The BBC has launched a brand new competition to find the best Young Dancer.
The contest has four categories for young movers aged between 16-20 to enter: ballet, contemporary, hip-hop and South Asian dance.
The Category Finals will air on BBC Four, following each of the five semi-finalists in each category as they prepare and receive mentoring from dance experts.
The Grand Final - which will be held at Sadler's Wells on May 9 - will see the winners from each category and two wildcards battling it out for the title of BBC Young Dancer 2015, and will be broadcast live on BBC Two.
Matthew Bourne, Akram Khan, Wayne McGregor, Tamara Rojo, Kenrick Sandy and Alistair Spalding have signed up to be grand final judges, while ballet star Carlos Acosta will be an ambassador for the competition.
Meanwhile, in the run-up to the grand final the six finalists will work with a...
The contest has four categories for young movers aged between 16-20 to enter: ballet, contemporary, hip-hop and South Asian dance.
The Category Finals will air on BBC Four, following each of the five semi-finalists in each category as they prepare and receive mentoring from dance experts.
The Grand Final - which will be held at Sadler's Wells on May 9 - will see the winners from each category and two wildcards battling it out for the title of BBC Young Dancer 2015, and will be broadcast live on BBC Two.
Matthew Bourne, Akram Khan, Wayne McGregor, Tamara Rojo, Kenrick Sandy and Alistair Spalding have signed up to be grand final judges, while ballet star Carlos Acosta will be an ambassador for the competition.
Meanwhile, in the run-up to the grand final the six finalists will work with a...
- 10/2/2014
- Digital Spy
Lenny Henry has signed up to host BBC One's new competition The Magicians. The show will focus on three established acts - sleight of hand artist Chris Korn, illusionist Luis de Matos and double act Barry and Stuart - as they battle it out over five weeks. Each episode will see the acts team up with a celebrity partner to perform various tricks. The stars taking part in the series include Rolf Harris, N-Dubz, Chris Tarrant and Diversity member Ashley Banjo. "I've always been a fan of magic on the TV, from David Nixon to David Blaine, Penn and Teller to Paul Daniels, and (more)...
- 11/26/2010
- by By Catriona Wightman
- Digital Spy
Knockabout clown in the music hall tradition who found enormous success in the cinema
Engulfed by helpless, gurgling mirth, Norman Wisdom would subside to the ground as if suddenly rendered boneless: it needed someone only to look at him to make him fall down. Often, the person looking at him – and sternly, at that – was Jerry Desmonde, doyen of variety straight men, who represented the figure of authority in many of Wisdom's hugely successful film farces of the 1950s and 1960s.
Wisdom, who has died aged 95, was almost the last in a great tradition of knockabout, slapstick clowns, a performer who relied less on words than on an acrobatic physical dexterity to gain his laughs. He was usually derided or ignored by the serious critics, but in his day he was adored by the public, and because of its nature his craft travelled well – he was immensely popular in many other countries,...
Engulfed by helpless, gurgling mirth, Norman Wisdom would subside to the ground as if suddenly rendered boneless: it needed someone only to look at him to make him fall down. Often, the person looking at him – and sternly, at that – was Jerry Desmonde, doyen of variety straight men, who represented the figure of authority in many of Wisdom's hugely successful film farces of the 1950s and 1960s.
Wisdom, who has died aged 95, was almost the last in a great tradition of knockabout, slapstick clowns, a performer who relied less on words than on an acrobatic physical dexterity to gain his laughs. He was usually derided or ignored by the serious critics, but in his day he was adored by the public, and because of its nature his craft travelled well – he was immensely popular in many other countries,...
- 10/5/2010
- The Guardian - Film News
Comedian Norman Wisdom, a rival to Charlie Chaplin, dies peacefully in an Isle of Man nursing home
Norman Wisdom: A life in clips
Big in Albania, and huge in the affection of generations of his fans, comedian Sir Norman Wisdom, one of the last great survivors of the music halls, has died aged 95.
His official website crashed last night under the volume of traffic, as word spread of his death.
His deceptively artless comedy, usually based on his role as "The Gump", a downtrodden, sad faced little man in a battered cap and a deplorably ill-fitting suit, concealed immense technical skill, superb comic timing, and a sharp business mind. Although best known as a performer, he was also a talented song writer
His family announced that he died peacefully in a nursing home on the Isle of Man, where he had lived for the last 30 years in an antiques filled house he designed himself.
Norman Wisdom: A life in clips
Big in Albania, and huge in the affection of generations of his fans, comedian Sir Norman Wisdom, one of the last great survivors of the music halls, has died aged 95.
His official website crashed last night under the volume of traffic, as word spread of his death.
His deceptively artless comedy, usually based on his role as "The Gump", a downtrodden, sad faced little man in a battered cap and a deplorably ill-fitting suit, concealed immense technical skill, superb comic timing, and a sharp business mind. Although best known as a performer, he was also a talented song writer
His family announced that he died peacefully in a nursing home on the Isle of Man, where he had lived for the last 30 years in an antiques filled house he designed himself.
- 10/5/2010
- by Maev Kennedy
- The Guardian - Film News
As if last week wasn’t enough in terms of beloved cinematic icons passing away, the sad news broke last night that Norman Wisdom has died at the age of 95.Wisdom, at least, had a truly good innings, though he suffered several strokes over the last few months before passing in the Abbotswood Nursing Home on the Isle of Man.The actor’s early life was one of poverty and problems, with his abusive, drunken father abandoning him and his brother when Wisdom was nine and his parents divorced.Military service proved to be his salvation, with a career in the Merchant Navy and then the army where a natural flair for entertaining others was honed to perfection. Rex Harrison spurred the next stage of his life, encouraging him to pursue performing professionally after watching him work at a Forces show.Stage time with magician David Nixon would follow, where...
- 10/5/2010
- EmpireOnline
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