Dancing the Paso Double to “Explosive” by David Garret and the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Wanya Morris and his Professional partner, Lindsay Arnold, were joined by DWTS’ ever-lovely (and VASTLY Talented) Pro, Witney Carson, in the particularly perfect performing of their Semifinals Trio!
Wanya & Lindsay with Witney
DWTS Season 22, Week 09
- The Semi-Finals
Um, YES, please!!
Talk about being “Explosive”, Wanya just stepped out there and tore up Monday night's
Ballroom Dance Floor like the incredible hunk of Dancing Dynamite that he is!!!
Wanya & Lindsay with Witney
DWTS Season 22, Week 09
- The Semi-Finals
Fan-FREAKING-tastic Footwork, Powerful Lines, a
Formidable Frame, and one all-too-appropriate, Violent Attitude all came
together for Morris during
this Routine
Wanya & Lindsay with Witney
DWTS Season 22, Week 09
- The Semi-Finals
which was made all the better by yet another breathtakingly
BRILLIANT Paso-Trio Submission from the more-than-capable hands of Lindsay and Witney!!
Wanya & Lindsay with Witney
DWTS Season 22, Week 09
- The Semi-Finals
(Who, btw, were absolutely killing it in those uniquely fierce, red dresses!)
Wanya & Lindsay with Witney
DWTS Season 22, Week 09
- The Semi-Finals
“I love those little touches!” exclaimed an excited Head Judge, Len Goodman, following the immaculate Performance. “I loved those Walks, and then the Sharp Head! The way you two girls Pivoted Away, and then you [Wanya] came! Listen … this is what you get, Son! <Standing Up to give an always highly sought after Standing Ovation from himself>”
… Well, I do believe that says it all!Well DONE,
you guys!Well done, well done, well
done!!
Wanya & Lindsay with Witney
DWTS Season 22, Week 09
- The Semi-Finals
Individual
Round:
Dancing a Crazy Cute and Commanding Charleston to
“Shame on Me” by Avicii,
featuring Sterling Fox and Audra Mae, Wanya Morris and his
Pro partner, Lindsay Arnold, closed down their High-scoring Semifinals!
Hot DOG!!
I mean to say that Ipositively ADORED this next Superbly Danced, Spectacular Routine!
Yesiree, boy! – And mind if I cheer unabashedly?! –
the incredible Duo ofTeamYayZee’s
Semifinals Tour was made complete and capped off BRILLIANTLY when Performance Perfection met with Super Fun on the
Ballroom Dance Floor, effectively creating one of the absolute best and
ENJOYABLE Charlestons that the show has ever seen!
Insanely
Terrific Footwork, Wonderful Musicality, and one truly Exquisite display of Showmanship
Charisma was yet again Exhibited by Wanya
during this Number, allowing him to (albeit, inadvertently) shut down his
Amazing Competitive Season in all the right and high-scoring ways!!
“If ‘Natural Dance Talent’ was in the Dictionary, there'd be a photograph of you, I’m telling you!!” stated Head Judge, Len Goodman, when the Dance was through. “Wanya, Wanya, truly, I so hope that you're in the Finals, because you bring joy to me and the whole Ballroom! You’re great!”
See video (below) to see Wanya & Lindsay's Charleston on Week 09 of DWTS. Below that, see Wanya & Lindsay's and Witney's Paso Doble Trio, courtesy of Dancing With The Stars' great YouTube channel!
Introducing its first ever Judges Team Up Challenge
round of Competition, Dancing With The
Stars’ three, Panel Judges each chose 2 of the Season's 6 remaining Couples
to “Team Up” in a presumably exciting Dancing Quartet with unexpected results …
Team
Bruno:
Dancing the Argentine Tango to “Habanera” by Georges Bazet, DWTS Judge, Bruno Tonioli’s, selected Team of Jodie & Keo and Nyle
& Peta submitted their Team Up Performance.
DWTS Season 22, Week 08
- Judges Team Up Challenge Round
The better, in my opinion, of the three Team Up
routines, Team Bruno’s over
all execution of this difficult Latin Dance was surprisingly great for all the
individual parties involved.
Indeed, Jodie
Sweetin’s opening of the smooth and silky Number, with the three other
Dancing Professionals (including that of Pro, Peta Murgatrod), was exceptionally good, even byJodie’s own highly set and strictly
kept standards!
Granted, that there were one or two moments during the
Opening of the Dance, and again near the Close, when her Dancing Lines were not
quite Sharp, nor Fully Extended; but overall, I must say, a truly stellar
Performance!!
Likewise, Nyle
DiMarrco’s Strong yet Fluid Exhibition proved most excellent,
impressively holding his own when mercilessly stacked up against the Routine's
three other Male Professionals! All in all a most gratifying effort within this
novel Round, and most certainly the most successful!
Team
Len:
Dancing a Strangely Subpar Samba to “Jump in the
Line (Shake, Senora)” by Harry
Belafonte, Head Judge, Len Goodman’s, chosen Couples of Ginger & Val andWanya
& Lindsay presented their Team Up Routine.
DWTS Season 22, Week 08
- Judges Team Up Challenge Round
<Mouth gaping wide open in horrified, stunned disbelief> Oh, good grief! WHAT a disappointment!
(What is the world of Ballroom Dance coming too?!!)
Is it just me, or did DWTS Beloved – and highly respected – Len just tragically fail, and somewhat miserably at that???
This seemingly phoned-in, total child's play of a
Performance was upsetting and (dare I say?) IRRITATING, to say the least, as DWTS' no-fuss, no-muss Judge appeared
suddenly incompetent, Choreographing what was truly one of the absolute DUMBEST Dances witnessed in the show's
adored Ballroom - at least, that I can remember – in a long (LONG)
while!
DWTS Season 22, Week 08
- Judges Team Up Challenge Round
Honestly, Len,
just because you’re the Best in the Ballroom doesn’t mean that you don’t have to actually try … like, AT ALL!!
Even with Len making a brief - and completely UN-GRATIFYING - appearance near the end of this depressing and sickening
colorful array made this Dance feel all the more pathetic and useless!
DWTS Season 22, Week 08
- Judges Team Up Challenge Round
(I mean, for crying out loud, folks, if endeared Grumpy Goodman’s face could not
rescue this Dance from the depths of Cheesesville, was there ever really any
hope for it in the first place??!)
Not to mention, Season 22’s Competing participant, Wanya Morris’, Dancing was only
“Pleasing”, albeit Fun, to say the very most, while recent Rising
Dancing-Force, Ginger Zee, sadly lapsed back into her Performing “Comfort-zone” consisting of
apathetic, Lazy Lines, halfhearted Charisma,and an overall Shoddy Execution!
DWTS Season 22, Week 08
- Judges Team Up Challenge Round
… Simply dreadful.
Team
Carrie Ann:
Dancing the Paso Double to “Everybody Wants to Rule
the World” by Lorde, Judge Carrie Ann Inaba’s Dancing Duos Antonio & Sharna and Paige & Mark closed down
Week 08’s Competition.
DWTS Season 22, Week 08
- Judges Team Up Challenge Round
An admittedly Emoting Performance overall, Carrie Ann’s contemporary take on this typically exhilarating Latin Style of Dance was oddly ill-pleasing in most stages of the Routine, as her Artistic Choreography (“Artistic”, a word that often stands for “Unique”) effectively had its participants stomping about the ballroom like slender, Taupe-clad (Ugh! Raise your hands if you’re positively DISGUSTED with the non-color of Taupe; stop embarrassing yourself if you’re not) Gorillas instead of refined, Quarterfinals Competitors!
DWTS Season 22, Week 08
- Judges Team Up Challenge Round
Even Season Front-runner, Paige VanZant , was uncharacteristically Heavy in her Feet and Lines!
Not to mention, the seemingly evasive – and yet,
somehow, still completely necessary – element of all Four of the Dance's
participants Performing In Sync with one another throughout the whole of the
Routine proved a task much (much)too
hard to accomplish!
DWTS Season 22, Week 08
- Judges Team Up Challenge Round
It must be said, however, before wrapping up this
Post, that Antonio's Spinning
Lift of Paigewas a
little more than impressive, to say the least!
Still, in the end, I found this (what appeared
to be) ill-conceived attempt at recreating her Season 20, Noah & Sharna
Paso to be a flailing one at best, as well as an empty one.
See videos (3,below) to watch Judges Len, Bruno, and Carrie Ann's "Team Up Challenge" Dance on Week 08 of DWTS, courtesy of Dancing With The Stars' great YouTube channel!
