Saturday afternoon saw John and I set off as guests of our lovely nephew Kevin Clifton to Elstree studios to visit Strictly. It is particularly exciting to have production guest tickets as your seat is assigned and you get to spend time in the green room hanging out with the celebrities, pro dancers and their guests. Having your seat assigned is such a privilege as when people win tickets in the draw they are not guaranteed a seat. The people in the front row often queue over

There has been a lot on social media this week about whether Danny John- Jules should have been eliminated from Strictly Come Dancing, with dancers and the general non dancing public all having an opinion. It has caused me to reflect deeply about how judges in dance actually come to make decisions at all. Do they all use the same criteria? Let us assume that they all care about technique. So what weight do they give to each aspect of technique? Is the footwork more, or less i

I have just been away for a break playing bridge (my second passion after dancing). Whilst chatting to the various people at the table the subject of what one does for a living always seems to come round. In my case they are very interested in finding out what I do as I often talk about working in the evenings. Once they know I am a dance teacher they talk about their own dance experiences and discuss their own learning. Invariably they say that they used to dance and no long