Come Dancing in USA (more)
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Chris Stratton
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pygmalion said:
Well, they could manage to make it look like something one wouldn't want to be involved in, or make it look like an unreachable challenge.
But hopefully it will work out better than that.
I have to admit, it was Strictly come dancing that got me interested in ballroom and latin dancing, i saw how fantastic those people looked and i wanted a piece of it. I'm a dance addict now.
I saw Strictly Dance fever, and it is very different, SCD only showed ballroom and latin and it was a celebrity paired up with a professional dancer. SDF is all members of the public and it features a wider variety of dances including swing, disco, line dancing and freestle, as well as the ballroom and latin.
I have found a website for the show if anyone is interested, i will post it.
I saw Strictly Dance fever, and it is very different, SCD only showed ballroom and latin and it was a celebrity paired up with a professional dancer. SDF is all members of the public and it features a wider variety of dances including swing, disco, line dancing and freestle, as well as the ballroom and latin.
I have found a website for the show if anyone is interested, i will post it.
Ms_Sunlight
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Camille said:
I saw the show last week and enjoyed it. Yeah it is different but I really like the variety of dancers. The couples that got through last week all deserved it -- I loved the swing couple and the two that did the hip-hop routine.
Chris Stratton said:
I think the fact they take non dancer celebrities (for SCD) means its unlikely to look like an unreachable challenge (SDF may be another matter, and I agree that may be a risk). But SCD was unquestionably very successful and I came across lots of positive comment and no negative comment in the generic press.
I disliked the "Come Dancing" predecessor which ended years ago, and thought it did non-competitive ballroom no favours, but SCD has been really helpful, and looks to be improving the ballroom options available.
Laura said:
I'm not into the competitive dancing side, but local beginners ballroom group classes ( these are social in focus and advertised as such ), have seen a huge increase in the number of beginners due to this show.
(Inevitably some will go on to do competitions).
pygmalion said:
Yes and no.
A focus on competition / performance would seem pretty inevitable for TV, so I don't know what else it could focus on.
It’s probably true that the amateur competitions, sequins, tanning etc. may not be the best advertisement for social dancing, and excessive competitions/standards can help kill off a dance as a socially popular one.
However the old fashioned music, tired format, and the fact it was let go on so long meant it was arguable (IMHO) whether the benefits of (non peak time) exposure outweighed the resulting image of dancing.
I saw Graham Norton's show on saturday.
Except for one couple those guys weren't dancing "the cuban salsa" . I know they only had a week to practice but it should at least look like salsa. No wonder the judges are so nasty.
At least the show made a effort to get the music vaguely right. There was nothing cuban about the music but it was a lot better than that other show that dances the tango to "another bites the dust" by Queen.
Why is the music never right?
If it promotes dance fine , but I can't watch it.
Except for one couple those guys weren't dancing "the cuban salsa" . I know they only had a week to practice but it should at least look like salsa. No wonder the judges are so nasty.
At least the show made a effort to get the music vaguely right. There was nothing cuban about the music but it was a lot better than that other show that dances the tango to "another bites the dust" by Queen.
Why is the music never right?
If it promotes dance fine , but I can't watch it.