Sarah Jones (dancer)
Sarah "Paddy" Jones (born July 1, 1934 in Stourbridge ) is a British dancer.
Career
She began ballet training when she was two and a half years old and danced professionally in her youth at the Blackpool Ice Ring , the Dudley Hippodrome and the Wolverhampton Grand , but ended her career after meeting her husband. When they retired, the couple moved to the Valencia area . In Spain, after the death of her husband, she specialized in the dance salsa . In 2009, at the age of 75, she won Tú sí que vales , the Spanish version of Das Supertalent , with her dance partner, 40 years her junior . They performed a salsa acrobatica , which CNN described as a sequence of "gravity-mocking lifts, twists and turns". 2014 followed the participation in the eighth season of Britain's Got Talent , in which the couple finished ninth in the final. The 81-year-old and her partner achieved the same placement in 2015 when they took part in the German format Das Supertalent . At the Sanremo Festival 2018 , Jones appeared with the group Lo Stato Sociale as an integral part of the performance of their competition entry Una vita in vacanza .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Sarah Jones on guinnessworldrecords.com
- ↑ Timesonline : How Sarah 'Paddy' Jones became an international salsa sensation at 75
- ↑ Daily Mail : Salsa dancing British grandmother, 75, wins Spanish 'You've Got Talent' TV show http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/worldnews/article-1234863/Salsa-dancing-British-grandmother- 75-wins-Spanish-television-talent-dazzling-acrobatic-display.html # ixzz0azF547qV
- ↑ CNN: UK granny Spain's answer to Susan Boyle .
Web links
- Grandmother Sarah 'Paddy' Jones wins super talent in Spain! Salsa-Amt.de
- Salsa show by Sarah Paddy Jones in Munich Salsa-Amt.de
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Jones, Sarah |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Jones, Paddy (nickname) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | British dancer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 1, 1934 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Stourbridge |