Cha-cha-cha changes
The BBC is resurrecting Come Dancing - because samba, waltz and swing are more fashionable than ever. But is all this fancy footwork strictly ballroom? In the Independent Ian McCurrach asks the modern-day Fred and Gingers to show him their moves

The BBC's identity stings are bang up to date these days, so it's small wonder that one of them shows six sexily clad, lithe young ballroom dancers executing some sultry Latin-American steps in the rain. Ballroom is back, and the dance craze is currently clasping an estimated million Britons to its ruffle-shirted bosom. In Dirty Dancing 2: Havana Nights, the sequel to the hit 1987 film due for UK release in May, the emphasis is on Latin dance.

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