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  2. Daniel José Older - Wikipedia

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    Older's debut novel, Half-Resurrection Blues, was published by Penguin Books in the first week of 2015. By the end of January 2015, the production company owned by Anika Noni Rose had optioned the television and films rights to the novel and the following two novels in the Bone Street Rumba series.

  3. Alicia Parla - Wikipedia

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    Alicia Parla (1914 – October 6, 1998) was a Cuban rhumba dancer and hospital administrator who was called "the Queen of Rumba" by the press. Born into a strict middle-class Cuban family, she and her family moved to Miami when Cuba became politically turbulent in the 1920s.

  4. List of Strictly Come Dancing specials - Wikipedia

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    The 2006 Christmas special featured stars from the third and fourth series of Strictly going head to head to perform their highest-scoring dances. The theme of the special was black and white, with all the dancers dressed in white gowns, black dresses and top hats and tails. It was a pre-recorded show shown on Christmas Day on BBC One.

  5. Rumba - Wikipedia

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    Originally, "rumba" was used as a synonym for "party" in northern Cuba, and by the late 19th century it was used to denote the complex of secular music styles known as Cuban rumba. [1] [2] Since the early 20th century the term has been used in different countries to refer to distinct styles of music and dance, most of which are only ...

  6. Monsieur Pierre - Wikipedia

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    Monsieur Pierre was the professional name of Pierre Jean Philippe Zurcher-Margolle (born c. 1890, Toulon, France – died 1963, London). He was a professional dancer and dance teacher, largely responsible for introducing the Latin American dances to England, and for codifying them, and laying the groundwork for their use in competitions and in social dance.

  7. Strictly Come Dancing series 20 - Wikipedia

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    Strictly Come Dancing returned for its twentieth series with a launch show on 23 September 2022 on BBC One, with live shows beginning the following day on 24 September. [1] The launch show was originally scheduled to be broadcast on 17 September, but was postponed following the death of Queen Elizabeth II . [ 2 ]

  8. Strictly Come Dancing series 2 - Wikipedia

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    The couples dance each week in a live show. The judges score each performance out of ten. The couples are then ranked according to the judges' scores and given points according to their rank, with the lowest scored couple receiving one point, and the highest scored couple receiving the most points (the maximum number of points available depends on the number of couples remaining in the ...

  9. Dancing with the Stars (American TV series) season 2

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    Season two of Dancing with the Stars premiered on January 5, 2006, on the ABC network.. This season expanded each episode from an hour to 90 minutes, and added an hour-long results show the following night.