Originally Posted by Sid_1979:
“However, Rachel couldn't have sold the Rhumba any better. She didn't merely dance it with her feet and body, she danced it with her soul too. I think we need to accept that she's not the most extroverted character, but that doesn't stop her from connecting with the audience with her dancing.”
Hey Sid
Oh I agree. I think I said on the previous page (might not have done though, can't remember!) that her rumba was the only one dance of hers I've really liked, because I think it's the only dance she's really 'performed'. My point was that I wish she'd inject the same level of performance into her other dances.
I think her rumba was so good because she really connected with the dance. What Vincent needs to do is find a way of either getting her to connect with other dances in the same way, or getting her to act her dances better. Gethin wasn't hugely extrovert on the dancefloor at first and Mark Ramprakash was as shy as they come, but Camilla & Karen managed to get them to be good performers. If Rachel did what she did in her rumba in all her dances, then I think she'd be amazing. At the moment though, it all falls flat for me and most of her dances feel very dull and lifeless.
For me, what made people like Alesha, Jill, Mark R, Zoe, Gethin etc so good to watch was that they were not only very good dancers but they really went out there and sold every single dance (though admittedly it took Mark and Gethin a while to warm up!). Even Matt D'A, who I disliked more as the series went on, was great at selling a dance. That's what Rachel is failing to do for me and therefore why I don't really enjoy watching her.