The Keep Dancing Podcast

Ellie is joined by Ewan to talk about the role of reality TV narrative shaping in Strictly, and how it’s all on show this year.

NOTE: We recorded this last Saturday morning, before the news about Amy not being able to participate in the rest of the series. I think the points still hold together.

Topics discussed:

- Charlie Brooker on The Edit: https://youtu.be/BBwepkVurCI?si=IVKX3JFjEcsBnDfb

- Parking the bus

- Has the show changed how it treats non-dancers?

- Should the Pro casting be like The Red Arrows?

- Working conditions on Strictly (recorded before Amy withdrew)

- Big questions answered!

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What is Icon? Ellie voyages to the outer limits of what constitutes iconicity with Ariadne, AJ, Vikki, Milly and Elliott.

Also discussed:

- Pete’s commitment to the bit

- The Silly Train vs Taylor Swift

- Romeo & Juliet (Zefferelli’s version)

- BLACK SABBATH BALLET https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oM0IaQGsKBz

- The art of the YouTube thumbnail

- Substitute Pro Anecdotes

- Couples Choice: we’ll allow it

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RE YOU SPOOKY!? Ellie is joined by Elliott, Ariadne, AJ and Meg to watch Strictly from behind the communal sofa.

Elliott once more on the motorway. We’ve asked him to make a nest of egg boxes and cushions, or failing that, bring back the owl.

Also discussed:

- GET WELL SOON AMY xxxx

- Comments on Gene Simmons which have already aged like milk

- Follow Dr Liz Gloyn for more on Bromans and also actual Classics @lizgloyn.bsky.social

- Cursed Wigs and Live Reactions

- Disturbing facts about Dancing In The Moonlight

- Enya

Do join us next week for the special, nay, Iconic roast of Icons Week.

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Rail metaphors abound as we find that the winner train is at least delayed. Ellie is joined by AJ, Ariadne, Elliott and Meg to examine the conundrum that is Week 5 on Strictly.

Also discussed:

- The .io domain name and some ISO chat

- Alternative formats for the show that don’t feel so long

- Lack of suitable songs for the Viennese

- A cursed mini-segment

- Pumpkin farming

- Artisan roll topping techniques

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Everything is FINE in Strictlyland, nothing is at all amiss. Ellie is joined by AJ, Meg, Milly and Elliott to talk new themes, old themes, frocks, shocks and occasionally some dance themed content. Content warning for general discussion of workplace sexual harassment.

Apologies for Elliott’s audio and noises off, once again he is broadcasting from the central reservation of the M62.

Also covered:

- Inanimate third wheels in dance: just say no

- Inbetweeners: The Jukebox Musical

- What is a joke, plz explain

- Standing desks for Strictly celebs

- Routes to masculinity in dance

- An actually unacceptable level of previous dance experience

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Once more Movies Week brings brow-furrowing scoring, costuming and CGI and a slightly predictable denouement. Ellie is joined by AJ, Elliott, Meg and Vikki to string together a loosely connected collection of Bond jokes.

Also discussed:

- Pierce Brosnan

- A slow, gentle roast of Neil Jones

- A request for feedback on the flat shoe jive case

- Spoilers for the Barbie movie and also The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie

- The Petewita Conspiracy

- A more comprehensive history of women in gaming

- Love for Punam

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The first dance-off of the 2024 series delivers a HMM?! Ellie is joined by AJ, Ariadne, Milly and Meg to wonder in passing about Craig’s wig. Lots of fire in this episode. But there are some nice storylines too.

Topics discussed:

- The fringe to stoning continuum

- Content note: exactly one new sound effect

- Demands to see The Farm

- Chaperone Alcove drinking game

- New James Bond casting ideas

- Deep Cyprus at Eurovision lore

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It’s the first actual dances of the series! Ellie is joined by Elliott, Milly and Meg for a medium-sized podcast about a very long show.

- Thinking about how retroreflector tape works

- A whole new medium-sized prop!

- Beaming personalities down the camera: a skill

- A good pro: someone who makes the most of their celeb

- Speaking of… YAY CHRIS and YAY DIANNE!

- Gladiators and DWTS US digressions

The new season is here. AJ works through our new dance partnerships with Meg and Ewan.

Also discussed

- That beard.

- The Countryfile vote.

- Educating through public service broadcasting.

- Dave Arch’s Monkey’s Paw.

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Ellie is joined by AJ, Milly, Meg, Elliot and Vikki to voyage into the past and appreciate the very first episode of Strictly in glorious standard definition technicolour potatovision! Do topics arising from the dawn of the show shine some light on the current Discourse? You’ll have to listen to find out. Plus: a quick assessment of the cast of the 2024 series. Are they WHO? or THEM!

Also discussed:

- Trousers

- Hair

- ERIN FLIPPIN BOAG

- Grudges which are over twenty years old

- Judge Meanness Levels

- The 2004 social media landscape

- Various Shayne Ward revelations

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