Strictly: three ways the show can make things better for all dancers

By Kathryn Stamp, Assistant Professor in Dance Studies, Coventry University
Karen Wood, Associate Professor, Research and Teaching, Research Centre for Dance Research, Coventry University

With a new series of Strictly Come Dancing just getting started on BBC1, much of the media build-up to this year’s show has focused on reports of threatening and abusive rehearsal room behaviour by two professional dancers towards their celebrity partners.

The outcome of a BBC investigation into dancer Giovanni Pernice’s alleged behaviour towards partner Amanda Abbington…

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