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\nMaura Higgins and Mark Ballas danced Contemporary to Gerard McMahon’s Cry Little Sister from the film The Lost Boys<\/p>\n
Horror Movie Night held no fear for Maura Higgins on Dancing with the Stars in the US on Tuesday as she progressed to next week’s episode.<\/p>\n
On Tuesday’s show on ABC, Higgins and her professional dance partner Mark Ballas danced Contemporary to Gerard McMahon’s Cry Little Sister from the film The Lost Boys.<\/p>\n
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Judge Bruno Tonioli said: “This girl, you throw a sack at her, it looks amazing.”<\/p>\n
“You have a fantastic lyrical quality, and you are a magnetic performer,” he continued.<\/p>\n
“Now, in Contemporary, now you have to learn to get everything from the ground through the body and really get it coming from the floor.”<\/p>\n
\nMaura Higgins and Mark Ballas danced Contemporary to Gerard McMahon’s Cry Little Sister from the film The Lost Boys<\/p>\n
Fellow judge Carrie Ann Inaba said: “I agree with Bruno. The way you make everything so alluring and beautiful, even if it’s dark, it’s very poetic that you do that.”<\/p>\n
Judge Derek Hough said: “Maura, you are a phenomenal performer, and you made that weirdly and creepily seductive.”<\/p>\n
He told the Longford woman to point her toes in Contemporary and extend her arms.<\/p>\n
“But listen, you are so fun to watch. Still fun,” he concluded.<\/p>\n
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\nMaura Higgins was described as “a magnetic performer”<\/p>\n
Guest judge Shirley Ballas, the mother of Higgins’s dance partner, said: “I like the dynamic parts where you use the height changes. You have the lifts; you go down towards the floor.”<\/p>\n
“It was powerful. Your arms are getting quite better,” she continued.<\/p>\n
Ballas told Higgins she needs to “rotate your feet a little bit more for flow”.<\/p>\n
“Once you get that, everything will start to flow. But good job. Well done,” she concluded.<\/p>\n
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\nMaura Higgins and Mark Ballas received 32 points from the judges<\/p>\n
After the judges’ comments, Higgins said she “weirdly loved” getting into character for the routine.<\/p>\n
“I wish we could do this every week!” the reality TV star and model laughed.<\/p>\n
Higgins and Ballas scored a nine from Inaba, eight from Hough, seven from Ballas, and eight from Tonioli for a total of 32 points.<\/p>\n
Actor Harry Shum Jr and his professional dance partner Jenna Johnson topped the leaderboard with a perfect score of 40.<\/p>\n
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\nMaura Higgins said she “weirdly loved” getting into character for this week’s show<\/p>\n
A double elimination saw reality star Tyler Cameron and his professional dance partner Sharna Burgess and baseball player Jackson Olson and his professional dance partner Emma Slater leave the dancefloor.<\/p>\n
Next week is Disney Night.<\/p>\n