Pamela is a dancer, teacher and entrepreneur from Lithuania. Having started dancing when she was 5 years old with traditional lithuanian folk dance, she became spellbound by the swing dance Lindy Hop at the age of sixteen. She very quickly became a highly acclaimed competitor, international instructor, judge and performer working alongside some of the best in the world. She also runs her own coaching programme alongside designing and managing her own dance shoe range Swingin.Shoes. Amongst many wonderful things, we talk about the power of talking things out loud, processing mental and emotional overwhelm as a young proffessional, what it means to be an artist, navigating criticism and compliment, practicing courage as a muscle and tools to process your inner critic.