Tripping the Light Fantastic

[fiorenza_a]

It's an odd, practically meaningless phrase - but if you ever had to explain it to a non-English speaker, you could do worse than point them in the direction of Lionel Blair, whose death at the age of 92 was recently announcedThe BBC quote Lionel Blair as saying in 2008: "People still say, almost in a derogatory way, 'Oh, you're a dancer'. Or, 'You

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[girlintheglen2]

[moth2fic]

First time I've seen Martin dance! I did enjoy his performance in The Long Call on ITV recently. And I seem to have bought some cards already but from his animal welfare/shelter.

I do think there is a lot of snobbery that disdains anything popular - whether it's dance, singing, genre fiction, etc. The critics are sometimes so up themselves you wonder how they live at all.

[fiorenza_a]

The critics dissed the ebullient joy of the Carry On films for years.

I do sometimes wonder what planet they live on - fortunately, we are not obliged to agree with them !

Apologies for being so late to respond, hope you had a lovely Christmas :0)