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Old 16-10-2015, 11:21
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We all know Anita is fab at Latin and great at throwing herself into aerobatics and the characterisation, but how does everyone think she'll fare in the proper ballroom dances? She had a go in the very contemporary American Smooth v.waltz but for only a little bit in hold and I'm wondering what you dance experts think.
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Old 16-10-2015, 11:59
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I think at worst she will be decent, and at best rather good.
I dont follow any other strictly's so i have no idea about Glebs strengths, which should be a very important component of that.
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Old 16-10-2015, 12:08
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The AS apart from the Gleb special( which needs to retired immediately) was certainly Ok. Not brilliant but better than I thought she would be.

I think she will be an alround good but never brilliant dancer
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Old 16-10-2015, 13:02
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I saw loads of potential in their AS that I loved so with more weeks in ( hopefully ), she'll be brilliant.
Her samba looks very promising already so I'm really hoping for high marks on that one. I really want her and Gleb to cross the 30 mark this weekend and to be at least in the top 3. Imo, she has been undermarked in ALL her dances so far; in comparison to other couples.
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Old 16-10-2015, 13:14
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The reason I'm asking is because Jake Wood was front runner for weeks wowing everyone with his amazing latin snake hips and how he was able to move, then when it came to ballroom he scored low marks and the judges were critical, he went from being odds on favourite to win to bowing out 5th or 6th that year.

I just wondered if the same will happen with Anita
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Old 16-10-2015, 13:19
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I think Jake was totally overrated. Shaking your hips is not dancing and when he danced he looked like a corpse. Did not dislike him but watching him was horrendous.

I hope Anita is picking up more technique now. She needs to know how to pull up and out and keep a strong and supple back.

I hope he's taught her better control of her body and shown her how to harness that great energy of hers and give the dance life.

I'd like to see better head positions too.

She has a lot of potential but needs to know how to channel it and stay focused.
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Old 16-10-2015, 13:22
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The reason I'm asking is because Jake Wood was front runner for weeks wowing everyone with his amazing latin snake hips and how he was able to move, then when it came to ballroom he scored low marks and the judges were critical, he went from being odds on favourite to win to bowing out 5th or 6th that year.

I just wondered if the same will happen with Anita
I don't see a lot of similarities between Jake and Anita, tbh. Anita isn't odds on favourite for one, is she?

I think Anita's doing really well, and there's no reason to think her ballroom won't be good too.
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Old 16-10-2015, 13:24
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Every time I read the title page, I read this as
How good will Anita be in the bedroom?

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Old 16-10-2015, 13:27
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The reason I'm asking is because Jake Wood was front runner for weeks wowing everyone with his amazing latin snake hips and how he was able to move, then when it came to ballroom he scored low marks and the judges were critical, he went from being odds on favourite to win to bowing out 5th or 6th that year.

I just wondered if the same will happen with Anita
I never really understood the Jake thing. I didn;t think he was very good at all.
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Old 16-10-2015, 13:34
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The reason I'm asking is because Jake Wood was front runner for weeks wowing everyone with his amazing latin snake hips and how he was able to move, then when it came to ballroom he scored low marks and the judges were critical, he went from being odds on favourite to win to bowing out 5th or 6th that year.

I just wondered if the same will happen with Anita
Ballroom wasn't really Jake's problem with the judges. Other than the Argentine Tango, which was mostly not his fault due to the horrific theme and marauding backing dancers, his worst comments were all for latin dances - paso doble, rumba, and cha cha. His ballroom was somewhere in the middle, but I don't think it was his downfall.
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Old 16-10-2015, 14:13
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Ballroom wasn't really Jake's problem with the judges. Other than the Argentine Tango, which was mostly not his fault due to the horrific theme and marauding backing dancers, his worst comments were all for latin dances - paso doble, rumba, and cha cha. His ballroom was somewhere in the middle, but I don't think it was his downfall.
One could say Jakes biggest problem was Janette. I do wonder what Aliona would have made of him (Natalie is too tall).
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Old 16-10-2015, 14:19
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I think Anita will be good at ballroom but she seems to be avoiding doing the dances.
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Old 16-10-2015, 14:37
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One could say Jakes biggest problem was Janette. I do wonder what Aliona would have made of him (Natalie is too tall).
He made it to the semis despite not being a terribly good dancer and could easily have made the final if Len hadn't done a suddden volte face about what he thought of Mark's contemporumba. I think Janette did fairly well by him to be honest. I certainly don't think people were sat at home thinking "ooh what poor Viennese Waltz technique, I won't vote for him".
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Old 16-10-2015, 14:44
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He made it to the semis despite not being a terribly good dancer and could easily have made the final if Len hadn't done a suddden volte face about what he thought of Mark's contemporumba. I think Janette did fairly well by him to be honest. I certainly don't think people were sat at home thinking "ooh what poor Viennese Waltz technique, I won't vote for him".
You are probably right! I think I have become lazy and blame everything to her. Its easier! Funny thing is she is one of my top three female pro on the show as a dancer.
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Old 16-10-2015, 15:00
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I think we'll never know what Jake might have been able to do if he'd had no day job. I enjoyed his dancing very much, whether it was perfect or not. I also wonder if he'd been able to rearrange his dances, so the salsa had been much later in the process and looked like progression, what might have happened. I think Janette did as much as anyone could, considering the time they had. It will be interesting to see when Peter and Janette do the salsa as presumably that will one of their strongest dances.
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Old 16-10-2015, 15:00
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I thought the vw section of her American smooth wasn't that strong but no reason why she won't be better with more training.
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Old 16-10-2015, 15:10
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I think Jake was totally overrated. Shaking your hips is not dancing and when he danced he looked like a corpse. Did not dislike him but watching him was horrendous.

I hope Anita is picking up more technique now. She needs to know how to pull up and out and keep a strong and supple back.

I hope he's taught her better control of her body and shown her how to harness that great energy of hers and give the dance life.

I'd like to see better head positions too.

She has a lot of potential but needs to know how to channel it and stay focused.
I'm no expert but I thought her head looked a bit odd during her AS. It was as if she was holding it too far back or something.

I do think her Latin will overall be stronger but I'm hoping she can be a good all rounder as I want to see her in the final.
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Old 16-10-2015, 15:33
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No expert either but i think the problem was she was projecting her head back and out, rather than up and out to the left. She looked like she was basically leaning backwards and looking up. Hopefully gleb will sort it for their next ballroom dance.
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Old 16-10-2015, 15:43
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One could say Jakes biggest problem was Janette. I do wonder what Aliona would have made of him (Natalie is too tall).
I thought his week 1 Tango showed real promise. Nice choreography from Janette too.
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Old 16-10-2015, 15:46
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No expert either but i think the problem was she was projecting her head back and out, rather than up and out to the left. She looked like she was basically leaning backwards and looking up. Hopefully gleb will sort it for their next ballroom dance.
I agree Ellie, added to that....... although she looks as though she should be elegant in this ballroom dance, she really isn't. I'm sure this can be worked on - feet and legs need attention for sure .
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Old 16-10-2015, 16:05
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No expert either but i think the problem was she was projecting her head back and out, rather than up and out to the left. She looked like she was basically leaning backwards and looking up. Hopefully gleb will sort it for their next ballroom dance.
Probably, I thought her top line didn't look elegant and her face looked like she was in pain, probably trying to be emotional (in character).
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Old 16-10-2015, 16:55
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I hope she's fairly good at it, because assuming she survives this week (and I'd be astounded if she didn't), she's going to have a a string of ballroom. She's had cha cha, charleston, a very wafty AS and now samba - she'll have the entire repetoire from foxtrot to waltz to do.

I'm a bit uncertain how she'll do in ballroom. That AS was pitched for a very lyrical dancer; Anita is punchy and dynamic so far.
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Old 16-10-2015, 21:36
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To be fair, the only in-hold ballroom they've done is a very small section of the american smooth, so I doubt they've put too much time into into it yet. Hopefully with their next ballroom they'll focus a bit more on technique. I can't see why she wouldn't be any good in ballroom, she looks like shes picking everything else up pretty quickly.
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