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SCD#12 The cat crept in and crept out again...

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Myimaginarycathasfleas · 13/11/2018 18:41

New thread to take us to Blackpool!

OP posts:
Petalflowers · 14/11/2018 07:32

Hello shiney, new thread.

ChoccyJules · 14/11/2018 09:18

Yes my Pasha is still with Rachel. On his days off Wink

Whichever PP thought they’d nabbed him for the MN version, sorry but I reserved him way back in the ‘is Artem hotter than Pashpot?’ days. The answer was clearly no.

Actually I luvved Artem but he looks all LA these days...

AvengingGerbil · 14/11/2018 11:11

I've been watching all the old professional routines linked on the previous thread.

I think the reasons they don't do them any more are a) the current pros can't do them and b) they would show up just how limited and basic the routines the celebs are taught (even most of the ringers) are. Imagine Kate's quickstep after watching Anton and Erin in this one:

Theknacktoflying · 14/11/2018 11:48

Who actually still enjoys SCD? It is just such a sad shadow of what it was before and it needs to be put out to pasture ....

SchadenfreudePersonified · 14/11/2018 13:58

I LOATHE Phillip Schofield . . .

how the EFF did he keep his job when Gordon the Other for the push?

Sorry - Stacey and Kev - thumbs up!

SchadenfreudePersonified · 14/11/2018 13:59

*Gopher - not other

Why the heck can I not remember that autocorrect is out to get me?

ppeatfruit · 14/11/2018 14:05

Thanks for the new thread myimaginary

I DO enjoy it Theknackto it's not perfect but nothing is. Still I'm addicted Grin I like discussing it on here too, so nice to communicate with others like me. DH doesn't like it much now either so he doesn't watch.

It could change if the producers read this (I get the impression from Zoe that they do, sometimes, listen to the public's opinions). I loved the sarky version of the waltz? In wigs and costume by the red headed pro. Sorry I can't remember his name he was funny though.

Also it is meant to be a 'family' show so it's all a bit deliberately silly sometimes.

festivellama · 14/11/2018 17:37

Well these are my somewhat long-winded ramblings, for what they are worth (based on spending the last 15 years or so watching an awful lot of professional dance courtesy of a dc's career in it, a friend who is in the Royal Ballet Company, a contemporary choreographer relative and several other friends currently in major musicals) Smile

Craig was absolutely right in what he said about Ashley and breathing in her contemporary dance. She's a professional dancer, and he was judging her on that basis, and the contemporary technique of breath control in contract and release was what he was referring to.

Craig was also right in voting to save DDJ because he could see that DDJ had taken his earlier corrections regarding too much energy in that dance and to relax, and in the dance off he did what Craig had told him to do. It showed, and he knew it showed, you could tell by the way he was smiling. Craig knew that he had done it, and that's why he had to vote for him.

Shirley - yes, blatant favouritism is rife in the dance world, and in competitions. But on live tv? Rein it in a bit, love.

Dave - I thought you'd be a better judge than you are.

Bruno - love you to bits, and you are a damn good judge. But your largely accurate analysis is getting lost in all the hyperactive armwaving and excitement.

Wardrobe - OMG, get a grip.

Sets and props - ditto.

Production - ditch the pissup-in-a-vodka-bar Clauditorium, ditch the sob stories, and like other pp's say, get the music right. Stuff that suits the dance style. Apart from anything, it is a darn sight easier to dance to.

Stagehand on the smoke machine - turn it off.

Showdances - agree with what a lot of others have been saying. Get back to what the pro dancers are good at (proper spectacular latin and ballroom showdances), and leave the showdance stuff to the professionals in those genres. Because at the moment they are painful for me to watch, and they show up great gaps in technique.

Tap dance - nobody on the show would be any good except possibly one, but it's too late because he's gone now

Contemporary - nobody but a professional would have a hope in hell of doing it properly, the judges don't know enough about it, and nor do the professional dancers.

Choreography - credit where it's due please.

DDJ - no wonder people kept saying he looked stiff. So would you be, he's pushing 60 and trying to retrain ingrained muscle memory. Try imagining what his dancing was like 30 years ago. He and Bruno had a very similar career path... And I reckon you know which one was the better dancer... don't you Bruno?

Dance-off tiebreak - head judge shouldn't have the casting vote. If it gets to 2-2 then they should have a tiebreak. Count up all the votes cast by the judges over the whole competition and lowest goes. Tied again? Add in the audience votes.

Judges panel needs a re-think, and I'd like to see someone like Anton or Brendan in there.

And finally - its a dance competition. Mark the dancing properly.

Satsumaeater · 14/11/2018 17:49

I agree with all of that I think. Particularly the music, I hate it when the music does not fit the dance. You get cognitive dissonance, and it quite often affects the marking - how can you mark eg a Tango when it's a rock song they are dancing to? I think the judges do a great job in the circumstances. It is so lovely when eg you get something like Moon River to dance to.

iklboo · 14/11/2018 17:56

There's a fab chippy just outside Blackpool centre. Shall I start taking the orders for Saturday?

festivellama · 14/11/2018 18:15

I loved Moon River as well.

Thanks iklboo but we are village-based and the chippy comes to us Grin

PawneeParksDept · 14/11/2018 18:21

Checking in

Orchiddingme · 14/11/2018 18:25

Theknacktoflying I watch some weeks but don't mind if I miss it. I also hate the constant shrieking/stupid behaviour/'we're all so fun' Clauditorium so look away for that, and the VT's, that's when I make cups of tea or get food!

everygalaxy · 14/11/2018 18:27

Can I join the thread? I’ve been in the audience twice!

Glad to see some fellow Brian Fortuna fans - really liked his dances.

I like movie & Halloween week but wish the other weeks were a bit more traditional.

Orchiddingme · 14/11/2018 18:43

every can you give us some insider info? What do Claud and Tess seem like in real life? What about the judges?

BlackAmericanoNoSugar · 14/11/2018 18:45

I agree that the music is getting increasingly odd. For instance I didn't think that Joe's Foxtrot was particularly good, but when I watched it without the music it looked great, what was putting me off was the song not being at all good for ballroom, except perhaps a Tango.

derxa · 14/11/2018 18:49

I LOATHE Phillip Schofield . . . He is truly revolting.

SchadenfreudePersonified · 14/11/2018 18:52

We all need a bit of a rant festival, and I think you spoke for many of us.

SchadenfreudePersonified · 14/11/2018 18:54

I'll have a dab, please iklboo. Small chips, lots of batter and plenty of salt and vinegar and a pickled onion.

Ta

SchadenfreudePersonified · 14/11/2018 18:56

Welcome galaxy, sit down, put your feet up, have a cuppa.

Biscuit?

CassandraCross · 14/11/2018 18:58

Just checking into the new thread and emerging from the rabbit hole of the old SCD professional dances linked on the other one, the difference between then and now is quite shocking.

TheSassyAssassin · 14/11/2018 19:21

Ta muchly for the new thread fleas Smile

iklboo · 14/11/2018 19:23

A dab? As in the fish? Sorry they don't do that round these parts. Cod or haddock only I'm afraid. Or a fish cake. Sausage (not battered) at a push.

Or you can have babby's yed (steak & kidney pudding) Grin

GarethSouthgatesWaistcoat · 14/11/2018 19:37

Ooh AvengingGerbil that's one I linked to at the end of the other thread. It's amazing isn't it!

Anton and Erin seem to float on air. I love the choreo "just relax and take it slow" lyric when they're zooming across the floor doing some nifty footwork Grin The camerawork is good too.

Viva la arm hankies! I personally think they add to the swing and sway - so elegant Grin

I'm trying to pinpoint when the quality started slipping (for me). I think maybe season 13 2015 (Jay winning). Possibly before that. Once my fave pros left I couldn't really get invested in the new ones.

The Cliftons have always left me cold - I can take Kevin in small doses in a line up of awesome pros. Gleb was a breath of fresh air. The only ones I like in the current line up are AJ, Diane, Oti and Katya. I used to adore Pasha but he seems a little tired/lost these days. Maybe I'm just not loving his partnership with Ashley.

I'm also wondering if some of the current pros can't teach as well as the old pros.

dontcallmelen · 14/11/2018 19:38

Rock n chips for me, plenty of salt no vinegar ta.
Yy forgotten how really really good some of the past pro dances were.
I liked Fortuna too, something of night about him.
Joining at staring at galaxy waiting for the SP.