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Sentiment snowdrift, Strictly surprises and 2015 preview
My articles in the January issue of Dance Today, out now: Snowed under The saccharine sentiment of Irving Berlin’s White Christmas at the Dominion Theatre is downright suffocating Strictly surprises Following another series of Strictly celebrities being saddled with the “dark horse” mantle, my top five genuinely surprising contestants Stepping … Continue reading
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Tagged adelphi theatre, ballroom, book, broadway, cats, celebrity, competition, damn yankees, dance, dance today, dancing, dark horse, dominion theatre, film, gillian lynne, hollywood, irving berlin, landor theatre, latin, london, made in dagenham, magazine, movie, movie musical, musical, preview, review, salsa, same sex ballroom, scd, strictly, strictly come dancing, west end, white christmas
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Ready for his close-up
Legendary movie musicals director? You’re thinking Vincente Minnelli, Stanley Donen, Gene Kelly – not Charles Walters. But, as Brent Phillips argues cogently in his illuminating new book, that exclusion is simply unjust. Charles “Chuck” Walters’ work has certainly left an … Continue reading
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Tagged biography, book, broadway, charles walters, dance, dance today, dancer, dancing, debbie reynolds, director, doris day, dream factory, film, frank sinatra, fred astaire, gay, gene kelly, get happy, gigi, ginger rogers, golden age, high society, hollywood, homosexual, judy garland, magazine, Meet Me in St Louis, mgm, movie, movie musical, musical, play, review, Stanley Donen, summer stock, the unsinkable molly brown, theatre, Vincente Minnelli
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Cats, globe-trotting, ball games and striking out
My articles in the December issue of Dance Today, out tomorrow: Strictly international From India to Finland, South Africa to Turkey, how the hit BBC show travels around the world Top cat As the West End revival opens, groundbreaking choreographer Gillian Lynne recalls the creation of Cats … Continue reading
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Tagged adelphi theatre, ballroom, bbc, book, cats, celebrity, competition, craig revel-horwood, damn yankees, dance, dance today, dancing, gillian lynne, golden age, hollywood, landor theatre, latin, london, made in dagenham, magazine, mgm, movie musical, musical, review, same sex ballroom, scd, sprung floor, strictly, strictly come dancing, tango, theatre, tv, west end
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