Summary
As we approach this year's final another chance to hear Jane Garvey celebrating all things Strictly.
A dance special with chief Strictly judge Shirley Ballas, Love Island participant and professional ballroom dancer Curtis Pritchard, Professor of Dance History Theresa Buckland from Roehampton University, Sujata Banerjee, a Kathak artist and educator and Ingrid Mackinnon, a choreographer who teaches jazz, ballet, modern & African dance. We find out why dancing makes you feel good plus Curtis gives Jane a twirl round the dance floor and proves it's never too late to put on your dancing shoes.
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| 0:42.0 | Good morning and Joe, away you go please. Oh, Thank you, Joe, Joe Stillgo, who's our fantastic fairness this morning. |
| 1:09.9 | We are just celebrating dance. |
| 1:11.9 | The live, strictly shows are back back 7 o'clock BBC 1 and what |
| 1:15.8 | we'd like from you this morning actually is just your dancing pictures, your dancing memories, |
| 1:20.6 | bung them all our way please. Social media at BBC Woman's Earl on |
| 1:24.3 | Twitter and Instagram. You can email the program via the website. I'd like to know how |
| 1:29.7 | you started to dance, where you've done your dancing. Did you meet your partner to dance back in the 40s, |
| 1:35.3 | 50s, last week whenever it was, let us know. |
| 1:38.7 | And we have a really brilliant lineup of guests this morning on the program who all want to share their |
| 1:43.8 | joy of dance and in dance Shirley Ballas is here |
| 1:48.2 | Strickley's head judge great to see you Shirley thank you |
| 1:51.6 | you are the Queen of Wallacy and now the Queen of |
| 1:56.1 | Saturday nights which is a great place to be isn't it? Absolutely I'm stoked I |
| 2:00.8 | can't wait for tomorrow to start and you're a bit nervous aren't you? I am actually, yeah. |
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