"trophy. The many presenters over the years included Peter West, McDonald Hobley, Charles Nove, Terry Wogan, Brian Johnston, Angela Rippon, Michael Aspel, Noel Edmonds, David Jacobs, Judith Chalmers, Pete Murray and Rosemarie Ford. Commentators included Ray Moore and Bruce Hammal. In 2004, a re-launched celebrity version entitled ""Strictly Come Dancing"", hosted by Bruce Forsyth (2004–13), Tess Daly, Zoe Ball (2011–) and Claudia Winkleman (2014–) debuted on BBC One, and became a popular hit on Saturday evenings. The title is an amalgamation of the titles of both the 1992 Australian film ""Strictly Ballroom"" and ""Come Dancing"". The format of the newer"
"to Her Majesty's Theatre, Melbourne in January 2015, and the Lyric Theatre, QPAC in Brisbane in September 2015. The show received its British premiere on 30 November 2016 at the West Yorkshire Playhouse in Leeds. The show had its North American premier in Toronto at the Princess of Wales Theatre on 25 April 2017. Strictly Ballroom Strictly Ballroom is a 1992 Australian romantic comedy film directed and co-written by Baz Luhrmann. The film, Luhrmann's début, is the first in his ""The Red Curtain Trilogy"" of theatre-motif-related films; it was followed by ""Romeo + Juliet"" and ""Moulin Rouge!"". ""Strictly Ballroom"" is"
"Strictly Ballroom Strictly Ballroom is a 1992 Australian romantic comedy film directed and co-written by Baz Luhrmann. The film, Luhrmann's début, is the first in his ""The Red Curtain Trilogy"" of theatre-motif-related films; it was followed by ""Romeo + Juliet"" and ""Moulin Rouge!"". ""Strictly Ballroom"" is based on a critically acclaimed stage play originally set up in 1984 by Luhrmann and fellow students while he was studying at the National Institute of Dramatic Arts in Sydney. An expanded version of the play became a success at the Czechoslovakian Youth Drama Festival in Bratislava in 1986, and, in 1988, it made"
"Watson as Ken Railings and Charlotte Gooch as Tina Sparkle. On 31 July 2018, Matt Cardle took over the role of Wally Strand. Strictly Ballroom (musical) Strictly Ballroom the Musical is a musical theatre adaptation of the 1992 film ""Strictly Ballroom"". It is credited as being created by Baz Luhrmann with book by Baz Luhrmann and Craig Pearce adapted by Terry Johnson. The show currently consists of a score of existing music and songs. Previous productions featured new musical numbers by David Foster, Sia Furler, Isaac Hasson, Bernie Herms, Baz Luhrmann, MoZella, Neff-U, Craig Pearce, Eddie Perfect, Linda Thompson and"
"commonly known as the Tony Award, recognizes excellence in live Broadway theatre, and has been awarded since 1947. Luhrmann has specifically been nominated twice, and his production of ""La Boheme"" also won awards for Best Scenic Design and Best Lighting Design at the 57th Tony Awards. In September 2009, Luhrmann made an appearance as a guest judge on ""Dancing with the Stars"". Luhrmann participated on the NPR radio quiz program ""Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me!"" in 2013. Baz Luhrmann Baz Luhrmann (born Mark Anthony Luhrmann, 17 September 1962) is an Australian writer, director, and producer with projects spanning film, television,"
"in David Hewlett's 2006 film ""A Dog's Breakfast"". In January and February 2011 she presented selected ""Strictly Come Dancing Live!"" shows across different locations. Kate Thornton presented the shows that Byram missed. Byram was rumoured to be playing 'Mumsie' in the possible ITV remake of ""The Crystal Maze"". She also appeared in the music video for Joe Dolan and Dustin the Turkey's song ""Good Looking Woman"", in 1997. Before she moved to the United States, Byram dated comedian Patrick Kielty. Currently living in Fulham, South-west London, she was engaged to former rugby union player Craig McMullen. However, she announced in"
"romantic comedy film ""Strictly Ballroom"" (1992), the romantic tragedy ""William Shakespeare's Romeo + Juliet"" (1996), and ""Moulin Rouge!"" (2001). Following the trilogy, projects included ""Australia"" (2008), ""The Great Gatsby"" (2013), and his television period drama ""The Get Down"" for Netflix. Additional projects include stage productions of Giacomo Puccini's ""La bohème"" for both the Australian Opera and Broadway and ""Strictly Ballroom the Musical"". Luhrmann is equally known for his Grammy-nominated soundtracks for ""Moulin Rouge!"" and , as well as his record label House of Iona, a co-venture with RCA Records. Serving as producer on all of his musical soundtracks, he also"
"in the New Zealand version. In 2008, he began hosting a series called ""Mercurio's Menu"" where he travels Australia, cooking in different locations. Paul Mercurio Paul Joseph Mercurio (born 31 March 1963) is an Australian actor, dancer, and TV presenter. Mercurio is best known for his lead role in Baz Luhrmann's ""Strictly Ballroom"" (1992). His father was the character actor Gus Mercurio. Mercurio was born in Swan Hill, Victoria in 1963 and began ballet at nine. By the age of 19 in 1982, he was Principal Dancer with the Sydney Dance Company – a position he held for 10 years."
"Angus Strathie together with Halle Berry, director Pitof, and the producers. Strathie explained, ""We wanted a very reality-based wardrobe to show the progression from demure, repressed Patience to the sensual awakening of a sexy warrior goddess."" Angus Strathie Angus Strathie is an Australian costume designer. Angus Strathie has had a long professional career in costume design. A friend and longtime colleague of Baz Luhrmann and Catherine Martin, one of his earliest projects was the cult favourite ""Strictly Ballroom"", a romantic comedy produced in 1992. Strathie went on to design the costumes for a TV production of the famous Puccini opera"
"became more widely known for his live-action appearances in feature films such as ""The Birdcage"" (1996), ""Godzilla"" (1998), ""Mystery Men"" (1999), ""America's Sweethearts"" (2001), ""Shattered Glass"" (2003), ""Along Came Polly"" (2004), ""Run Fatboy Run"" (2007), """" (2009) and ""The Smurfs"" (2011). Since 2017, he has starred as the title character in ""Brockmire"". Azaria had recurring roles on the television series ""Mad About You"" and ""Friends"", played the title character in the drama ""Huff"" (2004–2006) and appeared in the popular stage musical ""Spamalot"". Originally known as a comedic actor, he has also taken on more dramatic roles, including the TV films"
"in the third. Red Curtain Trilogy The Red Curtain Trilogy is the title given to the first three films directed by Baz Luhrmann: These three films were included in the ""Red Curtain Trilogy"" DVD box set released in 2002. The films do not form a trilogy in the traditional sense, as there is no relationship between the plot of each film. Instead, the Red Curtain Trilogy has been described by Luhrmann as following a specific filmmaking technique. Each film contains a theatre motif that reappears throughout the film. Dance is used in the first film, poetry and language in the"
"Strictly Come Dancing Strictly Come Dancing (informally known as Strictly) is a British television dance contest in which celebrities partner with professional dancers to compete in mainly ballroom and Latin dance. Each couple is scored out of 10 by a panel of judges. The format has been exported to over 40 other countries, and has also inspired a modern dance-themed spin-off ""Strictly Dance Fever"". The show is currently presented by Tess Daly and Claudia Winkleman. The show has run on BBC One since 15 May 2004, primarily on Saturday evenings with a following Sunday night results show (with certain exceptions)"
"variety of TV programmes for a range of broadcasters, including ""Strictly Come Dancing"", ""Harry Hill's TV Burp"", ""Match of the Day"", ""Later... with Jools Holland"", ""Miranda"", ""The Alan Titchmarsh Show"", ""The Armstrong and Miller Show"" and ""8 Out of 10 Cats"", and big complex live productions such as Children in Need and Comic Relief. Over the years they were home to some of the world's most famous TV programmes including ""Fawlty Towers"", ""Monty Python's Flying Circus"", ""Blue Peter"", ""Absolutely Fabulous"", classic ""Doctor Who"" and most of the best known BBC drama series. From the 1980s the use of the complex"
"Len Goodman Leonard Gordon Goodman (born 25 April 1944) is an English professional ballroom dancer, dance judge, and coach. He has appeared as head judge on the television dance programmes ""Strictly Come Dancing"", a programme where various celebs each partnered with professional dancers compete for the glitter ball trophy, from its beginning in 2004 until 2016 and ""Dancing with the Stars"" since 2005. He also runs a ballroom dance school in Dartford, Kent. Goodman was born in Bethnal Green, London. His birth was registered in Bromley, Kent, the son of Leonard Gordon Goodman, an electrician, and Louisa Adelaide (née Eldridge)."
"13 nominations and winning in eight major categories. It was also a major success at the 1993 BAFTA awards, gaining eight nominations and winning three awards for 'Best Costume Design', 'Best Original Film Score' and 'Best Production Design'. Other major accolades included a 1994 Golden Globe nomination for Best Picture, 'Newcomer of the Year' at the 1993 London Critics Circle Film Awards, the 'People's Choice' award at the 1992 Toronto International Film Festival and 'Most Popular Film' at the 1992 Vancouver International Film Festival. ""Strictly Ballroom"" holds a rating of 95% on Rotten Tomatoes based on 40 reviews. ""Strictly Ballroom"""
"each show on BBC One. All numbers are in millions and provided by BARB. Strictly Come Dancing (series 13) Strictly Come Dancing returned for its thirteenth series on BBC One with a launch show on 5 September 2015, with the live shows starting on 25 September 2015. Tess Daly and Claudia Winkleman returned to present the launch show and the live shows while Zoë Ball returned to present """" on BBC Two. Len Goodman, Bruno Tonioli and Craig Revel Horwood returned as judges for their thirteenth series, along with Darcey Bussell who returned for her fourth series as a judge."
"Living"". Australia's The Physical TV Company, directed by Richard James Allen and Karen Pearlman, is well known for creating original works that are a sophisticated meeting of the possibilities of cinema with those of dance. Dance films such as ""Rubberman Accepts The Nobel Prize"" (2001), ""No Surrender"" (2002), and ""Down Time Jaz"" (2003) are differing examples of the possibilities of this approach involving comedy, visual effects, drama, and animation. The Machinima work by Chris Brandt: 'Dance, Voldo, Dance' which uses computer game characters within the game ""Soulcalibur"" to act out a live, choreographed dance. Two players simultaneously performed the dance"
"Abigail Breslin, Colt Prattes, Debra Messing, Sarah Hyland, Nicole Scherzinger, Billy Dee Williams & Shane Harper. It aired on May 24, 2017. It received negative reviews from a majority of critics. Dirty Dancing Dirty Dancing is a 1987 American romantic drama dance film written by Eleanor Bergstein and directed by Emile Ardolino. It stars Jennifer Grey as Frances ""Baby"" Houseman, a young woman who falls in love with dance instructor Johnny Castle (Patrick Swayze) at her family's resort. The film was based on screenwriter Eleanor Bergstein's own childhood. She originally wrote a screenplay for the Michael Douglas film ""It's My"
"in which he appeared was nominated for the Emmy Award in the ""Outstanding Reality/Competition Program"" category. Since ""Strictly Come Dancing"" began in the UK in 2004, Goodman has appeared as head judge on the dance competition for BBC One, in all series of the show and until the 2016 series, Goodman appeared on the panel with Darcey Bussell, Bruno Tonioli, and Craig Revel Horwood. However, in July 2016, Goodman announced he would be leaving the show at the end of that year's series. His final appearance was on the Christmas Day Special. On 9 May 2017, it was announced that"
"successful season at Sydney's Wharf Theatre, where it was seen by Australian music executive Ted Albert and his wife Antoinette. They both loved it, and, when Albert soon after set up the film production company M&A Productions with ex-Film Australia producer Tristram Miall, they offered Luhrmann to transform his play into a film. He agreed on the condition that he would also get to direct it. ""Strictly Ballroom"" tells the story of an Australian ballroom dancer, Scott Hastings (Paul Mercurio), and his struggle to establish his personal style of dance on his way to win the Pan-Pacific Grand Prix Dancing"
"Shirley Ballas would succeed Goodman as head judge. Goodman has been the head judge on ""Strictly Come Dancing's"" American adaptation, ""Dancing with the Stars"", appearing in all seasons of the program since 2005 with Carrie Ann Inaba, Bruno Tonioli, and, since 2014, Julianne Hough. He left the show for season 21, but returned the following season. From 30 March to 9 April 2012, Goodman hosted a three-part BBC One documentary that was broadcast in the United States by PBS for the 100th anniversary of the voyage and sinking of the RMS ""Titanic"". It capitalised on his experience as a welder"
"""The Get Down"" about the birth of hip-hop in the 1970s. Luhrmann has cast certain actors in more than one of his films: Luhrmann has cited Italian grand opera as a major influence on his work and has also given a nod to other theatrical styles, such as Bollywood films, as having influenced his style. Luhrmann was a ballroom dancer as a child and his mother taught ballroom dancing which was an inspiration for ""Strictly Ballroom"". Luhrmann's favourite films are ""Star 80"", ""8½"", ""War and Peace"", ""Medium Cool"" and ""Fitzcarraldo"". The Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts Awards are"
"and stars Udo Kier. Trier completed the Europa trilogy in 1991 with ""Europa"" (released as ""Zentropa"" in the US), which won the Prix duJury at the 1991 Cannes Film Festival, and picked up awards at other major festivals. In 1990 he also directed the music video for the song ""Bakerman"" by Laid Back. This video was re-used in 2006 by the English DJ and artist Shaun Baker in his remake of the song. Seeking financial independence and creative control over their projects, in 1992 vonTrier and producer Peter Aalbæk Jensen founded the film production company Zentropa Entertainment. Named after a"
"Red Curtain Trilogy The Red Curtain Trilogy is the title given to the first three films directed by Baz Luhrmann: These three films were included in the ""Red Curtain Trilogy"" DVD box set released in 2002. The films do not form a trilogy in the traditional sense, as there is no relationship between the plot of each film. Instead, the Red Curtain Trilogy has been described by Luhrmann as following a specific filmmaking technique. Each film contains a theatre motif that reappears throughout the film. Dance is used in the first film, poetry and language in the second and song"
"by far the wider known version, and especially so following its appearance in the 1990 film ""Ghost"". ""House of the Rising Sun"" has hundreds of versions and in many genres such as folk, blues rock and punk as well as dance and dubstep. Director Baz Luhrmann has contemporized and stylized older songs for use in his films. New or cover versions such as John Paul Young's ""Love Is in the Air"" occur in ""Strictly Ballroom"", Candi Staton's ""Young Hearts Run Free"" appear in ""Romeo + Juliet"", and adaptations of artists such as Nat King Cole, Nirvana, Kiss, Elton John, Thelma"
"film and Alfred Hitchcock's ""Suspicion"" and ""Rich and Strange"". ""Bergman on Bergman"", Touchstone/Simon & Schuster, New York 1973. Thirst (1949 film) Thirst () is a 1949 Swedish drama film directed by Ingmar Bergman. It was released as Three Strange Loves in the United Kingdom. Rut and her husband Bertil travel home by train after a holiday in Italy. Their marriage is unhappy due to Rut's changing moods and heavy drinking. While passing through the ruins of post-war Germany, Rut recalls an earlier affair with married military officer Raoul. Raoul forced her to abort their child, which resulted in complications, Rut's"
"for the corporation's commercial arm. Garvie was responsible for developing ""Strictly Come Dancing"", and the popular US version ""Dancing With The Stars"". In addition to this, he also helped set up new UK producers such as Left Bank Pictures and Cliffhanger, and has invested in existing companies such as Baby Cow, Big Talk, Clerkenwell and Hardy Pictures. Garvie left the BBC after more than a decade. He joined the corporation as BBC Manchester head of entertainment and features from Granada in 1998. Three years later he became the London-based head of the BBC entertainment group. Wayne Garvie Wayne Garvie (born"
"Paul Mercurio Paul Joseph Mercurio (born 31 March 1963) is an Australian actor, dancer, and TV presenter. Mercurio is best known for his lead role in Baz Luhrmann's ""Strictly Ballroom"" (1992). His father was the character actor Gus Mercurio. Mercurio was born in Swan Hill, Victoria in 1963 and began ballet at nine. By the age of 19 in 1982, he was Principal Dancer with the Sydney Dance Company – a position he held for 10 years. During this time, he was commissioned to choreograph six works performed by the company. Mercurio left the Sydney Dance Company in August 1992"
"electronic buzzes. So George and Harry gave it the treatment."" Young performed ""Love is in the Air"" live on episode 148 of ""Countdown"" on 30 April 1978. ""Love Is in the Air"" was the theme song to Baz Luhrmann's 1992 debut feature film ""Strictly Ballroom"". Young performed the song at the Closing Ceremony of the 2000 Olympic Games in Sydney. The song is regularly sung at football matches by supporters of Dundee United. In 2006, the song was played during the 2006 Winter Olympic opening ceremony's parade of the athletes. In Canada, Young's recording of ""Love Is in the Air"""
"The Strictly The Strictly is a signature dance routine from the BBC show ""Strictly Come Dancing"", which launched in the 13th series of the popular entertainment show. The dance was devised by ""Strictly Come Dancing""'s Director of Choreography, Jason Gilkison and draws inspiration from some of the show's most iconic moves, as well as celebrating some of the show's stars. A fragment of the dance first appeared in the professional's opening Strictly Express group number in the season premiere on 5 September 2015. It was referred to explicitly for the first time by Tess Daly on 3 October 2015 after"
"2013, 2014, 2016 and 2017 In the Guinness Book of World Records 2010 edition, the format of ""Strictly Come Dancing"" was named the most successful television show with the format being sold to more than 38 countries worldwide. Strictly Come Dancing Strictly Come Dancing (informally known as Strictly) is a British television dance contest in which celebrities partner with professional dancers to compete in mainly ballroom and Latin dance. Each couple is scored out of 10 by a panel of judges. The format has been exported to over 40 other countries, and has also inspired a modern dance-themed spin-off ""Strictly"
"(given in parentheses) are listed in this order from left to right: Craig Revel Horwood, Darcey Bussell, Len Goodman, Alesha Dixon, Bruno Tonioli."" Weekly ratings for each show on BBC1. Figures exclude the BBC HD Channel. All numbers are in millions and provided by BARB In September 2009 ""Strictly Come Dancing"" earned a place in Guinness World Records as ""most successful reality television format"", with licensing rights sold to broadcasters in 38 countries. Nonetheless, the sixth series' audiences had suffered as a result of direct clashes with ITV rival ""The X Factor"". The BBC's decision in August 2009 to screen"
"Goodman, Bruno Tonioli."" Broadcast live from Wembley Arena Weekly ratings for each show on BBC One. All numbers are in millions and provided by BARB. Series average excludes the launch show. Strictly Come Dancing (series 10) Strictly Come Dancing returned for its tenth series and began with the launch show on 15 September 2012. The live shows commenced on 5 October. Fourteen celebrities took part - the same number as the previous year. Sir Bruce Forsyth and Tess Daly returned to present the main show on BBC One and Claudia Winkleman returned to present the results show with Daly. Zoë"