Launch will be next week and the couples have already been chosen. I urge the contestants to read up on my updates of the dances to get that expert knowledge in advance :thumbs:

The Foxtrot

The Foxtrot is a smooth, progressive dance characterized by long, continuous flowing movements across the dance floor. It is danced to big band(usually vocal) music. The dance is similar in its look to Waltz, although the rhythm is in a 4/4 time signature instead of 3/4. Developed in the 1910's, the Foxtrot reached its height of popularity in the 1930's, and remains practiced today

A beautiful, romantic dance, the Foxtrot is composed of fairly simple walking steps and side steps. The dance combines slow steps, which use two beats of music, and quick steps, which use one beat of music. The footwork timing is usually "slow, quick, quick" or "slow, slow, quick, quick." The Foxtrot must be danced very smoothly, with no jerking of the body. Timing is also a very important component of the Foxtrot. As the Foxtrot is more challenging than other styles of dance, it is usually recommended to master the Waltz and Quickstep prior to attempting it

Some of my favourite foxtrots

Stacey Dooley and Kevin Clifton


Helen George and Alijaz skorjanec


Georgia May Foote and Giovanni pernice

The Argentine Tango

Argentine tango is a musical genre and accompanying social dance originating at the end of the 19th century in the suburbs of Buenos Aires and Montevideo. It typically has a rhythmic time signature, and two or three parts repeating in patterns such as ABAB or ABCAC. Its lyrics are marked by nostalgia, sadness, and laments for lost love. The typical orchestra has several melodic instruments and is given a distinctive air by the small button accordion called the bandoneon. It has continued to grow in popularity and spread internationally, adding modern elements without replacing the older ones

Argentine tango is danced in an embrace that can vary from very open, in which leader and follower connect at arms length, to very closed, in which the connection is chest-to-chest, or anywhere in between.

Tango dance is essentially walking with a partner and the music. Dancing appropriately to the emotion and speed of a tango is extremely important to dancing tango. A good dancer is one who transmits a feeling of the music to the partner, leading them effectively throughout the dance. Also, dancers generally keep their feet close to the floor as they walk, the ankles and knees brushing as one leg passes the other.

Argentine tango dancing relies heavily on improvisation; although certain patterns of movement have been codified by instructors over the years as a device to instruct dancers, there is a "basic step" called "basico". One of the few constants across all Argentine tango dance styles is that the follower will usually be led to alternate feet. Another is that the follower rarely has his or her weight on both feet at the same time. In many modern variations of Argentine Tango, particularly in Europe, teachers of Tango may establish a "basic step" in order to help students to learn and pick up the "feel" of the dance

Some of my favourite Argentine Tangos include

Kara Tointon and Artem chivensent


Joe mcfadden and Katya Jones


Simon Webbe and Kristina Rhianoff

Feel free to share your favourite dances on strictly

Later we will be exploring the Rumba and the Paso Doble!

Any chance a mod can put this in the games section?

I don't think anyone is seeing it all the way down in the strictly section and it launches next week

Its all going on!

Sassy Drumrolls please....

The 2 professionals that are replacing Kevin and Graziano are....in no particular order....

WOO Artem

The Rumba

A slow, romantic, and sensual Latin dance, born in the 1930's, taking elements from the Cuban Bolero. In this dance, both partners typically stand at close distance from each other, making slow and smooth movements throughout the dance.

Natalie Gumede and Artem chivensent


Jay Mcguiness and Aliona Vilani


Rachel Stevens and Vincent Simone


The Paso Doble

Pasodoble (Spanish: double step) is a Spanish military march, and also a modern dance that emulates the movements of a bullfight.

Essentially, the Pasadoble dance involves role-playing. This two-person dance form has the man performing as the bullfighter and the woman as the cape. It is known as one of the fastest Latin ballroom dances because dancers make around 120 to 130 beats/steps per minute. In some versions, the man portrays the matador in the dance, and the woman portrays the bull. Flamenco-likequalities infuse the dance as the man and woman challenge each other.

Pasodoble is a lively style of dance to the duple meter march-like music. Its original form as a Spanish military march is still interpreted in the context of the Moors and Christians festivals, in southeastern Spain, and is the major focus of current Pasodoble productions.

Alexandra Burke and Gorka marquez


Danny Mac and Oti Mabusi


Frankie Bridge and Kevin Clifton

This weekend we will be exploring our final lot of dances, The Quickstep, Vienesse Waltz, Showdance and Couples choice

Launch Night is this coming Sunday the 17th February

:D

The Quickstep

The quickstep is a light-hearted dance of the standard ballroom dances. The movement of the dance is fast and powerfully flowing and sprinkled with syncopations. The upbeat melodies that quickstep is danced to make it suitable for both formal and informal events. Quickstep was developed in the 1920s in New York City and was first danced by Caribbean and African dancers. Its origins are in combination of slow foxtrot combined with the Charleston, a dance which was one of the precursors to what today is called swing dancing.

This dance gradually evolved into a very dynamic one with a lot of movement on the dance floor, with many advanced patterns including hops, runs, quick steps with a lot of momentum, and rotation. The tempo of quickstep dance is rather brisk, as it was developed to ragtime era jazz music, which is fast-paced when compared to other dance music.

By the end of the 20th century the complexity of quickstep as done by advanced dancers had increased, with the extensive use of syncopated steps with eighth note durations. While in older times quickstep patterns were counted with "quick" (one beat) and "slow" (two beats) steps, many advanced patterns today are cued with split beats, such as "quick-and-quick-and-quick, quick, slow", with there being further steps on the 'and's.

Faye Tozer and Giovanni Pernice


Joe Sugg and Dianne Buswell


Claudia Fragapane and AJ pritchard


The Vienesse Waltz

The Viennese waltz is the original form of the waltz. It was the first ballroom dance performed in the closed holdor "waltz" position. The dance that is popularly known as the waltz is actually the English or slow waltz, danced at approximately 90 beats per minute with 3 beats to the bar (the international standard of 30 measures per minute), while the Viennese waltz is danced at about 180 beats (58-60 measures) per minute

The Viennese waltz is a rotary dance where the dancers are constantly turning either toward the leader's right (natural) or toward the leader's left (reverse), interspersed with non-rotating change steps to switch between the direction of rotation.

As the waltz evolved, some of the versions that were done at about the original fast tempo came to be called specifically "Viennese waltz" to distinguish them from the slower waltzes. In the modern ballroom dance, two versions of Viennese waltz are recognized: International Style and American Style.

Today the Viennese waltz is a ballroom and partner dance that is part of the International Standard division of contemporary ballroom dance.

Kimberly Walsh and Pasha Kovalev


Pixie Lott and Trent Whiddon


Kellie Bright and Kevin Clifton


Showdance

The show dance (sometimes referred to as the freestyle) is the only dance in the series where there are no rules! It is only performed in the series final, and the couples are asked to dance a no holds barred, show stopping routine, incorporating whatever styles of dance they like, and often including a whole variety of lifts and spectacles for the viewers and judges to delight in.

Louis Smith and Flavia Carcace


Joe McFadden and Katya Jones


Caroline Flack and Pasha kovalev


Couples Choice

The couples choose one of three styles:

Contemporary (C) contains elements of ballet and modern dance and should be fluid and lyrical, and should contain emotive storytelling.

Street/Commercial (SC) encompasses a range of all forms of urban dance such as hip hop, breakdancing, funks and music videos.

Theatre/Jazz (TJ) is the style of musical theatre, telling a story through dance including modern theatre, soft shoe, tap and even burlesque.

The couple’s choice has no restrictions on frame, hold or the number of lifts.

Contemporary:

Ashley Roberts and Pasha kovalev


Jazz:

Faye Tozer and Giovanni Pernice


Street:

Joe Sugg and Dianne Buswell

So that's it that's every dance explained and some of the best strictly dances in history shown

But now it's tibbs turn

Tomorrow night 14 contestants will be finding out which professional dancers they have been partnered with to create some new memories on that dance floor

So tune in for that

If the backstage antics are anything to go by its sure to be an exciting series

Keeeeep Dancing!

perched :dazzler:

:love:

What time

I can't give a precise time as I don't know what's happening tomorrow yet but it should be in the evening

Welcome to the launch of Strictly TIBB dancing!

Tonight we are going to find out who are partners are for this year but without further ado here is our professionals to show us how it's done!



So should we do some pairing up?

The first 3 contestants to find out which professional they are with are...

Nicky91/SherzyK/LeatherTrumpet

Nicky91 your partner is going to be...




SherzyK your partner is going to be...




LeatherTrumpet your partner is going to be...




Lets welcome our next 3 contestants...

Niamh/Cherie/Kazanne

Niamh your partner is going to be...



Cherie your partner is going to be...



Kazanne your partner is going to be...





Lets meet our next 4 contestants...

RileyH /Barry/BlackDagger/ThisIsDanny

RileyH your partner is going to be...



Barry your partner is going to be...






BlackDagger your partner is going to be...




So ThisIsDanny your partner is going to be...





Time for our next 4 contestants

Livia/Hijacks/Montblanc/Amy Jade

Livia your partner is going to be...



Hijacks your partner is going to be...





Montblanc your partner is going to be...





Which means Amy Jade your partner is...




So that's it everyone is partnered up and they will all take the dance floor together for the first time very soon but for now a guest performance it's little mix with think about us



So here it is the Class of 2019 group dance. Later this week they will all get given their chosen dance. See you next week

Katya :love:

You missed out Danny I think!

Cute

Wow Jake it’s looking like we’ve got some fantastic pairings this year! I wonder who will fall for the Strictly curse and be getting it on backstage? I’ll sure be finding out for you when the couples talk to me after their performances!

*pretends to be happy*

I'm sure there will be a lot of hooking up this year!