ballet

Alicia Vikander says she feels ‘lucky’ she never developed an eating disorder as a ballet dancer

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‘Looking at your body in a mirror seven hours a day is not healthy’: Alicia Vikander says she feels ‘lucky’ she never developed an eating disorder when she trained in ballet as a child By Rianne Addo For Mailonline Published: 17:02 BST, 27 August 2020 | Updated: 19:14 BST, 27 August 2020 Alicia Vikander has … Read more

Ballet dancers perform a duet on London canalside to audience on the opposite bank 

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Enchanting moment Royal Ballet dancers perform a duet on London canalside to an audience of walkers and cyclists on the opposite bank Ballet dancers were filmed during practice on the Hoxton Docks in East London   The dancers were Annette Buvoli and Harry Churches from The Royal Ballet    A passing cyclist captured the classical duet on … Read more

Tony Hadley tells JAN MOIR he would rather be on his own than in Spandau Ballet after toxic bust-up

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Even pop stars must grow old, but it is rather a shock to learn that Tony Hadley recently celebrated his 60th birthday.  ‘It’s a weird one, isn’t it?’ he says. ‘How did that happen? Where did all the time go? I haven’t got a clue.’ To cut a long story short, he hasn’t lost his … Read more

Tony Hadley slams former Spandau Ballet bandmates Martin and Gary Kemp over new mockumentary

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He left the band for good in 2017.  And, Tony Hadley, 60, has slammed his former Spandau Ballet bandmates Martin, 58, and Gary Kemp, 60, over their new BBC2 mockumentary Kemps: All True, and branded the infamous Bold washing powder ad as done in ‘bad taste.’  The singer said he’d rather ‘watch Broadchurch’ and admitted he … Read more

The best cruises for dance lovers, from ballet to ballroom and Jools Holland performances

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A dance couple practising their moves Stop! In the name of love. Before you break my heart.’ Dancing to the soundtrack of their youth, the carefree baby-boomers around the Britannia Lounge know all the lyrics to the Motown numbers being belted out by singers and their ten-piece band. But there’s no dancing around handbags here … Read more

Spandau Ballet star Tony Hadley helps wronged radio quizzer win Gold with £5,760 prize 

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Spandau Ballet’s Tony Hadley helps radio quizzer win £5,760 prize after the Singaporean contestant was ruled out for pronouncing the star’s name wrong The challenge was to identify 14 famous voices from one-second clips Listener of Singapore’s Gold 905, Muhammad Shalehan, thought he had won However, he was told he had not pronounced Tony Hadley’s name correctly … Read more

Kate Beckinsale shows off figure during ballet routine in lockdown

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Kate Beckinsale, 46, shows off her lithe figure as she performs ballet routine in lockdown… to the dulcet tones of TV host Eamonn Holmes By Kate Thomas for MailOnline Published: 09:12 BST, 4 May 2020 | Updated: 09:18 BST, 4 May 2020 Kate Beckinsale showed off her incredible flexibility as she performed a ballet routine … Read more

JANE FRYER takes a lesson with Camilla’s ballet teacher

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Almost every week for the past 18 months — until lockdown — the Duchess of Cornwall has hosted a Clarence House gathering so exclusive that not even Prince Charles has secured an invitation.  It does not involve ambassadors, visiting dignitaries or charity commissioners. There is no vintage champagne in cut-glass coupes, no page boys hovering … Read more

Duchess of Cornwall reveals how she starts her day with ballet lessons and a ‘little bit of pilates’

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The Duchess of Cornwall has revealed that she starts the day with ballet lessons and a ‘little bit of pilates’ to keep fit during the coronavirus lockdown.    Camilla, 72, let slip her secret in a video call to mark International Dance Day with Darcey Bussell, the Royal Ballet’s former principle dancer and president of The … Read more