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Strictly Baz Luhrmann

Strictly Ballroom is coming to the West End

It began as a student project more than 30 years ago, it's been a film, it's inspired one of the most successful tv programmes on the planet and now it's being premiered in the West End. Strictly Ballroom, the story of a couple rebelling against the forces of ballroom dancing authority was created by Baz Luhrmann. Since then he's made films such as Moulin Rouge and the Great Gatsby but he's never really left behind his first major project. David Sillito has been finding out why ballroom has such a hold on Baz Luhrmann.

(Image: Strictly Ballroom musical Australia cast, credit: Getty Images)

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