ABTJess218

TWOPer here, nice to see so many friendly faces! I am a longtime lurker in the DWTS forums, used to be an extremely frequent poster in the SYTYCD forums, as well as some other shows. Been dancing since I was a child, so very into the choreography/partnership/performance/costuming side of things. So far, I'm really enjoying the one night format again this season. I like how everything moves at a clip, as I tended to find the two-night format to drag on unnecessarily. As Len would say, it's chock full of content when the show sticks to one night. Generally finding costuming to be extremely subpar this season, which is really disappointing me. Cheryl's stuff, in particular, has so far been pretty blah. I'm excited to see what she does with Drew, though. I smell a Jack dark horse situation if she can whip him into shape. I'm a Val and Maks fan, but so far irritated by Danica and Nene. I want them to focus a little more--too much personality and not enough dancing from either of them. As usual, though, Derek's choreography skills are out of this world. He really understands how to maximize a dancer's strengths. His routine for Amy in E2 was stunning! Missing the band this season--I work for unions, so I was sad when they went to a non-union band. Now I just miss the lush orchestrations. I'm pretty sure I'm exactly their target audience, but the small electronic band isn't doing it for me.

Hey all, Chiming in here to say that I just came over from TWOP. I've been taking a break for the last few seasons and haven't posted in yearssss, but going to be back in action (and hopefully with spoilers) for the new upcoming season. Was ABTJess218 over on TWOP too, so hoping that a friendly wave ::waves hi to everyone:: will bring old and new friends out over here!