Has the hour time cap forced So You Think You Can Dance‘s producers to tighten focus for Season 14 — highlighting both talent and stylistic diversity on a weekly basis, giving viewers less of the most conventional contemporary auditions and more ballroom, more varied hip hop, and a smattering of specialty styles? While the competitive…
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Wednesday Watch: Strictly Seasonal
For this last Wednesday Watch before Christmas, why not pass the time with a few festive picks from Strictly Come Dancing‘s annual Christmas special? (And take a further moment to ask just why its American counterpart can’t mount a similar gala event?) Harry Judd and Joanne Clifton, “Baby It’s Cold Outside” (American Smooth, 2015) Great…
Dance, Quick Steps
Dancing With the Stars, Season 23: Week 10 in Review
We’ve reached the Semi-Finals, where votes cast now contribute to next week’s ultimate outcome. While there’s a probable frontrunner, dances from couples across the board stood out in this week’s Trio Night. 1. Laurie Hernandez, Val Chmerkovskiy and Maks Chmerkovskiy, Samba https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jrqJST-bTlc You can argue that this approach to a trio dance doesn’t quite meet…
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Dancing With the Stars, Season 23: Week 7 in Review
Eras Night is one of my preferred Dancing With the Stars theme nights when done to its best — reasonable tributes to a period or a style, less so when involving odd mash-ups or blatant inaccuracies. Last night’s offered its own mixed bag, but on the whole presented a fairly enjoyable line-up — even if…
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Wednesday Watch: Ballas Jive and Bonus DWTS
This week’s watch is a cheeky 1989 jive routine from widely decorated ballroom duo Shirley and Corky Ballas: And courtesy of offspring Mark Ballas, this week’s Dancing With the Stars delivered a strongest entry from potentially the season’s strongest star, UFC fighter Paige VanZant. VanZant brings a useful edge, having studied contemporary and jazz in…
