Danny Last
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Danny Last trained at Merseyside Dance & Drama Centre, studying ballet, tap, modern jazz, Latin, ballroom, national, disco, double work and contemporary. With the option to gain qualifications to teach these various subjects. He also has skills in street, poppin', lockin', breakin' and a wide variety of couples dancing from the 1900's right through to the present day. He is also a British, European, and World champion line dancer and a qualified judge in various forms of dance from Linedance to Street Dance.
[edit] Biography
Alongside dancing partner Jodie Binsteed, Danny completed Strictly Dance Fever on prime time BBC1 television, with Graham Norton, resulting in them getting 2nd place. Since then he starred as one of the principal dancers in the then, new stage show, Strictly Ballroom Dancing with Lionel Blair and Jane McDonald on its Autumn UK national tour in 2005, and completed Cinderella with Julian Clary at The Empire Theatre, Liverpool during the 2005/2006 panto period. Danny also stared as one of the principal dancers in the 6 month UK National Tour of Simply Ballroom in 2006 and performed in the shows Autemn World Tour which performed in South Africa, Dubai, Abu Dhabi and on London's West End. Danny once again performed with Julian Clary in Dick Whittington during the 2006/2007 panto season, in Northampton. Then straight from panto Danny went immediately back into Simply Ballroom for the 6 month UK National Tour finishing mid 2007. However mid-tour Danny then joined the Las Vegas cast of Simply Ballroom and performed with them for two months. He then returned to the UK to complete the 2007 UK National Tour. In July Danny once again performed as a principal dancer in Simply Ballroom when filming underwent for its release as a DVD starring Anton Du Beke, Erin Boag, Julian Clary and Leslie Garret, which is due for release in November.
Danny has also appeared and performed on South Africa's Strictly Come Dancing, ITV's This Morning (presented by Philip Scofield and Fern Britton / Richard Bacon & Denise Van Outen) several times, backing danced for Geri Halliwell, appeared and performed on Channel 4's Richard & Judy, and appeared several times in news interviews for the BBC and ITV. He has also taken part in many radio interviews for many different stations throughout the UK and the world. Danny also performs and attends charity events ran by the likes of Champneys and the Lord Taverners.