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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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Edinburgh, Teacher of the Year and Is That Allowed?!
My articles in the July issue of Dance Today, out now: Fringe benefits From sexy samba and surreal circus to comic tapping, the dance highlights of this year’s Edinburgh Festival Hip hop hooray Dance Today Teacher of the Year T. Damien Anyasi talks London Olympics and breakin’ boundaries Latin scorcher In … Continue reading
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Tagged 2012, ballroom, circus, competition, dance, dance hold, dancing, Darren Bennett, edinburgh, festival, france, fringe, gay pride, in the heights, Lilia Kopylova, london, musical, norwich, olympics, paris, peter tatchell, review, richmond theatre, same sex dance, seven brides for seven brothers, southwark playhouse, strictly, strictly come dancing, teacher, teacher of the year, theatre, theatre royal, winner
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Hold, dancing cowboys and a French connection
My articles in the June issue of Dance Today, out now: Keep holding on Does the ballroom hold limit dancers and choreographers? We ask the experts, including Strictly‘s Darren Bennett and Lilia Kopylova Rootin’ tootin’ wooing Dodgy gender politics aside, Seven Brides for Seven Brothers is barnstorming hit … Continue reading
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Tagged artem chigvintsev, ballroom, ballroom hold, bbc, blackpool, choreography, competition, dance, dance on ice, dance today, dancesport, dancesport international, dancing, Darren Bennett, dirty rotten scoundrels, drama, dsi, france, helena blackman, latin, Lilia Kopylova, london, magazine, musical, paris, review, richmond theatre, sam attwater, same sex dance, savoy, scd, seven brides for seven brothers, shoes, stage, strictly, strictly come dancing, supadance, theatre, torvill and dean, tv, wembley
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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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