Originally posted by: krait
@bold: agree with you completely on this one. ..my cousin is a trained jazz dancer and this is exactly what he says.. i wonder why none of the judges pointed this out.. now i seriously doubt their knowledge of different dance forms...this is where i really miss judges like Vaibhavi and javed....
His floor work at the beginning of each performance has been almost identical. We have seen him do these jazz movements in other shows as well. He does the very basic jazz steps in all his performances regardless of the style he is performing that day. I feel Shampa's choreography only kicks in during the lifts and other movements that they have together.
As far as judges are concerned, it is one thing to be a good dancer and it is a totally different thing to be educated in dance. Madhuri and Malaika (I highly doubt) are knowledgeable in various dance forms, especially foreign dance forms. We need judges who can tell the difference between all the various Latin dances, who can encourage something more than hip hop and contemporary on this platform, and who know more about dance than just Bollywood's matka's and jhatka's! Malaika mentioned once that she has studied dance ... well I've studied biochemistry last semester, too, but that in no way means that I remember any of it! I love Madhuri, but I think that if they want to keep her, they should've brought in another choreographer in Malaika's place. Remo-Madhuri-Vaibhavi would have been a MUCH better panel of judges. I'm a huge Vaibhavi fan- her judging is terrific!
Edited by *Woh Ajnabee* - 14 years ago