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Tag Archives: week 9
Strictly Come Dancing 2021, week 9
Musicals Week sees Tilly Ramsay fight back and Tom Fletcher feeling miserable. Read my Telegraph talking points for the main show and the results show
Posted in Dance, Journalism, TV
Tagged bbc, dan walker, dance, dancing, musical theatre, musicals, musicals week, review, rhys stephenson, strictly, strictly come dancing, telegraph, tilly ramsay, tom fletcher, tv, week 9, west end
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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 9
Well, this wasn’t exactly a vintage Blackpool Week. Alexandra was pretty much the only celebrity to rise to the heights of breathless “Mecca of Ballroom” hyperbole, and even then she had the ever-irritating Human Props to contend with. Read my … Continue reading
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Tagged alexandra burke, ballroom, bbc, blackpool, blog, celebrity, dance, dance off, dancing, dancing times, davood ghadami, debbie mcgee, eliminated, james bond, jk rowling, jonnie peacock, judges, latin, oti mabuse, paso doble, quickstep, recap, review, salsa, spice girls, strictly, strictly ballroom, strictly come dancing, strictly speaking, susan calman, tango, tv, week 9
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Strictly Speaking: Week 9
Ah, Blackpool Week: forced VTs, drama, sky-high scoring and the odd great performance amidst the hysteria. The best part for dancers is the chance to use that giant sprung floor – or at least it would be, but once again … Continue reading
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Tagged A Chorus Line, blackpool, blog, charleston, claudia fragapane, dance off, dancing times, danny mac, ed balls, greg rutherford, hairspray, jive, quickstep, recap, review, scd, strictly, strictly come dancing, strictly speaking, week 9
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