Episode 29: 45 minutes with Kevin Clifton ahead of Burn the Floor at Churchill Theatre 6 February 2022
An exclusive Bromley Buzz interview by Darren Weale and Zeenat Noorani with dancer Kevin Clifton as he looks forward to performing in Burn the Floor at Bromley's Churchill Theatre on 6th February 2022.
Kevin explains why the show, which he co-produces and stars in, means so much to him since he first joined it in 2008, talking about the brilliant costumes and live band and "two hours of, for me, just the best ballroom and Latin dancing in the world with some of the most insane dancers who are constantly striving to push the boundaries as much as possible". He talks about growing up in a ballroom competition family, confidence, anxiety, the constraints of competition, pre-show changes, and his love of Paso.
We (unsurprisingly) ask Kevin about his time in Strictly Come Dancing, from his early days as assistant choreographer to joining the ranks of the show's professionals and finally winning with partner Stacey Dooley, with a little help from Peaky Blinders, what it is like teaching novice dancers for a TV show, and just who his favourite Strictly partner is. We find out how Kevin would fare on Dancing on Ice - here is a clue from Kevin's Instagram - and Kevin consults a book in which he'd just been writing lists of achievements by Burn the Floor dancers, talking about the fact that it has featured other Strictly Come Dancing and Dancing with the Stars professional dancers, such as Johannes Radebe, Janette Manrara, Aljaž Škorjanec, Artem Chigvintsev, Nancy Xu, and many more, a group who have clocked up 36 Glitter Balls between them - and his counting isn't completed! Kevin talks about plans for the future and Burn Nation's online dance classes.
Tickets here: https://churchilltheatre.co.uk/Online/tickets-burn-the-floor-bromley-2020
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