Strictly’s Alexis Warr breaks down typical show week: ‘There’s not a lot of sleep’

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00:00I'll go through the week. So then, we typically have Monday through Thursday is when we rehearse.

00:06Mondays and Tuesdays are a little bit of the harder days because that's when the dance is settling in on said celebrity.

00:12I hope that's the case for everyone.

00:14You know, Wednesday and Thursday we keep continuing to clean, refine, get them comfortable.

00:21Friday is when we have the blocking day. That's when we go to Elstree and put the dance on the floor.

00:27And that's when all the lighting and camera and all the producers get to see it on the floor and what it looks like,

00:34what camera angles to use, what lighting to use, all the cues and ins and outs.

00:38Because, yeah, there's a lot that goes on behind the scenes.

00:41And then, yeah, we do that. And then we have our show day Saturday.

00:45And then Sunday is usually the day off, but that's when some of us pros will choreograph.

00:50And then we repeat.

00:51Honestly, as a dancer, it's quite nice, though, I'll admit, because with dance, it's a lot of inconsistency.

01:00Like, you know, you're always going from, like, one thing to the other.

01:03So I actually love it because it's the closest we get to feeling like we have, like, a 9 to 5, like, consistency.

01:09And so it's quite lovely, actually.

01:12Creating some routine, even if there's not really sleep involved.

01:15It's all good. Hence all the caffeine, you know.

01:19A girl's got to do what she's got to do.