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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Gareth Rubin

‘Anyone can dance’: first wheelchair users’ professional troupe begins UK tour

Propel Dance’s adaptation of Hans Christian Andersen’s The Snow Queen begins its UK tour in April.
Propel Dance’s adaptation of Hans Christian Andersen’s The Snow Queen begins its UK tour in April. Photograph: Dani Bower

The founder of Britain’s only all-wheelchair-user professional dance company hopes that the company’s first tour around the country next month will “start a ripple effect” in encouraging more people to realise that they can dance.

The newly formed Propel Dance kicks off its tour amid reports that the producers of the BBC’s Strictly Come Dancing are keen on adding a wheelchair user as a contestant in the next series. Sophie Morgan, who appears on ITV’s Loose Women, has been tipped for the role.

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