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Preview, Predictions: Dancing With The Stars All-Stars start...

One million voters in an ABC/People Magazine online poll recently named “Dancing With the Stars” the number one reality show of all-time. Who are we to argue? Celebrity participants and their now-famous professional partners m [...]

Posted On : Sep, 24 2012 | Comments : 0

Dance Review: Ballet de Monte Carlo

Jean Christophe Maillot, artistic director of the illustrious Ballet de Monte Carlo, had taken the iconic 19th-century ballet Swan Lake, set to Tchaikovsky’s score, and proposed his own rendition in Lac, a highly dramatic, rather si [...]

Posted On : Jan, 02 2012 | Comments : 0

Dancing With the Stars Review: Broadway Week Brings Tension ...

There is always at least one episode every season on Dancing With the Stars where the tension between contestants and judges is palpable. This was that episode. This week was all about “the Great White Way,” i.e. Broadway, as [...]

Posted On : Oct, 27 2011 | Comments : 0

Strictly Come Dancing episode four review

It was a sad morning for Wales, unjustly knocked out of the Rugby World Cup, but they salvaged some pride this evening as their two representatives did them proud on Strictly Come Dancing (BBC One). It was Broadway Week in the ballroom an [...]

Posted On : Oct, 17 2011 | Comments : 0

Balanchine/Robbins, Mariinsky Ballet, Covent Garden, review

The relationship between George Balanchine and Jerome Robbins, twin pillars of American ballet, could be the subject of several novels. Robbins adored his mentor Balanchine, who respected his acolyte - but couldn’t resist putting hi [...]

Posted On : Aug, 06 2011 | Comments : 0

REVIEW; Midnight Tango, Theatre Royal, Norwich

Now here is a chance to see them live on stage - and they are fully on fire as they weave the passionate dance form into a sparkling show set in its birthplace of Argentina. In a smokey back street bar in Buenos Aires sharp-suited me [...]

Posted On : Jul, 06 2011 | Comments : 0

THEATER REVIEW: Mamma Mia! will have you dancing to ABBA

A Greek island, American craziness and Swedish pop music combine in the goofball wedding story “Mamma Mia!” that plays through Sunday at San Diego Civic Theatre under the auspices of Broadway San Diego. Sophie Sheridan (Chloe [...]

Posted On : Jun, 02 2011 | Comments : 0

Review: 'Burn the Floor,' a real sizzler

The swiveled-hipped company of "Burn the Floor," amazingly lacking in body fat, has invaded downtown Norfolk and, to some surprise, delivered the hottest, sexiest show to hit town since Mae West played Tazewell Street. (That wa [...]

Posted On : Feb, 17 2011 | Comments : 0

Strictly Come Dancing 2010 final review (Video)

The best dancer won tonight, as actress Kara Tointon beat runner-up Matt Baker and third-placed Pamela Stephenson to lift the fabled but garish glitterball trophy. On a snowy Saturday night, it proved a heartwarming climax to the hoofing [...]

Posted On : Dec, 21 2010 | Comments : 0

Strictly Come Dancing review: Ann Widdecombe should live to ...

Ann Widdecombe is no fool and neither are the Strictly Come Dancing producers. The latter saved their star attraction’s much-trailed flight through the air until last tonight, ensuring viewers stayed glued to their screens to disco [...]

Posted On : Oct, 24 2010 | Comments : 0

Strictly Come Dancing review: Ann Widdecombe the sugar-plum ...

The hoofing contest was scheduled against its arch ratings rival The X Factor for the first time this year, albeit only for a 15-minute overlap. And at 7.30pm precisely, as Simon Cowell’s show got underway, Strictly’s big tal [...]

Posted On : Oct, 17 2010 | Comments : 0

The Bolshoi Ballet Spartacus at Covent Garden, review

Yuri Grigorovich’s Spartacus is a ballet that needs all the help it can get. Although arguably more subversive than the Soviet culture police realised, this 1968 slab of propaganda can all too easily look like a lumbering old beast [...]

Posted On : Jul, 21 2010 | Comments : 0

Dance Dance Revolution Hottest Party 3 Review

Dance Dance Revolution: Hottest Party 3 is the fourth installment in the Wii series of Dance Dance Revolution (DDR) games. Coming into its twelfth year of dance rhythm games from Konami, Hottest Party 3 keeps a very traditional style to its [...]

Posted On : Jan, 19 2010 | Comments : 0

Review: So You Think You Can Dance - 2 of 8 voted off

We had a pretty straightforward elimination episode of So You Think You Can Dance: two musical guests, random pimping from K-Mart, a short interview from DJ Samantha Ronson, and solos. Cat was looking stunning in her dress and spoon-like ea [...]