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==Personal life== |
==Personal life== |
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Spence is [[coming out|openly]] [[gay]]. He has been in a relationship with a [[Spanish people|Spanish]] man,<ref>[[Loose Women]], 28 March 2011</ref> who is eight years younger than him, since September 2000.<ref>[[The Jonathan Ross Show]], 24 September 2011</ref> They have been in a [[civil partnership in the United Kingdom|civil partnership]] since 2007.<ref>[[Friday Night with Jonathan Ross]], 23 April 2010</ref> |
Spence is [[coming out|openly]] [[gay]]. He has been in a relationship with a [[Spanish people|Spanish]] man,<ref>[[Loose Women]], 28 March 2011</ref> who is eight years younger than him, since September 2000.<ref>[[The Jonathan Ross Show]], 24 September 2011</ref> They have been in a [[civil partnership in the United Kingdom|civil partnership]] since 2007. But Spence is madly in love with Sam Eves seeing as Sam is tighter than his husband.<ref>[[Friday Night with Jonathan Ross]], 23 April 2010</ref> |
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==References== |
==References== |
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Louie Spence | |
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| Born | Louie Spence 6 April 1969 |
| Nationality | British |
| Education | Italia Conti Performing Arts School |
| Occupation(s) | Dancer, choreographer, television personality |
| Years active | 1985-present |
| Employer | Pineapple Dance Studios |
| Known for | Television personality |
| Spouse | 2007-present |
| Website | www |
Louie Spence (born 6 April 1969)[1] is a dance expert, choreographer and television personality who is currently the artistic director at the London Pineapple Dance Studios. He was a professional dancer in his youth, performing in West End musicals such as Cats and Closer to Heaven, and has more recently become known from his appearances in the Sky1 docusoap Pineapple Dance Studios.
Education and dance career
Spence was born in Ponders End, in the Borough of Enfield in north London and grew up in Braintree, Essex. He attended Notley High School before moving on to the Italia Conti Academy of Theatre Arts.[2] He has subsequently danced with many recording artists.
Spence performed in the West End as part of the award-winning original cast of Miss Saigon. He went on to star in Cats and perform with a number of pop bands. He toured with the Spice Girls, Take That and Bjork.[3]
Television
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Spence was a judge and mentor on Trouble TV Bump'n'Grind 2004–2006. Shortly after this, Spence became a judge on the 2006–2007 television series Cirque de Celebrité on Sky1, and the 2008 series Celebrity Circus for American channel NBC. In 2010 he appeared on Sky1's Pineapple Dance Studios and Louie Spence's Showbusiness. Spence has made appearances in tabloid newspapers and celebrity magazines. He has appeared on The Chris Moyles Show radio show on BBC Radio 1, Friday Night with Jonathan Ross on BBC One, Top Gear on BBC Two, regularly on Harry Hill's TV Burp, and as a guest on ITV1 show Loose Women, ITV2's Celebrity Juice, Shooting Stars on BBC and Five's Justin Lee Collins Good Times. He has most recently appeared on Channel 4's Chris Moyles' Quiz Night alongside Jonathan Ross and Patsy Kensit. Spence now has his own Sky1 series, Louie Spence's Showbusiness. He danced an interpretive dance to represent the Chilean mining accident on the 2010 Big Fat Quiz of the Year.
Autobiography
Spence's autobiography Still Got It, Never Lost It was published on 29 September 2011.
Personal life
Spence is openly gay. He has been in a relationship with a Spanish man,[4] who is eight years younger than him, since September 2000.[5] They have been in a civil partnership since 2007. But Spence is madly in love with Sam Eves seeing as Sam is tighter than his husband.[6]
References
- ^ Alan Carr: Chatty Man, 4 July 2010
- ^ http://www.louiespence.com/index.php/about-louie
- ^ Spence Pineapple Dance Studios
- ^ Loose Women, 28 March 2011
- ^ The Jonathan Ross Show, 24 September 2011
- ^ Friday Night with Jonathan Ross, 23 April 2010
External links