WEEK 4 OF DANCING WITH THE STARS

Happy Wednesday everyone!

Boy,  did we enjoy this week Dancing with the stars show on abc channel here at Arthur Murray Palm Beach Gardens located on Alt A1A @ Promenade Plaza. We hope you did too. Here is what we thought about it.

The show has began with the most exhilarating performance from Romeo and Chelsea. Boy oh boy.! What a Paso Doble they have danced. In our opinion here at Arthur Murray Palm Beach Gardens it was the best Paso Doble of the night. The intensity, the lines, the way Romeo has partnered Chelsea, the choreography…. We can go on forever…. It was all there. Way to go Romeo and Chelsea!

To follow Romeo and Chelsea were Louis and Kendra with a very nice performance of Viennese Waltz . Nice is as far as we are going to go this week with our comments. We do love the work that Louis van Amstel does with all of his celebrities and the work with Kendra is no exception. However we do feel that Kendra is not putting a hundred percent of work into it. And it did show this week. As for technique and physical appearance  the dance was good but as for the emotional interpretation of the dance we at Arthur Murray Palm Beach gardens felt it was lacking . Also we felt that judges were a little harsh in their marking this week on Louis and Kendra. We feel it was unfair .We do hope that Kendra can open up a little more next week. Good luck guys.

Then the stage took Sugar Ray and Anna.  Well…… What can we say….. We think that the right person has left the show this week. We were very surprised to see judges markings this week for him. They have marked him over Kendra and we feel it was not right. The idea behind the dance was great, but unfortunately for Sugar Ray the dance just did not suit him. He really did look like Sugar Plum Fairy…J However we do appreciate the effort that Sugar Ray has put into his performance , even though it did look funny in places.

After Sugar Ray it was Petra’s and Dmitri’s turn.  They have dance Paso Doble this week. We at Arthur Murray Palm Beach Gardens do agree with Len’s comment this week about the lack of pressure into the floor through the feet from Petra’s performance, but we feel that with a little more work she will do just fine. It was a very strong performance from this couple this week, however we feel that a little more emotion would have been nice. Let’s see what next week will bring.

Now we have come to the performance from Ralf and Karina. And what a beautiful Waltz they have danced. What we like the most from Ralf is his extension through his body into his arms. This is a very difficult thing to do , especially if you are a non dancer. The emotional aspect of the dance was fantastic! Welcome back Ralf. We love it when you dance like that. Keep it up!

So. Now we have come to our Favorite couple of this season. Hines and Kim. Wow, wow and once more wow. Yet again an outstanding performance from this guy. The intensity was amazing. We must mention that the execution of Twist turns( or the “TWISTIES” in Olga’s and Tim’s language) was excellent. Way to go. We are at Arthur Murray Palm Beach Gardens routing for this couple. We do hope that they win!

After Hines and Kim there was a performance from Mark Ballas and Chelsie. They have danced a beautiful Viennese Waltz to a music from Harry potter. It was amazing to watch. We at Arthur Murray Palm Beach Gardens just love the creativity of the choreography and the execution of it. Mark has made this dance very young and we love it! Making it as exciting as he did should capture younger crowd and that what we want and need for the Ballroom dancing . We felt that Chelsie has danced it very well. The top line was great, and we ( the dancers) know very well  how difficult it is to achieve that. So, well done guys and keep up the progress that you are making. We are loving it!

To follow and amazing performance from Mark and Chelsie were Chris and Cheryl. And we must say how much we have enjoyed it. They have danced a very good Paso doble. Not the best of the night , however it was very intense, filled with a very good technical execution of the steps. We particularly like the way Chris partners Cheryl. It is very hard for the guy to do so, especially when you have only danced a few weeks. Well done Chris and Cheryl.

And last but not least there was a performance from Kirstie Alley and Maks. They have danced a very beautiful Waltz. After last weeks misfortune you would have thought that there nothing else can go wrong. HA-HA. Wrong. Kirstie’s shoe has come off ! What bad luck. However we feel Kirstie has handled it very well. She has got up and kept on dancing like a true professional. We at Arthur Murray Palm Beach Gardens are continuing to be amazed at how light and graceful Kirstie dances. Its not easy. And we must point out the Kirstie is bringing te best out in Maks. We just love this partnership. We are also rooting for you guys. Good luck for next week. Fingers crossed that nothing funny happens to your dance!

So. This what we thought about this weeks performances. What did you think? Let us know.

KEEP DANCING!

Dancing with the Stars show week 3 and Arthur Murray Palm Beach Gardens view on it.

Hi there Everyone! Hope this blog post finds you all very well. We had a wonderful week in our Arthur Murray Palm Beach Gardens @ Promenade plaza on A1A in the Gardens. We had some new people join us this week and we are very excited about that.  Let’s hope this week is going to be just as exciting as the last!

So, we had another performance by celebrities In Dancing with the stars show on ABC channel. And what a show that was! We had some great performances and some not so great.  This is what we @ Arthur Murray Palm Beach Gardens thought about it.

The first performance has been done by Wendy and Tony. Unfortunately for us this was real disappointment. Wendy has not improved one little bit in a week and unfortunately for Tony we think this will mean a departure from the show at such an early stage. We could be wrong. At the end of the day the public decides , but in our opinion they were the worst of the night. The foxtrot did not flow as much as it should do at this point in the competition. There was no body contact throughout the dance, which it should have and the upper body position was a true disappointment. So let’s see what happens……

Then we had a very nice cha-cha performance By Chelsie and Mark. Very good choice of costumes and music. Chelsie’s execution of Cha-cha basic steps like “New Yorks” and “Fan” and so on was excellent and the musicality was great. Well done guys and we at Arthur Murray Palm Beach Gardens very much looking forward to seeing your development in the weeks to come. Go for it guys!

Now we have come to Chris and Cheryl. What a beautiful Rumba they have danced. Cheryl’s wardrobe has improved dramatically this evening. She looked great. Chris has danced this dance with such great feeling , it was very emotional. However there are couple of things he can improve for the future. Foot action needs to be looked at as it is so important to have a very good foundation and also his arm actions were a little neglected . The upper body lines were incomplete due to the arm not in contact with partner not being placed anywhere. But with saying all that we at Arthur Murray Palm Beach Gardens felt that the leading of partner by Chris was outstanding and we all know how hard it is to do for the guys. So, well done guys.

Following Chris and Cheryl there were Kendra and Louise. What a surprise performance that was by them. We must take our hat off to Louis van Amstel. He is such a good teacher! Kendra’s leg action has improve enormously. The swivel action was great due to an impressive connection between the two of them. The overall look we felt was amazing. If they continue developing like that we are in for very nice treat later in the season. We cannot wait to see it.

Next on the floor were Romeo and Chelsea. Emotional we felt that the dance was executed very good. You can see how much this meant to Romeo. However there is room for improvement in Romeo’s him action and foot placement. Also we think, that the arm action needs a little more fluidity . But overall this was a very nice performance.

Now we have come to our favorites of the night Hines Ward and Kim Johnson. Wow, wow and once again wow!  What a Samba they have danced. They had us fooled prior to this dance. Due to the footage of the practice we thought that this is not going to go well and how wrong our first impression was? It was an amazing dance. Everything was so good about it that it just blew us away! The hip action , the bounce, the foot placement, the emotion (we could go on forever) was there. Just perfect! We think we at Arthur Murray Palm Beach Gardens have got our favorite. The faces of the fellow competitors and pro’s have said it all. The best of the night!

So how do you come out on the floor and perform after such wonderful dancing by Hines Ward? Well Sugar Ray had to do it. And it was tough. Sugar Ray has put a lot of effort in his Paso Doble and unfortunately in our opinion it did not pay off. It was a little clumsy and it did not have a very good connection between Sugar Ray and Anna. Also we would like to point out that if you are going to do something, we think it should be done well. Unfortunately we feel that the cape action was very bad at the beginning of the dance and it should not have been done at all. We feel it had set a very bad start to the dance. So let’s hope that this performance is not going to cost them dearly!

Following Sugar Ray and Anna were Dmitry and Petra Nemkova. The dancing was much improved , however we feel that the judges are very unfair to the competitors. Last week they have hammered Mark Ballas’s and Chelsea’s Jive due to not enough jive content in the dance, which was duly noted by the way. SO this week we have Dmitry and Petra doing a very nice Waltz dance without a lot of the waltz steps in it. Do the Judges mention it? NO. We at Arthur Murray Palm Beach Gardens feel that this very unfair and we hope that it would not happen again for the competitors sake, however we feel it’s very unlikely, due to the nature of the show.

Now we have come to the Maks and Kirstie Alley. The have danced a Rumba. For those of you who  actually saw the program, what a quick recovery after such a misfortune. Poor Maks! We hope he is ok? I guess we will find out tonight on the result show on ABC channel. They have started the rumba with a back drag line with progression where Maks has had a lot of his own and Kirstie’s weight on him and unfortunately all of that weight has shifted more to one side of his body( left side to be precise) and his hip has given way. It looked so painful!!!! But the recovery was amazing. Both of them have regained the confidence and composed themselves quickly, only to perform one of the better rumbas of the night. Kirstie as usual has shown an amazing execution of basic actions and musicality. The emotional side of the rumba was so beautiful, it was very nice to see Kirstie to show a very sexy side of her, however hard it was for her.

And last but not least is Ralf (the karate kid) and Karina. They have chosen a Rumba for their dance this week. It was a very nice touch by Ralf to choose it as it his wedding anniversary this week. He has said that it is their 24^th one and that his wife has given him the best twenty four years of his life. How sweet is this? Unfortunately for Ralf the dance they danced with Karina was nothing but sweet. Rumba should be very sensual and passionate and we did not see any of that. So it kind of left us with a slightly disappointed feeling. Where we have been so wowed by Ralf and Karina last week we have expected something just as good as that and we did not get it. So we guess it was a disappointment for us. Let’s hope that the viewers will vote for them and they’ll do much better next week. Good luck guys.

Soooo, this is what we thought of the last nights performances. It was a very nice show to watch. We at Arthur Murray Palm Beach Gardens cannot wait to see the result show tonight. What will happen? Let us know what you guys think . Meet you back here after the result show.

Dancing with the Stars on ABC – the Arthur Murray Palm Beach Gardens thoughts on it.

Hi everyone. Sorry for being absent from the blog for so long. We had such a busy time in the studio it’s not true!! We are not complaining at all , quite the opposite….. We want you make our lives even more filled with dance. Come on in as often as you can. We love it.

So what has happened in the last month? Loads of things. Our own Craig Elsbury and Olga Elsbury have been very hard at work on their routines for the performances on April 16^th At the Kravis Centre for the Local Dancing with the Stars Competition. And we must say they are doing a great Job. Both of the celebrities look fabulous. Our hats come down to both Liz Quirantes and Tim Alan Walker for their efforts and dedication. Great Job!





Also the new Season of Dancing with the Stars has started on ABC. At last is all we can say. We always wait for the new season with greatest anticipation, and what a season we have this year!!! OMG! Such a wonderful cast of professional and celebrities . Expect unbelievable things! This is what we think !

We had the first performances of those celebrities last week and what a treat that was! Wonderful selection of CHA-CHA and FOXTROT routines .Our favorites for that week were, Kirstie Alley and Maks, Chelsea and Mark, Ralf and Karina, Hines and Kim!

We have also thought that other celebrities have done very well as well , although we would have preferred to see a little more from Wendy’s performance. She must have been absolutely petrified  and it must be the result of her Cha-cha looking a little slow and lazy in places however we did think that the Quickstep by Wendy was very good. It had a good posture and a very good timing, we would have loved to see a little lighter movement from one foot to another , but we are sure she will improve very quickly as the teacher she is dancing with is Tony Dovolany and we absolutely love his approach to teaching dance. By the way did you notice what Tom Bergeran has called Tony last night at the result show. TWINKLE TOOTH! HA-HA! So from Now on we would have to call him that.

Sugar Ray and Anna have done very well also. The Foxtrot of theirs was very nice, but lacked a little fluidity. Jive performance was ok for us , but could have had a little more bounce. It would be very interesting to see how they’ll do next week.

Romeo and Chelsea were great. We love this professional’s work. Especially the Quickstep this week. What a great show of scatter chasses and the top line provided by Romeo was amazing. Well done.

Chris and Cheryl. We thought that the Quickstep performance was awesome. Very light on feet and posture was great. Cha- Cha however was a little lacking in foot position quality. The feet should be turned out not turned in! We call it a Bear Foot Syndrome! We are sure that Cheryl will get it sorted very soon. Also we would like to point out how much we did not like Cheryl’s dress for the quickstep. It made her shorter then she really is and also it made her very much widerL! Let’s hope her wardrobe for next week will be improved!

Kendra and Louis. They have been drawn to dance Cha-cha first and quickstep second. We thought they did excellent. Louis is such a wonderful teacher in our opinion. Every time he gets a new celebrity he manages to unlock wonderful characteristics in them. Kendra’s quickstep was very elegant and this is what they have been working on all week. Well done Kendra. We are so looking forward to seeing your future performances.

Petra and Dmitriy. We have not got much to say about those two at this moment of time. Hopefully their performance next week will make us talk about, as for now I guess we did not think much of it. Sorry guys. Do better next week.

Hines and Kim. What a treat to watch those two dance. Especially the CHA-CHA. Hines’s hip action was amazing and the performance aspect was outstanding. The quickstep was awesome , it left us smiling throughout the whole dance. Keep going like that guys and who know…. Interesting things( results) might await us in the future.

Chelsea and Mark. Wow, wow and wow. Did you all see that Jive the have dance. Wasn’t it amazing! We thought so ! However we do agree the a little more jive steps wouldn’t have missed a go. Although it’s very hard to dance Jive to a non-jive music. The creativity by Mark was super. We would have done the same thing. We are expecting wonderful things from this partnership.

Ralf and Karina. First we would like to point out how unfair it is that the man of Ralf’s age looks like a teenager. This guy has not changed a bit since the Karate Kid Movie. The energy, elegance and endurance of this person has amazed us all. The rhythm, the balance , the posture and all the rest was out of this world. Let’s see what happens next week. We cannot wait to see it.

Kirstie and Maks. This is quite an interesting partnership from our point of view. When we first heard that those to have been paired up we were not sure how it would work. Maks is known for his sharp temper and Kristy for her sharp answers to questions. However those two have hit it off to a great start. They really look happy to be dancing together. Kirstie’s cha-cha was sooooo sultry it’s not true. We must say that for the woman of her age and weight she is amazing. Her foot speed is fabulous, the hip action is spot on and the posture in Quickstep was great. We are very excited to be seeing many more performances by Kirstie and Maks. You go guys!

And Finally we come to the couple that has been eliminated this week. The first ones to go home. Mike and Lacey. We thought that the result was fair. Their foxtrot was lacking in style and smoothness and their Jive just did not look very good. The bounce of jive was a little stompy for our liking, we would have liked to see more smoother transition from one foot to another through continuous bounce in the knees and a proper use of foot.

So, everyone, this is what we thought about this week’s performance and results of the show. What did you think? We would love to hear your opinions on that .

Bye Bye for now. Meet you back here on our Blog of Arthur Murray Palm Beach Gardens next week for another look and discussion at Dancing With Stars Show on ABC channel.

KEEP DANCING!