Dance Today! March 2007

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Dance Today March 2007

Features:

	22 Alison Gallagher-Hughes talks to James and Ola Jordan about life in Hiong Kong, and what really goes on behind the scenes of “Strictly Come Dancing”
	29 Get your skates on Rachelle Stretch compares ballroom with ice dance and talks to stars with experience in both disciplines
	35 The appliance of science Katie Gregory finds out about current research in dance science
	40 The spice of life – Part one. Katie Gregory goes back to salsa’s roots
	43 WIN a salsa holiday You and a friend could be jetting off to Tenerife for seven days of dance
	45 University challenge Victoria Murden reports on Loughborough University’s annual dance competition
	47 Strictly Baby Ballroom Starting as they mean to go on
	51 The F Word That’s fun to you. Katie Gregory looks at the new fitness trends hitting UK gyms this year
	58 Sequence Today: Dispelling pride and prejudice by Helen Blackburn 60 Rumba Rossillini by Michael Stevenson and Ann Brown 62 Imperial Foxtrot by Stuart Perry and Beverley Howard
	64 Variations: A simple sparkler in rumba by Steven Verrall Regulars: 6 News Musical theatre tours, competition winners, upcoming dance events and more 21 Letters Send us your thoughts and you could win a year’s subscription! 11 DanceScene: Bryan Allen and Ann Baker report on The UK Open Championships, we preview MOVE IT 2007 at London’s Olympia, BDF page, Bryan Allen reports on The Carl Alan Awards 39 WIN fantastic prizes Fancy a lesson with Anton Du Beke or Erin Boag? Enter our free prize draw! 49 Strictly Baby Ballroom Starting as they mean to go on 52 Book and DVD reviews Marilyn Hotchkiss’ Ballroom Dancing & Charm School and Pineapple Studios Everybody Dance 53 Book and DVD reviews Latinasize and Dazzler on the Dance Floor 55 Dance Diary Nikki Santilli tries it all at Sadler’s Wells Sampled 57 Musical Theatre Fame reviewed by Katie Gregory 65 Listings Classes, schools, socials, competitions, musicals, touring shows, holidays and classified ads 74 The last dance Leonard Scrivener on Sway, plus The Ball-Room Guide

If you’re one of the thousands of dance fans who’ll be attending MOVE IT 07 this month, make sure you come along to a special dance event hosted by Dance Today on Saturday 17 at 3pm. Dance expert Diane Moody will be teaching a jazzed-up jive routine as well as a ballroom tango with a hint of Argentine flair, and the class is open to dancers of all levels and ages. Diane has taught, judged and choreographed for International Ballroom and Latin (ISTD), American Smooth, American Rhythm (USABDA/USA Dance), West Coast Swing, Salsa, Night-Club Two Step, Country and Western, North Carolina Shag and New York Hustle; and is a guest teacher/performer in Washington DC, London, Orlando, and Miami. So, if you want to learn from the best, come and join us! We’ll also be on stand 378 throughout the event, where you can pick up magazines, buy books and DVDs, or just come and say hello.

Katie Gregory, Editor

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By Iris Findlay

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