Strictly Come Dancing’s longest standing decide has urged that, regardless of all of the controversy across the BBC present, dancers stay strict with their celeb companions, lest the sequence develop into “watered down and vanilla.”
Dancer and choreographer Craig Revel Horwood, who has been with the BBC present since its inception in 2004, has spoken amidst ongoing controversy relating to allegations of unhealthy behaviour by skilled dancers behind the scenes and within the rehearsal studios.
In an interview with The Solar newspaper, Revel Horwood stated of the celebs due to participate on this 12 months’s forthcoming sequence:
“You simply have to have the ability to take some criticism. In any other case, we’re dwelling in a world the place nobody is criticised, and it’ll develop into watered down and vanilla, the place nobody’s attempting.”
“I hope the requirements don’t drop this 12 months.
“Once I’m educating casts for exhibits in rehearsals, I nonetheless must be fairly strict. I feel you need to be.
“Are you able to think about an Olympian getting gold along with his or her coach not being strict?
“So far as saying, ‘Oh, that was actually unhealthy, you might want to attempt it once more’, I’m not gonna cry over that.”
His phrases comply with the departure of two high-profile dancers amidst allegations of unhealthy behaviour. Graziano di Prima was accused of kicking his companion Zara McDermott, one thing he denies, however he has left the present and apologised for his “aggressive coaching regime.” The opposite, Giovanni Pernice, denies all claims made towards him by his companion final 12 months, actress Amanda Abbington, and the BBC has but to launch its findings of an inner investigation into the matter.
The BBC lately introduced new protocols for the sequence, together with chaperones in the entire rehearsal rooms, one thing welcomed by Revel Horwood. He stated:
“I feel that’s the place the chaperone thought is de facto good, as a result of some behaviour could get misconstrued.
“It’s the same factor in dance. We converse in French rather a lot, so it’s jargon.
“It’s about studying a complete completely different language.”
He added: “Nonetheless, I completely and completely wouldn’t put up with any abuse in a rehearsal room.
The twentieth anniversary of Strictly Come Dancing will launch within the subsequent couple of weeks, with this 12 months’s lineup already introduced.
