- Flavia Cacace
Flavia Cacace (born
13 March 1980 ), is an Italian professional dancer who, with her professional partnerVincent Simone , is two-time world show championfact|date=October 2008 at theArgentine Tango .Dancing Career
Born in
Naples , the youngest of six children to a chef father, she came toEngland with her family at the age of four when her father moved for a job. At her mother's behest that all the children should have an activity, she and her eldest sister joined the localballroom dancing class aged 6. She had had two previous dance partners, and Cacace and Simone had the same dance teacher in London and both looking for partners, they decided to try out in 1994 - they have been dancing together ever since. [ [http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/showbiz/showbiznews.html?in_article_id=494086&in_page_id=1773 The truth about the raging sexual chemistry behind Strictly Come Dancing - and Flavia's washboard stomach] Daily Mail - 19 November 2007]In 2006, she appeared on the fourth series of the BBC's "
Strictly Come Dancing ." Her celebrity dancing partner for the show wasJimmy Tarbuck . However, the couple, after only one show, withdrew due to reasons concerning Jimmy's health. [ [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/6069436.stm BBC NEWS | Entertainment | Tarbuck pulls out of dance show ] ]Flavia was back dancing in the fifth series of "Strictly", partnered with
Eastenders starMatt Di Angelo . They got the only perfect score of the main series with their waltz in the semi final. They reached the final of the show, but were beaten byAlesha Dixon and her professional partnerMatthew Cutler . Cacace and Di Angelo also competed together in the live tour of Strictly Come Dancing in January and February 2008. They won more shows than any other couple, coming first overall sixteen times and second a further ten times (out of a total of forty shows) cite web | url=http://www.strictlycomedancinglive.co.uk/default.asp?contentID=616 | title=Previous Winners | publisher=Strictly Come Dancing Live! | accessdate=2008-04-16 ] .Vincent and Flavia in collaboration with Jagers Dance Centre staged a three-minute performance at the Longfield Suite – Prestwich – Manchester, on the 12 January 2008 [http://www.burytimes.co.uk/news/2009135.strictly_ripoff_dancing_uproar/] . The audience was so incensed, they created a website called * [http://www.strictlyripoff.com/ Strictly Rip-off] .
Flavia took part in the sixth series of Strictly Come Dancing, partnering actor
Phil Daniels who was eliminated in the first week after a dance-off againstDon Warrington despiteGary Rhodes being bottom after the judges scores.Titles
Career titles Flavia Cacace has earned from competitions:
UK Professional Ten Dance Champions 2002-2006
UK Professional Showdance Champions 2003-2006
Negracha club UK Argentine Tango Champions, 2006
IDO World Argentine Tango Finalists, 2005/2006 (3rd place overall - winners, Show Tango section)
UK Ballroom Champions World and European Ten Dance and Showdance finalists 2002 - 2006
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