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Joanne Clifton (born 26 October 1983), also known as Jo or JoJo, is an English professional dancer, presenter, model, actress and singer born in Waltham, Lincolnshire. She won the World Ballroom Showdance Championship in 2013 and also won the European Professional Ballroom Championship and World Dancesport Games.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.dancesportinfo.net/Couple/Paolo_Bosco_and_Joanne_Clifton_176501/Results )〕 She became a professional dancer on the BBC TV series ''Strictly Come Dancing'' in 2014. She has also featured on ''Burn the Floor''.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.burnthefloor.com/joanne-clifton-2/ )〕 == Dancing career == Clifton started dancing ballroom and Latin as a child in her home town of Waltham, taught by her parents, former World No. 1s Keith and Judy Clifton.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.cliftonsdanceacademy.co.uk/index.php )〕 She competed nationally and internationally as a child initially partnering her brother Kevin. Later she chose to specialise in Ballroom so as not to directly compete against her brother. She has competed in both Ballroom and Latin since the age of 4 and has been a 5 time British Champion, 3 time Italian Champion, Professional Ballroom European Champion in 2012 and Professional World Dancesport Games Champion in 2013.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.burnthefloor.com/joanne-clifton-2/ )〕 In 2000 Clifton moved to Bologna, Italy to train with Team Diablo, the biggest dance school in Europe. She was initially partnered with Marco Cavallaro reaching sixth in the world in amateur rankings with him. She crossed from amateur to professional competition when she was chosen to partner Paolo Bosco in 2011. In 2013 they were amongst ten other professional dancing couples to be invited to perform at the Kremlin. She and her partner became champions of the World Dancesport Games in Taiwan in 2013〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://unitedagents.co.uk/node/7299 )〕 and won the World Professional Ballroom Showdance Championships in Merano Italy later that year. Clifton danced with Bosco competitively until his retirement on 15 December 2013.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.worlddancesport.org/News/Professional_Division/Paolo_Bosco_Retires-1415 )〕 She retired from competitive dancing on 19 December 2013. From April to May 2014, she joined her brother as a dancer in the Burn The Floor Dance Company, performing in the show’s tour of Australia and Japan. In 2014, Clifton was confirmed as a professional dancer on the BBC's ''Strictly Come Dancing''. She was partnered with the DJ Scott Mills.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.mirror.co.uk/tv/tv-news/strictly-come-dancing-scott-mills-4181114 )〕 They made it through to week 6 but were eliminated in the Hallowe'en show.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.mirror.co.uk/tv/tv-news/strictly-come-dancing-scott-mills-4554792 )〕 In 2015 Joanne appeared in her first musical production Face The Music at Ye Olde Rose and Crown Theatre playing Street Walker in which she received an Offie nomination for her role. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Joanne Clifton」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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