Dancing with the Stars kicked off its 16th season on March 18th with a new all star cast of celebrity partners and just like the last 15 seasons there can only be one winner. Week by week partner teams were dismissed from the competition. The fresh face of a country singer, Kellie Pickler, and her professional partner, Derek Hough, preformed their way into the semi-finales with the approach to the quality of a dance and not quantity. All in a chance to entitle themselves with the coveted mirror ball trophy. Taped live in Beverly Blvd, Hollywood, CA, week 10’s performance show, before the final winner was announced, aired on May 20, 2013. The finale challenge was the judges choice of dance for each of the remaining contestants. Among those remanning teams, the duo of Kellie and Derek stunned in their judges choice of the quickstep to the track “Peppy and George”- Ludovic Bource. This performance was successful from the way the partners embodied the theme, to the costumes and lighting, and how the overall piece was performed best to the competitions guidelines for a quickstep. The main theme, consisting of the roaring 20’s, was consistently portrayed through out the dance.
Kellie and Derek’s portrayal of a high energy, fast paced, roaring 20’s number was complete with a black and white intro and a live jazz band suppling the music. The physically and technically challenging quickstep is defined as “a lively step or combination of steps in ballroom dancing” (quickstep). Judge Len Goodmen gave the duo some advice before preforming live on how to properly execute a quickstep, “you’re are a couple of magnets and nothing is going to pull you apart” (Dancingwts09). As he is referring to the body connection that is needed to pro...
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...ep performance. Shining as the main focus, the simplistic technical aspects enhanced the mood and the embodiment of the characters they portrayed. Technically and physically the preciseness and the fast paced movements behind every count sold the performance. They “could have not put in more content if you tried” (Dancingwts09) judge Bruno Tonioli. Proving in the end the bond that was formed and the quality not quantity of the dance, and the support from the nation could Kellie and Derek entitle themselves as season 16 Dancing with the Stars Champions. Winning the coveted mirror ball trophy.
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