I kinda thought during the concert that he looked kinda subdued... maybe part of it was that we were so far away. But I have seen conductors whose main claim to fame is the contortions they are able to get themselves into while conducting, very nearly doing backflips on the podium. They usually do that not because it helps the orchestra or communicates his interpretation of the music, but because it keeps the attention on him, and makes him ~seem~ like a better conductor to much of the audience. I didn't see any of that in Shore's conducting.
Reminds of the old conductor joke: What is the difference between a conductor and a sack of fertilizer? The sack. ;~D
Shore certainly wasn't overly-contorting, and I haven't seen enough to be a judge of how he compares to others.... I just liked his deep knee bends at the dwarvish parts. He was dancing with the mood of the music, and I don't know what I expected, but he was different!