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Ola Jordan
Aleksandra 'Ola' Jordan ( Grabowska; born 30 September 1982) is a Polish-British professional ballroom dancer, specialising in Latin American dancing. She appeared as a professional on the British BBC One television show ''Strictly Come Dancing'' (SCD) from 2006 to 2015, becoming champion in 2009. Prior to this, after winning a championship event in her native Poland, Aleksandra Grabowska moved to England and began a new partnership with James Jordan. They married on 12 October 2003 and live near Maidstone in Kent. In 2018, she became a judge on '' Dancing with the Stars: Taniec z gwiazdami'' in Poland. Dancing career Aleksandra Grabowska has been dancing since the age of ten when her school advertised a dance club. Before dancing with James Jordan, she had danced with Przemek 'John' Lowicki in Poland. She won Poland's Open Championships in 1999 aged seventeen, and went on to take 12th place in the following year's World Championships. The first recorded dance by Ola Gr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Taniec Z Gwiazdami
''Dancing with the Stars. Taniec z gwiazdami'' (previously simply ''Taniec z gwiazdami'' ) is a Polish light entertainment reality television series broadcast by Polsat. It is the Polish version of the British reality TV competition ''Strictly Come Dancing'' and is part of the ''Dancing with the Stars'' franchise. The show first aired on TVN in the spring of 2005. Since then, a new season has aired every autumn and spring, except for a break in 2012–2013. Every Sunday, ratings average more than 7 million viewers for the first airing. The highest-rated episode was the second-season finale when ratings were around 8 million people. Since the beginning of the show, there have been four different presenters. Magda Mołek was the female host only during the show's first season. Hubert Urbański, hosted initially with Mołek during the first season, and stayed with the show until mid-2007 after the fifth season. Katarzyna Skrzynecka, an actress and singer, was the female co-host ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
American Smooth
This is a list of dance terms that are not names of dances or types of dances. See List of dances and List of dance style categories for those. This glossary lists terms used in various types of ballroom partner dances, leaving out terms of highly evolved or specialized dance forms, such as ballet, tap dancing, and square dancing, which have their own elaborate terminology. See also: * Glossary of ballet terms * Glossary of dance moves Abbreviations *3T – Three Ts *CBL – Cross-body lead *CBM – Contra body movement *CBMP – Contra body movement position *COG – Center of gravity *CPB – Center point of balance *CPP – Counter promenade position *DC – Diagonally to center *DW – Diagonally to wall *IDSF – International DanceSport Federation *IDTA – International Dance Teachers Association *ISTD – Imperial Society of Teachers of Dancing *J&J – Jack and Jill *LOD – Line of dance *MPM – Measures per minute *NFR – No fo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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. Its origins are in combination of slow foxtrot combined with the Charleston (dance), Charleston, a dance which was one of the precursors to what today is called swing dancing. History The quickstep evolved in the 1920s from a combination of the foxtrot, Charleston (dance), Charleston, Collegiate shag (dance), shag, Peabody (dance), peabody, and One-Step, one-step. The dance is English in origin and was standardized in 1927. While it evolved from the foxtrot, the quickstep now is quite separate. Unlike the modern foxtrot, the lead and follow, leader often closes his feet, and syncopated steps are regular occurrences (as was the case in early foxtrot). Three characteristic dance figures of the quickstep are the chassés, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kenny Logan
Kenneth McKerrow Logan (born 3 April 1972) is a Scottish retired rugby union player who played wing (rugby union), wing for Stirling County RFC and Glasgow District (rugby union), Glasgow District at amateur level; Glasgow Warriors, Wasps RFC professional level; and Scotland national rugby union team, Scotland at international level. He won three English Premiership (rugby union), English Premierships Heineken Cup with Wasps RFC; and one Scottish Premiership title with Stirling County RFC in 1995, just before the game turned professional. Early life Logan was born on 3 April 1972 in Stirling, Scotland. As a schoolboy, Logan had Association football, football trials as a Goalkeeper (association football), goalkeeper for Dundee United F.C., Dundee United and Heart of Midlothian F.C., Hearts. He left school at sixteen and began his rugby career with his hometown club Stirling County RFC, Stirling County, making his senior debut at 17. Club career Logan played for the amate ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pasodoble
Pasodoble ( Spanish: ''double step'') is a fast-paced Spanish military march used by infantry troops. Its speed allowed troops to give 120 steps per minute (double the average of a regular unit, hence its name). This often was accompanied by a marching band, and as a result of that, the military march gave rise to a modern Spanish musical genre and partner dance form. Both voice and instruments, as well as the dance then began to develop and be practiced independently of marches, and also gained association with bullfighting due to the genre being popular as an instrumental music performed during bullfights. Both the dance and the non-martial compositions are also called pasodoble. Structure All pasodobles have binary rhythm. Its musical structure consists of an introduction based on the dominant chord of the piece, followed by a first fragment based on the main tone and a second part, called "the trío", based on the sub-dominant note, based yet again on the dominant ch ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jive (dance)
The jive is a dance style that originated in the United States from African Americans in the early 1930s. The name of the dance comes from the name of a form of African-American vernacular slang, popularized in the 1930s by the publication of a dictionary by Cab Calloway, the famous jazz bandleader and singer. In competition ballroom dancing, the jive is often (mistakenly) grouped with the Latin-inspired ballroom dances, though its roots are based more on swing dancing than Latin dancing. History To the players of swing music in the 1930s and 1940s, jive was an expression denoting glib or foolish talk. American soldiers brought Lindy Hop The Lindy Hop is an American dance which was born in the African-American communities of Harlem, New York City, in 1928 and has evolved since then. It was very popular during the swing era of the late 1930s and early 1940s. Lindy is a fusion of .../ jitterbug to Europe around 1940, where this dance swiftly found a following among the yo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paul Daniels
Newton Edward Daniels (6 April 1938 – 17 March 2016), known professionally as Paul Daniels, was an English magician and television presenter. He achieved international fame through his television series '' The Paul Daniels Magic Show'', which ran on the BBC from 1979 to 1994. Daniels was known for his catchphrase "You'll like this... not a lot, but you'll like it!", and for his marriage to his assistant, Debbie McGee. He was awarded the "Magician of the Year" Award by the Academy of Magical Arts in 1982, the first magician from outside the United States to receive it. He also won the Golden Rose of Montreux in 1985. He was a Member of the Inner Magic Circle with Gold Star. He has been described as "The Godfather of Magic" and has been repeatedly credited with inspiring many top magicians to start in the profession. Daniels was outspoken on matters including politics, current affairs, magic, entertainment, and fellow celebrities. Towards the end of his life he also appear ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 time signature instead of . Developed in the 1910s, the foxtrot reached its height of popularity in the 1930s and remains practiced today. History The dance was premiered in 1914, quickly catching the eye of the husband and wife duo Vernon and Irene Castle, who gave the dance its signature grace and style. The origin of the name of the dance is unclear, although one theory is that it took its name from its popularizer, the vaudevillian Harry Fox. Two sources, Vernon Castle and dance teacher Betty Lee, credit African American dancers as the source of the foxtrot. Castle saw the dance, which "had been danced by negroes, to his personal knowledge, for fifteen years, ta certain exclusive colored club". W. C. Handy ("Father of the Blues" ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Steve Backshall
Stephen James Backshall (born 21 April 1973) is a British naturalist, explorer, presenter and writer, best known for BBC Television, BBC TV's ''Deadly (franchise), Deadly...'' franchise. His other BBC work includes being part of the expedition teams in ''Lost Land of the Tiger'', ''Lost Land of the Volcano'', ''Deadly Dinosaurs'' and ''Lost Land of the Jaguar'', as well as ''Expedition with Steve Backshall'' for the TV channel Dave (TV channel), Dave. He has worked for the National Geographic Channel and the Discovery Channel. He has published a series of four novels for children called ''The Falcon Chronicles'', three adult non-fiction works and numerous other children's non-fiction books. Early life Backshall's parents worked for British Airways, and he was brought up in a smallholding in Bagshot surrounded by rescue animals. Backshall attended Collingwood College, Surrey, Collingwood College in Camberley and Brooklands College, Surrey in the sixth form. He backpacked solo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charleston (dance)
The Charleston is a dance named after the harbor city of Charleston, South Carolina. The rhythm was popularized in mainstream dance music in the United States by a 1923 tune called "Charleston (1923 song), The Charleston" by composer/pianist James P. Johnson, which originated in the Broadway theatre, Broadway show ''Runnin' Wild (Musical), Runnin' Wild'' and became one of the most popular hits of the decade. ''Runnin' Wild'' ran from 28 October 1923 through 28 June 1924. The Charleston dance's peak popularity occurred from mid-1926 to 1927. Origins While the dance probably came from the "star" or challenge dances that were all part of the African-American dance called juba dance, Juba, the particular sequence of steps which appeared in ''Runnin' Wild'' were probably newly devised for popular appeal. "At first, the step started off with a simple twisting of the feet, to rhythm in a lazy sort of way. When the dance hit Harlem, a new version was added. It became a fast kicking ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Iwan Thomas
Iwan Gwyn Thomas (born 5 January 1974) is a Welsh sprinter who represented Great Britain and Northern Ireland at the Olympic Games in the 400 metres, and Wales at the Commonwealth Games. Thomas is a former European, Commonwealth Games and World 4 × 400 metres relay champion. Thomas is the former UK 400 m record holder, with his time of 44.36s set in Birmingham on 13 July 1997 standing until Matthew Hudson-Smith broke the record in May 2022. He was also a member of the team which held the European 4 × 400 m relay record of 2:56.60, set in Atlanta, USA in the Olympic final on 3 August 1996 until it was broken at the 2024 Summer Olympics. Thomas's coach for much of his running career was Mike Smith, formerly coach to British 400 m runners Roger Black, Todd Bennett and Paul Harmsworth also hurdler Kriss Akabusi. Thomas was made a Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in 1998. Athletics career His initial athletics breakthrough came at the World Junior C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cha-cha-cha (dance)
The cha-cha-cha (also called cha-cha) is a dance of Cuban origin. It is danced to cha-cha-cha music introduced by the Cuban composer and violinist Enrique Jorrin in the early 1950s. This rhythm was developed from the danzón-mambo. The name of the dance is an onomatopoeia derived from the shuffling sound of the dancers' feet when they dance two consecutive quick steps that characterize the dance. In the early 1950s, Enrique Jorrín worked as a violinist and composer with the charanga group Orquesta América. The group performed at dance halls in Havana where they played danzón, danzonete, and danzon-mambo for dance-oriented crowds. Jorrín noticed that many of the dancers at these gigs had difficulty with the syncopated rhythms of the danzón-mambo. To make his music more appealing to dancers, Jorrín began composing songs where the melody was marked strongly on the first downbeat and the rhythm was less syncopated. When Orquesta América performed these new compositions ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
