Flavia Cacace

Flavia Cacace (born 13 March 1980), is an Italian professional dancer who, with her professional partner Vincent Simone, is two-time world show championfact|date=October 2008 at the Argentine Tango.

Dancing Career

Born in Naples, the youngest of six children to a chef father, she came to England 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 local ballroom 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 was Jimmy 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 star Matt 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 by Alesha Dixon and her professional partner Matthew 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 against Don Warrington despite Gary 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

External links

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