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Tag Archives: samba
Strictly Speaking: Week 12
Two dances is theoretically a good test of range, growth and performance at this crucial stage, but can often make for a night of half-finished numbers – the pros’ steely ambition exceeding the knackered celebs’ execution. So it proved in … Continue reading
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Tagged alexandra burke, argentine tango, ballroom, bbc, blog, celebrity, dance, dance off, dancer, dancing, dancing times, debbie mcgee, eliminated, final, gemma atkinson, joe mcfadden, kate prince, latin, mollie king, recap, review, rumba, salsa, samba, semi final, shirley ballas, strictly, strictly come dancing, strictly speaking, tango, tv, viennese waltz, waltz, week 12, zoonation
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Strictly Speaking: Week 3
Ah, Movie Week, AKA Can You Remotely Recognise The Dance Under Ten Layers of Theming Week. This was no exception – I had to keep checking my notes to see which dance was supposedly being represented. Also: Trolls. I’m just … Continue reading
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Tagged alexandra burke, american smooth, aston merrygold, bbc, blog, brendan cole, cha cha, cinema, craig revel-horwood, debbie mcgee, film, flash gordon, judge, movie, movie week, my fair lady, paso doble, quickstep, recap, rev richard coles, review, samba, scd, sheridan smith, shirley ballas, simon rimmer, strictly, strictly come dancing, susan calman, tango, the ten second rule, toy story, trolls, tv, week 3, wonder woman
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Strictly Speaking: The final
There was something of an elegiac feel to this year’s final, as Len Goodman, Strictly institution, finally hung up his “Seh-ven!” paddle, gave us one last scrambled metaphor and waltzed off to the great golf course in the sky. We … Continue reading
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Tagged american smooth, argentine tango, ballroom, blog, cha cha, champion, dance, dancing, dancing times, danny mac, final, jive, joanne clifton, judge, len goodman, louise redknapp, ore oduba, quickstep, recap, review, samba, scd, showdance, strictly, strictly come dancing, strictly speaking, winner
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Strictly Speaking: Week 11
Perhaps this is an unfashionable stance in the “tired of experts” era, but for me Strictly’s Musicals Week highlighted a more general issue with this series: we’ve had too much of our ballroom dancers attempting other styles, rather than their … Continue reading
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Tagged ballroom, bbc, blog, charlie and the chocolate factory, dance, dancing, danny mac, dreamgirls, foxtrot, jersey boys, judge rinder, musical, musicals week, ore oduba, quarter final, recap, review, samba, scd, strictly, strictly come dancing, tango, tv, week 11, west end
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Strictly Speaking: Week 10
This year’s couples largely managed to avoid the crippling malaise that is Blackpool Hangover Week, although I could have done without the continuation of bizarre scoring, plus dubious Cha Cha Challenge choices. It’s no secret that the judges have firm … Continue reading
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Tagged ballroom, bbc, blog, cha cha challenge, dance, dancing, danny mac, ed balls, final, judge rinder, katya jones, louise redknapp, recap, review, rumba, samba, scd, strictly come dancing, strictly speaking, tango, tv, week 10
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Strictly Speaking: Week 7
We’ve reached the halfway point, and with the leading pack tighter than Ore’s salsa trousers the “shock” bottom twos keep coming. Well, it was rather a shock that Doomed Daisy somehow survived a dismal slot in the running order and … Continue reading
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Tagged argentine tango, ballroom, bbc, blog, dance, dancing, dancing times, danny mac, jive, laura whitmore, louise redknapp, ore oduba, recap, review, salsa, samba, strictly, strictly come dancing, strictly speaking, tv, week 7
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Strictly Speaking: Week 8
We need to talk about music. Strictly precariously straddles the worlds of ballroom and entertainment, so it can’t – and shouldn’t – be wall-to-wall Victor Silvester, but we’ve reached a crisis point. Song and theme choices (as I understand it, … Continue reading
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Tagged ballroom, bbc, blackpool, brandon flowers, celebrity, charleston, chicago, claudia winkleman, competition, dance, dance off, dance today, dancing, georgia may foote, jamelia, jeremy vine, latin, quickstep, samba, scd, strictly, strictly come dancing, tess daly, tv, x factor
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Strictly Strictly Week 7
Phew! A return to form following last week’s Halloween hellscape, with some great performances, the series’ first 10s, and Jeremy Vine riding a horse. All that, AND copious amounts of genuinely informative training footage? You’re spoiling us, Mr Ambassador. Read … Continue reading
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Tagged 10, american smooth, argentine tango, bbc, carol kirkwood, celebrity, charleston, claudia winkleman, competition, dance, dance off, georgia may foote, halloween, jay mcguiness, judges, kellie bright, len goodman, peter andre, remembrance sunday, samba, scd, strictly, strictly come dancing, tess daly, tv, waltz, x factor
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Strictly’s newbies and the same-sex debate
My articles in the October issue of the new Dancing Times magazine, out now: Strictly Speaking The class of 2015 assessed, from ringers and dark horses to marmite celebs and comedy acts. Stepping Out Is it time for a same-sex couple on Strictly? New in the Dance … Continue reading
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