Jemima was lucky enough recently to get through the first stage of auditions for Just Dance, a reality show to be shown on Sky 1 next year. We flew to Edinburgh for the next round, unsure of what the format was going to be. Turned out she had to perform in front of a live audience, complete with bright lights and scurrying camera crew, and be interviewed back stage. The panel certainly had gravitas in the dancing world – Adam Garcia, Kimberly Pussycat Doll, and Ashley “Diversity” Banjo. And they were being extremely strict – in the 5 or 6 hours we were there I saw them approve one dancer. And no, it wasn’t our J. She’d danced her little heart out – all winsome smiles and graceful limbs. Her face lit up when Ashley asked her about the music, written for her by her boyfriend. And all the judges’ comments were constructive and believable. I was bursting with pride (yes again!) at her ability to cope unprepared with this tough ordeal, and to keep her chin up and keep smiling during the feedback.
Apologies for teh watermark on the video – having just upgraded my ‘puter to one using Windows 7, I’m rather disappointed that Movie Maker still doesn’t import mp4 or wav files, and so in order to capture Matty’s stunning music I had to use a free trial download.
Dancing At Lunacy 
I had to stop by your blog just because of the title. Having seen “Dancing at Lughnasa,” I loved the play on words!
Well done to J for getting to the first stage of auditions. The opportunity to dance for those judges must have been very special indeed, even if she didn’t get through to the next bit.