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Old 27-10-2014, 13:32
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I read somewhere a few weeks ago that at some point during this series they would be introducing Bollywood as a style of dance? Is this true as I haven't heard anyone speak about it?
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Old 27-10-2014, 13:35
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I read somewhere a few weeks ago that at some point during this series they would be introducing Bollywood as a style of dance? Is this true as I haven't heard anyone speak about it?
I hope not.

Let's stick to classic ballroom. We get little enough as it is.
Mind you in "the quest for increased ratings" anything is possible.

There's plenty of Bollywood on other channels.
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Old 27-10-2014, 14:28
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I thought Bollywood was the film industry and Bhangra was the dance style? Am I wrong
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Old 27-10-2014, 14:34
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it is going to be a pro dance I think - to produce a routine in the style of a bollywood film should not be too difficult even without knowledge of Indian dance styles

some of the pros find it hard enough doing ballroom and latin without introducing dance styles that they are not trained in
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Old 27-10-2014, 14:39
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it is going to be a pro dance I think - to produce a routine in the style of a bollywood film should not be too difficult even without knowledge of Indian dance styles

some of the pros find it hard enough doing ballroom and latin without introducing dance styles that they are not trained in
BIB Some= Anton and his many egos
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Old 27-10-2014, 14:42
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BIB Some= Anton and his many egos
You mean "Woody," after that barn dance.
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Old 27-10-2014, 14:46
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You mean "Woody," after that barn dance.
Wasn't he terrible in that barn dance
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Old 27-10-2014, 15:23
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Wasn't he terrible in that barn dance
Yes he was a bit of a "Jessie."

Yes! I hear you!

"Ouch!"
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Old 27-10-2014, 15:24
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Wasn't he terrible in that barn dance
The whole barn dance was terrible, I wouldn't just pick on Anton.
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Old 27-10-2014, 15:30
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I thought it was going to be a pro dance as well. Perhaps the celebs could join them. I read somewhere that Sunetra's Mum was a Bhangra dancer and that she did it when she was younger, or was that just another rumour.

Oh just looked on Wikipedia and it says her Mum was an Indian dancer.
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Old 27-10-2014, 15:36
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I thought Bollywood was the film industry and Bhangra was the dance style? Am I wrong
Bollywood is Mumbai produced slick musical film style music. All popular songs come from Bollywood films.

http://youtu.be/tRAPPUEFa4k?t=23s

Bhangra is Punjabi (Sikh) folk dancing - mainly (only?) males and drummer dominant music.

http://youtu.be/AY73yUSYtqo?t=1m1s

I suspect we will see something like this

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vD-LFksC1Nc

Anton will be the one to watch.
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Old 28-10-2014, 13:23
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The pros should dance to this by the Zimbabwe band, Zozo & Sangere super beat

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hB8z6KEN9Yw

Especially Anton.

Here they are again

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pOWqxLkImjo
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Old 28-10-2014, 15:25
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I've watched Bollywood films and the singing, dancing and array of colour is great, but I don't want it on Strictly. They don't even have time to complete the amount of dances they have now.
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Old 28-10-2014, 15:28
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Wasn't he terrible in that barn dance
Nope.
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Old 28-10-2014, 15:33
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I hope not, but if they did, would Sunetra be teaching Brendan?
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Old 28-10-2014, 15:50
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I don't mind it if its either a pro dance or an extra dance in the style of swing-a-thon as something colourful and a bit different- But in main competition, they already have a skip dance as it is, introducing another kinda devalues the competition
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Old 28-10-2014, 16:18
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At the beginning of October I had a weeks holiday in France and managed to see an episode of 'Dance avec les Stars'. Thankfully a fluency in French was not needed, but the format was somewhat familiar, even down to the theme music, set and judges line-up!

It may have been a 'special' week, but the dances were very different. From memory and post red wine haze there was Bollywood, Flamenco, Bolero ( similar to Rhumba), African Jazz (think Lion King), Country Style (think barn/line dance) and Classic Dance ( think ballet, pas-des-deux and tights ). The other main difference was the scoring. The judges gave two sets of marks foe technical merit and artistic interpretation.

Must look out for it again next time we are sur le continent! There was even a version of Bake Off.

Janet
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Old 28-10-2014, 16:21
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I love watching Bhangra when it is done properly. Even if they were to use it as a pro dance, the pros only get a couple of hours a week to learn the pro routine, impossible to learn a completely new style and do it justice in that time, so I hope it is only a rumour.

Or maybe they could get a group of real Bhangra dancers in as the results show entertainment - be more interesting than washed-up has-been singers!!!!
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Old 28-10-2014, 16:35
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Why are a lot of people so critical of the new things and routines that Strictly try? I rather enjoyed the barn dance, it's interesting to see them mixing it up.
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Old 28-10-2014, 16:47
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If they can invite that freestyle couple why not some Bollywood group, done professionally it could be interesting in one of the results show.
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Old 28-10-2014, 18:26
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i like bollywood and i love bhangra and would be happy to see either on the show - but perhaps restricted to a 'specials' week as someone described above, and i'd far rather have that than any number of the 'themed' events.
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Old 28-10-2014, 21:59
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The pros should dance to this by the Zimbabwe band, Zozo & Sangere super beat

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hB8z6KEN9Yw

Especially Anton.

Here they are again

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pOWqxLkImjo
Thanks for the link HW. That was so much fun to watch. I get the feeling that doing batucadas would almost be boring for those kids - too slow.
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Old 28-10-2014, 22:04
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Bollywood is Mumbai produced slick musical film style music. All popular songs come from Bollywood films.

http://youtu.be/tRAPPUEFa4k?t=23s

Bhangra is Punjabi (Sikh) folk dancing - mainly (only?) males and drummer dominant music.

http://youtu.be/AY73yUSYtqo?t=1m1s

I suspect we will see something like this

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vD-LFksC1Nc

Anton will be the one to watch.
many thanks for this, I love this type of music and dancing and have done a course of "Bollywood" dancing, very energetic and much harder than it looks, thanks also for the Zozo and Sangere clips, I hadn't heard of them before but what great rhythm they have

If they can invite that freestyle couple why not some Bollywood group, done professionally it could be interesting in one of the results show.
I'd love that, I wonder if Hrithik Roshan or Shah Rukh Khan could be persuaded to come over and show us how it's done
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Old 28-10-2014, 22:15
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The whole barn dance was terrible, I wouldn't just pick on Anton.
It may not be to your taste but it was well performed.
Most people saw it as fun upbeat segment and enjoyed it for what it was.

I think the Bollywood style of group dancing will be done as a similar segment. Im sure it will be well done and in good humour.

You can take the opportunity to go to the loo.
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Old 28-10-2014, 22:17
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Why are a lot of people so critical of the new things and routines that Strictly try? I rather enjoyed the barn dance, it's interesting to see them mixing it up.
Some people take this show far too seriously.

It depends whats going on in your life I suppose, all things are relative, SCD is a bit of fun to me, but to some people it seems to really matter to them.
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