She's just a dancer

Today we chat to Katarina Venturini, one of the most successful ballroom dancers of all times! She told us all about her career, what it was like to win it all and how did she decide to leave the competitive world behind to embark on a slightly surprising journey of focusing on social dancing and steering clear of teaching competitors. 
From first steps to her becoming a judge on Slovenian version of Dancing With The Stars, tune in to find out all about this amazingly inspiring woman.

Starring in Burn The Floor and nailing Strictly without ever being a professional ballroom dancer? No problem! Not is you're the energy force that is Janette Manrara- this amazing woman is definitely one of the most versatile dancers out there and is not afraid to take on new challenges. From Glee to So You Think You Can Dance and Strictly, you can't miss her amazing talent and bubbly personality. How did she make it to where she is today and how did she go from an office job to an international star? Find out in today's episode!

The star of stage, TV and movie screen Bonnie Langford talks about her life as a performer and shares her experience of life in the spotlight. From a child star to leading roles in some of the most popular TV shows and leads in world's most famous musicals, Bonnie Langford has done it all! What's it like to be on Broadway by the age of 9 and how did it feel to come back to 42nd Street twenty years after starring in the production for the very first time? Find out in today's episode.

Winner of more titles than she can remember, multiple-times World Champion Claudia Koehler joins us today to talk how great technique can be the road to individuality. We shared years and years of training in Italy so there's a good measure of reminiscence going on in this episode- tune in to hear what our training schedules were like and if being a team made a difference when it came to those 7am performance trainings. 

Arlene Phillips truly is showbusiness royalty-she's a multiple Olivier Award-winner and Tony Award nominee for her work in theatre and is responsible for the routines of many hit West End and Broadway musicals. Grease, Starlight Express, We Will Rock You, The Wizard of Oz, Sound of Music, Saturday Night Fever and Flashdance  are just some of her masterpieces.
Arlene has also collaborated with film directors and producers to create choreography for successes such as the 1982 version of Annie and Monty Python’s The Meaning of Life’(1983), as well as Legend (1985) starring Tom Cruise.
She talks about her career, how believing in yourself is the best recipe for success and what gossiping with Andrew Lloyd Weber has to do with wonder on wheels that is Starlight Express.

Burn the Floor is an international dance sensation- performed in over 130 countries and running for over 20 years! Peta Roby is the show's choreographer and was part of the original cast that performed on Broadway and West End, a former World Champion and a real superstar. She talks all things that make a great show, her love of  dance and her creative process. What does Sir Elton John have to do with all of this? Tune in to find out!

This week it's all about musical theatre and who better to chat to than Charlotte Gootch- a bona fide leading lady, an amazing dancer, singer, actor and choreographer. We peek behind the scenes and find out what it's like to be the star of the show and find out how she deals with times when her dream role goes to someone else; what it's like to do twelve shows a week and why every show is as special as the premiere.

Six times World Ballroom dancing champion,  international coach and our great friend Silvia Pitton joins us on the podcast today. We chat all things becoming a champion- the sacrifice, the work and the amazing experiences life of a professional dancer offers. Tune in to hear the best advice for young dancers and why  we  are nothing like our on-stage personas!

A talent agent at United Agents with background as strategy consultant to FTSE150 companies, a Harvard and Cambridge grad AND a ballet and ballroom dancer who represented the UK at seven World and European championships- Mildred Yuan is the ultimate Boss Lady! Listen to her talk about her dancing background, her work representing talent and why you need to find your superpower.