Apologies if this question has been asked before: it almost certainly has, but I couldn't immediatly see it.
It's sometimes said that Strictly is a Ballroom Dancing competition.
Should we therefore expect that the judges should have some knowledge and experience in this field?
Perhaps either as former Ballroom competitiors (and dare I say Champions). Or, to offer an even more ridiculous suggestion, as actual former ballroom judges of some standing?
Has anyone got the rundown on the present shower?
Merely from watching ITT, I get the impression that:
Len was once a highly rated Latin dancer (we've seen brief moving clips on ITT and stills from his book), and I got an impression that he ran a dance school sometime, and that he has sometime been a judge at some level (I think I remember a comment made on DWTS that he had judged one of their pros at some international level?).
Arlene, we all know, founded Hot Gossip (hardly balroom), and has done some modern choreography. I trust that rumours that she was formerly a stripper are unfounded. Is that it?
We've seen Bruno dancing in a clip from Top of the Pops. Is that it?
And what about Craig's ballroom experience, besides quoting extensively from "How to Bluff Your Way in Ballroom Dance"?
Anybody know?
It's sometimes said that Strictly is a Ballroom Dancing competition.
Should we therefore expect that the judges should have some knowledge and experience in this field?
Perhaps either as former Ballroom competitiors (and dare I say Champions). Or, to offer an even more ridiculous suggestion, as actual former ballroom judges of some standing?
Has anyone got the rundown on the present shower?
Merely from watching ITT, I get the impression that:
Len was once a highly rated Latin dancer (we've seen brief moving clips on ITT and stills from his book), and I got an impression that he ran a dance school sometime, and that he has sometime been a judge at some level (I think I remember a comment made on DWTS that he had judged one of their pros at some international level?).
Arlene, we all know, founded Hot Gossip (hardly balroom), and has done some modern choreography. I trust that rumours that she was formerly a stripper are unfounded. Is that it?
We've seen Bruno dancing in a clip from Top of the Pops. Is that it?
And what about Craig's ballroom experience, besides quoting extensively from "How to Bluff Your Way in Ballroom Dance"?
Anybody know?
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