Did anyone stick with The Fashion Show? If so, what did you yhink of the collections?
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sj - Jul 17, 2009 9:28:50 am PDT #9857 of 23273
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Vortex - Jul 17, 2009 9:33:23 am PDT #9858 of 23273
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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.
le nubian - Jul 17, 2009 9:40:58 am PDT #9859 of 23273
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
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.
Kathy A - Jul 17, 2009 9:48:05 am PDT #9860 of 23273
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
Salon's got a video comparison of Paso Dobles--US vs. Canada, and it's pretty much the same choreography for both.
quester - Jul 17, 2009 9:55:28 am PDT #9861 of 23273
Danger is my middle name, only I spell it R. u. t. h. - Tina Belcher.
Wow, the Canadian version rocked! And the camera work was so much better, and the music.
Randi has zero sex appeal!
megan walker - Jul 17, 2009 10:34:28 am PDT #9862 of 23273
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
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.
flea - Jul 17, 2009 10:36:08 am PDT #9863 of 23273
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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.
le nubian - Jul 17, 2009 10:48:06 am PDT #9864 of 23273
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
the first couple of seasons of US SYTYCD had paso doble music that sounded like paso music. So I give SYT Canada 1-2 more seasons to start "Dancing with the Stars" with the music.
megan walker - Jul 17, 2009 10:48:48 am PDT #9865 of 23273
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
I know I'm definitely influenced by the music, both positively and negatively. For example, I think I thought the group dance last week was cooler than it probably was because it was to "Seven Nation Army".
And I just hate all the contemporary music that they use for ballroom. Once in a while it's cool, but not all the time. I feel like the first seasons they used music that was more in line with the style of dance, but maybe I'm misremembering.
meara - Jul 17, 2009 11:24:14 am PDT #9866 of 23273
Thoughts on the emmy nominations for choreography?