According to the viewers posts' forums expressing their opinions re: the switch-up of the regular, season 21 - partners - to a new, different ones - by the viewers choices expressed on the Twitter forum - the success of it - can only be summed up as a "mixed bag".
Lots of viewers wished that the switch-up votes could be available on Facebook as well - which is by the way - a lot more popular public forum and simpler to use than the Twitter.
Anyway - back to the performances on Mon. Oct. 12 - Season 21. Alek Scarlatos' (the big viewers' favorite) - and Emma's - dance -(rumba) was underscored by the judges (according to the viewers' forums) - however after seeing some super good dancing done by Alek - during the week 2 and week 3 - respectively - we could surmise that this one was not a really memorable performance event - in another words.
Paula and Mark's jive - Mark's choreo of a milkman' routine - full of all kinds of milk related props and extras (the dancers which didn't have to do any dancing - just ham it up - a bit) - also didn't impress anybody as an outstanding performance of the night. One could say that the arrangement was a bit "cheesy" - the pun fully intended.
As far as Tamar Braxton and Louis's (her dance professional - partner's) samba goes - a lot of the viewers thought that the scores awarded by the judges - were - way too low. We would agree.
Don't forget to watch next Monday Oct. 19 show and have a great week but don't forget to click here Tues. morning - Oct. 20 - 2015 - for a sizzling review of Monday night's show!
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Tuesday, October 13, 2015
Monday, October 12, 2015
A Brief Insert of a Review of a Musical Recital by Kazakhstan's famous performer - Aidana Yntykbaeva - Squirrel Hill - Pittsburgh, Pa - JCC Concert.
Aidana Ynykbaeva - looks about thirty in her evening dress which shines with gold threads adorning the top of it. Her blondish hair - pinned in a back - had a few strands falling on her instrument called KOBYZ which looks like an inverted violin but its played like a viola.
Both of her helpers - her M.C. (a young blonde with a long hair) and her piano accompaniment (an attractive blonde with a short hair) - did great jobs. The M.C. (master of ceremonies) - briefly summed up each piece performed - and the piano player skillfully handled the piano - while she also demonstrated her mastery without upstaging the main performer.
The repertoire chosen varied a great deal as it showcased a tremendous control of her instrument and skill of Aidana who won numerous international competitions - as did a her piano accompanist - Anna Kovalevska who deftly handled the piano as she demonstrated her respective mastery - as well.
My favorite piece was a Tango by Astor Piazzola - a Tango great - titled "Libertango" which is always extremely difficult to execute on any instrument. Both ladies easily performed that famous composition.
The concert ended with a popular Russian/Jewish song - "Tumbalalajka" (A tribute to "balalajka" a Russian instrument similar to a guitar).
We hope that Aidana Yntykbaeva - keeps performing in big venues since her talent makes people smile and feel good for as long as they listen to her playing her instrument.
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Both of her helpers - her M.C. (a young blonde with a long hair) and her piano accompaniment (an attractive blonde with a short hair) - did great jobs. The M.C. (master of ceremonies) - briefly summed up each piece performed - and the piano player skillfully handled the piano - while she also demonstrated her mastery without upstaging the main performer.
The repertoire chosen varied a great deal as it showcased a tremendous control of her instrument and skill of Aidana who won numerous international competitions - as did a her piano accompanist - Anna Kovalevska who deftly handled the piano as she demonstrated her respective mastery - as well.
My favorite piece was a Tango by Astor Piazzola - a Tango great - titled "Libertango" which is always extremely difficult to execute on any instrument. Both ladies easily performed that famous composition.
The concert ended with a popular Russian/Jewish song - "Tumbalalajka" (A tribute to "balalajka" a Russian instrument similar to a guitar).
We hope that Aidana Yntykbaeva - keeps performing in big venues since her talent makes people smile and feel good for as long as they listen to her playing her instrument.
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Tuesday, October 6, 2015
The Eliminations' Results from Mon. Oct. 5 - 15 - DWTS Show - ABC - 8 pm.
Okay - everybody - who watches DWTS - Gary Busey got eliminated - according to a lot of predictions! However - Paula Dean - surprised everybody with her dancing, attitude and demeanor - in general. Her cha-cha looked hot enough - for a sixty-year-old lady!
Carrie Ann Inaba - normally - a very outspoken judge - who doesn't shy away from - at times - harsh criticisms - (not always merited by the dancers) - complemented Paula's general appearance and presentation - if not necessarily - her dancing steps.
Overall - the last night's show theme was - mostly - well received by the viewers. However - truth be told - at times - the most memorable event mentioned - was not a "big deal event" at all - certainly not meriting talking about it to sixty million people - nevertheless - as we mentioned before - the whole concept was interesting enough for the viewers not to change the channel.
As far as the first "ten" for the night/season goes - which the judge Bruno Tonioli awarded to Bindi Irwin - the viewers expressed a lot of views that Tamar Braxton's Rhumba - beautifully choreographed by the last year's champion - Val Schmerkovsky - was more deserving of the first "ten" for the season. We would agree.
A couple of minor observations re: the last night's show.
1. Erin Andrews - one of the celebrated - hosts - wore enormously high heels which didn't complement her lovely dress at all - to the contrary - those huge heels made most participants who got close to her - appear - unusually - short - almost midget-like.
2. That new hair-cut - wavy - rough hair ends - style - is enormously popular now-a-days. Last night many dancers plus the M.C. - Erin Andrews and one of the judges - Julianne Hough - sported that famous hair-cut - and even Paula also embellished her gray hair with it. Too much of a nice thing can get old fast - just like a hit song which is constantly played over and over and over - until everybody has it - up to their proverbial "nostrils."
As always - let us know what you think!
Have a great week and don't forget to watch DWTS - next Mon. Oct. 12! As always click here on Tues. Oct. 13 - for our sensational review!
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Carrie Ann Inaba - normally - a very outspoken judge - who doesn't shy away from - at times - harsh criticisms - (not always merited by the dancers) - complemented Paula's general appearance and presentation - if not necessarily - her dancing steps.
Overall - the last night's show theme was - mostly - well received by the viewers. However - truth be told - at times - the most memorable event mentioned - was not a "big deal event" at all - certainly not meriting talking about it to sixty million people - nevertheless - as we mentioned before - the whole concept was interesting enough for the viewers not to change the channel.
As far as the first "ten" for the night/season goes - which the judge Bruno Tonioli awarded to Bindi Irwin - the viewers expressed a lot of views that Tamar Braxton's Rhumba - beautifully choreographed by the last year's champion - Val Schmerkovsky - was more deserving of the first "ten" for the season. We would agree.
A couple of minor observations re: the last night's show.
1. Erin Andrews - one of the celebrated - hosts - wore enormously high heels which didn't complement her lovely dress at all - to the contrary - those huge heels made most participants who got close to her - appear - unusually - short - almost midget-like.
2. That new hair-cut - wavy - rough hair ends - style - is enormously popular now-a-days. Last night many dancers plus the M.C. - Erin Andrews and one of the judges - Julianne Hough - sported that famous hair-cut - and even Paula also embellished her gray hair with it. Too much of a nice thing can get old fast - just like a hit song which is constantly played over and over and over - until everybody has it - up to their proverbial "nostrils."
As always - let us know what you think!
Have a great week and don't forget to watch DWTS - next Mon. Oct. 12! As always click here on Tues. Oct. 13 - for our sensational review!
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Sunday, October 4, 2015
Eliminations night - Mon. Oct. 5 - Season 21 - DWTS - 8 pm - ABC
All the fans of DWTS - are happy with the network's decision to air the two-hour show - only on Monday nights - during the last two weeks. That makes a lot more sense - than watching the endless re-caps on Tuesdays.
Our "unofficial" predictions as to Monday night's eliminations go as follows:
1. Gary Busey will go home.
2. Paula Dean will be eliminated if Gary somehow survives the night.
The second piece from Mon. Sept.28 show - we examined the responses for - was a controversial jazz choreo by Mark Ballas - which he danced with his partner - Alexa; both dancers attired in yellow, shapeless hazmat suits - did the dance number from the TV show - "Breaking Bad". While the judges went totally wild with excitement - the viewers were almost evenly divided - in terms of some liking it a lot - however a lot of people - including us - didn't care for it at all - for a lot of reasons which we specified in our previous week's review.
Our "unofficial" predictions as to Monday night's eliminations go as follows:
1. Gary Busey will go home.
2. Paula Dean will be eliminated if Gary somehow survives the night.
The second piece from Mon. Sept.28 show - we examined the responses for - was a controversial jazz choreo by Mark Ballas - which he danced with his partner - Alexa; both dancers attired in yellow, shapeless hazmat suits - did the dance number from the TV show - "Breaking Bad". While the judges went totally wild with excitement - the viewers were almost evenly divided - in terms of some liking it a lot - however a lot of people - including us - didn't care for it at all - for a lot of reasons which we specified in our previous week's review.
At any rate - look for our conclusion review of Mon. Oct.5 show - on Tues. Oct. 6.
Have fun Monday night!
Have fun Monday night!
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Monday, September 28, 2015
A Brief Review of Mon. Sept.28 - Dancing with the Stars - Season 21 - ABC.
The viewers and fans of Dancing with the Stars had a big surprise in terms of the eliminations at the end of the two hours which at times "drag" - but sometimes - people wait for the end of the show's eliminations instead of changing the channel. Kim Zolciak - a voluptuous blonde who was partnered with an outstanding dance professional Tony Devaloni - unfortunately - suffered a mild stroke at the age of 37; thank God - she will be all right - but since that couple got eliminated by default - nobody else was sent home this week.
Lots of people were looking forward to Gary Busey finally leaving the show - according to the posts on the Facebook forum by DWTS space. He - however - surprised everybody by dancing a passable Tango with Anna Trebunskaya - his fabulous professional dancing partner. They both looked hilarious as Gomez and Morticia from "Addams Family" since the Monday night show presented the musical themes from popular TV shows.
Tamar Braxton and Val Schmerkovski performed a terrific Tango from "Mad Men" - an advertising industry - "glorified" - soap opera which ran for many seasons until it totally ran out of steam. While we are on the subject of Tango - Alek Scarlatos and his professional partner - a good dancer named Lindsay - did a very entertaining, vampire Tango from "True Bloods". Alek enjoys his big hero status everywhere - all over the place - and deservedly so since he and his two friends saved a lot of lives - recently - after they subdued a terrorist on an express train to Paris, France.
I - and several of my friends who do the entertainment reviewing - for a living - all agree that Alek Scarlatos also dances well - in addition to earning his status of an "internationally well liked - hero/role model." However as far as his dancing goes - his big boned structure distracts a bit from his dance moves. Everybody who watches DWTS remembers the 2011 champion - an ex-Pittsburgh Steeler - Hines Ward - who had a similar challenge - namely - while executing flawlessly elegant dance moves - since his massive bone structure - was getting in the way - a bit.
Overall - tonight's show was entertaining enough so nobody switched the channel - while ABC keeps promoting the Muppets show - as if their last bottom line depended on its success.
One dance number - however - did not impress several of our professional reviewers - at all. Mark Ballas and his partner Alexa danced a piece from "Breaking Bad" - a popular TV drama about a teacher who "freaked out" and started to manufacture drugs in his make-shift lab thus the dancers' costumes consisted of yellow, ugly looking, hazmat (short for hazardous materials - explanation for our overseas audiences) - protective "skivvies" totally covering the dancers' bodies - with the music sounding bland and the dance moves' choreography - not looking like a good dancing at all. We couldn't believe how higly the judges praised that dance - while they scored that lame number - also - unusually high - according to many viewers expressing those kinds of views not only on YouTube's various forums but also - on the Facebook space by DWTS website. Furthermore -the judges kept emphasizing the "finally achieved - connection" between Mark Ballas and Alexa as if their respective, massive costumes covering their entire bodies were somehow conducive to that purported "connection".
Lots of people were looking forward to Gary Busey finally leaving the show - according to the posts on the Facebook forum by DWTS space. He - however - surprised everybody by dancing a passable Tango with Anna Trebunskaya - his fabulous professional dancing partner. They both looked hilarious as Gomez and Morticia from "Addams Family" since the Monday night show presented the musical themes from popular TV shows.
Tamar Braxton and Val Schmerkovski performed a terrific Tango from "Mad Men" - an advertising industry - "glorified" - soap opera which ran for many seasons until it totally ran out of steam. While we are on the subject of Tango - Alek Scarlatos and his professional partner - a good dancer named Lindsay - did a very entertaining, vampire Tango from "True Bloods". Alek enjoys his big hero status everywhere - all over the place - and deservedly so since he and his two friends saved a lot of lives - recently - after they subdued a terrorist on an express train to Paris, France.
I - and several of my friends who do the entertainment reviewing - for a living - all agree that Alek Scarlatos also dances well - in addition to earning his status of an "internationally well liked - hero/role model." However as far as his dancing goes - his big boned structure distracts a bit from his dance moves. Everybody who watches DWTS remembers the 2011 champion - an ex-Pittsburgh Steeler - Hines Ward - who had a similar challenge - namely - while executing flawlessly elegant dance moves - since his massive bone structure - was getting in the way - a bit.
Overall - tonight's show was entertaining enough so nobody switched the channel - while ABC keeps promoting the Muppets show - as if their last bottom line depended on its success.
One dance number - however - did not impress several of our professional reviewers - at all. Mark Ballas and his partner Alexa danced a piece from "Breaking Bad" - a popular TV drama about a teacher who "freaked out" and started to manufacture drugs in his make-shift lab thus the dancers' costumes consisted of yellow, ugly looking, hazmat (short for hazardous materials - explanation for our overseas audiences) - protective "skivvies" totally covering the dancers' bodies - with the music sounding bland and the dance moves' choreography - not looking like a good dancing at all. We couldn't believe how higly the judges praised that dance - while they scored that lame number - also - unusually high - according to many viewers expressing those kinds of views not only on YouTube's various forums but also - on the Facebook space by DWTS website. Furthermore -the judges kept emphasizing the "finally achieved - connection" between Mark Ballas and Alexa as if their respective, massive costumes covering their entire bodies were somehow conducive to that purported "connection".
Alexa appeared surprised at first - at the judges' unusual reaction - but then she went along with them. That girl knows exactly which side of her bread slice gets - buttered.
At any rate - don't forget to watch next Monday Oct. 5 - show and have a great week! As always - click here for our sparkling and provocative - review - next week!
Copyright@L.Hadley and Associates - 2026
At any rate - don't forget to watch next Monday Oct. 5 - show and have a great week! As always - click here for our sparkling and provocative - review - next week!
Copyright@L.Hadley and Associates - 2026
Saturday, September 26, 2015
Insert of a Brief Review of an Evening of Russian Poetry, Songs and other Audiences' Favorite performance pieces - New Light Temple - Squirrel Hill, Pa. 15217.
Pittsburgh has about ten thousand Russian speaking inhabitants - most of whom live close to Squirrel Hill and most are Jewish, but some are non-Jewish Ukrainians or Russians as well as some other people from the ex-Soviet Union Asian republics.
Squirrel Hill's New Light Temple with its decent acoustics and brightly colored stained glassed windows makes a pleasant, small concert hall. The M.C introduced each performer in a professional manner as he gave a brief summation of most performed pieces. Russia and Soviet Union has always been an enormous source of great talents in all artistic endeavors.
The first couple of songs of the evening were Russian romances - fashioned on the French genre - chanson. The lady performer's mezzo soprano sounded professional but the accompanying piano player did a fine job since she enhanced the singer rather than overpower her.
Rita Rostyashevskaya - skillfully and easily delivered a couple famous "oretki" an artistic form consisting of his verses accompanied by his music since Alexander Vertinsky - a very well known, versatile artist - specialized in that form. He is famous till today even if somewhat controversial - nevertheless Vertinsky is widely performed in Russia and abroad - mainly in the Russian emigrees' circles.
A big, husky vocalist - a strong tenor - Lev Zanderberg - sang three classic pieces widely performed in Russia, Eastern Europe and even in the lower East side of Jewish New York - since they were made famous by a legendary Soviet band leader - Leonid Utesev - so "Bublitchki", "Papirosen" and the internationally famous, huge hit - "Sierdtse" or "My Heart" - a Tango which sounded very familiar to the audience since it brought back a lot of fun memories.
Squirrel Hill's New Light Temple with its decent acoustics and brightly colored stained glassed windows makes a pleasant, small concert hall. The M.C introduced each performer in a professional manner as he gave a brief summation of most performed pieces. Russia and Soviet Union has always been an enormous source of great talents in all artistic endeavors.
The first couple of songs of the evening were Russian romances - fashioned on the French genre - chanson. The lady performer's mezzo soprano sounded professional but the accompanying piano player did a fine job since she enhanced the singer rather than overpower her.
Rita Rostyashevskaya - skillfully and easily delivered a couple famous "oretki" an artistic form consisting of his verses accompanied by his music since Alexander Vertinsky - a very well known, versatile artist - specialized in that form. He is famous till today even if somewhat controversial - nevertheless Vertinsky is widely performed in Russia and abroad - mainly in the Russian emigrees' circles.
A big, husky vocalist - a strong tenor - Lev Zanderberg - sang three classic pieces widely performed in Russia, Eastern Europe and even in the lower East side of Jewish New York - since they were made famous by a legendary Soviet band leader - Leonid Utesev - so "Bublitchki", "Papirosen" and the internationally famous, huge hit - "Sierdtse" or "My Heart" - a Tango which sounded very familiar to the audience since it brought back a lot of fun memories.
I - also - liked the way Mr. Zandenberg made the audience sing along. Many Russian performers make the audience participate - just like Mr. Zanenberg does - since singing along with the performer - exudes a special spirit of fun.
The internationally well-known poetry of Anna Akhmatova - a famous Russian poet - sounded terrific when read by Rita Rostashevskaya.
A young debutante Aria Pauzulina - a blond haired beauty - performed a couple of songs with a great deal of energy. The first one was a famous Claudia Shulzenko's - an all-time Russia's - favorite - chauntesse's magnificent hit - titled "Waltz" - which is a Waltz - with the second number - Aria perfomed - being a beautiful Tango - "Sierdse" - "My Heart" - which comes from an old, famous Soviet movie - "Jolly Fellows"; that all time favorite Tango from that movie - is - also perfomed by a modern Russian chauntesse - Lubov Uspenskaya.
The internationally well-known poetry of Anna Akhmatova - a famous Russian poet - sounded terrific when read by Rita Rostashevskaya.
A young debutante Aria Pauzulina - a blond haired beauty - performed a couple of songs with a great deal of energy. The first one was a famous Claudia Shulzenko's - an all-time Russia's - favorite - chauntesse's magnificent hit - titled "Waltz" - which is a Waltz - with the second number - Aria perfomed - being a beautiful Tango - "Sierdse" - "My Heart" - which comes from an old, famous Soviet movie - "Jolly Fellows"; that all time favorite Tango from that movie - is - also perfomed by a modern Russian chauntesse - Lubov Uspenskaya.
Pauzulina's youthful enthusiasm - more than makes up for her need to train her voice a bit more and she could also use more skill in phrasing - necessary - to smoothly deliver lyrics - nevertheless - she shows a lot of promise since her love for performing - comes through - to the audience.
An M.C. for the evening - Lev Zandenberg and another older actor - performed a fragment of a new play which will have a premiere on Dec. 20 - 2015 at the Squirrel Hill - J.C.C. The play deals with Russia's older generation's conflict with the younger people shown through the prism of the deeply changing Russia - from the Soviet Union's dictatorial order into the challenging, dangerous freedoms of the new Russia - rife with many conflicting - at times dangerous - nationalistic factions' - trends.
In a nutshell - the evening was a lot of fun - so look forward to some more reviews of this talented, cabaret style - group of performers.
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An M.C. for the evening - Lev Zandenberg and another older actor - performed a fragment of a new play which will have a premiere on Dec. 20 - 2015 at the Squirrel Hill - J.C.C. The play deals with Russia's older generation's conflict with the younger people shown through the prism of the deeply changing Russia - from the Soviet Union's dictatorial order into the challenging, dangerous freedoms of the new Russia - rife with many conflicting - at times dangerous - nationalistic factions' - trends.
In a nutshell - the evening was a lot of fun - so look forward to some more reviews of this talented, cabaret style - group of performers.
Copyright@L.Hadley and Associates 2025
Wednesday, September 23, 2015
The Studio Audience is Unhappy with the Second Eliminations on Tues. Sept.22 - 2015!
We will start this conclusion from the end and move around the Mon.21 and Tues.22 - 2015 respectively - shows - in a zigzag fashion which should be fun. While most viewers expected Gary Busey to be eliminated - including him - we had a surprise of gigantic proportion when Victor Espinoza - a famous Mexican jockey sporting a charming, sparkling personality - got canned at the end of Sept. 22 - 15 - show. He danced a super good rhumba with his professional partner - Karina Smirnoff who looked and danced great - even if her profoundly deeply cut dress left almost nothing to imagination. People - in the audience booed for quite a while - and similar sentiments were expressed in the comments by DWTS forum - in Facebook. Gary Busey should have been sent home instead of Victor Espinoza.
While Monday session moved fast with Alexa Panageva dancing a lightning fast - salsa with a champion Mark Ballas - which stood out - notwithstanding Alexa's heavy facial make up to make a look like a cat/panther. People remember from the eighties - how the musical "Cats" had everybody on every stage or screen in the U.S. wearing cats' make up and cats' costumes with the music from that show played so much that all that was coming out of peoples' ears for a long time.
The Tues. Sept. 22 - 2015 show had too many stupid props which didn't make much sense like the huge swords Gary Busey and Anna Portuanskaya - brandished while their Paso Double - set to Tchaikovsky's - "1812 Overture" - didn't make much sense - as well.
On Tues. Sept. 22 - 2015 - Carrie Ann Inaba - a glamorous, famous, long-time judge - wore an adorable, red dress - however on Mon. Sept. 21 - 2015 - she could look a lot more elegant if she wore a stylish piece of garment - instead of sitting there half-naked. Even a beautiful woman like her - looks much better if she dresses accordingly. Only tens of millions of people from everywhere are watching this show.
Don't forget to watch Mon. Sept. 28 - 2015 and Tues. Sept. 29 - 2015 - shows and click here for our popular Review and the Brief Conclusion on Mon. Sept. 28 and Wends. Sept. 30 - 2015 - respectively.
Have a great week everybody!
Copyrigh@L.Hadley and Associates 2024
While Monday session moved fast with Alexa Panageva dancing a lightning fast - salsa with a champion Mark Ballas - which stood out - notwithstanding Alexa's heavy facial make up to make a look like a cat/panther. People remember from the eighties - how the musical "Cats" had everybody on every stage or screen in the U.S. wearing cats' make up and cats' costumes with the music from that show played so much that all that was coming out of peoples' ears for a long time.
The Tues. Sept. 22 - 2015 show had too many stupid props which didn't make much sense like the huge swords Gary Busey and Anna Portuanskaya - brandished while their Paso Double - set to Tchaikovsky's - "1812 Overture" - didn't make much sense - as well.
On Tues. Sept. 22 - 2015 - Carrie Ann Inaba - a glamorous, famous, long-time judge - wore an adorable, red dress - however on Mon. Sept. 21 - 2015 - she could look a lot more elegant if she wore a stylish piece of garment - instead of sitting there half-naked. Even a beautiful woman like her - looks much better if she dresses accordingly. Only tens of millions of people from everywhere are watching this show.
Don't forget to watch Mon. Sept. 28 - 2015 and Tues. Sept. 29 - 2015 - shows and click here for our popular Review and the Brief Conclusion on Mon. Sept. 28 and Wends. Sept. 30 - 2015 - respectively.
Have a great week everybody!
Copyrigh@L.Hadley and Associates 2024
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