The Keep Dancing Podcast

The difficult second week of Strictly sees a fave leaving too soon, and huge changes in the KDP WhatsApp group. Your host Ellie is joined by Milly and Elliot to pick over the pieces.

The big questions:

- Greg Wise: the public service broadcasting argument

- Songs which are, unacceptably, 20 years old

- Exactly why that foxtrot hit so different

- The Romans’ thoughts on trousers

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Only 15 dances into the new Strictly season and it is ALL KICKING OFF. Your host Ellie is joined by AJ, Milly, Elliot and Meg to review as much of it as we can in an hour.

The big questions:

- How are we securing our dance floor spectacle wearers?

- Hairspray & fire safety: a discourse

- Do not panic buy sequins, there is no sequin shortage

- Peaty teaches us The Three P’s of Glutes

- What do we do when AJ wins three Frocks of the Week in a row?

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The Keep Dancing Podcast is back to bring you a moderately-informed run down of the 2021 cohort on Strictly Come Dancing. Your host Ellie is joined by AJ, Ann, Elliot and Meg to preview all the pairings. Who is already communicating joy, who reads Prima and who has a tragic allergy to buttons?

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Episode 10: The Show Must Go On

Ellie is joined by Elliot, Meg, Vikki, AJ, Milly and Ann (plus special guests) to squeal inaudibly about the Strictly Grand Final.

Topics include:

- A tree topping angel or the queen that doesn’t sew?

- The Strictly Final as a dance CV

- A comparison to a piece of modern art

- Brief diversion into the Lando Norris pitman

- Hearteyes all round for Jamie

- Fifteen minutes of spouting forth about Oti and Bill

- Big shout out to Ariadne Griffin! www.ariadnereviews.com

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Ellie is joined by Elliot, Meg, Ann and AJ to review the Strictly Semi Final and look forward to one of the weirdest finals ever.

Topics include:

- Outdoor socially distant salsa parties

- West Country accent lols

- Appropriate songs to dedicate to your Nan

- Is Countryfile the new One Show?

- Things which could have been A Lot Worse

- Problems with dancing to Black Sabbath

- A little bit of advice for Pinterest

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Ellie is joined by Vikki, Meg, Emily and AJ to try and enjoy some musical theatre in trying circumstances.

Topics include:

- What is and is not a waste of license payers money

- We’re all Team Filth, where it comes to rumbas

- Maisie’s Pygmalion storyline is nearly complete

- Worst case scenario Lloyd-Webber Argentine tangos?

- General praise for Fun Karen

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Episode 7: BTEC Flailing

Ellie is joined by AJ and Emily (with interjections from a remote, delayed Elliot) to survey the post-Blackpool reset wreckage.

Note: we lost some of the tracks of the recording, we’ve pieced the conversation back together as best we can! Elliot isn't even in the room at the time!

Topics include:

- What are we going to do about Couple’s Choice?

- A place to jive that isn’t in America

- The Gimmick-Syllabus slider

- An important note to Oti

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Episode 6: Dancing On The Edge

Ellie is joined by Ann, AJ, Meg, Emily and Vikki to ponder a trip to an imaginary Blackpool.

Topics include:

- Is Bill subverting the paradigm?

- Sad news about the Winner Track

- ‘Likability’ and media sexism

- A true Scotsman dances to…

- Tasteful and appropriate AR!

- I’m fairly sure we’re using ‘narrative’ to mean something else now

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Episode 5: Sucker for a Pinstripe

Ellie is joined by Ann, AJ, Meg and Emily to scream defiance in the face of Coronavirus. And review some dances?

We ponder over:

- Who is providing little more than rotary motion?

- Are there any phone boxes near you? Have they got phones in or something else?

- How JJ could play The Scottish Card

- Creepy dolls vs creepy puppets

- Johannes is an actual gentleman

- Bum fringes and the nature of physical comedy

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ITTC 1: It Takes (At Least) Two Cynics

Amidst a coronavirus news storm, Ellie meets up with a team of experts to try and work out what Strictly 2020 actually *means*. On the panel are:

Ariadne Griffin @ariadne_griffin https://ariadnereviews.com/

Rob Furber @entertainmentodds https://entertainmentodds.com/

Ewan Spence @ewan https://escinsight.com/