DWTS Janel Parrish Writes Of Her New Dances With Val Chmerkovskiy And More

Janel Parrish has written a new blog at People. She writes of how bummed she was when she and Val got negative criticism from the judges last week. She also writes of their new dances this week….

It feels like we’ve been getting a mixed bag of comments from the judges recently. It’s totally fine and everyone’s entitled to their opinion, but the thing that bummed us out the most was the comment about it not being a true Viennese waltz. It was a Halloween special – so obviously we did have a little bit of the Halloween feel to add to the entertainment part of the dance – but I felt like Val did an amazing job of creating amazing Viennese waltz choreography to add to the story. I was a little bit bummed for him that we got that comment.

It was challenging enough having to learn two dances last week, but this week we’ve had to learn four dances! Three of the dances are for the dance-off, so we all have to learn the cha-cha, the rumba and a jive, and then the style is picked for us when we get to the show on Monday night. We’ve been preparing and polishing three dances not knowing which one is going to be chosen, and then the fourth dance is our competition piece. It feels like there’s never any time for one dance, let alone four, but we’ll get it.

This week we’re doing a contemporary dance for our competition piece. I feel a lot more comfortable in contemporary because I don’t have to work on my frame, which is my biggest weakness, but Val isn’t a contemporary dancer so he’s been stressing about the choreography. However, I think the choreography he’s created is beautiful.

It’s dynamic duo week and we’re playing Romeo and Juliet, so it’s going to be beautiful and romantic. I’m very excited. The song is “Everybody’s Free (To Feel Good),” and it’s a song from the movie adaptation Romeo + Juliet.

More at People.