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SYTYCD: I often watch the dances without sound at work, at the desk. It is fascinating - I can see the dancers so much better in silence.
Hmm, that's interesting. I wonder if the Kupono/Randi dance would have looked better without sound. One of my issues is that the music was SO much stronger than the dancing.
One of my issues is that the music was SO much stronger than the dancing.
Yeah, and I hated the music! So I sort of lost interest right away.
I actually loved the music, but was disappointed that the dance moves weren't sharper, stronger, etc.
Did anyone stick with The Fashion Show? If so, what did you yhink of the collections?
I did, actually. I was disappointed that Reco didn't make it, but I wasn't surprised.
I suspect that Anna will win, although her "collection" was less a collection that a bunch of looks with an extremely tenuous throughline of "navy blue" @@
I actually really liked Reco's collection and thought that the feather dress was really neat. I would love to send Reco to Paris for a year to study with various designers and see what he comes up with.
I thought the collections were interesting except for that crazy gray/black collection. That literally had to be the most depressing collection I have ever seen. Even the music would make a person want to kill herself.
I didn't seen how any of that was ready to wear, but the others I could envision it a bit. I like Reco's use of color and was irritated the judges felt otherwise.
Salon's got a video comparison of Paso Dobles--US vs. Canada, and it's pretty much the same choreography for both.
Wow, the Canadian version rocked! And the camera work was so much better, and the music.
Randi has zero sex appeal!
So, does the Canadian version 1) not have the budget and/or 2) not see the need of using pop songs for the ballroom dances? Because that paso doble music actually sounded like paso doble music.
I find that removing the sound rarely damages a good performance, but it often shows up the flaws in a not-so-good performance that can be disguised while I'm into the music. For example, leg flicks may look sharper than they are when they are synched to music; without music to guide you, you notice the floppiness.