Dancing Queens Episode 6 — Ballroom Is Not All Sunshine and Rhinestones
Another competition is in the books for the Dancing Queens ladies! They all took the floor at the Atlanta Open in Episode 6, except for Gaëlle who was there only to spectate. There were some tense moments on and off the dance floor, highlighting the fact that our dance journeys are not all sunshine and rhinestones. While dancers may be considered athletes of the gods, we’re still human and we have bad days.
We saw in Episode 5 how much pressure some of the ladies are under. Sabrina is struggling with balancing her passion for dance with her devotion to her family. Pooja is trying to prove that she can be just as good of a dancer as her mom and sister. Donie is dealing with body image issues and frustrations over her efforts to conform her look to what she thinks the judges want to see.
Episode 6 showed what can happen when that pressure builds up and finally boils over. During the singles round (where each dance is judged separately), Sabrina lost her place during the jive and stopped dancing. She and her pro partner Stas had an argument about it off the floor. They seem to have recovered by the time they returned for the scholarship/championship round (where placements are based on your performance in all dances), but ended up with 2nd place instead of 1st. Tensions were still running high when…
