Chicklet
22nd-December-2005, 04:15 PM
I have just taken delivery of a DVD of the UK Open Latin Championships, a gift for my pa for X-mas and am checking it works:D I know that there may be many comps that give themselves this title, I picked one that had Brendan and Camilla and Darren and Lilia in it (I'm such a celeb-hag:blush: ).
Ordered it back in Nov so had hoped to be able to post this in a pressies thread for this year but too late now...but maybe next year..
Negatives - took over a month to get here, from Japan (!!) so liner notes in Japanese, it's only about an hour long and has cost £50, and (not a fault of the DVD but) I didn't know that each dance was only for about two mins.
BUT
Positives - dancing takes place in full light so all detail of outfits, makeup and hair dos are there to be seen, and that's just the men, the man ponytail was BIG. The camera work is really good, stays on each couple, in the middle of the shot, for 30- 60 secs or so at a time
Fun stuff - the number of professional floorcraft fouls:eek: is hilarious !!, some fantastic collisions worthy of Hanna Barbara.
Thought provoking stuff - don't buy this if you're just starting out with MJ and feeling insecure, in the nicest possible way, it makes a lot of what we do look terribly, well... pedestrian, I'm afraid. But if you are secure and would like some glam, ballroom type inspiration, it's a fab piece of glitz!
Given this is the first of these I have ever seen let alone bought, I may not have picked the best to buy, anyone with a secret library care to make a recommendation for next time?
C
Ordered it back in Nov so had hoped to be able to post this in a pressies thread for this year but too late now...but maybe next year..
Negatives - took over a month to get here, from Japan (!!) so liner notes in Japanese, it's only about an hour long and has cost £50, and (not a fault of the DVD but) I didn't know that each dance was only for about two mins.
BUT
Positives - dancing takes place in full light so all detail of outfits, makeup and hair dos are there to be seen, and that's just the men, the man ponytail was BIG. The camera work is really good, stays on each couple, in the middle of the shot, for 30- 60 secs or so at a time
Fun stuff - the number of professional floorcraft fouls:eek: is hilarious !!, some fantastic collisions worthy of Hanna Barbara.
Thought provoking stuff - don't buy this if you're just starting out with MJ and feeling insecure, in the nicest possible way, it makes a lot of what we do look terribly, well... pedestrian, I'm afraid. But if you are secure and would like some glam, ballroom type inspiration, it's a fab piece of glitz!
Given this is the first of these I have ever seen let alone bought, I may not have picked the best to buy, anyone with a secret library care to make a recommendation for next time?
C