Hehe, weren’t Austin and Liza cute! (the second young pair). I was so excited to see them on the show. They used to dance at my old studio and I feel like I kind of saw them grow. I highlighted them in last year’s Dance Times Square showcase here. I particularly love Austin. I think Liza is growing too fast for him and it’s difficult for him to keep hold on her, but he is an absolutely brilliant mover himself. I’m not surprised the other couple won — they were technical perfection and stylistically beautiful. This is why it’s so hard to become good, or at least do well at big comps, when you’re starting as an adult. These are the kinds of people — when they’re grown — that you’re competing with. It’s just like ballet — ballroom dancers also start as little kids; if you ever want to be a pro, or an advanced amateur, you had to have started at that age, there’s kind of no catching up as an adult.
I totally understand how Shannon felt when she cried. It can be so aggravating when you’re trying so hard and putting everything you have into it and you just get ripped apart (in my case by my teacher, in hers before millions by judges). I did think they were way too harsh on her. She had hip problems, but so did most of the others. Kristi did a lyrical hip-less rhumba last week, so give Shannon a break! I’m glad she ended up making it.
No way, Mario’s in the bottom two??? I didn’t expect that at all.
Well, I guess we were all expecting it would be Marlee this week. I’m so sad. I still feel that they could have done something yesterday to help her with the music — if there was anything they could do?… I don’t know, I just feel like the show kind of failed her in some way. I am happy Cristian made it one more week.
I can understand Shannon/Derek’s frustration, but that was way too melodramatic. I don’t find Shannon to be a very appealing dancer…she has the perfect body but her limbs are still awkward to me. She doesn’t have balletic movement (I actually think Jason Taylor has great elevation and could imagine him as a ballet dancer, if he could only DANCE) and her rhumba didn’t have the flow that Kristi’s did.
now see your point “there’s kind of no catching up as an adult.” I don’t necessarily agree with. Look at Jonathon Roberts. He didnt’ start dancing till he was 19 or 20.
Jonathan is definitely the exception – and exceptions don’t disprove the rule, or at least the 99%-percent-of-the-time-rule. Gender matters in that case, as well. I don’t know of any women who start so late. When you watch Rising Star events at local ballroom comps, you can always immediately pick out the late-bloomers, and it’s never pleasant to watch them.
I think that Liza isn’t really growing to fast for him, he just hasn’t hit his growth spurt yet. The thing is Liza’s got the power of the relationship, if they break up she can find a partner, who is he going to find on his level and his height, so I wouldn’t put this negative attention towards the height difference. Plus, i am surprised that your not surprised that the other couple one. There technique is nowhere as close as the other couples, but they are cute too. You think the judges picked them because the boy is a good bit taller than the girl? Cause if they did the judges just turned off a lot of America, because they were rooting for Austin and Liza. Anyway, congrats to Brandon and Brittany on there win, but i was hoping the other couple was going to win, and I know so were a whole lot of other people
I think that Liza isn’t really growing to fast for him, he just hasn’t hit his growth spurt yet. The thing is Liza’s got the power of the relationship, if they break up she can find a partner, who is he going to find on his level and his height, so I wouldn’t put this negative attention towards the height difference. Plus, i am surprised that your not surprised that the other couple one. There technique is nowhere as close as the other couples, but they are cute too. You think the judges picked them because the boy is a good bit taller than the girl? Cause if they did the judges just turned off a lot of America, because they were rooting for Austin and Liza. Anyway, congrats to Brandon and Brittany on there win, but i was hoping the other couple was going to win, and I knowso were a whole lot of other people