Sarah Paddy Jones
Encyclopedia
Sarah Jones better known as Sarah Paddy Jones is a British
salsa
dancer who win the Spanish
talent show
Tú Sí Que Vales and has the Guinness record for the Oldest salsa dancer.
, England
. She started dancing classical dance when she was 2½ years old and at her fifteen years old began taking classes at more disciplines. However, she left it at the age of 22 when she married with her husband, David, who moved to Gandia
, Spain
when her husband retired, but he died of leukaemia just two years later.
After the death of her husband Paddy decided take flamenco classes on Nicolás Espinosa's academy of dance, were she learned to dance salsa and formed with Nicolás (who is 40 years old younger) the salsa duo "Son del Timbal".
On December 2, 2009 the duo won the spanish talent show
Tú Sí Que Vales winning € 100.000 and the global fame being compared to Susan Boyle
.
After the international succes the couple competed in Bailando 2010
the Argentinian
version of Dancing with the Stars
, since they were booted off Showmatch (in the round 11) the relationship of the couple had been fraught and her partner Nicolás decided it was time to move on, shutting down the bar he ran in Gandia, Spain, where Paddy lives and moved away from the area.
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...
salsa
Salsa (dance)
Salsa is a syncretic dance form with origins in Cuba as the meeting point of Spanish and African cultures.Salsa is normally a partner dance, although there are recognized solo forms such as solo dancing "suelta" and "Rueda de Casino" where multiple couples exchange partners in a circle...
dancer who win the Spanish
Spanish television
Spanish television may refer to:*Television in Spain*Televisión Española, the national state-owned public-service television broadcaster in Spain....
talent show
Talent show
A talent show is an event where participants perform their talent or talents of acting, singing, dancing, acrobatics, drumming, martial arts, playing an instrument, and other activities to showcase a unique form of talent, sometimes for a reward, trophy or prize...
Tú Sí Que Vales and has the Guinness record for the Oldest salsa dancer.
Biography
Paddy born in StourbridgeStourbridge
Stourbridge is a town within the Metropolitan Borough of Dudley, in the West Midlands of England. Historically part of Worcestershire, Stourbridge was a centre of glass making, and today includes the suburbs of Amblecote, Lye, Norton, Oldswinford, Pedmore, Wollaston, Wollescote and Wordsley The...
, England
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
. She started dancing classical dance when she was 2½ years old and at her fifteen years old began taking classes at more disciplines. However, she left it at the age of 22 when she married with her husband, David, who moved to Gandia
Gandia
Gandia is a city and municipality in the Valencian Community, Eastern Spain on the Mediterranean. Gandia is located on the Costa del Azahar, 65 km south of Valencia and 96 km north of Alicante....
, Spain
Spain
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when her husband retired, but he died of leukaemia just two years later.
After the death of her husband Paddy decided take flamenco classes on Nicolás Espinosa's academy of dance, were she learned to dance salsa and formed with Nicolás (who is 40 years old younger) the salsa duo "Son del Timbal".
On December 2, 2009 the duo won the spanish talent show
Talent show
A talent show is an event where participants perform their talent or talents of acting, singing, dancing, acrobatics, drumming, martial arts, playing an instrument, and other activities to showcase a unique form of talent, sometimes for a reward, trophy or prize...
Tú Sí Que Vales winning € 100.000 and the global fame being compared to Susan Boyle
Susan Boyle
Susan Magdalane Boyle is a Scottish singer who came to international public attention when she appeared as a contestant on the TV programme Britain's Got Talent on 11 April 2009, singing "I Dreamed a Dream" from ...
.
After the international succes the couple competed in Bailando 2010
Bailando 2010
Bailando 2010 was the sixth season of Bailando por un Sueño and was premiered on May 4, 2010. The jury was initially composed by Graciela Alfano, Ricardo Fort, Anibal Pachano, Reina Reech, and Carmen Barbieri, but in the middle of the competition, Carmen quit the show, and Moria Casán entered in...
the Argentinian
Bailando por un sueño (Argentina)
Bailando por un Sueño is a segment inside the Argentine television program Showmatch, broadcast on Canal 13...
version of Dancing with the Stars
Dancing with the Stars
Dancing with the Stars is the name of several international television series based on the format of the British TV series Strictly Come Dancing, which is distributed by BBC Worldwide – the commercial arm of the BBC. Currently the format has been licensed to over 35 countries...
, since they were booted off Showmatch (in the round 11) the relationship of the couple had been fraught and her partner Nicolás decided it was time to move on, shutting down the bar he ran in Gandia, Spain, where Paddy lives and moved away from the area.