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When Caroline Flack shone brightest: the touching story behind her Strictly triumph
Among the heartfelt tributes to the late Caroline Flack in recent days was a message from Strictly Come Dancing, praising the former contestant’s “infectious energy and passion for dance”. Flack won the 12th series of the show in 2014 with professional partner Pasha Kovalev, … Continue reading
Posted in Dance, Journalism, TV
Tagged ballroom, bbc, caroline flack, celebrity, craig revel-horwood, dance, dancing, darcey bussell, pasha kovalev, strictly, strictly come dancing, telegraph, tv
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Pasha Kovalev leaves Strictly
Strictly Come Dancing fans went into mourning today following news that popular professional dancer Pasha Kovalev is leaving the BBC show. As his statement attests, Kovalev had an incredibly successful eight years, notching up 93 perfect 10s from the judges, reaching four finals, … Continue reading
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Tagged article, ashley roberts, ballroom, bbc, blog, caroline flack, chelsee healey, dance, dancing, kimberley walsh, leaves, pasha, pasha kovalev, pro, professional, quits, rachel riley, retires, strictly, strictly come dancing, telegraph, tv
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BWW Interview: Charlotte Wakefield
The actress talks the new UK tour of Gershwin musical Crazy for You. Read my full BroadwayWorld interview here
Posted in Journalism, Theatre
Tagged actress, broadway, broadwayworld, caroline flack, charlotte wakefield, crazy for you, dancing, gershwin, interview, musical, Oklahoma, polly, singing, the sound of music, tom chambers, uk tour
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Strictly Speaking: launch show
After seemingly decades of celebrity reveals on every BBC outlet known to man (“Now the ident hippos will announce ‘Peter Andre’ via synchronised swimming!”), Strictly has finally begun in earnest and the pairings unveiled to an eager nation. Well, ish. … Continue reading
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Strictly Speaking: the final
Perhaps not a vintage year, but Strictly ended on a high with a closer than expected final, bananas returning contestants encore, and a deserving winning couple in Caroline and Pasha. It was a show noticeably light on ballroom – because … Continue reading
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Strictly Speaking: Week 11
We love a good Strictly scandal. In a year sadly devoid of both romantic chemistry between partners (no CURSE OF STRICTLY break-ups on the horizon) and genuine drama, the producers finally managed to manufacture some of the latter in an otherwise … Continue reading
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Strictly Speaking: Week 10
It was so much worse than we could ever have feared. Strictly’s foray into international waters made Eurovision look positively restrained, tasteful and nuanced. Around The World In 80 Cultural Appropriation Nightmares Week made a mockery of ballroom, logic, fairness and … Continue reading
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Tagged alfie boe, andre rieu, argentine tango, around the world, ballroom, bbc, blackpool, bollywood, caroline flack, celebrity, charleston, competition, dance, dance today, dancesport, dancing, eurovision, international, jive, latin, london, magazine, review, riverdance, rumba, scd, strictly, strictly come dancing, sunetra sarker, the sound of music, tv, waltz
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Strictly Speaking: Week 7
We’ve reached the Strictly halfway mark, and the judges are getting tough. Well, sort of. Sometimes. Consistency is like, so hard, you guys. Particularly FOR THE MEN. I’m beginning to wonder what, exactly, happened in Len Goodman’s youth to make … Continue reading
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