I tried searching old threads for this but failed miserably. I'm trying to find some good open smooth videos and was wondering if anyone could recommend their favorite couples (or even videos)? Or maybe point me to a thread where this has already been listed... Preferably it would be a video of one couple (like a showdance) cause I frequently find it difficult to focus when its a whole smooth final/semi~just too much going on for me. It's a somewhat new interest of mine so I'd appreciate any help Any open will do (this all started with me trying to find a vid of an old amateur couple I liked so amateur/pro/pro-am doesn't matter) Thanks!
I think that there are some nice comp videos of Larinda with one of her students who is a DF member, so not sure if his real name is "outed" or not. Searching for her name on youtube should bring them up.
Great idea! Unfortunately, so many of the smooth show dances weren't smooth. But there should be enough for a starting point. And with any luck, the related videos will be to the same smooth couples!
It's a mix of smooth and latin, but Marzena and Slawek's showdance is one of my favorites. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sdO8uptltiY&fmt=37
i love how ben and shalene ermis dance. Don't mind Tony Meredith's mistake in saying they start out with a social foxtrot
It is a social, laid-back rock or two to set the mood, much like foxtrot, and does well in entering the dance. What else would you call it?
That is such a sad interpretation of that showdance. The camera angles totally cut off the story line... which was her taking off his competition number from his back in the beginning and putting it in his pocket. At the end she removes it from his pocket and drops it on the floor... It was there retirement dance.
This performance was truly beautiful and touching in person!! A shame the video couldn't capture it all (but I suppose videos never really do). Thanks for all the recommendations and thanks to those that shared their favorite couples~would love to have some of people's favorite current couples so I can keep my eye out for them in the future as well!!
OK, I have to comment on this thread. I have to say my darling daughter Stephanie Michelle and her new partner Matt Brown from Laguna Niguel.... Only because I'm the mom. They will be dancing for the first time together at San Diego Dancesport Championships. woooohoooo. Then Toni Redpath and Michael Mead!!!!! would come in a close second.
Christopher Allen and Elona Bets there were some old videos of them on MIT website, around 2004-05 she wore a purple dress
Wow, Larinda, I have watched that showdance about a hundred times -- knowing this makes it all the more special!!!
I suggest keeping an eye on a hot new couple winning a lot of rising star and pro events, Kirill Gorjatsev and Olga Chekhova. I am totally biased.
A rock or two? lolz... idk, i think bronze step-step-step together when i think social foxtrot. but i guess thats just me. Larinda, thanks for the insight! i never knew that... i guess that's what happens when you dont get to see it in person.
