINA - PRENDE LAS VELAS
http://youtu.be/cHc_X0_gkO0

Toto La Momposina "El Pescador"
http://youtu.be/BAPh04Ay_0Q

I think Karen her and Matthew won a few national titles together Janette is good but not quite the edge on Karen

Totally off topic, but I'm sure I read ages ago that Ryan Seacrest used to, or does go out with Julianne Hough...?

Love these clips by the way

Those were salsas?

Here's a fantastic specialist salsera - Yanet Fuentes from one of the UK's SYTYCD series (and she's probably pulling punches in order not to show her partner up too much!):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5AriWOKdKJM

Oh yes!!!

Thanks. SYTYCD just didn't register with me and I didn't watch any of it. I must have been travelling. What a shame. IMHO much better dancing and VTs than SCD.

I hadn't heard of Yanet before now but she appears to be a Shakira back-up dancer - so I have inadvertently seen her hundreds of times ...