Mark Ballas Writes About He And Aly Raisman’s New Dances For DWTS Week 8
Mark Ballas has blogged that his back is “still not 100%”, but, he’s “powering through.” Here’s what he tells us about he and Aly Raisman’s new dances for this coming Monday night….
Our trio dance is the jive, which is one of my favorite dances of all time. It’s quick, it’s slick and it’s got a lot of personality. We are going for a cool theme this week too which will add a lot of flare to the dance. Aly is constantly improving with the counts, which has been her weakest thing so far.
The other dance we are taking on is the Argentine Tango, which is a complete change of pace for Aly. The story of the tango is all about the woman of the night and I represent the paying customer. I’m really pleased with Aly’s progress with this character considering she has not had an intense dance yet. She’s handling the sexy very well.
You can read more at USA Today.
I have really enjoyed these two for the past two weeks. I hope they continue on the same path with Aly letting loose and really enjoying herself.
This week sounds exciting for them, CAN’T WAIT!
Vogue, I’m with you. Aly seems to have found her stride these last two weeks, and I’ve enjoyed her performances. Hope they can keep it up. Regardless of where she finishes this season, I think she’ll have learned a lot that she can take back and apply to her gymnastics; intangibles like heightened awareness of music and the confidence to bring out her personality in performances (especially on the floor routines).
I agree Cids! I don’t think she’ll win, but, she could get 4th for sure or maybe even 3rd? I agree too how dancing will help her gymnastics career. It will be interesting to see.
Can someone explain to me Mark’s frame of mind that he thought it was a good idea to have his 18 year old olympic champion partner portray a hooker in their AT? I can see all the gym moms loving that. Maybe I’m being a prude and I probably shouldn’t judge until I see the dance but I’m just wondering if that was really the necessary creative direction.
It only concerns me, Tumbles, that Mark is talking so blatantly about it. If that’s how he’s talking, how will they be dancing it?? Most AT’s DON’T blatantly give that impression.
I am starting to hope that Aly pushes Jacoby or Zendaya out of the finals. She has been growing on me the last week weeks whilst the other two have been going backwards.
Mark and Aly bore me to tears.
I am so disappointed. This is the first time in many, many seasons that we have six contestants left and there is only one, Kellie, that I like enough to even want to see them dance again. The rest of the cast doesn’t interest me in the least.
So I guess I will watch The Voice and catch Kellie and Derek online. DWTS has really thrown me for a loop this season, the show just isn’t the same without their ray of sunshine.. Andy.
Mark is a super egotist! Small wonder that he talks so much trash about Aly portraying the part of a hooker. You know, as good as Mark thinks he is, he is but a shadow of Derek, Val, Max, and many others. Making faces at the camera does not make him the cat’s meow amongst the professional male dancers.
Forgot to mention that Aly, while in her own right a great gymnast, is not even getting close to naturally gifted female contestants like Kellie Pickler or Zendaya. Poor Aly just looks clunky and awkward on the dance floor. It’s hard to be graceful when ones body is so muscular. Politics will leave her in the running up until the final three. If she makes the final two, then you know somethings amiss and the producers of the show just can’t allow America’s sweetheart lose.