Category: #Dance

#Review by Lou of Torvill and Dean, 50th Anniversary Tour – Our Last Dance @torvillanddean @jaynetorvill_official #TorvillandDeanOurLastDance #OurLastDance #UKTour

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Torvill and Dean, 50th Anniversary Tour – Our Last Dance

Reviewed by Louise Cannon

Rating: 5 out of 5.

This is the Greatest Ice Show! The ice was purple hues and bursting onto the stage was Jayne Torvill and Christopher Dean with a host of other ice dancers, some from Dancing on Ice to The Greatest Showman. I saw this in Glasgow’s OVO. There are still tickets available for other locations. See the link at the bottom of my review.

There was something for everyone from pop, classical and stage music, all fabulously choreographed and danced. Of course the most joyous, highlight  parts were with Torvill and Dean dancing, either together with no one else on the ice or with the company, but it was lovely seeing the other professionals doing their own segments of the show and Torvill and Dean were generous to them.

We get an entertaining glimpse into how they chose the music Mack and Mabel.

The audience are treated to a look at Torvill and Dean’s glittering career from their humble beginnings at Nottingham ice rink to competing for the Olympics, touring, meeting various prime minsters, the Queen and Queen’s Mum, receiving an OBE each. 

Generously, they had a duo who they think are the ice skaters to watch, Isla Forsyth, 12 and Lewis Macdonald, 13 from Ayrshire, Scotland, who played Torvill and Dean when they were younger with Karen Barber playing the coach.

There were beautifully tender moments throughout many of the performances, humour, some chat, which was done both on the ice and on screens, there were spectacular lifts, spins and more… There’s even a sing along with a chorus bit.

The Bolero, which won them their Olympic Gold had an interesting story behind it, which they shared before they danced it.

Time goes by as fast as the skaters fly past, sometimes literally as one took to the skies for one routine.
Torvill and Dean, Our Last Dance is bittersweet, joyous and celebratory of two legends of the ice that you’ll never forget. They’re two special people and this is one special, spectacular show I highly recommend.

This was a spectacular, special performance you won’t want to miss!

Find your tickets and tour dates of here: https://www.ticketmaster.co.uk/torvill-dean-tickets/artist/34411
*Please note I am not affiliated to Ticketmaster nor the show.
*Photography was encouraged without a flash.

#Review By Lou of Murder On The Dance Floor By Shirley Ballas and Sheila McClure @hqStories #MurderOnThe DanceFloor @ShirleyBallas @McBookieMonster #TheSequinMysteries

Murder On The Dance Floor
Book 1 of The Sequin Mysteries
By Shirley Ballas and Sheila McClure

Rating: 5 out of 5.

Turn up the glitz and sparkle and Waltz and Rhumba onto the dance floor in Blackpool if you dare. There is Murder On the Dance Floor.

Murder On The Dance Floor by Shirley Ballas, professional dancer extraordinaire, Queen of Latin and currently head judge on Strictly Come Dancing (Strictly) is a spectacular debut by with more twists and glitz than any dance on Strictly. Unlike the dance competitions we see, this one is seriously deadly. Find out more in the blurb and the rest of my review below. I had fun writing this, as you may see.

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Blurb

Behind the sequins and the sparkles, the competition is about to turn deadly . . .

‘I loved it! I’m quite convinced I’ve danced with Lily Richmond, and if anyone can solve a few crimes she can . . .’ ANTON DU BEKE

When a promising young dancer collapses during the opening tango of a major competition, Lily Richmond, dance legend, teacher and one-time world champion, is convinced that murder is afoot.

There’s only one person who can help Lily solve the mystery: her former student, now turned private detective, Susie Cooper. But Susie vowed she’d never return to the ballroom . . .

As the competition gets fiercer and the bodies pile up, Susie will be forced to go undercover in Blackpool and come face to face with a man she thought she’d left behind. Can Lily and Susie unravel the rumours from the rumbas and expose the murderer’s identity before they strike again?

Sex, lies and ballroom dancing. Murder on the Dance Floor is a backstage pass to a world where the most ambitious will stop at nothing to win.

🔎🔎 Two amateur detectives on the case
🌹 One second chance romance
🌶 Sex, lies and backstabbing
🔪🔪🔪 And a whole lot of deadly ambition. . .

If you like your crime deadly and your romance spicy, look no further

Review

Immerse yourself in the romance and rivalries of the dance floor, with the addition of deadly crime that keeps you on your toes, guessing what’s going to happen next.

The cast list sparkles and is a fantastic way of introducing so many characters that make up the dance world that readers get immersed in. It’s fun and rather apt that readers are taken to Blackpool, “The Home of Ballroom”. It’s the perfect setting.

Lily Richmond and Susie Cooper, unexpectedly become amateur detectives, when a young dancer collapses and foul play is suspected in the form of murder. As the competition hots up, the bodies pile up. It becomes a bit Strictly meets Midsomer Murders and I mean this in a very good and positive way. It’s a compelling read with a great pace that will have you foxtrotting through the pages, guessing who can be next on the hit-list. The revealing of rivalries and the toxic backstabbing really shows the darker side to dance, with the addition to murder bringing intrigue.

Murder on the Dance Floor is a great read. Once started, you want to keep going. It turns into quite the page-turner because you can’t help but wonder what’s going to happen next in a world where the heat of ambition gets stronger and hots up to boiling point and becomes deadly.

I am looking forward to the second book in The Sequin Mysteries.
This is a terrific debut.

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