The Keep Dancing Podcast

The final line up is more or less sorted and given that it’s the one we expected there’s time for some digressions. Ellie is joined by AJ, Meg and Milly to read the tea leaves on the Grand Final dance cards. Great thanks to www.strictlydb.com for making the dance card reading section possible.

Also discussed:

- Nap strategy

- Pleather rage

- Espresso pricing

- Borough discourse

- Velvet (at length)

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We’re absolutely reeling from a Musicals Week which cost Nigel his rib integrity and his place in the competition. Ellie is joined by Meg and Ann to hope this never happens again.

Also discussed:

- Caterpillars vs worms

- ‘Talky’ vs ‘songy’ musicals

- Painkiller stories

- How to get your first TV credit now

- Does Zawe Ashton prefer snooker?

- Who are the current teen heartthrobs?

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As sure as December follows November, our faves collide in the dance off just short of the final. Ellie is joined by AJ, Meg and Milly to have a cry about it.

Also discussed:

- RIP the Paperchase Christmas Baubles section

- Tedious segue to get to a Eurovision fact, sorry

- It’s hard for the man in the rumba, the musical

- The fate of Nadiya’s very real dance partner, Geoff

- Episode request for You’re Wrong About

- Vito’s food based hell

- ‘Releasing’ a ‘fragrance’

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We’re back on the train to Blackpool and you know what that means in terms of sound effects. Ellie is joined by Ann, AJ, Meg and Elliott to experience it all over again. Your episode is late and there is some road noise incursion because things happened, a lot, for two days.

Also discussed:

- Kai: a good guy

- Silk yardage

- Dance card tea leaf readings

- Harry Styles?

- Histrionic Rumbas

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We return to our usual mostly sensible format for the Blackpool qualifiers and some of our smoothest segues ever. Ellie is joined by AJ, Ann, Milly and Meg for a session in the tinfoil hats

Also discussed:

- A very silly conspiracy theory

- New naming convention for dances just dropped

- Who else is annoyed by ‘vegan’ ‘leather’?

- New theme week idea just dropped

- Pan’s People https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wMC2N--L4kk

- Extended theatre digression anecdote

- Loreen is like, really good anecdote

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HALFWAY! Ellie is joined by Meg, Milly and AJ to find out why we don’t record on a Saturday night. We’re even sillier than normal, but the takes? They’re hotter than ever.

Also discussed:

- The key to a good Dave Arch rendition

- Nigel’s hypothetical gilet

- Paul Zenon digression

- Dye transfer incidents we have known

- Update on Vito’s shirt allergy

- HELLO TO JAY

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Why is Halloween? Ellie asks AJ, Ariadne and Ann and you’ll have to work out if we get to a satisfactory answer or not.

Also discussed:

- Shirley’s compliment sandwich technique

- Interview With A Vampire through the medium of gifs

- Doctor Who interlude

- Who needs a nice dog

- The whereabouts of James Newman’s trumpets

- Who will win? (We’re not sure)

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REUPLOAD: this episode didn't work on some platforms so here's a 2nd attempt at getting you the most medium-sized takes in the land

Ellie is joined by AJ, Ariadne, Meg and Milly to go bobbing for apples in the cauldron of dance. There was breaking Strictly news during the edit process of this podcast but I’m sure you’ll have heard about that elsewhere.

Also discussed:

- Is Nigel, Our Average Anecdote King, on Cameo?

- The scrubsubwell is strong with us

- One last request for the Shape Of Water rumba

- Halloween Argentine tangos of the past (warning, profoundly unsexy)

- Surprise stat attack!

- Strictly Annual Conspiracy Theories

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Ellie is joined by AJ, Ariadne, Meg and Milly to go bobbing for apples in the cauldron of dance. There was breaking Strictly news during the edit process of this podcast but I’m sure you’ll have heard about that elsewhere.

Also discussed:

- Is Nigel, Our Average Anecdote King, on Cameo?

- The scrubsubwell is strong with us

- One last request for the Shape Of Water rumba

- Halloween Argentine tangos of the past (warning, profoundly unsexy)

- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HSpRmubTdV4&ab_channel=KeleBaker

- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BngR6rNiO_g&ab_channel=fschnell

- Surprise stat attack!

- Strictly Annual Conspiracy Theories

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Week 4 rolls out a software update for the Strictly AR team and a whole new set of dances for the Keep Dancing Pod team to analyse. Ellie is joined by AJ, Meg, Milly and Elliott. There is also a cat.

Also discussed:

- Whatever happened to Adult Contemporary music?

- The Doctor Who Restoration Project but for lost early Strictly numbers

- A surprise Red Hot Chilli Peppers cover

- Viennese waltz VAR check

- General praise for official KDP mascot Nikita

- Gong baths vs gong farmers

- Demonic fire vs celestial fire

- How to interviews? Anyone know?

Check out Scott Bradlee’s Postmodern Jukebox https://www.youtube.com/@postmodernjukebox

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