Lots today, the media are gearing up for the usual frenzy of who might be on Strictly Come Dancing this year - Gary Lineker and wife Danielle Bux, maybe Posh Spice Victoria Beckham - ought to go for David, since he's not playing footie now - and Amy Winehouse. They're also after Bill Clinton's daughter and/or mistress, Monica Lewinsky, Kimberley Walsh, Patsy Kensit and Lembit Opik! (This is The Sun I'm quoting, btw) Then, further down the article, they impart the news that it's only a twelve week run! So less couples overall then - back down to fourteen? If they do the double dance weekends like last year, which proved so popular, with all couples doing a ballroom and a Latin before elimination, fourteen fits the equation for a three couple final (assuming they PUT THE CONTINGENCY PLAN IN PLACE: ARE YOU LISTENING, POWERS THAT BE???) And also that at least three shows will come from Blackpool's Tower Ballroom, with more floorspace allowing more fans in to the show. And then it goes on to say how crap the line up was last year - they still don't get it, do they, that actually, we don't care, we'd watch it anyway- the so-called "big names" won't get through because they're a big name - they have to engage us and a brekkie show host did that better than anyone last year.
James Jordan agrees with me about the furore over Arlene's departure, while Ian Waite says it is time for revamp; Kristina talks fashion.
Rumours abound that Pineapple Dance's Louis Spence will take over from Cisco Gomez on the So You Think You Can Dance panel.
An interview with Harry Shum Jr, Glee's amazing streetdancer, Mike Chang.
And finally - Trav's Thought's are in on the Dancing With The Stars Semi Final, show here, results here. I have to agree with Len on Erin and Mak's Paso, a bit funky for me! Very entertaining though. Stunning choreography in Derek and Nicole's Argentine Tango, I particularly loved the final lift. I don't know why they bother with a chair for Bruno, lol! Len sums up Evan and Anna's Paso; their foxtrot is a joy, I dare you not to smile all through it.
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Thursday, 20 May 2010
Sunday, 15 November 2009
Brian and Kristina grace the garden of England
And yes, it was a couple of weeks ago *ahem* but better late than never I say! Those lovely people Faye and Nick at Strictly Dancers once again brought us a wonderful night of entertainment, starring Brian Fortuna and Kristina Rihanoff, and another workshop, this time the jive, courtesy of host Mark Shutlar. But you know I’m just getting over a sprained ankle, so I didn’t attempt it. I would have, honest!
First out were Danny and Kate, our amateur couple (though you wouldn’t think it) number 2 in the country in 10 Dance, for a Quickstep/Jive combo to Steppin’ Out, Danny looking all mean and moody which belied a fun heart; Kate a vision in blue ruffles. Then a Tango to what sounded like the Gotan Project and a Paso, to the same tune the Strictly Pro’s used in my fave Pro Dance
from 2006 – which was on youtube but is no more *grumbles* - I live in hope of it reappearing! Proper samba music for their, well, Samba obviously, and familiar too, if you check out the Showtime vids – Hip Hip Chin Chin – seeing these dances up close is just awesome – Danny and Kate finished their session with an incredible Jive to Proud Mary.
At the time those clips were filmed, they’d only been together a few months!
The main course arrived in the shape of a Cha Cha to Lady Ga Ga’s Just Dance as Brian and Kristina hit the floor in a flurry of red fringe (Kristina anyway!) to a rapturous welcome, their usual exuberance in the Latin followed by a gorgeously smooth American Foxtrot/VW combo to Baby Love and When a Man Loves A Woman, with Kristina sublime in white and gold satin. What made the evening doubly special was Brian’s throwing the floor open to questions while Kristina changed. So this is less review, more interview punctuated by dancing!
Music for DWTS and SCD – is it given to you or do you choose it? DWTS give you the song, you have no choice – in SCD though, you choose your own, it just has to be approved (licensing etc).
What’s more fun, the UK or USA show: The UK show of course! (Good answer, that’s an extra 300 votes!)
Are you in a relationship? Next question!
What’s with all the candles (in his flat)? I love candles but am very good at spilling wax everywhere (at which point the lady who asked the question said she was excellent at cleaning it up, lol – Brian asked what she was doing later!)
Ideal partner? Ali! (cue ‘Awwwwww’s)
Ok, if not Ali? Tess Daly, she’s hot. No-one’s recording this are they? (Er, no – does writing it down count?)
They Mambo to It had Better Be Tonight by The Buble, with Kristina in a killer leopard print suit, so fast, so WOW! Then a lovely lady called Fran, who celebrated her 90th birthday recently and is still dancing, made us all jealous as Brian swept her onto the dance floor!
What do you think of the judges? They’re all lovely – did you hear what I said to Alesha? Yes, we did, crawler!
Do you choose your own clothes? I’m always in Su Judd’s office!
Are your hips detachable and can I rent them? (That was from a bloke, btw!) I’ve no answer for that, it was drowned out in the laughter! *note to self – tweet Brian!*
And Brian told us a little anecdote about Beyonce – how her entourage advised the Strictly people to keep their distance when she appeared on the show – but Brian being Brian bowled up and introduced himself anyway – and then faced down a bouncer! Which was our intro to their stunning rumba to If I Were a Boy.
Brian happily shared the news that his baseball team, the Phildelphia Phillies, made the World Series for the second time in two years, YAY! (The equivalent of West Ham winning the European Championship. Ever. Or actually just avoiding relegation ...*lives in hope*)
Fave dance? Jive – the all-American manic one, and the Foxtrot – grew up listening to Frank Sinatra.
When did you start dancing? At an early age (between 3-6) moving on to inline skating but going off the edge a bit – dancing set me on the right path and I began to take it seriously at age 15/16. I’ve been together professionally with Kristina for 18-24 months since the DWTS tour and we auditioned for SCD together.
If not a dancer, what would you be? A TV Host (that’s Strictly sorted when Brucie retires!)
Tell us more about Dancing on Wheels: Mum will be flying in for the series – we started the dance classes seven years ago and more and more couples signed up. Then we began writing a syllabus three years ago and approached all the major networks – the BBC commissioned the show, which airs on BBC3 in January. There are six couples taking part and the winners will be representing the UK in the European championships in Tel Aviv! The edit of the show is fantastic!
What do you do for fun? Women! Oh, dear, that came across really wrong (amid gales of laughter!) Exercise – barbecue – golf – pool.
Their last dance is a Disco Hustle to Boogie Wonderland, completely fabulous –
if you haven’t seen any of the professionals dancing live, you must – watching it on the telly doesn’t do them justice! It was lovely to welcome Brian and Kristina to Kent, please come again!
First out were Danny and Kate, our amateur couple (though you wouldn’t think it) number 2 in the country in 10 Dance, for a Quickstep/Jive combo to Steppin’ Out, Danny looking all mean and moody which belied a fun heart; Kate a vision in blue ruffles. Then a Tango to what sounded like the Gotan Project and a Paso, to the same tune the Strictly Pro’s used in my fave Pro Dance
from 2006 – which was on youtube but is no more *grumbles* - I live in hope of it reappearing! Proper samba music for their, well, Samba obviously, and familiar too, if you check out the Showtime vids – Hip Hip Chin Chin – seeing these dances up close is just awesome – Danny and Kate finished their session with an incredible Jive to Proud Mary.
At the time those clips were filmed, they’d only been together a few months!
The main course arrived in the shape of a Cha Cha to Lady Ga Ga’s Just Dance as Brian and Kristina hit the floor in a flurry of red fringe (Kristina anyway!) to a rapturous welcome, their usual exuberance in the Latin followed by a gorgeously smooth American Foxtrot/VW combo to Baby Love and When a Man Loves A Woman, with Kristina sublime in white and gold satin. What made the evening doubly special was Brian’s throwing the floor open to questions while Kristina changed. So this is less review, more interview punctuated by dancing!
Music for DWTS and SCD – is it given to you or do you choose it? DWTS give you the song, you have no choice – in SCD though, you choose your own, it just has to be approved (licensing etc).
What’s more fun, the UK or USA show: The UK show of course! (Good answer, that’s an extra 300 votes!)
Are you in a relationship? Next question!
What’s with all the candles (in his flat)? I love candles but am very good at spilling wax everywhere (at which point the lady who asked the question said she was excellent at cleaning it up, lol – Brian asked what she was doing later!)
Ideal partner? Ali! (cue ‘Awwwwww’s)
Ok, if not Ali? Tess Daly, she’s hot. No-one’s recording this are they? (Er, no – does writing it down count?)
They Mambo to It had Better Be Tonight by The Buble, with Kristina in a killer leopard print suit, so fast, so WOW! Then a lovely lady called Fran, who celebrated her 90th birthday recently and is still dancing, made us all jealous as Brian swept her onto the dance floor!
What do you think of the judges? They’re all lovely – did you hear what I said to Alesha? Yes, we did, crawler!
Do you choose your own clothes? I’m always in Su Judd’s office!
Are your hips detachable and can I rent them? (That was from a bloke, btw!) I’ve no answer for that, it was drowned out in the laughter! *note to self – tweet Brian!*
And Brian told us a little anecdote about Beyonce – how her entourage advised the Strictly people to keep their distance when she appeared on the show – but Brian being Brian bowled up and introduced himself anyway – and then faced down a bouncer! Which was our intro to their stunning rumba to If I Were a Boy.
Brian happily shared the news that his baseball team, the Phildelphia Phillies, made the World Series for the second time in two years, YAY! (The equivalent of West Ham winning the European Championship. Ever. Or actually just avoiding relegation ...*lives in hope*)
Fave dance? Jive – the all-American manic one, and the Foxtrot – grew up listening to Frank Sinatra.
When did you start dancing? At an early age (between 3-6) moving on to inline skating but going off the edge a bit – dancing set me on the right path and I began to take it seriously at age 15/16. I’ve been together professionally with Kristina for 18-24 months since the DWTS tour and we auditioned for SCD together.
If not a dancer, what would you be? A TV Host (that’s Strictly sorted when Brucie retires!)
Tell us more about Dancing on Wheels: Mum will be flying in for the series – we started the dance classes seven years ago and more and more couples signed up. Then we began writing a syllabus three years ago and approached all the major networks – the BBC commissioned the show, which airs on BBC3 in January. There are six couples taking part and the winners will be representing the UK in the European championships in Tel Aviv! The edit of the show is fantastic!
What do you do for fun? Women! Oh, dear, that came across really wrong (amid gales of laughter!) Exercise – barbecue – golf – pool.
Their last dance is a Disco Hustle to Boogie Wonderland, completely fabulous –
if you haven’t seen any of the professionals dancing live, you must – watching it on the telly doesn’t do them justice! It was lovely to welcome Brian and Kristina to Kent, please come again!
Saturday, 18 July 2009
Kristina, Craig, Tess, Rumours
A wonderful chance on offer via The Macmillan World's Biggest Coffee Morning - the chance to Cha Cha with none other than the gorgeous Kristina Rihanoff! You might prefer the trip to Emmerdale, I'm guessing not!
Tess Daly has a book due out, entitled The Baby Diaries and will be giving advice on what to wear, to eat and most importantly, how to get the little sweethearts to sleep - that'll be a well-thumbed chapter no doubt!
Craig Revel Horwood (Boo, hiss etc) is directing the musical Spend Spend Spend, about that dozy tart Viv Nicholson, who won a million quid and spent it all instead of investing sensibly and living comfortably for the rest of her life, whilst being able to afford any treat she wanted. I'm intrigued as to how they've got a musical out of it *shrugs* still, Craig is a fantastic choreographer, so you never know, it might be worth a tickle.
Here we go - first uncomfirmed rumours coming in - Reece Dinsdale is doing Strictly this year, so apparently are Richard and Judy. I'm hoping the lovely Fern Britton will go for it - she showed her credentials in the Comic Relief and she's free now, so no excuses!
And I wasn't going to comment further on the whole Arlene/Alesha business, but I've got say: BOG OFF Harriet Harman - haven't you got anything more important to be thinking about?
Tess Daly has a book due out, entitled The Baby Diaries and will be giving advice on what to wear, to eat and most importantly, how to get the little sweethearts to sleep - that'll be a well-thumbed chapter no doubt!
Craig Revel Horwood (Boo, hiss etc) is directing the musical Spend Spend Spend, about that dozy tart Viv Nicholson, who won a million quid and spent it all instead of investing sensibly and living comfortably for the rest of her life, whilst being able to afford any treat she wanted. I'm intrigued as to how they've got a musical out of it *shrugs* still, Craig is a fantastic choreographer, so you never know, it might be worth a tickle.
Here we go - first uncomfirmed rumours coming in - Reece Dinsdale is doing Strictly this year, so apparently are Richard and Judy. I'm hoping the lovely Fern Britton will go for it - she showed her credentials in the Comic Relief and she's free now, so no excuses!
And I wasn't going to comment further on the whole Arlene/Alesha business, but I've got say: BOG OFF Harriet Harman - haven't you got anything more important to be thinking about?
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