Training Clips 2015

Clip 11

Georgia & Giovanni. Another fast Jive. He's leaving her breathless that's for sure!

http://bbc.in/1KumXze

I'm abroad for a few days from Monday afternoon, so would somebody be kind enough to post the last few training clips please?

I'll be back  (Thursday afternoon)

B4p wrote:Clip 11

Georgia & Giovanni. Another fast Jive. He's leaving her breathless that's for sure!

http://bbc.in/1KumXze

Well, it's jive timing for sure, but it looks like a hybrid quickstep in parts. Gee, just do a jive that looks like one.....please...!

B4p wrote:I'm abroad for a few days from Monday afternoon, so would somebody be kind enough to post the last few training clips please?

I'll be back  (Thursday afternoon)

We will B4. You off anywhere nice?

B4p wrote:Clip 11

Georgia & Giovanni. Another fast Jive. He's leaving her breathless that's for sure!

Yes, but they do look very good. I'm sure her fitness level will be up and running by the end of this week.

In B4's absence...

Clip 12

Jeremy Vine and Karen Clifton's Cha Cha Cha

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p0332b11

Sid wrote:In B4's absence...

Clip 12

Jeremy Vine and Karen Clifton's Cha Cha Cha

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p0332b11

Thanks Sid. He looks a bit better than I imagined and seems to be enjoying it.

TANGOLERO wrote:

Thanks Sid. He looks a bit better than I imagined and seems to be enjoying it.

I read an article in which he said he was worried he was going to be the idiot contestant - the 'buffoon' of the series. Bless him.

Anyway, Clip 13 is Carol and Pasha's training:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/strictlycomedancing/entries/8f6543ab-d679-46c2-9a53-504f361dd682

They seem to be getting on well.

Carol and Pasha seem ok with the "drums" system. J Vine looks ok too. The official photos make a few couples look quite dazzling and others not so.Glen scrubs up well. Brendan and Kirsty look a possible pair for Blackpool definately

Hello gang <<<>>>

I think that's all the first steps videos done now. By far the strongest, imo, seems to be Georgia May. Think she'll go all the way.

fiftynotout wrote:Hello gang <<<>>>

I think that's all the first steps videos done now.  By far the strongest, imo, seems to be Georgia May.  Think she'll go all the way.

D'you think fifty? I'm not so sure. It's hard to make predictions based on one day's training. Place your bets ladies and gentlemen!  

There's one more to go! Helen & Aljaz looking very good as well....

http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/strictlycomedancing/entries/c4cfb9c3-e289-43d8-bac8-2183c80c987f

Thanks sid for posting the training clips

Just back last night from the land of little Vin cent's! Had a stunning room opposite the Colloseum.

Can't wait for tonight. I shall be catatonic by the TV with a big 'do not disturb sign' on the door. Going to catch up with the last few training clips and music choices next. I think we put the music on the 'Which Dance This Week thread last year, but I'll go and check.

Week 2 training clips from main Beeb site

http://bbc.in/1GloGpw

Not seeing anything from the training clips that changes my initial thoughts. Jeremy Vine doesn't have rythmn. Anybody can struggle to learn new things, that's natural, but neither J.V or the Iwan fellow move with any trace of grace (ooh, poetic). The pair of them are almost robotic in their movememnt. Vine is placing himself in positions instead of flowing into them. I'm not being unkind, I know they are just learning, but put against some of the others they're lacking already (at least for me). Danny O'Donnell is ahead of both in progress. Of the girls, Kirsty Gallagher looks a little stiff and awkward, and Georgia May and Helen George are already looking like dancers. The rest are coming along in the expected order of progress. Weekend may change my views....time will tell, no doubt.

From the Beeb site
http://bbc.in/1VH0Px5

Nice to see PROPER training clips innit?!

Just my views, and as such non-gospel:

Nobody is actually looking hopeless, far from it. A couple are struggling, Carol still looks "heavy", Jeremy still look a bit "gangly" and Jay is giving the least away by pretending clumsiness (Aliona's impersonation of him was funny). In fairness, and remembering this isn't the Bolshoi Ballet ( is Anita maybe leaning a little heavily on ballet postures?) most of them seem to be progressing well enough. Kirsty still manages to look amazed at being able to put one foot in front of the other successfully, and Daniel looks astounded that he's actually dancing (and not badly at that if he can just shed the Burton's dummy expression). Anthony needs a little more arrogance and a little less anger in his paso and Peter needs to keep an eye on the bull/cape ( ie, his partner) instead of posing for the distant audience. In short, it may become rather difficult soon to find bad dancers rather than good ones. A much closer contest than we've seen in a while.

B4p wrote:From the Beeb site
http://bbc.in/1VH0Px5

I could literally watch HOURS of this.

And Mr T you're right, no dance disaaaaasters by the looks of things!

Movie Week has been quite a success. Thinking back to last year, two of my most memorable dances of the series were Sunetra's AS and Frankie's Paso - both of which were from Movie Week.

Sid wrote:

I could literally watch HOURS of this.

And Mr T you're right, no dance disaaaaasters by the looks of things!

Movie Week has been quite a success. Thinking back to last year, two of my most memorable dances of the series were Sunetra's AS and Frankie's Paso - both of which were from Movie Week.

Let's not forget Vincent's Foxtrot with Dani in Movie Week too! That was class.

cellar-door wrote:
Let's not forget Vincent's Foxtrot with Dani in Movie Week too! That was class.

But nothing....NOTHING....will beat their Scooby Doo Cha Cha

Ah, okay, it isn't a training clip and I'm not sure what week it was, but I never miss a chance to put in what I see as fantastic teaching, choreography, great dancing in the best traditions of the ballroom and sheer dazzling enjoyment that even had the judges applauding.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qiFA730zRTo

Sid wrote:

But nothing....NOTHING....will beat their Scooby Doo Cha Cha

Yeah, that was cute!

I loved their cha cha too and a lot of what they did overall through the series. Some of it was underrated I thought at the time so I was so glad that they got to the final even though they didn't make the last cut.