Which Dance This Week?

meant to say that I like the latin choices for this week............... 'Feeling hot hot hot' is a brilliant track for latin dancing - just makes you want to swing your hips...................

Week 3 Movie Themes
Tim could be Mr Banks in Mary Poppins 'Let's Go Fly a Kite' (but he's just done a Waltz) or a Quickstep to 'Supercalifragislisticexpialidocious'
Mark could be dressed as a Chimney Sweep for another Mary Poppins character, doing a Charleston to 'Step in Time'.

Results show
Hey - I think whoever's behind that curtain in Oz Land was sneaking a peek at our scribblings!

Judy has confirmed she's doing a Quickstep for Movie week

Hey Ho

Caroline - Rhumba
Sunetra - American Smooth
Judy - Quickstep

Mark - Charleston






Karen has started calling Joanne the Jolly Rancher and says she can't wait to see their routine

B4p wrote:Caroline - Rhumba
Sunetra - American Smooth
Judy - Quickstep

Mark - Charleston






Karen has started calling Joanne the Jolly Rancher and says she can't wait to see their routine

ThomDoll also doing charleston, confirmed in ITT today.

Sorry I may have got Thoma & Mark mixed up. Yes it's Thom doing the Charleston.

I went into Don Henley Lyric mode
"I was flying back to Lubbock, I saw Jesus on the plane, or maybe it was Elvis, you know they kinda look the same...."

B4p wrote:Sorry I may have got Thoma & Mark mixed up. Yes it's Thom doing the Charleston.

I went into Don Henley Lyric mode
"I was flying back to Lubbock, I saw Jesus on the plane, or maybe it was Elvis, you know they kinda look the same...."

So Mark No Mates (who likes to cry) is not doing charleston then?

Nat just tweeted that she & Tim are doing a Charleston



Caroline - Rhumba
Sunetra - American Smooth
Judy - Quickstep

Thom - Charleston
Tim - Charleston

Looking forward to seeing what Caroline and Pasha will do with the rhumba.

Poor Tim.....................

I bet Tim will let rip and give it his best shot. They make a lovely couple. He's quite a character and doesn't take himself too seriously. Don't know his music yet though

Yes B4P I really like the pairing - they make a good couple and he is obviously thoroughly enjoying it.

I wonder if Kev & Frankie are doing something from Toy Story?

B4p wrote:Nat just tweeted that she & Tim are doing a Charleston



Caroline - Rhumba
Sunetra - American Smooth
Judy - Quickstep

Thom - Charleston
Tim - Charleston

If the lady gets her feet in a tangle doing a waltz......Hope I'm wrong, really, but I hope she can do The Dashing White Sargent (oh dear, is that racist?)..or The Gay Gordons (oh -heck...er...)..Mother, Father kindly disregard this letter...

Oops I think you mwant well Mr D! Judy out of hold could be scarey viewing! Why oh why can they not all dance the same latin half of them and the same ballroom? We can compare like for like,different choreography and costumes! I hate to see The Tango,Charleston,American Smooth so early on

Pixie has just tweeted that she is doing a Quickstep this week

Caroline - Rhumba
Sunetra - American Smooth
Judy - Quickstep
Pixie - Quickstep
Alison - Jive

Thom - Charleston
Tim - Charleston
Steve - Quickstep

Well it's now up on the main Beeb site - Dances and tunes for Week 3 Movie Night


Alison and Aljaz - Jiving to Kenny Loggin’s ‘Footloose’ from the film of the same name.

Caroline and Pasha -  Rumba to Aerosmith’s ‘I Don’t Want to Miss a Thing’ from 1998’s ‘Armageddon’.

Frankie and Kevin  -  Paso Doble to ‘America’ from  ‘West Side Story’.

Jennifer and Tristan -  Foxtrot to Abba’s ‘Mamma Mia’ from the film of the same name.

Judy and An ton - Quickstep to ‘Don’t Rain on My Parade’ from the film ‘Funny Girl’.

Pixie and Trent - Quickstep to ‘Be Our Guest’ from Disney’s ‘Beauty and the Beast’.

Sunetra and Brendan - American Smooth to ‘The Way You Look Tonight’ sung by Fred Astaire in ‘Swing Time’.



Jake and Janette -  Waltzing to the ‘Godfather Waltz’ from the ‘The Godfather’.

Mark and Karen - Paso Doble to the theme from ‘Superman’.

Scott and Joanne - Samba to ‘Under the Sea’ from Disney's ‘The Little Mermaid’.

Simon and Kristina - Rumba to ‘Take My Breath Away’ from the film ‘Top Gun’.

Steve and O la - Quickstep to ‘I Wanna Be Like You’ from Disney’s ‘Jungle Book’.

Tim and Natalie -  Charleston to ‘Money, Money’ from the musical ‘Cabaret’.

Thom and Iveta -  Charleston to ‘New York, New York’ from the soundtrack of the Gene Kelly and Frank Sinatra musical ‘On The Town’.

There you go Tango - Baloo the Bear hips from Steve coming up!

Some youtube links to week 3 Movie Night Tunes

Couldn’t resist a bit of Plushenko (I’m a massive fan)
Footloose - https://youtu.be/4KY5zVZwQhI

I don’t want to miss a thing - https://youtu.be/oR68oAtWY-c

America (West Side Story) - https://youtu.be/Qy6wo2wpT2k

Mamma Mia - https://youtu.be/Qy6wo2wpT2k

Don’t rain on my parade -  https://youtu.be/aO3Gb5mkwTc

Be our guest - https://youtu.be/afzmwAKUppU

The way you look tonight - https://youtu.be/dIW_Ah0wg-w

The Godfather Waltz - https://youtu.be/BQvc7Ne5mok

Superman theme - https://youtu.be/CvFo5BijsHs

Under the sea - https://youtu.be/GC_mV1IpjWA

Take my breath away - https://youtu.be/fUis9yny_lI

I wanna be like you - https://youtu.be/EKnQoWWySm8

Money, money - https://youtu.be/cbMv8B6s1WI

New York, New York -  https://youtu.be/x7CIgWZTdgw

I know I've put this on before but it makes me happy, and for me, that's what dance is about! My absolute alltime favourite 'Footloose' montage. I think it's brilliant

https://youtu.be/PVG_QA5stBc

B4p wrote:Well it's now up on the main Beeb site - Dances and tunes for Week 3 Movie Night


Alison and Aljaz - Jiving to Kenny Loggin’s ‘Footloose’ from the film of the same name.
Jive? Amazing to what's a distinct Cuban Rythm beat.

Frankie and Kevin  -  Paso Doble to ‘America’ from  ‘West Side Story’.
Love the music, but Paso Doble? Rita Moreno would go bananas. Pure Salsa, Samba even

Sunetra and Brendan - American Smooth to ‘The Way You Look Tonight’ sung by Fred Astaire in ‘Swing Time’.
Should work

Jake and Janette -  Waltzing to the ‘Godfather Waltz’ from the ‘The Godfather’.
Like it.

Mark and Karen - Paso Doble to the theme from ‘Superman’.
Dear me.....

Simon and Kristina - Rumba to ‘Take My Breath Away’ from the film ‘Top Gun’.
Yes.

Steve and O la - Quickstep to ‘I Wanna Be Like You’ from Disney’s ‘Jungle Book’.
Again, should be fun

Tim and Natalie -  Charleston to ‘Money, Money’ from the musical ‘Cabaret’.
Tell me they're joking. Might as well do the Hop Scotch Polka.

Thom and Iveta -  Charleston to ‘New York, New York’ from the soundtrack of the Gene Kelly and Frank Sinatra musical ‘On The Town’.

Charlston to slow foxtrot music?

Wah.......

What would we need a forum for it not controversy?

West Side Story 'America' may sound 'latin', but Leonard Bernstein created a very varied beat to the song. It's sometimes compound duple (6/8 beat), and sometimes simply triple (3/4) beat. Sometimes it goes into some bizarre 5/4 beat!!!

How can anyone really dance to this music except some kind of jazz number?

Paso? I think this song is another example of the producers foisting a song onto the pro/celeb and watch them struggle to make it work.

Footloose is another rock and roll inspired song? How stupid is for them to make it into a jive?

The Godfather song can be done easily as a waltz as it's a classic 3/4 beat.

New York, New York as a Charleston? Unless they speed up the tempo somehow, I can't see that working either.

Caroline's Rumba could be good as far as music is concerned. Be Our Guest is slowish, so maybe it will let Pixie time to finasse it.

Argh! Superman themed paso? Is Mark going to wear a superman cape and then literally flip that thang around?!

I am going mental at some of the song choices!!!

Yes all scores had been carried over! So this week its start afresh

Apart from anything that vaguely resembles strict tempo, or dance based around simple basics, I'd seriously be tempted to tell the couples, "Throw the rule book away. Here's your music, fit a dance around it but you don't need to title it. Just get out there and dance. Entertain us!". Could be real fun for the pros and stop the judges from saying, "Ohh, she didn't do a New York in that cha-cha, and she did a heel lead in that Tangooooo!!

That's the sort of thing that music like "America" makes me want to do. And surely Dave Arch could do a version of La Virgen de la Macarena (The bullfighter's Hymn). How damatic a paso could you make out of this. Play it loud, arch the spine and let that pesky bull loose:  

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y16piVNzYmI