SCD 2013 #5: Hoping the music will improve for musicals week!

[PolkadotsAndMoonbeams]

Last thread here.

This pro dance is fun

Abysmal is the word that springs to mind!

Should I know who the mediocre girl group were?

Patrick was way better than Suzanne

Yay!!! Glad that Susannah is through!!!

Patrick caught my eye with his rhythm and soul style of moving in the first group dance.
Poor Ashley.
OH, who will be in the bottom 2 with Ashley as Susi is through.
It had to be Patrick which will mean Ashley goes home

The Saturdays. Mediocre? they weren't even that good.

He was. But he isn't as popular, it seems.

I think Susanna's rather rubbing in the pubic support now.

Think Patrick is pretty chilled about it.

I haven't been wowed once this year

Oh no it's bye bye Ashley then !

Just what I was thinking, Sooty - going round to everyone's house!

Both these blokes are way better than Suzanna was.

Oh dear, Ashley missed that last lift so unless Patrick has a similar cock-up Ashley's a goner.

Don't underestimate the popularity of a BBC breakfast presenter - remember Chris Hollins!

So unfair.

Kevin was such a big girl's blouse when he was saved.

Looking at that rumba again I thought that was bloody good (though by no means perfect Darcey) - only a couple of sack of spuds moments.

Darcey had to save Patrick after giving him that 10!

well said len

Ashley didn't do that last lift. He was so much better until then.
Patrick looked very stylish and controlled but stiff legged.

Len is really cracking down on the correct footwork/figures this series. I didn't notice Patrick's heel leads but that's mostly because the cameras barely glance at their feet

I totally agree with Len even though I know nothing of ballroom dancing

Get slightly sick of Darcey's obsession with the male dancers, I have to say. No way that Patrick deserved a 10 last night.

Basic rule of thumb when dancing ballroom or latin: when you want to travel yourself down the floor - ie cover lots of ground - you step on a heel as you get more "drive". If you are taking a side step/chassis step/general small step or, as in the case of a rumba forward walk, a checked step (where you step but your body weight never quite settles over the front foot before transferring to the back foot again), you step on the ball of the foot.

There are some steps that this doesn't apply to, but it's the general rule of thumb.

I've probably confused you more though!

In the rumba it must be toe leads with flexed knee to step through into the snake-like hip movement. Hips cannot move stepping on the heels with straight legs. The movement is very alien to men and difficult for them.

Sophie's Tango was all toe leads that I saw when Tango is mainly heel leads on flexed knees.

Viewers don't care about that and with the camera angles very rarely see the feet or the whole body, anyway.