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Top teachers, best adverts and the world of showdance
My articles in the February issue of Dance Today, out now: Just ad dance How does fleet-footed advertising affect the dance industry as a whole, and what made our top 10 ads? Teacher of the Year 2015 As we open our competition, dance luminaries pay … 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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Tagged angels, angry birds, argentine tango, ballroom, bbc, blog, bruce forsyth, caroline flack, celebrity, cha cha, champion, charleston, claudia winkleman, competition, contemporary, dance, dance today, dancesport, dancing, disco, donny osmond, final, finalist, frankie bridge, fred astaire, ginger rogers, hollywood, judges, judy murray, latin, magazine, mark wright, meryl streep, moulin rouge, pasha kovalev, paso doble, presenter, queen, recap, result, review, rouble, rumba, samba, scd, scores, showdance, simone webbe, strictly, strictly come dancing, take that, tess daly, the sound of music, trophy win, tv, winner, zoe ball
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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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Tagged alex salmond, american smooth, argentine tango, ballroom, bbc, caroline flack, celebrity, cha cha cha, competition, dance, dance today, dancesport, dancing, dirty rotten scoundrels, flashdance, hollywood, journey, leaderboard, leg action, len goodman, london, magazine, mark wright, olly murs, onerepublic, pixie lott, review, robert lindsay, scd, simon cowell, simon webbe, strictly, strictly come dancing, tv, underdog, waltz, waltz a thon, waltzathon, west side story
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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 8
It’s Blackpool Week on Strictly, otherwise known as Multiple Comebacks And Rampant Score Inflation Week! For the uninitiated, the current exchange rate is about 1:1.2, meaning up here Donny would be scoring 12s and spontaneously combusting, BABY. Fortunately, the judges did … Continue reading
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Tagged andy murray, anton du beke, argentine tango, ballroom, bbc, blackpool, celebrity, christmas, claudia winkleman, competition, dance, dance today, dancesport, dancing, fred astaire, ginger rogers, gladiator, goldfinger, judge, judy murray, len goodman, magazine, mary poppins, mcbusted, moulin rouge, paso doble, pixie lott, rule britannia, samba, scd, shirley bassey, simon webbe, spice girls, strictly, strictly come dancing, sunetra sarker, the hunger games, tower ballroom, tv, ukip, viennese waltz, white christmas, zoe ball
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Fantastic floors, star quality, ganchos and gossip
My articles in the November issue of Dance Today, out now: Put a spring in your step The importance and health benefits of a proper sprung dancefloor Star quality A style-over-substance revival of Evita is elevated by its dynamic central performance Ganchos and gossip Youlie Mouzafiarova offers expert advice in new … Continue reading
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Tagged ballroom, bbc, book, celebrity, competition, craig revel-horwood, dance, dance floor, dance today, dancefloor, dancesport, dancing, drama, guide, london, magazine, musical, play, review, russia, same sex ballroom, sprung, stage, strictly, strictly come dancing, tango, theatre, tv, vienna dance contest, west end
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