Re: Damages!
Dancing with Wookie, 10/29/2007
Group dance night. I always like it when they start to do two routines per show. Man, Jennie might win the costume award tonight over Edyta.
Sabrina kicks it off. She got foxtrot, and she got a GREAT song. Usually they don't play anything that bluesy and gritty on this show. I've always liked that track. Ouch. I loved this routine, but I disagree w/ the judges that it was too hard. The music is harsh and aggressive; she's supposed to dance powerfully here! And she did bust out some grace at the right points. Ouch. She got totally shafted here. She did lose her footing, but this was a 27, maybe 28, but a 25 is a slap in the face.
Jennie got the mambo, and this should be a real test for her. She's been best when she's serious, and this is one of the least serious dances. Hmmm. She did impress me that she could bust out the performance and fun, but she did lose it in the middle. I'm surprised the judges didn't seem to notice, because she went back into the same nervous, serious Jennie she has always been. She recovered nicely, to her credit. On the technique side, her back break steps were far too big, and some her footwork wasn't especially quick or crisp. Well, while I thought the commentary was harsh, their scores were in line with what I'd award. 27 is good.
I guess everyone is doing a different dance this week. Cool. DQDW got jive. Hmmm. I'm not sure this will be enough to save her. She could stand to point her toes more, and I don't think her energy was high enough. This didn't seem to suit her very well. Her kicks were just a little awkward and imprecise. I liked her, but she got really unlucky drawing jive at this stage. Her 22 seems low, but her dance really wasn't all that great.
Cameron got samba, and I think this should be a good dance for him. He's been bringing the sexy, and this is another great opportunity to bring even more sexy. I also [img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] Edyta doing samba. I think Cameron might have fallen victim to the choreography here. A lot of the moves were fairly simple between the proper samba moves, and I don't think they did the primal vibe well enough. It either wasn't primal enough, or they should have gone further in that direction. I think his 25 was fair, although he might have earned a 26.
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