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...Absolutely," says Tony Dovolani, one of the professional ballroom dancers on Dancing with the Stars, who has partnered with model and wrestler Stacy Keibler and soap-opera star Susan Lucci. "I see a huge transition in ice dancing coming from [the influence of] ballroom dancing. Even the outfits, the arm styling, the way they carry themselves are more ballroom-like." (See the latest pictures from the 2010 Winter Games...
What set the Canadian pair apart, says Dovolani, was their ability to connect to each other and express emotion. For that, he looks not at the skates, where the ice-dancing judges train their attention, but at the upper body. "I always watch their posture, their connection, and who leads and who follows," he says. "Even if it is a very technical sport, [the judges] are still human beings ... and they are emotionally affected whether they like...
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