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Robin Windsor in a black T-shirt. He is looking directly at the camera

Dance award launched to celebrate late Strictly star

Robin Windsor, who died last year, was a star of the BBC TV show Strictly Come Dancing.

A woman wearing a white cardigan. She is smiling and looking directly at the camera.

Dancing enthusiast celebrates 104th birthday

Dinkie Flowers has been dancing for 101 years, having taken up the hobby at the age of three.

A woman with ginger hair is wearing a black top and a white necklace. She is sitting in front of a green plant and a cream sofa.

Belly dancer, 84, has navel approach to exercise

Tina Hobin is urging people of all ages to keep active as she looks back on her career.

Male dancer in grey outfit lifts another man in a cream outfit in a performance in the town square. Children and adults are lined behind watching and applauding.

Free arts festival draws thousands of spectators

About 10,000 people attend a free festival that aims to make performance arts more accessible.

Science meets shape-throwing in 'Dance your PhD' contest

Science meets shape-throwing in 'Dance your PhD' contest

Could you explain "insights into oral chemesthetic perception" using dance moves?

a contemporary dancer onstage, reaching with her hand turned towards the ceiling; one of her legs is in a deep squat (stock image)

Derry dance company 'shocked' at 100% funding cut

The Arts Council of Northern Ireland says it remains committed to funding dance in the north west.

Northern Ireland

Ebony Clarke holding a pantomime award, in front of a pink back drop. Ebony is smiling, straight at the camera, wearing a white top and checked jacket, she has long dark hair in braids. She has a nose ring, a necklace on and a hoop earring in her left ear.

Choreographer has a ball as debut lands panto win

Ebony Clarke says winning at the Pantomime Awards for her work on Cinderella is "mental".

Northamptonshire

A man playing a bouzouki and a woman playing the bagpipes on a stage in front of two Manx flags and a banner that reads Shennaghys Jiu.

Youth festival celebrates traditional music

The annual Shennaghys Jiu festival celebrates the talents of local and visiting Celtic performers.

A female ballroom dancer with white blonde cropped hair, dancing with a man who has his back to the camera and a number six pinned on his waistcoat. The woman is wearing a long red glove and has red flowers in her hair.

Strictly dance contest raises £27,000 for charity

Sixteen amateur dancers perform with professionals at the Albany Theatre in Coventry.

Coventry & Warwickshire