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Oti Mabuse is too big for Strictly
The two-time Glitterball champion has helped to reshape the show – she will be sorely missed but her career is on an irresistible rise. Read my full Telegraph article here
Posted in Dance, Journalism, Theatre, TV
Tagged ballroom, bbc, bill bailey, dance, dancing, dancing on ice, leaving, oti mabuse, quit, strictly, strictly come dancing, telegraph, tv
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‘I’m fighting for gay rights through same-sex ballroom dancing’
The 2020 New Year Honours list included a landmark entry: the first honour for services to same-sex ballroom dancing. Pioneering dancer, DJ, event organiser and campaigner Jacky Logan now has a Medal of the Order of the British Empire – though … Continue reading
Posted in Dance, Journalism, TV
Tagged ballroom, class, competition, dance, dancing, dancing on ice, equal rights, fitsteps, gay, gay games, giovanni pernice, h, ian watkins, jacky logan, johannes radebe, latin, learn to dance, lesbian, lgbtqi, matt evers, new years honours list, pink jukebox, rivoli ballroom, same sex ballroom, same sex dancing, steps, strictly, strictly come dancing
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Strictly Come Dancing – with its first same-sex dance tomorrow, is the show keeping in step with the modern dance world?
Bereft fans of popular new professional Johannes Radebe, who departed Strictly Come Dancing with partner Catherine Tyldesley after a controversial dance-off last week, will at least get to see him make history on tomorrow night’s results show. Read my full Telegraph article … Continue reading
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Tagged ballroom, bbc, competition, courtney act, dance, dancing, dancing on ice, dancing with the stars, gay, johannes radebe, latin, lead swapping, lgbt, results show, same sex ballroom, same sex dance, stacey dooley, strictly, strictly come dancing, telegraph, the greatest dancer, tv
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Same-sex ballroom has been challenging conventions long before Dancing on Ice
It had been discussed among fans of the show for some time: when would Strictly Come Dancing feature its first same-sex pairing? One of the judges, Craig Revel Horwood, and a former contestant, the Rev Richard Coles, had both supported … Continue reading
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Tagged ballroom, bbc, blackpool dance festival, britains got talent, cheryl, competition, courtney act, craig revel-horwood, dance, dancing, dancing on ice, dancing with the stars, follower, gay, gay games, h, ian h watkins, inews, itv, leader, lgbt, matt evers, oti mabuse, pink jukebox trophy, rivoli ballroom, same sex ballroom, same sex dance, skating, steps, strictly, strictly come dancing, switch lead, tango, the greatest dancer, the i paper, tv
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Fire and ice
It started so well. Blessed with the presence of Britain’s most famous (read: only) Olympic ice dancing champions and unbeatable concept of “celebrities” (read: retired athletes, some bloke off Hollyoaks and Chico) emoting to Eighties power ballads while wobbling round … Continue reading
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Tagged bolero, dance, dance today, dancing, dancing on ice, eurovision, gold medal, ice dancing, ice skating, itv, london, olympics, ray quinn, review, torvill and dean, tour, wembley arena
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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
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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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Wild wild west
Is forced abduction really a suitable subject for rollicking musical theatre? That’s the difficult needle Seven Brides for Seven Brothers has to thread, and its combination of jaunty ditties, zany antics and sensational dance numbers very nearly distracts from the darkness at … Continue reading
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Tagged academy award, brigadoon, broadway, dance, dancing, dancing on ice, eastenders, film, helena blackman, how do you solve a problem like maria, jerome robbins, london, mgm, michael kidd, movie, musical, orgeon, oscar, patti colombo, play, plutarch, rape, review, richmond, richmond theatre, sabine women, sam attwater, seven brides for seven brothers, sing, soap opera, song, the full monty, theatre, tour, west end, west side story
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