With Ginger Rogers at number 7, you don’t get any prizes for guessing that Fred Astaire must feature near the top of the SK Dance Studio Top 10 Dancers of All Time list. Although most famous for his pairing with Ginger, Fred’s primary partner in his early career was his older sister Adele and together, …
Dame Margot Fonteyn is undoubtedly one of the best known names in British dance history and if this list was just about Ballet, she certainly be right at the top. For many, Fonteyn was just about as close to perfection as you could possibly get in a ballerina, looking every inch a super-star from whatever …
Without question in our eyes, Rudolf Nureyev was (and still is) the most magnificent male Ballet dancer of all time who left a legacy for which every dancer since should be eternally grateful… he brought Ballet to the masses. Born in the Soviet Union in 1938, Nureyev overcame crippling poverty and the disapproval of his macho …
When it comes to performance values, Michael Jackson really did have the art of showmanship all sewn up – little wonder given he’d been headlining with the Jackson Five since he was knee-high to a grass-hopper. Whilst always a groover, his talent as a dancer really came into its own during his solo career, with …
Born Virginia McMath in 1911, Ginger Rogers was best known as the beautiful and graceful dance partner of Fred Astaire. Alongside Fred, she demonstrated her versatility in 10 smash hit Hollywood movies, showing us everything from the romance and liquidity of a perfectly executed waltz, to the highest of high energy tap routines. Ginger was …
Thanks to a Eurovision win in 1993 by Niamh Kavanagh, Ireland got to play host to the famous song contest in 1994 and in line with tradition, was expected to put on the ‘half-time’ entertainment. Keen to impress, the organisers wanted to create a show that people would really remember, incorporating the very best of …
Not a dancer per se, but more a whole dance genre, I simply couldn’t ignore the spinners and sliders of the Northern Soul scene. SK Dance Studio is based in Wigan after all! Broadly based on the Tamla Motown sound, the Northern Soul scene emerged in the late 1960s out of nightclubs such as Manchester’s …
Anyone who’s ever watched an old Shirley Temple movie will surely appreciate why she makes the SK Dance Studio Top 10 Dancers of All Time list. OK, so the corkscrew curls and fru-fru outfits may be a tad on the precocious side, but it can’t take away from the sheer brilliance of dancing displayed by …
Susan and the SK Dance Studio team would like to say a huge thank you to everyone who came to watch our performance of “Star Spangled Showtime”. Commenting on USA-inspired show theme, SK Dance Studio Principal Susan Kielb said “Being Friday 4th and Saturday 5th July, the dates of our show this year coincided with American Independence Day. There’s so …
On Saturday May 31st 2014, SK Dance Studio took a group of dancers to perform on the huge stage at the 3,000 seater Opera House Theatre in the Winter Gardens complex, Blackpool. Susan Kielb, principal at SK Dance Studio said “We’re the only dance school in the Wigan area to take part in these prestigious big-theatre …