"In addition, I am looking forward to the specials planned with the BBC as well as some live theatre shows, so before anyone asks, I am not retiring quite yet."
The veteran entertainer has been scaling back his commitments for some time, taking rest weeks in the middle of series and ceding the weekly results show to Tess Daly and Claudia Winkleman.
The competition is now on to find a replacement for Sir Bruce.
Names in the frame include Anton Du Beke, the Strictly dancer, and Graham Norton. Daly's husband, Vernon Kaye, has been suggested as a possible presenter, as have John Barrowman, Shane Ritchie, Paul O'Grady, Ben Shepherd, Gethin Jones and Ronnie Corbett.
BBC bosses also have the option of making Daly and Winkleman an all-female presenting duo - a first for Saturday night television.
BBC One controller Charlotte Moore said: "Sir Bruce Forsyth is one of the great showbiz legends of our time and Strictly's success is due in vast amounts to him.
"I am so pleased he will continue to be part of the Strictly family and promise viewers that we haven't seen the last of him on BBC1."
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Mark Linsey, the BBC's controller of entertainment commissioning, said: "One of the joys of my job is working with Sir Bruce Forsyth and long may that continue.
"He is the all-time master and commander when it comes to great British entertainers and Strictly owes him such a great deal. This is not a farewell, but you can't blame him for wanting to take things a little bit easier."
Strictly Come Dancing will return in the autumn.
In recent years it has trashed its Saturday night ITV rival The X Factor in the ratings, but the singing contest is hoping to revitalise its audience by bringing back Simon Cowell and Cheryl Cole to the judging panel later this year.
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