Right here at Dance Spirit, we love Disney Night time on “Dancing with the Stars.” Glitz? Examine. Glamour? Examine. Glitter? Examine. The prospect to see all of our stars and celebs dressed up as life-sized variations of our fave Disney characters? Examine, examine, examine.
And on Disney100 Night time final evening, we acquired all of that and extra, with some really unbelievable dancing. This season is formally heating up, people. So in case you missed final evening’s episode, right here’s all the perfect dancing rounded up, together with who was despatched residence from “The Happiest Ballroom on Earth.”
Xochitl Gomez and Valentin Chmerkovskiy: Paso Doble
Wasn’t it simply final week that we had been saying how excited we had been for Xochitl’s breakout efficiency? Effectively, we didn’t have to attend too lengthy. Xochitl and Val dazzled with a paso doble set to “Un Poco Loco,” from the film Coco final evening.
This owed partly to Val’s superb choreo—chock-full of paso content material and suited to Xochitl’s abilities. However the success of the efficiency additionally owed largely to Xochitl herself. She was energetic, dynamic, and introduced all the charisma to her efficiency. We’re saying it now: This can be a couple to look at.
And the judges appeared to agree, giving Xochitl and Val three 9s, for a complete 27 out of 30 attainable factors, and sending them straight to the highest of the leaderboard.
Ariana Madix and Pasha Pashkov: Modern
Modern performances on “DWTS” may be hit and miss. It’s one of many much less structured dance kinds we see on the present, and stars can generally get a bit of misplaced with out the clear guidelines and rules of ballroom dance kinds. However that freedom can even give our stars an opportunity to shine, which is what we noticed final evening with Ariana and Pasha’s up to date set to “Into the Unknown,” from Frozen II.
We acquired to see Ariana as an “in actual life Elsa,” and she or he introduced all of Elsa’s icy energy to the ballroom, with focus and dedication. All through her efficiency, Ariana’s strains had been lengthy and clear, capturing the spirit of the up to date dance model. Plus, she and professional Pasha had the prospect to point out off with some spectacular lifts, which the judges undoubtedly took discover of. The pair earned two 8s and, from choose Derek Hough, one 9, for a complete 25 factors.
Charity Lawson and Artem Chigvintsev: Viennese Waltz
Charity and Artem had been up final, with a Viennese waltz set to “A part of Your World,” from The Little Mermaid. And, fortunately, we ended Disney100 Night time on a excessive notice with their dancy, dreamy efficiency.
Whereas it took a short while for the dancing to get began (extra choreo, fewer props, please!), as soon as it did, Charity carried out a swish Viennese waltz, completely capturing the elegant, elongated model of the dance—which was proper in her wheelhouse, and it completely confirmed. The judges gave Charity and Artem three 8s, for a complete 24.
However somebody needed to go residence, even on Disney100 Night time. Even after receiving their highest scores of the season, it was revealed that footballer Adrian Peterson and companion Britt Stewart had been eradicated from the competitors.
