Originally Posted by dd23:
“For every "apologist" on here there are at two or three who are desperate to hang him out to dry when things don't go to plan, as was plainly the case last night.
As mentioned elsewhere he choreographed a perfectly acceptable Cha Cha two years ago for Fiona, but she had trouble remembering it and kept stepping off on the wrong foot. The choreography was not the issue.
If they get through I'll be interested to hear what has happened with regard to this dance, he's already said that he pitched it wrongly and hopefully they improve from this.
I think it's worth remembering is that what has actually happened here is a disappointing dance after two weeks where they as a couple surpassed expectations by a country mile. |If anyone wishes to cast their minds back to pre show predictions Katie moved fairly freely between the "middle of the road" and the "duffer" category.
The fact that she performed so well in those two weeks is as much due to Anton's input as is the disappointment last night, and remember the dances are coming round faster now, they had a total of four weeks for the first two dances, and I'd be surprised if it was all spent on the jive.
If they remain hopefully it's a blip, and I quite agree that he should be looking for some help with the latin side of it, there are quite a few eventual winners who had bad dances, ended up in dance offs and came back stronger for it.”
“For every "apologist" on here there are at two or three who are desperate to hang him out to dry when things don't go to plan, as was plainly the case last night.
As mentioned elsewhere he choreographed a perfectly acceptable Cha Cha two years ago for Fiona, but she had trouble remembering it and kept stepping off on the wrong foot. The choreography was not the issue.
If they get through I'll be interested to hear what has happened with regard to this dance, he's already said that he pitched it wrongly and hopefully they improve from this.
I think it's worth remembering is that what has actually happened here is a disappointing dance after two weeks where they as a couple surpassed expectations by a country mile. |If anyone wishes to cast their minds back to pre show predictions Katie moved fairly freely between the "middle of the road" and the "duffer" category.
The fact that she performed so well in those two weeks is as much due to Anton's input as is the disappointment last night, and remember the dances are coming round faster now, they had a total of four weeks for the first two dances, and I'd be surprised if it was all spent on the jive.
If they remain hopefully it's a blip, and I quite agree that he should be looking for some help with the latin side of it, there are quite a few eventual winners who had bad dances, ended up in dance offs and came back stronger for it.”
There is a wider world than this forum. I am sure plenty of people could see potential after the opening show. The people on here who had her down as a 'duffer' were clearly wrong, although some of them, particularly after last night, are no doubt keen to hang on to that initial thought.
The expectation was high last night on account of one good and one very good dance in the first two weeks. How much that start had to do with Anton and how much natural talent nobody can be too sure but it was that promising start which made last night such a disappointment.
As regards Anton it isn't a case of after timing. Lots of people flagged him up as a handicap from the moment they were paired together.
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