10 h. ago Gladiators star 'signs up for Strictly Come Dancing' after impressing BBC bosses during Christmas special

A Gladiators star has signed up for this year's Strictly Come Dancing, after 'impressing' BBC producers on the Christmas special.

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12 h. ago BBC Gladiators star Nitro tipped for Strictly Come Dancing 2025

Former Olympian and star of Gladiators Harry Aikines-Aryeetey - better known as Nitro - is expected to appear as a contestant in the 2025 season of Strictly Come Dancing

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36 h. ago Celebrities in King's Birthday Honours list 2025 with David Beckham, Strictly Come Dancing stars and sporting heroes

King Charles III is again honouring a number of famous faces in the King's Birthday Honours list for 2025

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5 d. ago Heading to Download 2025? Our pick of the acts throughout the days before the headliners hit the Apex stage

Will we see you for a little dance at these sets taking place at Download 2025?

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5 d. ago England hero Chloe Kelly flaunts 'unbelievable' abs and dance moves ahead of Euro 2025

England Lionesses hero Chloe Kelly wowed as she showed off her "unbelievable" toned abs and dance moves as she relaxed on holiday ahead of Euro 2025

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6 d. ago Hamilton fans react as key cast member ‘cut out’ of Tonys performance

Anthony Ramos was barely visible on stage at the Tony Awards

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9 d. ago ‘I must have done something right!’: dance master Jiří Kylián on his festival, fierce critics and the Ministry of Silly Walks

At 78, the great choreographer is enjoying a career-spanning celebration in Oslo. He reflects on his leap from dance to visual art and why he feels snubbed by BritainA gang of young dancers, their black costumes offset by colourful hats, cascade down the sloping roof of Oslo’s opera house for a jubilant routine to a Prince song by the waterfront. The building’s huge glass facade has become an unlikely stage for sculptures, digitally scanned from dancers’ bodies, positioned as if they are plunging into the building like the nearby bathers in the fjord. Inside, there’s an eclectic bill of ballets including one inspired by a painting from the Edvard Munch museum next door. In the wings of the theatre is an installation drawing on the Buddhist Zen symbol ensō. The studio space is screening short films veering from slapstick to the profound.But this sprawling festival, spanning more than two weeks and then partially touring, has a singular focus. These are all works by Jiří Kylián, the C...

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1 week ago Love Island star Dani Dyer 'signs up for Strictly Come Dancing' after lavish wedding

BBC Strictly Come Dancing has reportedly signed up its first star for the 2025 series, with the rumoured addition coming just hours after she married a Premier League footballer

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2 w. ago GALA 2025 review: officially London's coolest dance music festival

If you like to dance, the Peckham three-dayer has you covered

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2 w. ago Jennifer Lopez draws criticism for kissing multiple backup dancers during AMA performance

This is the moment Jennifer Lopez kissed multiple backup dancers during her opening performance at the 2025 American Music Awards in Las Vegas on Monday (26 May).

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3 w. ago Stephen Mangan performs I See You Dancing, Father by Brendan Kennelly – video

The actor reads a poem in memory of his father: "I like to think of the younger, happier man." The film is part of a series to mark Celebration Day 2025 – a new annual moment, held on the last bank holiday Monday of May, to honour and celebrate those who have shaped our lives but are no longer with us. Directed by Oliver Parker at Abbey Road Studios, curated by Allie Esiri and published exclusively by the Guardian. On Celebration Day, join in by sharing your memories using #ShareYourStar• ‘He lived inside poetry’: Toby Jones and Helena Bonham Carter perform poems in memory of lost loved ones• Helena Bonham Carter performs Don’t Let That Horse by Lawrence Ferlinghetti – video Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Pete Townshend remakes Quadrophenia for a new generation: ‘The world is a dangerous place at the moment’

It may be set 60 years ago, but a new ballet version of The Who’s rock opera asks questions about youth, society and masculinity that still resonate – and it brought its original creator to tearsDeckchairs fly, arms clash, bodies launch into the air as mods and rockers engage in a fierce Brighton seafront battle. But in this east London dance studio – with Zaha Hadid’s Olympic swimming pool visible through the window – young performers in sports socks, joggers and baggy T-shirts are reimagining the Who’s seminal document of the mid-60s Quadrophenia as ballet.Isn’t this 1973 album an unlikely subject for dance? We’ve recently had Black Sabbath: The Ballet, and Message in a Bottle set to Sting, so why not? After all, Quadrophenia is theatrical at its roots. “The closest thing to a grand opera I’ll ever write,” says the Who’s guitarist and songwriter Pete Townshend. Set in 1965, the story of disaffected young mod Jimmy looking for meaning in life via music, amphetamines ...

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3 w. ago Hamburg Ballet dancers accuse artistic director of creating ‘toxic environment’ – reports

More than half troupe’s dancers write to minister criticising Demis Volpi – and five soloists announce resignationEurope live – latest updatesBallet dancers at a top German company have reportedly written an excoriating critique of their new artistic director, accusing him of creating a “toxic work environment.”More than half of the 63 dancers making up the troupe have complained of untenable working conditions under Hamburg Ballet’s artistic director, Demis Volpi, who joined the company last September, taking over from the US choreographer John Neumeier. Continue reading...

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4 w. ago ‘Mum, my brain’: how I learned to walk, talk and even dance again after a devastating stroke at 36

I was riding high as a music journalist with a new book in the shops when I had what I thought was a migraine. In fact, it was a burst aneurysm and I needed emergency surgery. Two years into my recovery, can I learn how to find joy again?I am a dancer. The dark is usually a friend to me, allowing me to stretch and move my limbs into unfashionable positions as music washes over me. My music journalism career means I have spent more than two decades at gigs and in clubs, falling in love with music, contorting my body, two‑stepping, making any space into a dancefloor, then going home and writing about it.Two years ago, when I was 36, I was riding high at the launch party for my first book, about housing, home and music, and I danced as R, my husband, DJ’d Tems, Asake and Burna Boy. The publishers had put up a billboard about the book; I remember walking to the petrol station to buy the papers and read the reviews, and feeling relieved that they were good. I began preparing fo...

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