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Tag Archives: jive
Strictly Speaking: Week 9
Ah, Blackpool – home of ballroom. Or, in Strictly’s case, home of prop dancers, inflated (in most cases) scores, and alarming combos like fire, feathers and copious amounts of hairspray. At its best, it provides history, spectacle and a thrilling … Continue reading
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Tagged american smooth, ashley roberts, ballroom, bbc, blackpool, blog, celebrity, couples choice, dance, dance off, dancing, dancing times, eliminated, gloria estefan, graeme swann, jive, judges, kate silverton, latin, recap, review, strictly, strictly come dancing, strictly speaking, theatre, tv, week 9
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Strictly Speaking: Week 5
In a firm bid to counter the Sean(n) Scandal of ’18, Strictly gave us lots of new things to gripe about this week – from Couple’s Choice (of which much more anon) to someone channelling the medicated enthusiasm and incoherence of Bruno … Continue reading
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Tagged 10, alfonso ribiera, ballroom, bbc, blog, bruno tonioli, cha cha, charles venn, claudia winkleman, couples choice, dance, dance off, dancing, dancing times, danny john-jules, eliminated, graziano, jive, judge, katya jones, quickstep, recap, review, seann walsh, shirley ballas, strictly, strictly come dancing, strictly speaking, tess daly, tv, vick hope
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Strictly Speaking: Week 4
Everything’s fine, we’re all lovely, why do you ask, oh I’ve always had that twitch, silly really, just keep smiling, did I mention I rescued an orphaned puppy from a fire last week, no reason, that’s just me, and of … Continue reading
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Tagged ashley roberts, backstreet boys, ballroom, bbc, blog, celebrity, charles venn, charleston, claudia winkleman, dance, dancer, dancing, dancing times, foxtrot, jive, judges, katie piper, katya jones, kevin clifton, kiss, latin, magazine, neil jones, recap, review, salsa, scandal, seann walsh, shirley ballas, snog, stacey dooley, strictly, strictly come dancing, strictly curse, strictly speaking, tango, tess daly, tv, week 4
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Strictly Speaking: Week 2
After the electrifying opening show, a Strictly comedown was inevitable, but even so, Week 2 was quite the slump. A combination of overambitious routines, daft concepts, erratic judging and all the nerves so happily absent last week – the latter … Continue reading
Posted in Dance, Journalism, TV
Tagged anton du beke, ashley roberts, ballroom, blog, cha cha, charleston, claudia winkleman, dance, dancing, dancing times, eliminated, elimination, foxrot, george ezra, jive, joe sugg, latin, lee ryan, recap, results, review, seann walsh, shirley ballas, strictly, strictly come dancing, strictly speaking, susannah constantine, tess daly, week 2
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Strictly Speaking: Week 1
Hello, new young people viewers to Strictly Come Dancing! Snapchat this on your Tide Pod slime, amiright? Yes, in Joe Sugg’s honour, the BBC has – I’m sorry to say – decided it must be totally hip to the kids … Continue reading
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Tagged ballroom, bbc, blog, bodyguard, celebrity, cha cha, claudia winkleman, competition, dance, dancer, dancing, dancing times, danny john-jules, dr ranj singh, faye tozer, graeme swann, jive, joe sugg, kate silverton, latin, lauren steadman, lee ryan, quickstep, recap, review, seann walsh, shirley ballas, stacey dooley, strictly, strictly come dancing, strictly speaking, susannah constantine, tango, tess daly, tv, waltz, week 1
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Home, I’m Darling, National Theatre
The first thing we see is Anna Fleischle’s Fifties-tastic giant doll’s-house set: each period-perfect room bathed in a different twinkling hue, flowers painted onto the brick wall, and jaunty music setting the tone. But Katherine Parkinson’s Judy is able to open the … Continue reading
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Tagged anna fleischle, book tickets, broadwayworld, feminism, feminist, fifties, hello i'm darling, home, homemaker, jive, katherine parkinson, laura wade, london, marriage, national theatre, nostalgia, review, sian thomas, tamara harvey, theatre, visit london, wife, women
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Strictly Speaking: Week 5
The big news this week was Italian gesticulator Bruno Tonioli missing his first ever Strictly, apparently because of American work commitments. It’s FINE, Bruno, go be with your OTHER family, we don’t CARE. Read my full Dancing Times blog here
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Tagged anton du beke, bbc, blog, brian conley, bruno tonioli, celebrity, charleston, dance off, debbie mcgee, eliminated, jive, judge, recap, review, rumba, scd, simon rimmer, strictly, strictly ballroom, strictly come dancing, tv
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Strictly Speaking: Week 4
No theme this week, thank the Strictly gods, unless you count the tidal wave of emotion that saw a nation reaching for more Kleenex. If an overcome Alexandra wishing her late mother could have seen her 10s-scoring jive didn’t get you, how … Continue reading
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Tagged 10, alexandra burke, ballroom, bbc, blog, brendan cole, charlotte hawkins, claudia winkleman, dance, dance off, dancing, davood ghadami, eliminated, jive, latin, morecambe and wise, quickstep, recap, review, shirley ballas, strictly, strictly come dancing, susan calman, tess daly, tina turner, tv
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Strictly Speaking: Week 2
Oh dear. A few highlights and redemptive dances aside, Strictly seemed to have the Week 2 Blues: an error-strewn performance show with bizarre scoring followed by a sad first exit. I doubt Chizzy would have lasted too long in the … Continue reading
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Tagged alexandra burke, ballroom, bbc, blog, brian conley, cha cha, chizzy Akudolu, dance, dance off, dancing, dancing times, debbie mcgee, disco, eliminated, foxtrot, jive, jonnie peacock, latin, mollie king, paso doble, recap, review, shirley ballas, strictly, strictly come dancing, strictly speaking, tango, tv, viennese waltz
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Strictly Speaking: Week 1
And we’re off! Strictly Come Dancing Series 15 began its competitive shows with a marathon episode that gave viewers at home a little competition of their own: posterior versus seat. Still, squeezing all the couples into one programme did mean minimal faff … Continue reading
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Tagged aston merrygold, ballroom, bbc, blog, celebrity, dance, dancing, dancing times, debbie mcgee, foxtrot, jive, joe mcfadden, judge, latin, paso doble, recap, rev richard coles, review, shirley ballas, strictly, strictly come dancing, strictly speaking, susan calman, tv, week 1
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