Kevin Clifton
Kevin James Clifton was born in Waltham, near Grimsby, Lincolnshire. He was a professional dancer on the BBC TV series Strictly Come Dancing, having previously worked as an assistant choreographer. On 15 December 2018, he won the sixteenth series of the show with his celebrity partner and now girlfriend, Stacey Dooley. He announced on 6 March 2020 that he was leaving the show citing that he wanted to focus on ‘other areas of his career’
About Kevin Clifton in brief
Kevin James Clifton was born in Waltham, near Grimsby, Lincolnshire. He was a professional dancer on the BBC TV series Strictly Come Dancing, having previously worked as an assistant choreographer. He has also featured on Burn the Floor and Dirty Dancing The Musical. On 15 December 2018, he won the sixteenth series of the show with his celebrity partner and now girlfriend, Stacey Dooley. He announced on 6 March 2020 that he was leaving the show citing that he wanted to focus on “other areas of his career”. ClIfton started dancing ballroom and Latin as a child in his home village. He competed nationally and internationally as a. child initially partnering his sister Joanne. At the time of his retirement from competitive dancing in 2007, he was ranked 7th in the world.
He is the first professional dancer in the show’s history to compete in four finals; he was also the only professional dancer not to be in the dance-off, after he lost out in the final to Susan Calman and Louise Redknapp. He won the 2013 Strictley Come Dancing Pro Challenge becoming the Guinness World Records holder for most Drunken Sailors in 30 seconds. In 2010, he made his musical theatre debut in Dirty dancing The Musical at the Aldwych Theatre in London’s West End, where he partnered BBC1’s So You Think You Can Dance winner, Charlie Bruce. He also performed with the show in Japan, Australia, South Africa and the United States, as well as making guest appearances on Dancing with the Stars.
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