Originally Posted by Jennifer_F:
“Bit of both I suspect. Its easier sometimes to teach someone that knows nothing rather than to re-train them to learn. I guess with the limited time that have to learn dances, Oti went with what she could use, and fabulous it was too. Danny is a wonderful dancer, for stage work, but looking from a ballroom/latin dancers viewpoint, not quite so great. I see so much wrong, especially in ballroom when he makes the dance so physical,.....”
“Bit of both I suspect. Its easier sometimes to teach someone that knows nothing rather than to re-train them to learn. I guess with the limited time that have to learn dances, Oti went with what she could use, and fabulous it was too. Danny is a wonderful dancer, for stage work, but looking from a ballroom/latin dancers viewpoint, not quite so great. I see so much wrong, especially in ballroom when he makes the dance so physical,.....”
I think I get what you are saying with several of his dances, but even though I know nothing about dance, I thought his AS in the semi final looked controlled and graceful, plus of course brilliant choreography from Oti. Ore seems to have received all the Gene Kelly comparisons, but Danny reminded me very much of Gene in that routine.
My dance of the series.




So in a sense, like Claudia, his prior training was actually a hindrance rather than a help?”