Which Dance This Week?

For those who have the Salsa this week. A clip from facebook. Watch & learn

https://www.facebook.com/martin.chapman.3348/posts/10205001167655153?notif_t=close_friend_activity (under House Techno)

From the Dark Side. Some guesses as to this weeks 'Movie' dances

Ainsley & Natalie - Cha-Cha-Cha (Natalie's twitter) (Happy Feet, as per results show)
Anita & Gleb - ? (ballroom, as confirmed by Anita's twitter)
Anthony & Oti - Paso Doble (Live show) (almost certainly Rocky III)
Carol & Pasha - Quickstep (Carol on BBC Breakfast)
Daniel & Kristina - ? (Grease, as per results show)
Georgia & Giovanni - Rumba (Georgia's twitter)
Helen & Aljaz - ?
Jamelia & Tristan - ?
Jay & Aliona - ?
Jeremy & Karen - Charleston (The One Show on Mon)
Katie & An ton - Cha Cha Cha (ITT)
Kellie & Kevin - Charleston (The One Show on Mon)
Kirsty & Brendan - Foxtrot probably to Lady & The Tramp
Peter & Janette - ?Paso (Pirates of the Caribbean theme - digital spy article)

B4p wrote:From the Dark Side. Some guesses as to this weeks 'Movie' dances

Ainsley & Natalie - Cha-Cha-Cha (Natalie's twitter) (Happy Feet, as per results show)
Anita & Gleb - ? (ballroom, as confirmed by Anita's twitter)
Anthony & Oti - Paso Doble (Live show) (almost certainly Rocky III)
Carol & Pasha - Quickstep (Carol on BBC Breakfast)
Daniel & Kristina - ? (Grease, as per results show)
Georgia & Giovanni - Rumba (Georgia's twitter)
Helen & Aljaz - ?
Jamelia & Tristan - ?
Jay & Aliona - ?
Jeremy & Karen - Charleston (The One Show on Mon)
Katie & An ton - Cha Cha Cha (ITT)
Kellie & Kevin - Charleston (The One Show on Mon)
Kirsty & Brendan - Foxtrot probably to Lady & The Tramp
Peter & Janette - ?Paso (Pirates of the Caribbean theme - digital spy article)

Cha-cha-cha to Happy Feat?! ppppppfffttt! I would have thought a Quickstep or Charleston is more appropriate.

Looks like the Peter preference marches on. If he really has the Paso, then the music from the Black Pearl  "Pirates of the Carribean" theme is one of those that has been shown to work by the American pros (forgotten who but there's a brilliant youtube video of it somewhere around). Not sure Anthony is ready for it,"Eye of the Tiger" or no, but who knows?  

Daniel at Rydell High? Hmm, that's really pushing things. His grandson might be there, but come on... Luckily, he still has hair to put grease on...I think..... Better hope loads of his fans are Hopelessly devoted to him....

TANGOLERO wrote:Daniel at Rydell High? Hmm, that's really pushing things. His grandson might be there, but come on... Luckily, he still has hair to put grease on...I think..... Better hope loads of his fans are Hopelessly devoted to him....

The Grease is probably for his joints (must have run out of WD40! As long as they don't have him doing a blue moon....I read somewhere that Kristina has been worried about Daniel's Irish fans not being able to vote. Only the North are allowed to vote I think. There's one or two Irish fans on this board so maybe they can clarify?

TANGOLERO wrote:

http://www.radiotimes.com/news/2015-08-21/irish-voters-are-willing-to-cross-borders-to-help-daniel-odonnell-win-strictly

It's like a weekend break for them to travel from down south to north, and then watch the show, have pints of Guinness, and then vote vote vote. Did you see the youtube viewing figures of all of Daniel's routines? They are exceptionally high.

Jamelia & Tristan - Salsa (ITT)

Week 3 Movie Week Dances & Youtube Clips

Jeremy and Karen - Charleston to ‘Top Hat, White Tie & Tails’ from Top Hat.
https://youtu.be/RZOJoV6H2UM

Anthony and Oti - Paso Doble to ‘Eye Of The Tiger’ from Rocky.
https://youtu.be/btPJPFnesV4

Jay and Aliona - Jive to a medley of ‘Misirlou/You Never Can Tell’ from Pulp Fiction.
https://youtu.be/VM28v505MoY

Peter and Janette - Paso Doble to ‘He’s A Pirate’ from Pirates Of The Caribbean.
https://youtu.be/EFpnW5En33M

Ainsley and Natalie  - Cha Cha to ‘Boogie Wonderland’ from Happy Feet.
https://youtu.be/Dq3Yjww-ayg

Daniel and Kristina - Cha Cha to ‘Summer Nights’ from Grease.
https://youtu.be/xRJMg3LWIkE


Carol and Pasha - Quickstep to ‘Wash That Man’ from South Pacific.
https://youtu.be/Zzu8ZxBHMWk

Georgia and Giovanni - Rumba to ‘Writing’s On The Wall’ from Spectre.
https://youtu.be/8jzDnsjYv9A

Helen and Aljaž - Foxtrot to ‘I Wanna Be Loved By You’ from Some Like It Hot.
https://youtu.be/hL_vUcN9GoM

Jamelia and Tristan - Salsa to ‘Heaven Must Be Missing An Angel’ from Charlie’s Angels.
https://youtu.be/aIONEnGeSIQ

Kellie and Kevin - Charleston to ‘Cantina Band’ from Star Wars.
https://youtu.be/eGy1BRO1WCs

Katie and An ton - Cha Cha to ‘Pretty Woman’ from Pretty Woman.
https://youtu.be/vZRL0nGYzJw

Kirsty and Brendan - American Smooth to ‘He’s A Tramp’ from Lady & The Tramp.
https://youtu.be/aGHLcobLUqA

Anita and Gleb - American Smooth to ‘Unchained Melody’ from Ghost.
https://youtu.be/ZoEwR9_Sy_M

Love Unchained Melody and Pretty Woman, Grease thou Eye of The Tiger

saxonsiren wrote:Love Unchained  Melody and Pretty Woman, Grease thou Eye of The Tiger

I think A.nton would create yet another classy cha-cha for Katie and with that song, I can't wait!!!

Some great toons this week!!! Can't wait. There's some real classics in there ( Top Hat, Lady and the Tramp, South Pacific and Some Like it Hot) plus some gems - Pulp Fiction and the Cantina Band from Star Wars - what a stroke of genius!! I don't think anyone really has a blooper this week. Of all of them the worst is 'Eye of the Tiger' - partly because it has been done on SCD soooo many times - and I'm not sure about 'Unchained Melody' for an American Smooth - I love the song but it is very slow - slow Foxtrot AS? It will probably be very impressive in terms of lifts and performance but will we see a ballroom dance in there? It is early days but I think Gleb aspires to be a bit of an A rtem - he needs to be careful that L en doesn't turn..........

I have to say I used to dislike the themed nights ( I still dislike the Hallowe'en Special - but only because I think they have done the idea to death - no pun intended) but I find I like the film/musical/round the world nights because we often hear some of the best tracks in the series. The only thing is that the performance aspect is sometimes a bit overplayed at the expense of technique and I still think it would be a good idea to follow a themed week with a week which focussed on technique with the couples having to execute certain moves in their dances..........you know something like that..........

^ In line with the above:  Time for a rant, I'm afraid.: As the dreaded time draws near ( well Asda and co already have Christmas crackers so it must be time for Halloween), I willingly admit that Halloween makes me cringe. I put up with young kids trick or treating outside the front door at home on the night because that's what young kids do, but seeing a bunch of adults with flour-bag faces and blackened teeth running around going "Whoo-hoo" or leaping out of cardboard prop coffins is just too much. Apart from the fact (as mauveangel notes) that it's been done to death, it was always about as funny as a fall of soot back when B rucie was a lad. Will I ever be able to forget Chris Parker galloping around the studio draped in a tablecloth and looking like Count Dracula trying to get back in his vault before dawn broke?, or Nancy del whatsit trying to prove that death is sexy as she undressed her way out of a polystyrene sarcophogus in two grands worth of satin frock and draped in half of Hatton Garden's finest?)

In the great drive for modernity, will we see a "bake-off" theme night, ( Are there too many cooks spoiling broths already behind the scenes?) The thought of a jive to "If I knew you were coming I'd have baked a lingerie"....aaaaghhh) mock dragons popping out of their dens or "Match of the night?" with all the female pros dressed as Wayne Rooneys' or Harry Kane's (heaven forbid). At least the head vampire, Luis Suarez has gone off to the Spanish Transylvania so we won't have to suffer him. Could we maybe somewhere in it remember (again supporting mauveangel) that it's supposed to be a dance show primarily and not an hour on Blackpool's ghost train? I am not against era themes highlighting the various assasinations of the fair name of dance, disco, funky chicken and all that stuff (no twist, pleeeeeeze) and I love nights of the forties and American boogie, Jive, Jitterbug etc and the great golden age of ballroom and high society. Oh, and lover of past times as I am, surely the show budgetwill stretch to a few new props besides park benches, gas lamps and mobile doors, umbrellas and swings? It's a poor reflection on the modern music situation when the ever wonderfull George Gershwin, Cole Porter and Irving Berlin songbooks are still the best music around. That said, long may it stay and mabe a time will come when The powers that be remember the Tango is a dance form from Argentina's bordellos, and a paso doble is part of a bullfight and not all Rhiannas yestedays.

Okay, that'll do for now...... Night all.

I remember the Pro dancers doing a Samba to 'Heaven Must Be Missing An Angel'. Wouldn't have thought it was a Salsa rhythm?

I like 'Unchained Melody' but would have thought it was too slow for an American Smooth?

I think Georgia & Giovanni have been shrewd in getting the Rhumba out of the way early and having the chance to hide it on a theme night dancing to a new James Bond tune.

Should be an entertaining show.

B4p wrote:I like 'Unchained Melody' but would have thought it was too slow for an American Smooth?

Unchained Melody quick six-quavers-per-bar melody would be a VW, it would be the right tempo for that. Since this is a compound duple beat, it can be a SLOW 4/4 foxtrot. But I hazard to guess it would be a VW-inspired American Smooth...

cellar-door wrote:
Unchained Melody quick six-quavers-per-bar melody would be a VW, it would be the right tempo for that. Since this is a compound duple beat, it can be a SLOW 4/4 foxtrot. But I hazard to guess it would be a VW-inspired American Smooth...

Danced to Vorsprung Durch Tecnik?

TANGOLERO wrote:

Danced to Vorsprung Durch Tecnik?

With trickery software stored in one of Gleb's orifices, you see he's a humanoid. Nobody could be THIS good looking...

cellar-door wrote:

With trickery software stored in one of Gleb's orifices, you see he's a humanoid. Nobody could be THIS good looking...

Gleb - not my type but love the 'humanoid' analogy.

VW American Smooth - spot on CD - as revealed on ITT tonight - could be stunning - wonder how much actually VW will be in it? Interesting anyway.

Vorsprung Durch Technik Mr T!

'Heaven must be missing an Angel' - Love it - a bit of a 'hustle' I associate it with Tavares - not Charlies Angels.

Lastly - for some reason when I think of Kellie and K evin the word 'kooky' keeps coming in to my head - I've no idea why - Kooky Tango, Kooky cha cha and now it looks like a kooky charleston.................no offence meant!

mauveangel09 wrote:
Lastly - for some reason when I think of Kellie and K evin the word  'kooky'  keeps coming in to my head - I've no idea why -   Kooky Tango, Kooky cha cha and now it looks like a kooky charleston.................no offence meant!

Funnily enough I like the Kevin chap quite a lot. He has an open, pose-free personality that makes a change from the designer beard macho types, yet his dance is every bit as good as theirs. Granted he sometimes hovers around the every mother's favourite son who never loses his dinner money and always has the shiniest shoes in class, but the plusses outweigh the minusses. All in all a positive addition to the male pro ranks.

Yes - I like him too Mr T - I thought F rankie was the perfect partner for him last year - I hope I enjoy the Star Wars charleston because I love the music - but would like to see them do something a bit more classic and smooth after this week - another ballroom dance.

No doubt the band will excel in adapting some of the tunes accordingly. All respect for what they managed to achieve for An ton's 'Telephone' tune last weekend

I missed ITT tonight. Hopefully I've recorded it. I'd forgotten the American Smooth can be a variation of several of the other dances. I was thinking it would be the usual Quickstep or Foxtrot AS.

Week 4 Dances & Youtube Clips

Jeremy and Karen - Jive to Bobby Darin’s ‘Splish Splash’
https://youtu.be/4KmKkV3ddAo

Jay and Aliona - Quickstep to ‘My Generation’ by The Who
https://youtu.be/594WLzzb3JI

Peter and Janette - Tango to New Order’s 'Blue Monday'.
https://youtu.be/9GMjH1nR0ds

Ainsley and Natalie  - Waltz to ‘What a Wonderful World’ by Louis Armstrong
https://youtu.be/E2VCwBzGdPM

Daniel and Kristina -American Smooth to Frank Sinatra’s ‘Fly Me To The Moon’
https://youtu.be/mhZ2X9znPxM

Carol and Pasha - Paso to Trad’s ‘Espana Cani’
https://youtu.be/1hnGe2UeWSs

Georgia and Giovanni - Quickstep to S Club 7’s ‘Reach’
https://youtu.be/xVzJIrpharU

Helen and Aljaž - Salsa to Miami Sound Machine’s ‘Dr Beat’
https://youtu.be/bEWn0orWkMs

Jamelia and Tristan - Charleston to ‘Straight Up’ by Scott Bradlee’s Postmodern Jukebox
https://youtu.be/EPtIJJlwRys  (not sure if this is the right link)

Kellie and Kevin - Foxtrot to ‘Dream A Little Dream’ by Mama Cass
https://youtu.be/ajwnmkEqYpo

Katie and An ton - Viennese Waltz to Elvis Presley’s ‘If I Can Dream’
https://youtu.be/iLsFL0gkkKI

Kirsty and Brendan - Paso to U2’s ‘Beautiful Day’
https://youtu.be/co6WMzDOh1o

Anita and Gleb - Samba to Shakira’s ‘Hips Don’t Lie’
https://youtu.be/DUT5rEU6pqM

Hooray - some proper Paso music - whoop-whoop

Ole......Carol and Pasha - Paso to Trad’s ‘Espana Cani’
https://youtu.be/1hnGe2UeWSs



See Peter's being given every chance to shine again......Tango...

Not sure about Dr Beat for a Salsa. Seems more like a Samba rhythm to me.