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Beth4freedom
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10-24-2003

Friday, June 16, 2006 - 6:53 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Beth4freedom a private message Print Post    
Fruitbat, thanks for clearing up Chad reference; now who is Ed Grimly? thanks!

I want to see Stanislav and his original partner dance somewhere/somehow...how can you find out where they go from here?

Fruitbat
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08-07-2000

Friday, June 16, 2006 - 7:19 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Fruitbat a private message Print Post    
Ed Grimly is a character Martin Short does.

Oh, Stani Schmani, Mocha. :-)

Mocha
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08-12-2001

Friday, June 16, 2006 - 7:36 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Mocha a private message Print Post    
:-)

Zachsmom
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07-13-2000

Friday, June 16, 2006 - 7:42 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Zachsmom a private message Print Post    
who is the guy with the hair Mocha? they all look like they have hair!

Mocha
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08-12-2001

Friday, June 16, 2006 - 7:50 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Mocha a private message Print Post    
Ben. And thanks to whoever put the pics up at the top lol I just noticed it.

I kept telling the boys that during his routine where he had the girl's crotch in his face was just too freaky.

Zachsmom
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07-13-2000

Friday, June 16, 2006 - 7:54 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Zachsmom a private message Print Post    
I agree Mocha, I can't believe Ben is even in the competition! He, well how do I put this nicely, stinks.

Jeneane
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05-18-2005

Friday, June 16, 2006 - 8:05 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Jeneane a private message Print Post    
I was surprised that couple was not in the bottom 3. I think everyone voted because they wanted to blame the choreography however they were not good no matter what choreography they had. The dance should not have to be skilled down so they can do it. They didn't perform it smoothly and to me they looked like amateurs. They both needed to go home. I will say the lift with his face in her crotch was definitely a poor choreographer.

Zummat
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01-31-2006

Friday, June 16, 2006 - 12:29 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Zummat a private message Print Post    
Weren't Ben and Ashley the couple that showed them trying to do the inverted flip thing and Ben wasn't strong enough to hold her in order for her stay put. She kept falling over. Evidently they never mastered the move because it didn't show up in their routine. I think that's the only couple where they showed them doing something in practice that didn't make it to the live performance.

Can't believe they weren't the bottom of the bottom three.

Christiii
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07-07-2005

Friday, June 16, 2006 - 2:35 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Christiii a private message Print Post    
I know Im in the minority,..but I just dont get the lyrical dancing at all....its just wierd and trippy to me....just remind me of the stoners i used to see dancing in Santa Cruz....okaaay...maybe a morfe flexible version, but still the same awkward movements...and the barefeet thing...TOTALLY bugs me..they just look hillbilly or eerr um...as Brit says.."Country" hehe...when they dance it.seriously looks to me like a Lil Abner muscial....am I open minded enough for ya?? hehe....I was shocked that Stan got da boot, but he really is handicapped to be only really grea twith a partner...but he IS great with a partner...I cant believe I have such an opinion on this show...geez Im ready for Big Brother!!

Curlyq
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07-10-2002

Friday, June 16, 2006 - 3:07 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Curlyq a private message Print Post    
It can be hard to appreciate lyrical, especially when it's supposed to be a partner dance. My problem is figuring out what "contemporary" is supposed to mean. I sometimes wonder if they make up terms for these styles, like "80's disco" or "rock & roll." I'm trying to just look at how they execute the moves regardless of whether I like it or not. Like I really don't like the hip hop numbers, but I can still appreciate when a couple performs it well.

I thought it was Ivan and Allison who were having trouble with that upside-down split hold in rehearsal. I remember that poor girl kept landing on the floor with her legs split in opposite directions. It's amazing she didn't pull anything.

Twiggyish
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08-14-2000

Friday, June 16, 2006 - 4:01 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Twiggyish a private message Print Post    
I didn't realize there was a difference between 80's disco and 70's disco.

Zummat
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01-31-2006

Friday, June 16, 2006 - 4:15 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Zummat a private message Print Post    
You're probably right Curlyq. If it was Ivan and Allison all the more reason for me that Ivan should have been asked to leave.

Pamy
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01-02-2002

Friday, June 16, 2006 - 4:40 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Pamy a private message Print Post    
80's was more hip hop and break dancing and not so much with partner

70's was partner dancing with lifts and dips

Jeneane
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05-18-2005

Friday, June 16, 2006 - 6:31 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Jeneane a private message Print Post    
Just looked up Disco dancing and found a site that gave a history of "Disco" As far as a dance it began to be a craze in 1978 and the quickly died out in 1980 giving way to the slower and easier texas two step and other country dances. I am sure there were those who clung to the fad however that may be why we have not heard of "80s Disco" It was out of fashion and didn't and was looked down on to be "Disco" after 1980.

Zachsmom
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07-13-2000

Friday, June 16, 2006 - 6:58 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Zachsmom a private message Print Post    
January 1,1980 the new phrase was "Disco sucks". If you liked Disco, you were completely ostracized from the community. They still haven't let me back in <sigh>

Pamy
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01-02-2002

Friday, June 16, 2006 - 7:38 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Pamy a private message Print Post    
It was all Rick Dees fault with his damn Disco Duck song!

Watching2
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07-07-2001

Friday, June 16, 2006 - 8:47 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Watching2 a private message Print Post    
Hmmmm... I remember "disco sucks" from 1978! Heck, it even could have been 1976 since I know most of my friends weren't into it so it was a common phrase. :-)

Fruitbat
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08-07-2000

Saturday, June 17, 2006 - 2:06 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Fruitbat a private message Print Post    
Curlyq, lyrical dance is not a partner dance. Below is a link to an aritcle explaining the difference between modern and lyrical. It may help us enjoy the dance more or at least understand the judging. Modern and Comtemporary are the same. The articles I found seem to use the terms synonymously.

http://www.dtda.org/insights/Modern.htm

And this is an article describing Jazz Dance.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jazz_dance

Beth4freedom
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10-24-2003

Saturday, June 17, 2006 - 5:36 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Beth4freedom a private message Print Post    
Thanks Fruitbat, for the links.

Just a heads up re the show running over. I watched it live, but had it recording at a friend's house and had even set it to run TWO minutes beyond the hour...even with that, the tape didn't get to the end! It cut off half way through the "reminiscing" tape about Stanislav!
So I guess maybe 4 or 5 minutes after the hour is going to be needed??

Curlyq
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07-10-2002

Saturday, June 17, 2006 - 10:04 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Curlyq a private message Print Post    
Those articles were interesting, although I had trouble grasping some of the concepts like releasing and falling. I searched some more and found a forum discussion at a dance site about the differences. What I'm getting is that lyrical is more like ballet, and expresses the lyrics of the song. It's going to be difficult appreciating the difference between one and the other as they appear on this show, at least for me.

I'm glad others remember the 80's the way I do. I was starting to wonder if I had imagined the disco hate of those years. What's funny is that as much as I hated disco at the time, I love listening to the music now. It was just the monotonous dancing that I didn't like. Twirl, dip, walk, walk, twirl, dip, walk, walk...The disco they do in these competitions now looks so much more energized than what they did back then.

Madelane
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08-20-2001

Sunday, June 18, 2006 - 1:51 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Madelane a private message Print Post    
I'm thinking when they say "80's Disco" that they really mean "music video dancing." Because that's what it looked like to me. Flashdance, Footloose, Paula Abdul, you get the idea. I guess they had to make up a term for it but I didn't see any disco in what they were doing. I saw the 80's. It was my dance recitals all over again.

Fruitbat
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08-07-2000

Sunday, June 18, 2006 - 2:22 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Fruitbat a private message Print Post    
I looked up the history of Disco. Most sources agree that it had a 2 to 3 year span. 70's or 80's disco is as ridiculous as naming your kid Jaymz or Donyelle. What is up with making up names and skewing spelling?


Fiat
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10-07-2004

Monday, June 19, 2006 - 10:26 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Fiat a private message Print Post    
My recording was cut off as well... I just finally watched it this morning. What was the justification for eliminating Stanislauv?

Freetimefinally
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01-26-2006

Monday, June 19, 2006 - 11:06 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Freetimefinally a private message Print Post    
It was pretty much that he was only a partner dancer and not a soloist. Someone correct me if I misheard them

Jimmer
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08-30-2000

Monday, June 19, 2006 - 11:14 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Jimmer a private message Print Post    
Yes he apparently had trouble with the solo dance off part (I didn't see it myself).