Originally Posted by MaggieMcGee:
“Keep them safe from Steerpike then! Part of the reason I love Ed is that ... he represents how I would be as a Strictly contestant. Awkward, without fluidity, self conscious and struggling with learning a proper routine, which I would want from my pro. Not for me a pretence. A full on routine as Len would say. I hope I have Ed's timing and a feel for music, may be more than a feel for dancing! Katya is a perfect pro. She is calm, focussed and respectful with a kooky persona on the dance floor. She's also beautiful.”
Don't mention Steerpike! He messed with my head!

I love him (Ed, that is!) because he has no hang ups, despite being awkward, without fluidity and etc etc. Except that I reckon under there somewhere is a dancer - maybe not one who would ever be terribly adept, although who knows, but definitely someone who hears the music and who is becoming gradually more in tune with his body and not afraid to express himself through dance and movement (and OOOH! AHHH!).
It wouldn't surprise me - given his attitude towards and application in learning to play the piano - if he carried on with dancing after Strictly. Don't tell me he's not enjoying trying to learn to dance, because he very obviously is and I reckon he's finding the whole experience truly liberating. Imagine being an uptight, stuffed shirt politician metaphorically cutting opponents' throats for living, then suddenly finding yourself in a dance studio with Katya for weeks on end perfecting a Michael Jackson move which, on the night, turns out looking like Beyonce.
I reckon his world must turned on its head at the moment.