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With millions tuning in to watch 'Strictly Come Dancing' every week, it's clear that ballroom dancing, in all its spiky-heeled, skimpily-dressed glamour, is back with a mighty vengeance - for young and old alike writes Fiona McCann

'THERE ARE NO NEW STEPS!" bellowed president of the Australian Dance Federation Barry Fife, the baddy in the 1992 Baz Luhrmann hit Strictly Ballroomduring his famous attempt to hold back the dance-tide sweeping the nation. Alas for Mr Fife, he was fighting the wrong battle, because it's not the new steps but the new dancers out there who are challenging the elite ballroom world and shaking up the dance floor like never before.