For #FlashbackFriday, I’m revisiting this gorgeous Bridgerton-inspired same-sex waltz performed by the oh-so-talented dance pros of the UK’s Strictly Come Dancing back in 2021.
Set to a lush arrangement of Taylor Swift’s “Lover” and “Love Story,” the dance begins with mixed-sex couples who pause as Johannes Radebe enters via a grand staircase to meet his dance partner Kai Widdrington.
The duo then lead the group in a sweeping same-sex waltz that left the audience blown away. The choreography is stunningly beautiful, and you can see the joy in the pros faces as they couple up with their same-sex partners.
In 2019, I wrote about Strictly’s first same-sex dance when professional dancers Johannes Radebe and Graziano di Prima were given a solo spot during a production number showcasing Emeli Sande singing “Shine.”
At the time, Radebe, who grew up in South Africa, told Hello! Magazine, “I’ve never felt so liberated.”
Johannes has gone on to be a force of nature on the show.
Later in this same episode he and his partner, 32-year-old Great British Bake Off winner John Whaite danced a spectacular Paso Doble that earned them a score of 39, just one off a perfect score.
Whaite and Radebe were the first-ever male same-sex couple to compete in the series.
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