Productions overshadowing the dancers?

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Fudd

07-12-2015

Originally Posted by Everlong Girl:
“It's a shame that both Georgia and Helen suffered the most from the extra dancers and I'm sure the distraction of them might have contributed to them being in the DO.

I wonder why Jay and Aliona's dance was the only one which didn't have extra dancers?

I think only Kellie, Katie and Anita's dances worked to an extent with having extra dancers in them, and that's only because Kellie's felt more like a group dance and required rowdy-ness and with Katie and Anita the extra dancers didn't impede anyone's view of the dancing and mostly stayed in the background.”

*Imagines Aliona's look at the producer who dared to utter 'backing dancers' to a Rumba*

Nah I think I know why their dance didn't have backing dancers...

Everlong Girl

07-12-2015

Originally Posted by Fudd:
“*Imagines Aliona's look at the producer who dared to utter 'backing dancers' to a Rumba*

Nah I think I know why their dance didn't have backing dancers...”

BIB do share

Fuchsia Groan

07-12-2015

Originally Posted by sydrob:
“Yes and boy did they dance!! The routines seemed longer, although they weren't. They physically couldn't breathe they were so exhausted at the end of routines. And Dave Arch actually arranged the music.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lFEcAzo8Xzg

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s585aE6Uy0I

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lNkExUcCKg8

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vg8neixzZtU

Just a few of my favourites ”

I don't know whether to thank you or give you a slap round the chops for depressing me even more about the current state of Strictly.

Ah - Denise & Ian. Weren't they just fabulous?

Fudd

07-12-2015

Originally Posted by Everlong Girl:
“BIB do share ”

I think Aliona would have had them all trapped inside the piano ahead of taking a step on the dance floor.

sydrob

07-12-2015

Originally Posted by Fuchsia Groan:
“I don't know whether to thank you or give you a slap round the chops for depressing me even more about the current state of Strictly.

Ah - Denise & Ian. Weren't they just fabulous? ”

Sorry!!! And yes they were just fabulous

Fuchsia Groan

07-12-2015

Originally Posted by sydrob:
“Sorry!!! And yes they were just fabulous ”

I'll let you off for bothering to fish those little gems out of youtube.

Starpuss

07-12-2015

Oh wow! That brought back memories. Just glorious.

But I think those clips are broken. There are no tables, lampposts, mirrors, chairs, etc. And the music suits the dances. And we can see the dancers at all times. No fecking teapots between them and the camera.

That can't be right can it?

davegold

07-12-2015

I'm not a big fan of backing dancers but that musicals night was good entertainment. Strictly is firstly and foremost an entertainment show.

Helen's Les Mis number was overcrowded, etc, but if it had worked it would have been fantastic, better than Caroline Flack's charleston (which also had interfering dancers).

Paace

07-12-2015

SCD as we used to know it is slowly being destroyed year upon year . The songs now are all that matters to the producers, even though most of them are completely wrong for the particular dance .
They're hiring more and more pros who aren't trained in ballroom .
We're seeing more and more time wasting, props, backing dancers . The clapping and screaming has got worse as well as all those horrible strobe lights everywhere .

I can no longer bear to watch it live but now only watch each dance on iplayer .

Everlong Girl

07-12-2015

Originally Posted by Paace:
“SCD as we used to know it is slowly being destroyed year upon year . The songs now are all that matters to the producers, even though most of them are completely wrong for the particular dance .
They're hiring more and more pros who aren't trained in ballroom .
We're seeing more and more time wasting, props, backing dancers . The clapping and screaming has got worse as well as all those horrible strobe lights everywhere .

I can no longer bear to watch it live but now only watch each dance on iplayer .”

BIB - who are the pro's who aren't trained in ballroom???

SepangBlue

08-12-2015

Originally Posted by Paace:
“SCD as we used to know it is slowly being destroyed year upon year . The songs now are all that matters to the producers, even though most of them are completely wrong for the particular dance .
They're hiring more and more pros who aren't trained in ballroom .
We're seeing more and more time wasting, props, backing dancers . The clapping and screaming has got worse as well as all those horrible strobe lights everywhere .

I can no longer bear to watch it live but now only watch each dance on iplayer .”

Me too! I always record the show and scud through to the dances themselves (and the judges comments). I don't even bother to see the training room preambles, they're sometimes relevant but nearly always pointless. An hour's viewing last Saturday only took about 20 minutes to go through and I really don't mind if I never get that time back again!

fatskia

08-12-2015

Originally Posted by TerryM22:
“I love all the theatrics.”

The drunken table setting VW took a lot out of Kellie, and Kevin can't be expected to risk his back lifting her onto such a high table. Health and Safety requirements mean that people nowadays have to be protected from over-lifting.

Osusana

08-12-2015

Originally Posted by SepangBlue:
“Me too! I always record the show and scud through to the dances themselves (and the judges comments). I don't even bother to see the training room preambles, they're sometimes relevant but nearly always pointless. An hour's viewing last Saturday only took about 20 minutes to go through and I really don't mind if I never get that time back again!”

This is what I do too

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