Arlene Phillips the Dance Judge Panel with Greg James and Lee Mack. In Britain, Phillips first became a household name as the director and choreographer of Hot Gossip, a British dance troupe which she formed in 1974, using students she was teaching at the time. Hot Gossip spent two years performing in a London night club where Phillips and her manager developed the group's dance act. The troupe were spotted by the British television director, David Mallet who invited Phillips to make Hot Gossip a regular feature of "The Kenny Everett Show", which he directed for Thames Television on ITV, first being
Hot Shots (dance companies) first time to work with the dance company. Before Frankie Manning visited Sweden, The Rhythm Hot Shots had learned how to Lindy Hop by watching old movies in slow motion, such as Hellzapoppin' and A Day at the Races. They would spend four hours watching a film clip on TV just to learn one or two dance steps. They trained together intensively six days a week for several hours. When Frankie Manning visited Sweden in 1987, he stayed for two weeks. At that time, Lena had left the dance company and Ewa Staremo partnered Anders. Since two members of TRHS