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Johannes Radebe: Freedom, Peacock Theatre
In an electrifying self-choreographed show the Strictly professional traces his own story, from African king to disco queen. Read my full The i Paper review here
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Tagged dance, dancing, freedom, gay, johannes radebe, lgbtq, london, peacock theatre, review, sadlers wells, south africa, strictly, strictly come dancing, the i paper, theatre, tour, west end
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Strictly Come Dancing 2021 Launch
Catch up with my talking points from Saturday’s exciting opener – including our first all-male pairing and the return of champion Bill Bailey. Read my full Telegraph article here
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Tagged bbc, bill bailey, dancing, johannes radebe, john whaite, launch, recap, review, strictly, strictly come dancing, telegraph, tv
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Drag is part of British culture – of course it belongs on Strictly
Talk about les misérables. A curmudgeonly 100 or so people have complained to the BBC about the Strictly professional dancers doing a performance in drag for Musicals Week. Read my full Telegraph article here
Posted in Dance, Journalism, TV
Tagged ballroom, bbc, dancing, drag, johannes radebe, musicals week, priscilla queen of the desert, same sex, strictly, strictly come dancing, telegraph, tv
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‘Inappropriate’, ‘grotesque’: why the outrage over Caroline Quentin’s Strictly arm-lick is justified
Strictly is no stranger to peculiar moves. There was John Sergeant dragging his partner across the floor like a wet towel in his paso doble. Russell Grant being fired out of a cannon. And who can forget Ed Balls’ infamous … Continue reading
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Tagged ballroom, bbc, caroline quentin, dance, dancing, johannes radebe, lick, lick gate, strictly, strictly come dancing, student, teacher, teaching, 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
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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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Is Strictly’s dance-off still fit for purpose?
Drama erupted on last weekend’s Strictly Come Dancing when, in a split decision, the judges saved BBC presenter Mike Bushell and partner Katya Jones in the climactic dance-off – eliminating actress Catherine Tyldesley and Johannes Radebe. Read my full The i Paper article here
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Tagged a star is born, bbc, catherine tyldesley, celebrity, competition, dance, dance off, dancing, david james, dev griffin, elimination, gethin jones, james cracknell, johannes radebe, judges, Matt Di Angelo, mike bushell, results show, single ladies, strictly, strictly come dancing, the i paper, tv
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Strictly Speaking: Week 6
A dark curse has been placed upon this series of Strictly – by a very powerful witch, or possibly a disgruntled ex-pro. How else to explain…THE INVASION OF THE DANCE-SNATCHING DAD-DANCERS. For not only did David “Vacant” James outlast genuine … Continue reading
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Tagged ballroom, bbc, blog, catherine tyldesley, celebrity, cha cha, dance, dance off, dancing, dancing times, eliminated, foxtrot, halloween, johannes radebe, judges, kelvin fletcher, latin, michelle visage, mike bushell, recap, review, strictly, strictly come dancing, strictly speaking, tango, tv, week 6
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Strictly Come Dancing Week 6: Who danced it best?
With a couple of spook-tacular exceptions, Strictly’s Halloween show missed the mark this year. Scarily bad music choices hampered the dancers, while the judges’ frightening scores – once again, over-rewarding improvement in the weaker dancers – skewed the leaderboard. Read … Continue reading
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