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The Sugar Dandies: Ladies Not Required
Reviews, Cover and Features
Same-Sex Dancing News in London and Beyond
The Sugar Dandies do it again
"The Sugar Dandies have been invited to perform this
summer at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival--the largest arts
festival in the world(!!!)..."
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REVIEWS
FEATURES
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Attitude
The gayest ballroom dancing Edinburgh has ever seen
"That is how The Sugar Dandies: Ladies Not required
(bonus points for the brilliant title) is being billed..."
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Scotsgay
SG Fringe
"But first, dance, which isn’t really my cuppa, but The Sugar
Dandies: Ladies Not Required is worth a look. Combining
the glamour and drama of ballroom, the show
features a special selection of their international hit dance
performances, dazzling costumes, and endearing stories
from their real-life upstream adventures as a gay couple in
the conservative world of ballroom dancing...."
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New Statesman
Festival and Fringe: Our critics pick the best of Edinburgh
"And if you've found Strictly Come Dancing either appealing
or appalling, check out the Sugar Dandies (the champion
same-sex dancers Sören and Bradley Stauffer-Kruse) in
Ladies Not Required, the not-so-strict adventures of a gay
couple in the world of ballroom. Their poodle foxtrot takes
the biscuit (C, Chambers Street, 5-15 August)..."
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"Playfully Camp"
"Strictly Come Dancing gets something of a
gender rewrite with this act, an attempt to
capitalise on the nation's new-found
obsession with formal dancing, but with one
key difference: both the dancers are men..."
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BroadwayBaby
****
Not Strictly Ballroom
"'The Sugar Dandies are made up of loveable
gay couple Soren and Bradley Stauffer Kruse.
They met in 1996 and have bravely put their
footprints firmly into the world of ballroom..."
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The Edinburgh Guide
****
Lightning Hot Dance Moves
"'Walk In…Dance Out…' was a sign on the
door overhead at a gay dancing class that
Bradley went to long before becoming a
ballroom dancing superstar. It’s kind of how I
felt about this show overall - a little unsure of
what to expect, but more than pleased after
the fact..."
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The Two Men are the Epitome of Glamour
"'WINNING the award for campest show at the
Fringe outright, the Sugar Dandies are a
same-sex ballroom-dancing couple, with a
spring in their step and a story on their lips..."
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"They Do Know How to Entertain the Crowd"
"The Sugar Dandies really are a different kind
of dance show! Seeing two men doing
ballroom dancing is a really nice change of
scene, somewhat amusing and shocking at
the same time...."
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ScotsGay
"Entertaining and Enlightening "
"...Created and performed by champion
same-sex ballroom dancers Sören and
Bradley, this lively duo present us with the
story of their unconventional dance careers...."
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