From what I've seen of Pixie thus far this Tango could present two major challenges for her - stepping outside of her comfort zone of fluid movement, and delivering a fierce characterisation.
She reminds me of Natalie last year - having walked into the training room on Day 1 already trained in ballet and tap dancing, and therefore already equipped with the with basic skills necessary for most of the dances.
But the Tango is one dance where some of those basic skills can be more of a hindrance than a help.
I've just watched Natalie's to see if she was able to master what is expected from a Tango - or whether Artem simply choreographed a routine to conceal her lack of ability to master technique alien to her, as he did with the majority of her dances I did watch before I gave up on the series.
The judges allocated her Tango three 9s and a 10. I spared myself the trauma of listening to their excuses for failing to penalise her -
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wS5UMIWYnpk
If you're in any doubt about what she failed to deliver, watch this routine from Kimberley and then watch Natalie's again -
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A5z-5-EE3vY
Btw - I'm sure nobody else managed to achieve anywhere near Natalie's expertise by the end of the series. I'll be surprised if the others got anywhere near the standard of Natalie's Week 8 Charleston.
I haven't been able to bring myself to watch Abbey's Week 13 Waltz. It would be horrible to discover that the judges awarded four 10s for exactly the same cleverly choreographed but technically void routine she delivered in Week 1.
However - will Pixie deliver the staccato movement and appropriate characterisation Natalie failed to master for her Tango?
The training footage on ITT today showed the fluid movement which is Pixie's strength. Not very promising.
But if she does fail to deliver an appropriate routine, at least we may learn a lot more about the judge's agenda from the way they mark it.
She reminds me of Natalie last year - having walked into the training room on Day 1 already trained in ballet and tap dancing, and therefore already equipped with the with basic skills necessary for most of the dances.
But the Tango is one dance where some of those basic skills can be more of a hindrance than a help.
I've just watched Natalie's to see if she was able to master what is expected from a Tango - or whether Artem simply choreographed a routine to conceal her lack of ability to master technique alien to her, as he did with the majority of her dances I did watch before I gave up on the series.
The judges allocated her Tango three 9s and a 10. I spared myself the trauma of listening to their excuses for failing to penalise her -
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wS5UMIWYnpk
If you're in any doubt about what she failed to deliver, watch this routine from Kimberley and then watch Natalie's again -
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A5z-5-EE3vY
Btw - I'm sure nobody else managed to achieve anywhere near Natalie's expertise by the end of the series. I'll be surprised if the others got anywhere near the standard of Natalie's Week 8 Charleston.
I haven't been able to bring myself to watch Abbey's Week 13 Waltz. It would be horrible to discover that the judges awarded four 10s for exactly the same cleverly choreographed but technically void routine she delivered in Week 1.
However - will Pixie deliver the staccato movement and appropriate characterisation Natalie failed to master for her Tango?
The training footage on ITT today showed the fluid movement which is Pixie's strength. Not very promising.
But if she does fail to deliver an appropriate routine, at least we may learn a lot more about the judge's agenda from the way they mark it.




Heck, even most of her fans would agree that it was one of her weaker dances (in terms of performance, obviously not in terms of scoring, LOL).