Posts Tagged ‘Dancing on Wheels’
Dancing on Wheels – Show 2
See the show, available until 9.59pm on Thursday 25th March 2010. So this week the competitors are either performing a Foxtrot (my personal favourite) or a Rumba. I’m really looking forward to seeing the Foxtrot, I think any of the ‘floaty’ ballroom dances will really suit a wheeled competitor. Up first, Diana Morgan-Hill & Mark…
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iPlayer repeat available until 9.59pm on Thursday 25th March 2010. I know 9pm is the ‘Watershed’ for programming in the UK but I still think they should have bleeped or edited the majority of the swearing from this program. The day after the show first aired I mentioned it to one of my students and…
Read MoreBackground, rules and judging criteria
History of Wheelchair Ballroom Dancing The art of wheelchair dancing was born in the UK in the late 60s. A rehabilitation centre in Scotland was teaching people how to operate and manoeuvre their new wheelchairs and it soon became evident that the movements could be done to music. Read More Rules Dancing on Wheels features…
Read MoreDancing on Wheels…the competitors
Britain has yet to compete at the international stage with wheelchair dancing and so the show aims to train a celeb and a wheelchair user to take part in the current world championship. So the six couples (one celeb and one wheelchair user) are the following: James O’Shea & Caroline Flack Harry Maule & Michelle…
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