When I was done teaching my baby ballerinas, one of the mothers, who knows I dance tango as well, asked me if I’d seen the last episode of Dancing with the Stars. I am very meh about shows of that nature, but then she mentioned that “the sexy guy from that Sex and the City movie” did the tango. I pouted. “I bet it was ballroom tango” as in…go away, give me Argentine lust, passion, rawness, yaddah yaddah. But the magic words were said – the sexy guy? Which sexy guy? She couldn’t mean Jason Lewis, could she? The guy is admittedly hot but blue-eyed blonds have (sadly) never done anything for me. “No, no, no. It’s Samantha’s sexy neighbor. The one, who was naked all the time.”
Stop! The! Presses!
Yes, I am a red-blooded woman. With hormones. What, you thought I was a nun?
Linda was immediately typing in search keywords into YouTube, and I was practically on top of her desk, trying to see “the one, who was naked all the time” doing the tango.
Picture this if you will; dance studio owner, her ballet instructor, and 4 soccer moms crowded around a little desktop, panting. Yes, we were, and I am not ashamed to admit it.
Love the ganchos at 2:26!
It cracked me up how quite a few elements in their choreography exist in one of the dances my partner and I do. Sadly, that dance has been retired since our last performance (see next post as to why), but when I was watching the video, I immediately started memorizing the sequence. Lead/follow? Yes, certainly, but that’s where my old ballet habits die hard. Show me a dance, and I immediately start learning the combination first. *sigh*
Okay, so it’s not Forever Tango, but I was impressed. The guy didn’t do tango…ever, and now did a pretty decent job at it. She was a little disappointing. Had I not known that he was an actor, I would have thought that he was the professional dancer in that partnership. Of course it could also be my hormones talking, but I don’t think so… ;)
Yeah, last Wednesday there were one happy studio owner, a ballet instructor, and 4 soccer moms in a certain dance studio in a certain town in New York.
Now imagine what it was like for me to teach my 10 year olds how to pirouette after this, when all I wanted to do was pounce on my dance partner and start insisting that we begin working on new choreography.
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April 9, 2009 at 6:01 am
Arlene
I’m sorry as I try to be positive with comments, and this isn’t about you. This program started here in the UK, Strictly come dancing. The tango is always very bad. This is pretty rubbish tango. Admittedly he is very good looking, but I am embarassed for my tango.
April 9, 2009 at 6:27 pm
joli
How did she keep her dress in place? Superglue?
April 9, 2009 at 9:18 pm
Mademoiselle Non
What I liked about this tango (though calling it actual Argentine tango is a total overstatement) was that for a complete novice, he did a decent job. Saying this as someone, who was a total novice at this discipline and then suddenly turned professional. Ahem…yeah. The amount of work involved was/is surreal, and from that point of view, I can appreciate him making an effort.
These shows are a total farce, be it DWTS or So You Think You Can Dance… Every time they do a ballet sequence during auditions, I die inside.
April 9, 2009 at 9:19 pm
Mademoiselle Non
ROFL! Certainly not the tape that I use for my performances. Makes me wish I knew what her secret is. Had I known it at my last performance, I wouldn’t have ended up flashing everyone.