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Strictly Come Dancing 2022: Celebrating BBC 100 – Helen Skelton is top with a Blue Peter Charleston
The presenter triumphed on a bizarre show overtaken by birthday theming. Read my full Telegraph article here
Posted in Dance, Journalism, TV
Tagged bbc, bbc 100, blog, blue peter, casualty, centenary, dance, dancing, eastenders, grandstand, grange hill, helen skelton, recap, review, strictly, strictly come dancing, telegraph, tony adams
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BWW Interview: Emma Brunjes
The producer on sampling worm salt and creating new immersive dining experience DINNER AT THE TWITS. Read my full BroadwayWorld interview here
Posted in Journalism, Theatre
Tagged bompas and parr, broadwayworld, centenary, dinner at the twits, drink, emma brunjes, food, immersive, interview, les enfants terribles, london, roald dahl, the twits, vaults, waterloo
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Sommer 14 – A Dance of Death, Finborough Theatre
For those who have spent the past few months nodding along to World War I conversations while desperately trying to remember who killed that archduke and why, Rolf Hochhuth has kindly supplied a solution in the form of a dramatised … Continue reading
Posted in Journalism, Theatre
Tagged anniversary, archduke franz ferdinand, assassination, austria, centenary, commemoration, danse macabre, death, drone, Edward VII, finborough theatre, first world war, germany, hochhuth, kaiser wilhelm, london, Lusitania, nuclear bomb, play, politician, review, royal, serbia, ship, sommer 14, war, winston churchill, world war one, ww1
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Fringe benefits
From sexy samba and surreal circus to fiery flamenco and comic tapping, don’t miss our dance highlights at this year’s Edinburgh Fringe and International Festival. Read my full Dance Today article here
Posted in Dance, Journalism, Theatre
Tagged acrobatics, arlene phillips, ballet, ballroom, Beyoncé, brazil, burn the floor, centenary, circus, contemporary, dance, dancing, edinburgh, edinburgh festival, edinburgh fringe, first world war, flamenco, latin, samba, tap
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Super shoes, fair play, jazz hands and Blackpool
My articles in the May issue of Dance Today, out now: These shoes are made for dancing The development of perfect dance shoes, plus best footwear for beginners and pros, ballroom and Latin, and stunning Strictly stats Murder on the dancefloor Have we … Continue reading
Posted in Dance, Journalism, Theatre, TV
Tagged ballroom, bbc, centenary, competition, cuban heel, dance, dance shoes, dance today, dancesport, dancing, dancing on ice, dirty rotten scoundrels, dsi, fair play, first world war, International Dance Shoes, latin, magazine, musical, Paoul, remembrance, review, sabotage, salsa, savoy theatre, scd, shoes, soho theatre, stage, strictly, strictly come dancing, supadance, tour, tv, war, wembley arena, west end, world war one, ww1
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War horses, Mother’s Day, portraiture and hip hop
In my Compass magazine Arts pages this month: Visit a special exhibition commemorating the role of horses in the First World War Celebrate Mother’s Day with the National Trust Catch a world-renowned Russian ballet company’s Giselle Take a Hip Hop Festival rap masterclass Enjoy … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Dance, Journalism, Theatre
Tagged art, ballet, centenary, compass, culture, dance, dancing, dorset, drama, exhibition, festival, first world war, gallery, giselle, hampshire, hip hop, horse, magazine, mothering sunday, mothers day, museum, must see, national trust, painting, play, portrait, radio 4, rap, sea, seaside, shakespeare, theatre, ticket, top picks, top tips, war, war horse, ww1
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