	{"id":98495,"date":"2024-08-26T04:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-08-25T18:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/bendigotimes\/?p=98495"},"modified":"2024-08-21T17:50:21","modified_gmt":"2024-08-21T07:50:21","slug":"dynamic-dancing-to-burn-the-floor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/bendigotimes\/living\/dynamic-dancing-to-burn-the-floor\/","title":{"rendered":"Dynamic dancing to burn the floor"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>AN off-the-charts theatrical dance production is coming to town as part of its twenty-fifth anniversary Australian tour and it&#8217;s set to present a powerful modern take on ballroom dancing.<\/p>\n<p>Burn the Floor was founded by renowned producer Harley Medcalf in 1999 and since then he&#8217;s taken it around the world to more than 130 countries.<\/p>\n<p>Medcalf said it all began when, after promoting Elton John&#8217;s Australian tours since the 70s, he found himself at the British megastar&#8217;s 50th birthday bash in London in March 1997.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It was this amazing full-on costume party for 600 people full of everybody who was anybody, all these superstars and me and my wife up the back,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;After the formalities Elton had decided that ballroom dancing, the most out-of-fashion style you could imagine in 1997, would be the entertainment.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It was quite electric. 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