Originally Posted by jtnorth:
“Do you mind a quick drive-by unappreciation?
I would like to unappreciate the rumba. I would like to unappreciate every single thing about the rumba as a dance. I have just been watching various competition dancers dancing it presumably properly and I feel a bit ill. It might be the only dance that I like less when it's done properly. Hate the over the top hip movement, hate the way the man has to hold himself like a magician's charming assistant, hate the silly arms, hate the opening the curtains move again and again, hate the almost lifts with one foot on the floor - what's the point? - and the move where the man drags the woman's straight body backwards for no reason, and the woman sliding down the man like a helter-skelter, and the undulating and the whole smug fake exaggeration of it. Ughhhh.
Thank you for that. Apologies to anyone who actually knows about dancing. Wanders off muttering 'But he could have had the Charleston this week...'”
Yep I hate it as a dance but I just know Jay can do it justice.
If Aliona's choreo has enough basic for Len and Jay keeps her feet on the ground in the lifts, they should be able to score well.
The other thing I thought which hopefully will make sense, is its another dance where the girl does all the flourishes and tricky bits choreographically. So whilst the Rumba is very ick and difficult for male celebs to get the basic technique, (which is why they usually look much worse than the females)I wonder, if you have a celeb who can nail the technique, whether they are actually more likely to get higher scores because Aliona will obviously be far better at those flourishes than someone like Kara, so overall the whole dance will look better?
Does that make sense?
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