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Anton du Beke
British
Dancer
Born:
Jul 20
,
1966
About
Dance
Dancing
Me
World
You
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My perfect morning is spent drinking coffee, eating porridge and reading the paper at a local cafe.
Anton du Beke
Morning
Cafe
Coffee
Drinking
Reading
Local
Paper
Spent
Eating
Perfect
I'd like to do a kind of 'Sunday Night At The Palladium'-style variety show on the BBC.
Anton du Beke
Sunday
Sunday Night
Kind
Variety
Like
Show
Night
Because we had no other relatives living in the U.K., me, my parents and my siblings continuously journeyed abroad to bond with our extended family.
Anton du Beke
Family
Me
Relatives
Parents
Living
Other
Our
Abroad
Had
Because
Continuously
Extended
Extended Family
Bond
Sibling
We didn't know anything about Judy Murray until we met her, but once we got to know her, we found she was an absolute scream.
Anton du Beke
Met
Once
About
Absolute
Know
Until
She
Got
Judy
Scream
Anything
Found
Her
Frank Sinatra was a great singer, but my favourite is Sammy Davis Jr. He had incredible versatility in his voice, often doing impressions of people. It's always going to be classic, and you'll never get bored listening.
Anton du Beke
Great
You
People
Listening
Incredible
Frank
Frank Sinatra
Bored
Favourite
Classic
Voice
Davis
Never
Had
He
Sinatra
Singer
Always
Doing
His
Versatility
Impressions
Get
Going
Often
As soon as I left school at 16, I worked in a factory making aircraft components.
Anton du Beke
School
Aircraft
Components
Factory
Soon
Making
Left
Worked
My father is Hungarian and moved to Britain during the uprising, and my Spanish mum comes from Galicia; they moved here at the end of the Fifties.
Anton du Beke
Father
Hungarian
End
Uprising
Moved
Spanish
Fifties
Mum
Here
Britain
There is not a lot of money in competition dancing. There never has been; it's all about winning the trophies, really. It's not like golf.
Anton du Beke
Money
Competition
Dancing
Has-Been
About
Winning
Trophies
Never
Like
Been
Lot
Golf
Really
When you dance together, there's a fabulous interaction. It's quite intimate. You're touching your partner, leading them. Learning how to behave in that person's proximity is a skill. I love it. I can't imagine tiring of it.
Anton du Beke
Love
You
Together
Learning
Dance
Partner
Intimate
Fabulous
Touching
Leading
How
Proximity
Person
Behave
Quite
Interaction
Tiring
Them
Skill
Your
Imagine
I have a magnificent chin and a long, odd-shaped face. As a result, I always look better in collars.
Anton du Beke
Better
Result
Face
Long
Collars
Magnificent
Look
Always
Chin
I work out in the gym three times a week on top of my dancing, so I have to eat a lot to keep my weight and energy up: a big breakfast, and little and often throughout the day.
Anton du Beke
Work
Day
Three
Big
Breakfast
Energy
Dancing
Top
Out
Eat
Gym
Week
Throughout
Weight
Lot
Up
Times
Often
Little
Work Out
Keep
I look better with a tan, but I've never gone the fake route. I don't need to - I have good foreign genes: half Spanish, half Hungarian.
Anton du Beke
Good
Better
Half
Gone
Hungarian
Never
Genes
Look
Fake
Foreign
Tan
Spanish
Route
Need
Having been part of this wonderful show ever since series one, I know all too well what it's like to perform to the nation on the famous 'Strictly Come Dancing' dancefloor.
Anton du Beke
Wonderful
Nation
Too
Strictly
Dancing
Having
Part
Perform
Since
Come
Like
Know
Well
Been
Famous
Show
Series
Ever
Being fit is the easiest part of being a dance professional. I used to just throw on a backpack full of rocks and run up a hill. You don't even have to go to a gym.
Anton du Beke
You
Dance
Backpack
Easiest
Run
Gym
Throw
Part
Hill
Go
Rocks
Fit
Up
Just
Being
Full
Used
Professional
Even
If I do find myself walking up the aisle and dancing at my own wedding reception, I want the first dance to be both spontaneous and dramatic.
Anton du Beke
Myself
Dance
First
Own
Dramatic
Dancing
Aisle
Find
My Own
Wedding
Both
Spontaneous
Up
Walking
Want
Reception
Life's supposed to be an adventure, a surprise!
Anton du Beke
Life
Adventure
Supposed
Surprise
My favourite dance is the Foxtrot. It's a proper dance with proper music. It has class.
Anton du Beke
Music
Class
Dance
Favourite
Proper
If things don't go fantastically, you just have to deal with it.
Anton du Beke
You
Deal
Go
Just
Things
I hated most music in the 1970s, especially disco, but Bowie was edgier.
Anton du Beke
Music
Hated
Most
Bowie
Disco
Too many multi-vitamins are packaged as one size fits all, but you should be more specific about what you need. When I was competing as a dancer, I took zinc for healthy skin and immune system.
Anton du Beke
You
Healthy
Skin
Too
Took
Dancer
System
Immune
One-Size-Fits-All
About
More
Fits
Size
Packaged
Should
Many
Specific
Competing
Need
Give up smoking. Don't get so fat. So much illness is self-induced - which I can't stand. And I'm not a good nursemaid. Don't call me if you're ill.
Anton du Beke
Good
Me
You
Smoking
Give
Call
Up
Get
Which
Much
Stand
Ill
Illness
Fat
I like to get up and get out. Otherwise you end up kicking about, and it's easy to flick the telly on; then before you know it, it is 11 A.M. and you haven't done anything.
Anton du Beke
You
Before
Otherwise
Kicking
Out
Telly
Easy
About
Like
Know
End
Up
Get
Done
Anything
Then
Flick
With the media how it is these days, people expect to know everything. I don't talk about my girlfriend because essentially she doesn't want to be talked about.
Anton du Beke
People
Everything
Girlfriend
About
Days
Know
Talk
She
Talked
Because
How
Expect
Essentially
Want
Media
My only drive was to be the best dancer in the world, but I never won the world championship.
Anton du Beke
Best
World
Drive
Dancer
Only
Never
Won
World Championship
Championship
Ballroom dancing: it's a wonderful thing at so many levels because you've got to follow the rules. They used to call those rules etiquette once upon a time, but you don't really have that any more.
Anton du Beke
Time
You
Wonderful
Dancing
Once
Rules
Those
Follow
More
Call
Because
Got
Ballroom
Wonderful Thing
Any
Really
Etiquette
Used
Many
Many Levels
Thing
Levels
A dancer's career is short - you just keep going until your legs pack up.
Anton du Beke
You
Dancer
Until
Up
Going
Short
Just
Legs
Pack
Your
Keep
Keep Going
Career
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