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Vishwa

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Posted: 12 years ago

#341

Originally posted by: ChemistryMajor

Sneha/KVB: I agree with the judges that the dance could have been a bit better. HOWEVERRR, I don't like how the judges went about in delivering their comments. This was a first time we saw something like this (combo of Kathak/Tap) in the 6 seasons of JDJ so far. I feel the judges comments were not very good at encouraging the contestants and choreographers to try new things like this. Overall, I did quite liked this performance. I really like that KVB tried something new and did it confidently.

I agree with this. The judges came out simply discouraging and rude according to me. More than the dance itself I felt that the loud background music was the problem here, which should have been looked after when doing the final/technical rehearsals. I have mentioned that it was an out of the box idea and I have only seen it one in NB where they had done this. But they could have encouraged them and made the comments more constructive.

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Hetal

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Posted: 12 years ago

#342

Try to be unbias a I can, but if I'm not then don't shoot me😆

1. Drashti: From what I know about Argentine Tangos, there was very little of that more contemporary. Also, I don't like watching Tango when the dance does it bare foot...with heels the turns and flips become more sharp. However, since it's a fusion--it makes sense. Loved the leg extensions. However, there was a lack of fluidity when starting a lift and then moving into another. Like I said before, her feet sometimes look weird, but I do love her expressions. I would given her a 26, 28 is too much from my perspective

2. Meghna: Lavani was filled with energetic, but some of her steps near the end were off-beat. Also, there was way less cha cha than lavani which doesn't make it seem like a real fusion. Again, I hate watching Latin dances without heels b/c there isn't that sharpness in the turns that one would get with heels on. Lavani part strong and the cha cha part was sort of weak IMO. Not much complexity in technique, but amazing energy and expressions. Over-scored

3. Sonali/Suman: There were minor mis-steps, but nothing to worry about. Those flips in the air was insane and I loved how he twisted and turned her like 3 different ways right after each other. I liked the Salsa more than the Robotic form, but still it was a nice a balance. 30/30 for moi

4. Ekta: very graceful, but lacks power in her dance and so expressionless. I wanna root for her, but it's hard b/c she doesn't seem to enjoy her dancing. The energy was good and technique was fairly decent. over-scored

5. Karanvir: Unique and smartly choreographed but didn't like the voices in the beginning. Remo was a bit mean in his critique however I do agree that his kathak was weak. And KJo's critique was hypocritical--he told Shweta to try something new and then he told Karanvir to stick to something he good at. 🤔 23 was an underscore IMO

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MissSkeptic

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Posted: 12 years ago

#343

Originally posted by: MocoCoco
Try to be unbias a I can, but if I'm not then don't shoot me😆

1. Drashti: From what I know about Argentine Tangos, there was very little of that more contemporary. Also, I don't like watching Tango when the dance does it bare foot...with heels the turns and flips become more sharp. However, since it's a fusion--it makes sense. Loved the leg extensions. However, there was a lack of fluidity when starting a lift and then moving into another. Like I said before, her feet sometimes look weird, but I do love her expressions. I would given her a 26, 28 is too much from my perspective

I pretty much agree with what you wrote! I think there is more elements of contemporary than Argentine Tango in this dance and with the heels, it would helped with some of the postures as well when doing Tango. And I feel maybe she should have not lip syn while dancing and just emote with her expressions...And anyway, I am prob biased as when I think of Argentine Tango, I compare to Nicole and Derek's dance in DWTS and this is just lacking!

2. Meghna: Lavani was filled with energetic, but some of her steps near the end were off-beat. Also, there was way less cha cha than lavani which doesn't make it seem like a real fusion. Again, I hate watching Latin dances without heels b/c there isn't that sharpness in the turns that one would get with heels on. Lavani part strong and the cha cha part was sort of weak IMO. Not much complexity in technique, but amazing energy and expressions. Over-scored

I kinda just fastforward this performance...
3. Sonali/Suman: There were minor mis-steps, but nothing to worry about. Those flips in the air was insane and I loved how he twisted and turned her like 3 different ways right after each other. I liked the Salsa more than the Robotic form, but still it was a nice a balance. 30/30 for moi

I do not think they deserve 30 though if 30 is for performances that if flawless...I dislike the robotics bit and think the cheography for the transituon could have been smoother...But the salsa bit was just awesome! The lifts were clean and there is power in those twist and turns! They definitely have perfect coordination in salsa!

4. Ekta: very graceful, but lacks power in her dance and so expressionless. I wanna root for her, but it's hard b/c she doesn't seem to enjoy her dancing. The energy was good and technique was fairly decent. over-scored

I agree that she totally lacks the power in her dance and it just makes the performance lacklustre! I feel Tusshar was definitely brilliant in the performance but you are only as good as the weakest dancer and that just bring down the performance...She needs to just bring up her energy level and have the competitive spirit? I feel that she has no problem executing the steps...

5. Karanvir: Unique and smartly choreographed but didn't like the voices in the beginning. Remo was a bit mean in his critique however I do agree that his kathak was weak. And KJo's critique was hypocritical--he told Shweta to try something new and then he told Karanvir to stick to something he good at. 🤔 23 was an underscore IMO

Haha...actually I did not enjoy this performance much...The tap dancin bit was not even decent in the execution...But I like the attempt in trying out something different in this fusion...I am not familiar with kathak though so cant really comment on that...

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Hetal

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Posted: 12 years ago

#344

@Miss Skep: I love Derek Hough to death. His Futuristic Paso with Joanna Krupa is one of the most brilliant pieces of dance choreographer in recent years. I'm bias too. 😆 That's why I would dock a point or two off b/c I've seen better and they can do better A.Tangos. As for the kids, I'm a little bias. Yeah the robotics part was a bit weak but all can be forgiven IMO b/c the Salsa made up for it. But I do think it's too early to be throwing out 30s unless your partner is a Nicole or Shawn.

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MissSkeptic

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Posted: 12 years ago

#345

^ I know this is abt JDJ but i just could not help reply ya on DWTS - I like Derek and Kellie's contemporary dance in the finale! That was just so close to perfect! The cheography, the song, the expressions just touched me! An almost flawless performance for me!

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Hetal

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Posted: 12 years ago

#346

Originally posted by: MissSkeptic
^ I know this is abt JDJ but i just could not help reply ya on DWTS - I like Derek and Kellie's contemporary dance in the finale! That was just so close to perfect! The cheography, the song, the expressions just touched me! An almost flawless performance for me!

I agree!! I'm happy he won b/c he and Shawn were robbed the last time. Not to say Kellie didn't deserve it she did, but still I love Derek even though people think he's a snob.

But yeah finale dances were top notch. Did you watch JDJ last season, I thought Isha was brilliant. BTW: I so agree with you about lip-syncing...don't need. Just emote with your face and your eyes b/c professional ball room dancers usually never do that.

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gilmores

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Posted: 12 years ago

#347

Salman-Dhrashti: I am not a fan of Salman, especially as a choreographer. I have always found him terribly overrated. I think he is a very limited choreographer...in terms of steps concepts, and creativity...he has a few styles he knows like contemporary/mainly lifts and some acrobatics nonsense... he has about 2 stories every season--domestic abuse and some sensuous, sexy love story. That's it. No other real variety from him. Today was sexy sure..but...not much else. The wave was terrible. Dharshti needs to work on her lifts, transitions. Also tango without heels is annoying. I think this was more contemporary than Tango anyways. I think Dhrashti has potential. But I don't think Salman does. So really..this jodi is just meh for me.

Meghna-Savio: Lavni and Cha cha cha ...interesting dances for a fusion. 😆 Meghna has so much energy and she is expressive--perfect for Lavani. Savio smartly picked that. She started well, but in the cha cha cha portions she was more nervous obviously. The energy did dip by the end. I enjoy watching her :) I'm glad Savio has a good partner after Hard Kaur. Sigh he really deserved to win then.

Sonali-Sumanth: These kids are sooo good! Their salsa is just..AMAZING! I appreciate them for picking another style that is SO far out from what they normally do--robotics. It takes guts. Yeah the robotics wasn't out of the world amazing, but they did REALLY well for someone who learned it in 2 days! I wish the judges would appreciate Sumanth a bit more too. he is equally good as Sonali!

Ekta-Tushar: I think Tushar is the find of the season. His choreography is DIFFERENT every week and incorporates the challenges pretty well. I am glad he is getting recognition as a choreographer from the judges. He is FABULOUS. I have a crush on him. I think along with Raghav from DID, he is probably the most creative choreographer in these reality shows along with Shampa. Ekta is so gorgeous. She should smile more, will look even prettier. As a dancer, her body language is weak--she doesn't feel it, and she lacks power/energy..her knee spins kinda died half-way. She is too nervous I think. Perhaps because its her first time dancing, she ends up focusing on getting the steps right and somewhere forgets to enjoy it. As a person, she was more likable today when she explained her struggles. Its hard, I really get it. But just try a bit harder--she will get there if she doesn't get eliminated.

Karanvir-Sneha: Kathak-Tap is a good combo. There were lots of flaws. Karanvir's upper body is a bit too stiff for tap...and somewhere I couldn't hear the tap sounds a lot of times when the Kathak came into play. He didn't spot well in those turns either. He is a better dancer than this. But I still give him props for trying something NEW. He is challenging himself and I like that. Tap is tremendously hard to learn in a month + week he had. I think choreography was interesting and unique, but sadly execution mein thoda jhol hogaya. Thodi energy bhi kam thi. I think his score was acceptable, but others were overscored (they get away with much more).

Forgot to add...Kapil's explanation of tap dancing. 🤣🤣🤣

Lauren-Punit from tomorrow look good. I really like that she is challenging herself with Indian dance forms and not staying in the Western dances realm which she already knows how to do well. Its something I wished Isha had done last time, but sadly she only ever did what she was good at.

Edited by chocolover89 - 12 years ago

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AreYaar

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Posted: 12 years ago

#348

Originally posted by: chocolover89

Ekta-Tushar: I think Tushar is the find of the season. His choreography is DIFFERENT every week and incorporates the challenges pretty well. I am glad he is getting recognition as a choreographer from the judges. He is FABULOUS. I have a crush on him. I think along with Raghav from DID, he is probably the most creative choreographer in these reality shows along with Shampa.

Ekta is so gorgeous. She should smile more, will look even prettier. As a dancer, her body language is weak--she doesn't feel it, and she lacks power/energy..her knee spins kinda died half-way. She is too nervous I think. Perhaps because its her first time dancing, she ends up focusing on getting the steps right and somewhere forgets to enjoy it. As a person, she was more likable today when she explained her struggles. Its hard, I really get it. But just try a bit harder--she will get there if she doesn't get eliminated.

WORD about Tushaar...I was almost skeptical after his first week wondering if he was just a one trick pony who did contemporary...but week after week, in every act he shows what a TALENTED choreographer and dancer he is.

Today's act was SUPERB...If not for Ekta, this was a DID level ki performance...Tushar's sense of visualization is TREMENDOUS...and the way he EXECUTES it...even more tremendous...the way that ATMOSPHERE was created on stage...you're drawn into the whole story...this is theatrics done RIGHT👏👏...along with PLENTY of dancing...Ekta may be pretty terrible at emoting and even pretty self-conscious as a dancer but atleast she tries...and atleast this guy is SMART enough to use whatever he has to the best advantage.

I wanted to laugh when KJo equated Tushar with Salman😆...what sense of visualization was he talking about vis a vis Salman😕😕😆...I for one have never managed to see this "visualization" in Salman...firstly the guy can't even find a BEAT in a song to choreograph ON beat...baaki toh baad ki baatein hain...three weeks in all he's done is acrobatics/overly emo acts...or today's act which was high on so called "hawtness" and low on DANCING...this guy is nowhere close to Tushar in creativity...in 3 acts, Tushar has shown what he's all about when handicapped with a pretty limited contestant...and Salman who still has a relative advantage with Drashti is not able to bring out more than "hawtness" and lifts from her? Odd. Agree with you that this guy has always been terribly over-rated...he's not going to get the same acrobatic firangi girl every season to throw around so he better rack his brains to come up with ACTUALLY creative stuff or he can keep on whining about not winning...lol irony is that this season he just might win anyways on the basis of Drashti's huge fanbase voting for her like mad and the channel promoting her like crazy😆

I liked Meghna's act too although the judges rightly pointed out that the energy was low for a laavni...but again Saavio atleast tries to be genuinely CREATIVE with his mixes...and Meghna is entertaining to watch.

The rest of the acts didn't register on me much...lol

I just have to say again that watching Tushar's act was a pleasure despite Ekta pulling the act down...it would be nice to see him stick around if only to see what other choreography he can come up with.

*Edit: Also want to add that I LOVE his HUMILITY...he lets his WORK speak for himself👏👏 ...no useless shoshe-baazi...I really do like him.

*Edit again: Just found this info from his AT...wow this guy is really well trained and experienced...no wonder his choreography is SO good.

[quote]

Career:

Tushar Kalia began his dancing career as a specialist in Mayur Bhanj Chhau, Kalari and contemporary dance under the guidance and direction of Shri Santosh Nair, the creative director of 'Sandhya Unit of Performing Arts' and then went on to become the academy's senior most member, choreographer and prinicipal male dancer. He is also trained in the Aerial techinque under Canadian based choreographer Brandy Leary. He has performed and worked with international choreographers for a production in Birmingham that performed 25 shows all across Europe titled "Motherland". He also played the lead role in Game of Dice and received accolades and rave reviews in Brazil, Oslo, Trinidad and Tobago. He was also a part at the opening ceremony of the commonwealth games held in India.[/quote]

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gilmores

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Posted: 12 years ago

#349

^Anuuu! 🤗
WORD at everything. The first performance of Tushar's I saw was actually that elimination face-off he did last week and I was pretty impressed at how well-choreographed it was for a face-off...like it SHOULD be. Then I went back and watched the first week waala performance and it was pretty great too. Performance after performance this guy is just STUPENDOUS! I'm completely BOWLED away by everything every week..and it only gets better and better! Best part is, what he does isn't repetitive. He's mainly my reason to tune into this show now.

You're absolutely right that THIS was a DID level performance/act. If it was him and say Kruti/Vrushali dancing, it would probably go down as one of the most memorable acts of even DID! 👏👏

LOL @ being compared to Salman. What an insult to Tushar really. Waise toh Kjo is mainly into HAWTNESS. So you get it..and apne Remo bhaiyya toh DID se hi aise hai. I was happy that these judges who can't see beyond Salman usually are finally noticing someone else. Yep this was theatrics done right...also the sign of a good choreographer--you easily understand what's going on without someone telling you what the story is.
You know what's kinda sad? Tushar has pushed an extremely limited dancer like Ekta who has NEVER danced before MUCH MORE in three WEEKS than Saman bhaisaab managed to push an extremely trained dancer like Isha in three MONTHS. Dhrasthi ko toh chodo hi. Woh toh lifts se zyada iss bande se nahin seekh sakti. But then that is the difference between Tushar and Salman. Salman is limited like I already said and you also pointed out..he's more about cretaing a sexy mood...he doesn't let his dance do the talking. Tushar's choreographies are so INTRICATE and CHALLENGING even though his partner is not a tsrong dancer. Don't even want to think of the khichdi if Salman had Ekta for a partner. Actually what people just don't understand or realize is that there is a big difference between a dancer and a choreographer. A good dancer is not necessarily a good choreographer, but a good choreographer is always a good dancer. Salman is a good dancer, Tushar is a MAGNIFICENT choreographer. Simple.

Thanks for posting that Anu..wow, he's obviously very very learned and it SHOWS! I reallyyy want him to stick around. Ekta is trying I agree. Bas just a little more effort from her + with some time and she will get there. If Tushar can pull off what Sonia did with Baiching...or even what Terence has pulled off with all his contestants like Piyali, then it would be amazing!

Edited by chocolover89 - 12 years ago

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Hetal

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Posted: 12 years ago

#350

@Choco: thank god I'm not the only one who has a pet peeve about the heels thing. I hate the bare foot dancing in styles that most certaintly require heels! And you're so right about Tushar, but Ekta is a huge disappointment as a partner b/c she doesn't express the dance via face and eyes. I know not everyone has the tool set Madhuri Dixit does, but as a choreographer he needs to make her practice her facial expressions b/c it was a beautiful piece which could have been breath-taking if she just emoted a little. And yeah he's way cutes!😳

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