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World-renowned Prima Ballerina Darcey Bussell CBE to join Strictly Come Dancing judging panel Prima Ballerina Darcey Bussell CBE, the former Principal Dancer at the Royal Ballet, has been confirmed as the new judge on BBC One’s Strictly Come Dancing when it returns in the autumn. Widely recognised as one of the most accomplished English ballerina [...]

Strictly for Sport Relief 2012 If you missed yesterday’s broadcast, you can catch up with Sport Relief 2012 via iPlayer or iTunes (where part of your money will go to the charity), and in the meantime, enjoy a selection of photos from the night.  More than £50m has been raised so far – and there’s [...]

Strictly News | Strictly for Sport Relief – underwater! Chelsee Healey and last year’s Strictly Come Dancing Champion Harry Judd have taken to the pool for this Sport Relief challenge, with a staircase and glitterballs underwater. Harry Judd teamed up with professional dance partner Aliona Vilani again, and Chelsee Healey re-joined her professional dancer partner from the series, Pasha Kovalev. [...]

Let’s Dance for Sport Relief I’m not sure what to say about the first show ! Former Strictly Come Dancing contestant Darren Gough performs West Side Story’s “Mambo” Tony Blackburn & David Hamilton perform Salt & Pepa’s “Push It” Ulrika and Angelos perform to “Roxanne”, Moulin Rouge Terry Alderton performs Tina Turner’s “Proud Mary”   Enjoy the [...]

Ballet and Parkinson’s English National Ballet and scientists from Roehampton University, headed by Dr Sara Houston, a dance scholar and sociologist, are collaborating on Dance for Parkinson’s, a term of ballet classes for 40 people diagnosed with the disease to see whether there are beneficial effects relating to ballet in people with Parkinson’s. Dr Houston’s research [...]

Ballet News brings you … Strictly Come Dancing Christmas Special 2011 With dancing Snowmen and Santa’s reindeer, are you ready to dance off your dinner ? Christmas jumpers are all the rage this year, and a couple of ginormous crackers will get this party started for the Strictly Come Dancing Christmas Special.  Do you wish it [...]

Ballet News | Russell Grant dons a tutu Oh yes.  As alarming as it may sound, Strictly favourite Russell Grant has really pulled the hat out of the dressing up box for the Strictly Come Dancing Christmas Special, to be televised on Christmas Day. Unearthing a ballet tutu, Grant surprises the judges in the middle [...]

Strictly Come Dancing Grand Final Part 2 So, Chelsee, Harry and Jason have each danced twice – a dance chosen by the judges and their Show Dance.  Now one couple faces elimination, after which the remaining two couples will dance again twice – a new dance and one of their choosing. On a day when it’s been [...]

Strictly Come Dancing in Blackpool for the final in 3D Chelsee Healey. Harry Judd. Jason Donovan. Three finalists. Four dances. One glitterball. Spartacus meets Frankie Goes to Hollywood opens the show; or rather, the Strictly professional men, later joined by the Gladiator girls complete with fishing nets. And then the three finalists arrive by chariot [...]

Strictly Come Dancing semi final results Kristina Rihanoff opens the results show in vibrant pink, to Paint it Black, accompanied by two of her professional female colleagues and three of the Strictly pro men, who are dressed in sparkly black. It’s surely the photo of the season !  Captured to make her dress look like [...]