Erin definitely did that.

Hoping nobody has noted the slight ... detour ...

I remember Matt Cutler doing it which was probably why Alesha was so comfortable completely blagging that paso

(And going in the wrong direction totally during her foxtrot)

to be fair, I was really thinking about Jay, I personally think he's far from the finished article, but he has got something very few people have...a way of moving that just says 'dancer'

I guess so, but also there are subjects which I thought I would love, 1 month later hated them and just tried to get by doing the bare minimum while passing.

I dont think I am explaining myself that well. I do think that Anita wanted to learn to dance of course, but I feel (like others have mentioned before here) that she wants to learn more the dance they are doing on a Saturday, so that she is back next week, rather than learn how to dance the Rumba or the waltz. Its the challenge mentality.

It is not to say that she doesn't enjoy the dance itself as I clearly have heard her to say every single week, but I would imagine she would be the exact same attitude if it was Masterchef. (Which is not a bad thing per se, I just dont get any of the joy of dancing from her just a very good performer.)

But, of course, I may be wrong.

Strangely enough, I remember Anton saying it as well in one of the earlier series ... I mean Anton!

He does, which you would never guess looking at his caveman/builder walk in normal life


I'd guess he doesn't include much Latin in that

No, I agree with that totally (not the last sentence, but the rest of it ).

I just wonder if a teacher with a joy of what they are teaching might have given her a bit more joy in it as well. When the teacher is bish-bash-bosh it doesn't help if the pupil tends towards that as well.

I'm very late catching up.

I find the language stuff fascinating (once wanted to study linguistics but it seemed alarmingly like maths on closer inspection)

I don't believe prawns, tomatoes or nuts, I'm firmly in the camp of filler - somebody needs to do a cover version of Carly Simon's classic "You're so vain", just for Gleb (although having seen that remark to Anita I could very well believe GBH and she'd have my full support in that!)

If something not too nasty but incapacitating happened to TTF, who would step in to dance with Kellie? it might be worth having a word with Daniel O'D to see if it could be arranged

[quote=Agent Krycek;80612721]He does, which you would never guess looking at his caveman/builder walk in normal life


That's part of the attraction - the total surprise when you see him suddenly morph into this creature that flows...I guess that's what Aliona picked up early on and why she was genuinely pleased to be paired off with him

Yes, teachers are essential. And a great teacher is the one that know how to adapt his style of teaching to the pupil and/or circumstances. While Gleb is new on Strictly, he has done it in three other countries versions, albeit most for just one season.

I just would like to see Gleb with another celeb on Strictly before making my mind up with him.

Languages are fascinating. I did linguistics, language and literature at uni. Loved linguistics!
I would guess Brenda for Anita and Pasha for Kellie.

I did study it and it isn't really mathsey or it needn't be. I stayed with the socio/pshyco stuff mostly although had to do phonetics and also did a course in Articial Speech generation and recognition which get a bit into the realm of hard numbers.

The hardest bit was Chomsky's transformational grammar - really struggled with that .

BIB really? that was my all time favourite bit of my uni studies. It really resonated with me.

I never did Artificial speech though.

When I see the word Latin here I don't think about Latin American dances, my mind goes first to the language! I only did it to A level, didn't carry on to uni (tho' Old French takes a lot from Latin) but now I'm singing some church music in Latin, it's like an old friend - I love it.

I keep on reading references to Kellie wearing a light up skirt. Where is this?

She wore it in training on ITT, I think it was Wednesday? possibly the day before - because I haven't seen yesterday's yet.

On the first bit of training footage shown, she had a pink long tutu style skirt on, with fairy lights seemingly sewed into it It was a bit weird to be honest

Honestly, you lot are NO GOOD for our reputation. We are not meant to be intelligent, articulate women (mostly) with varied and wide ranging interests, we are spotty arsed jellus, bitter, hating airheads! Got it?

Mine's a contrary sod. I either have to watch it on the laptop or escape to another tv. He'll start sneering and making sarky comments (he's not happy unless it's rugby or Family Guy) but if he was catch say Helen's VW last week unawares, he would watch it transfixed and enjoy it. He gets put off by the filler, the silly vts, Tess, screeching singers and so on.

My housemate is the same. I always watch on the computer upstairs. A few years back I tried watching it on the TV in the living room but though he doesn't like it, he wouldn't leave the room and sat in the armchair with his newspaper, turning each page with a lour rustling flourish and making sarky comments so I couldn't hear properly. Not worth the annoyance!

Funny! If i am in here I am thinking in english so Latin means latin dancing. If I am thinking in Spanish, then its Latín, the language, so they sound completely different.

I ad to do four years. It wasn't easy. But the end was worth it.

For all the dedicated followers of Gleb, including his non-fans; I think, it would have to be Carly's "Man on My Mind."
"I've got my mind on my man again....I've got my man on my mind...."

Can you be a dedicated follower and a non fan?

Although I'll always see him with his filler fat lip from now on, so I don't mind having him in my mind