Arunas Bizokas & Katusha Demidovs Waltz WSS 2008

Wow! thanks so much for posting - that's just gorgeous - I love the way Arunas turns to Katusha after the lift -- who is singing? Josh Groban or someone else?
 
magnificent. she is gorgeous, what sometimes I think its a shame the guys are in black though - makes it hard to see them with spotlights and without backlighting...

technical question - how does she NOT get virtigo in all those pivots with her head so far out there? I mean one cant point...
 
elisedance said:
magnificent. she is gorgeous, what sometimes I think its a shame the guys are in black though - makes it hard to see them with spotlights and without backlighting...
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It is quite a lovely waltz.

I think you'd find that the original video from which the youtube post
was cribbed is much clearer.

-wcc
 
Casey said:
Wow! thanks so much for posting - that's just gorgeous - I love the way Arunas turns to Katusha after the lift -- who is singing? Josh Groban or someone else?
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Yes, I love this music too! The song is Amore E Musica, and the artist is Russell Watson. It is available on iTunes, but the version in the video seems to be slower -- perfect for slow waltz. If anyone knows where to get the version in this video, please let me know.
 
Beautiful song and dancing but is it me or the video not synched with the audio correctly? It just seems like they are off the music the whole time. It's either poorly synched or they are really not dancing to the music. The choreography definitely doesn't hit many of the musical piece's highlights - it would be even better dancing if it were more musically interpretive... One advantage of showdances is that the dance is choreographed to the song and it's really unfortunate when the dancers are still dancing as if the song was just spring on them last minute:(
 
Hmm... I dont think it's me. They're not always on every measure,
I looked at check points 0:45, 1:13, 2:45, they match and the video doesn't change speed the entire time.
If you look at the version on my YT channel, there's a bit smoother but less detailed version of the same video. Maybe that helps
 
Their opening natural at 0:52 is also exactly on. I do agree that the connection of their dancing to the music seems quite tenuous through much of the piece. There is at least one nice highlight match, though, the spin acceleration at 1:18.
 
I'm re-posting this from our sister site SalsaForums.com because it is so germane to the discussion at hand.

(Original post by Lucretia; grammar, etc., cleaned up slightly here, since the OP came from a non-native English speaker)

I see this topic in so many posts. I want to make it clear so that no dancers get criticized due to lacks in Youtube and other free websites for videos. It is not fair.

About the timing...
Never judge the dancers timing from a video from Youtube or ANY free site where you can upload videos. The compression method these sites use only consider size, never timing.

If you want to keep the beat and timing you have to shorten the output buffer. Now it is too long. It plays some pictures, then some music, then some pictures. The result is timing that comes and goes. Or sometimes it is even off all the time.

If you could compress your own videos and just copy them to a website without any more compression - it would probably work fine. Techniques have improved over the last few years. A few years ago you had to change standard settings in the videoediting programs to make it work well. If it did not work well - read the manual.

But as soon as you put your perhaps already compressed file at Youtube - it becomes even more compressed. And the result is gone.

You must see the original clip - without uncontrolled compression - to judge.
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My coach always plays that Waltz at the studio!!!
She's so great, I'm mesmerized by her footwork! Wish it was me, every time I see Katusha. LOVE her pivots, smooth as butter! Ok, ok, I'll stop gushing.....!
 
Dapenda said:
Hmm... I dont think it's me. They're not always on every measure,
I looked at check points 0:45, 1:13, 2:45, they match and the video doesn't change speed the entire time.
If you look at the version on my YT channel, there's a bit smoother but less detailed version of the same video. Maybe that helps
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Hey, I recognized you from youtube! I'm subscribed to your channel because of all the great ballroom clips you have! Thanks so much for posting them, keep it up!
 
Opening natural - Right foot lead is on the 2 beat instead of the 1 beat. Hence right foot close is on the 1 beat and not the 3 beat as it should be.
This continues throughout the video. . . Very strange.

The dancing is amazing and i love it.
 
Yes, very tenuous. I thought it was the recording but I really don't think so. Dapenda has Mirko and Alessia's 2007 waltz in her little bundle that you see when this video ends and their waltz is amazingly musical, quite the opposite of "tenuous"...
 
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