Originally Posted by joshjackson:
“If she's not great on technique, and it's not her fault, then whose fault is it?? Her dance teacher?
If she herself hasn't nailed jive technique, then she shouldn't be a pro. How can she be expected to teach it then?”
It's the producers fault if they hire a pro not up to the job to teach. I'm guessing the pro is glad to be hired and just runs with the opportunity. Look at Anton, blatantly not good at dancing Latin, let alone teaching it, yet the producers keep him year on year even though he can only properly teach ballroom 100% and merely do his best to mimmick Latin as best he can (even though he's had a good few years on the show to improve).
Janette doesn't have a Latin/ballroom background like the other pros that have learnt and competed ballroom and Latin from a young age, so she's a very accomplished general dancer trying to mimmick ballroom and Latin. Arguably she does relatively well to do double what Anton has to try and do, but yes, sometimes some routines don't come off. I think though the other pros have had their moments over the years, and even this year Aljaz, Giovanni and Natalie haven't filled dance with enough content, and they'd be more expected to be able to do so given their background.