Dougie Squires OBE MVO Autobiography
'DANCING THROUGH THE GENERATIONS "
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DOUGIE SQUIRES OBE MVO.His autobiography ‘DANCING THROUGH THE GENERATIONS IS
His career as a performer choreographer and director spans over five decades and it is estimated that he has worked with over 10,000 dancers over that period. His creativity and energy has inspired so many of today’s top dancers, teachers, performers and choreographers.-His first choreography for TV was a hit parade programme called “Cool for Cats” which ran for four years and was transmitted live sometimes twice a week.He was among the first TV choreographers to involve dancing for the camerasHis work initially was inspired by the rock 'n roll age and boys and girls dancing together with lifts and by-play. But more important was his battle to integrate ethnic groups into his work. He was the first to use black dancers working directly with white dancers and having won the battle with the TV pundits to use mixed groups he then had to face criticism from viewers.
His groups the Young Generation and The Second Generation became dancing for the camerasHis work initially was inspired by the rock 'n roll age and boys and girls dancing together with lifts and by-play. But more important was his battle to integrate ethnic groups into his work. He was the first to use black dancers working directly with white dancers and having won the battle with the TV pundits to use mixed groups he then had to face criticism from viewers.
His groups the Young Generation and The Second Generation became successful world wide. and groups all over Europe sprang up to try and emulate the success of the trail blazing group.
Over the years he has been involved in "All the Queen’s Horses”, a celebration of the Queen’s love of horses, and the finale of the Horse of the Year Show from Olympia. His work has been seen on 10 Royal Command Performances, the Pageant for the Queen Mother’s 100th Birthday on Horse Guards Parade, the spectacular "Defence of the Realm", the Queen's "Fortieth Anniversary Celebrations" at EarlsCourt, "VE Celebrations" in Hyde Park, and the "VJ Celebrations" in Horse Guards Parade,and more recently the phenomenally successful Queens 90th Birthday Pageant which won a BAFTA Award
