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Well, most of her routines were filled with basics, and she executed her moves well.
Add that to the dance experience I mentioned and I'd certainly regard her as a better source of ballroom/latin knowledge than a ballet dancer, a west-end performer and a whatever-the-heck-Bruno-is! |
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Well, most of her routines were filled with basics, and she executed her moves well.
Add that to the dance experience I mentioned and I'd certainly regard her as a better source of ballroom/latin knowledge than a ballet dancer, a west-end performer and a whatever-the-heck-Bruno-is! |
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Appreciate your reply but we'll have to disagree on this one.
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I thought she looked fantastic.
Also, do Bruno, Craig or Darcey have any experience with ballroom and Latin apart from Strictly? I would have thought Alesha would know more than them having been instructed by professionals then performing routines. Alesha attended a dance school when she was younger (not another ringer attack, just illustrating a point), and worked as the choreographer during her time in Mis-Teeq. I think she's entitled to comment on technique. |
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I have always liked Alesha, she seems a lovely person.
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Not so much amazing .... more astonishing.
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I used to like her comments when she was a judge and she often spoke a lot of sense whilst Craig would be complaining someone's little finger was at the wrong angle, Len reading his scripted one-liner and Bruno 'going off on one '.
After her first series bedding in, where she maybe overdid the criticism on a couple of occasions (although I still found her cutting Craig and Laila down hilarious) she did well, and helped guide the judging panel away from some of the flintiness of the early series towards something with more warmth, that the public were less likely to kick against. She is also one of the few people who got to leave the show on her own terms and went on to reasonably high-profile success, which I suspect winds a lot of people up, especially those who whined non-stop about one minor kink in her grammar. |
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Well, most of her routines were filled with basics, and she executed her moves well.
Add that to the dance experience I mentioned and I'd certainly regard her as a better source of ballroom/latin knowledge than a ballet dancer, a west-end performer and a whatever-the-heck-Bruno-is! |
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After her first series bedding in, where she maybe overdid the criticism on a couple of occasions (although I still found her cutting Craig and Laila down hilarious) she did well, and helped guide the judging panel away from some of the flintiness of the early series towards something with more warmth, that the public were less likely to kick against. She is also one of the few people who got to leave the show on her own terms and went on to reasonably high-profile success, which I suspect winds a lot of people up, especially those who whined non-stop about one minor kink in her grammar. |
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Alesha learnt to perform a single routine in each of the dances she danced with matthew over approximately a week's tuition, dancing for approximately 14 weeks in total. She claimed never to have taken any classes before and she certainly hasn't since. It is fairly insulting to Darcey Bussell to suggest on that basis Alesha is more knowledgeable in any aspect of dance. Darcey is, of course, best known as a prima ballerina. She is also President of the Royal Academy of Dance, which over sees not only ballet but contemporary and jazz dance education in the UK, in part in recognition of her wide-ranging dance experience and interests. She has to my knowledge danced exhibitions in tango since her retirement from ballet, on Strictly itself she has performed Jive and AS with Ian Waite; studying at White Lodge she will certainly have learnt waltz and VW (the little girls always perform those in their Xmas show). Just examples from a lifetime of dance immersion. While she is no ballroom specialist, it is ludicrous to suggest she isn't far more experienced and knowledgeable than Alesha Dixon.
Alesha learned ballroom and Latin dancing for about 15 weeks -- part time! Correction she learned to perform a dozen or so routines based on a series of Latin and ballroom dances. I doubt she could get up and dance any ballroom or Latin dance other than the routine she performed for each style. Nobody becomes sufficiently expert in anything much in just 15 weeks. Would you want a lawyer who was just a term and a half into their law degree or happily put your kids in a school where the teacher had had just 15 weeks training? |
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Alesha learnt to perform a single routine in each of the dances she danced with matthew over approximately a week's tuition, dancing for approximately 14 weeks in total. She claimed never to have taken any classes before and she certainly hasn't since. It is fairly insulting to Darcey Bussell to suggest on that basis Alesha is more knowledgeable in any aspect of dance. Darcey is, of course, best known as a prima ballerina. She is also President of the Royal Academy of Dance, which over sees not only ballet but contemporary and jazz dance education in the UK, in part in recognition of her wide-ranging dance experience and interests. She has to my knowledge danced exhibitions in tango since her retirement from ballet, on Strictly itself she has performed Jive and AS with Ian Waite; studying at White Lodge she will certainly have learnt waltz and VW (the little girls always perform those in their Xmas show). Just examples from a lifetime of dance immersion. While she is no ballroom specialist, it is ludicrous to suggest she isn't far more experienced and knowledgeable than Alesha Dixon.
Alesha may have claimed not to have taken any classes, but then so did Jill Halfpenny. Alesha's wiki and IMDB both state she attended dance classes and was scouted there. After becoming part of Mis-Teeq, she worked as their choreographer, as mentioned. Also, the comment about Darcey seems to be fairly contradictory. Most here claim that people with dance experience but no ballroom/latin training don't count as ringers, so by the same logic, Darcey isn't qualified to comment on it. 15 weeks part-time is extremely vague too...Alesha trained for around the same number of weeks, but no doubt with considerably more hours. Yes, I saw the jive, which looked very bizarre and unlike a jive...and the AS seemed to be 90% lifts and showing off her flexibility. Alesha consistently showed an understanding of and an aptitude for ballroom and latin technique. As stated, this, combined with her previous dance experience - makes her a more credible source for Strictly info, in my opinion, of course. |
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Did this thread trip and fall through a wormhole back to 2009?
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Well, most of her routines were filled with basics, and she executed her moves well.
Add that to the dance experience I mentioned and I'd certainly regard her as a better source of ballroom/latin knowledge than a ballet dancer, a west-end performer and a whatever-the-heck-Bruno-is! I'm glad we don't have to put up with her annoying personality and laugh any more. |
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I think most of her Latin dances had very mediocre technique - Paso, Cha Cha, Jive. She was able to "sell" a dance well though, so the judges forgave a lot.
I'm glad we don't have to put up with her annoying personality and laugh any more. |
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Did this thread trip and fall through a wormhole back to 2009?
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Did this thread trip and fall through a wormhole back to 2009?
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Absolutely. I am gob smacked that anyone would even think Alesha has an iota of the knowledge, experience or qualifications of Darcy.
Alesha learned ballroom and Latin dancing for about 15 weeks -- part time! Correction she learned to perform a dozen or so routines based on a series of Latin and ballroom dances. I doubt she could get up and dance any ballroom or Latin dance other than the routine she performed for each style. Nobody becomes sufficiently expert in anything much in just 15 weeks. Would you want a lawyer who was just a term and a half into their law degree or happily put your kids in a school where the teacher had had just 15 weeks training? Many teachers with years of training seem to be particularly incompetent whereas other people are natural teachers which is probably why the teaching unions gets so upset about unqualified teachers (i.e. non union members). I would not compare the ability to dance around for a couple of minutes with the amount of knowledge needed by a good lawyer. |
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Safe to say Alesha is looking well and amazing on ITT tonight. Absolutely stunning and her partner is a very lucky guy. Wish she never left the SCD panel to be honest as she was part of the highest ratings SCD of season 8.
![]() The One Show. ITT. Saturday Kitchen. Clearly the record needs a lot of promoting. |
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I thought she looked too thin. Just in the interest of balance.
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I thought she looked too thin. Just in the interest of balance.
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I thought she looked too thin. Just in the interest of balance.
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I thought she looked too thin. Just in the interest of balance.
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She has been very very very busy plugging her record.
The One Show. ITT. Saturday Kitchen. Clearly the record needs a lot of promoting. She was very funny as well! And ... Isn't promotion part of what singers/actors/writers do???? Otherwise we wouldn't have many guests on talk shows ..... |
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Wish SCD could have a time bomb and go back to 2009 to be honest lol. 😂
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She has been very very very busy plugging her record.
The One Show. ITT. Saturday Kitchen. Clearly the record needs a lot of promoting. http://beta.digitalspy.co.uk/music/i...her-new-music/ |
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