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Congratulations Sponsered Dancers!

11/23/2015

Congratulations and well done to all of our Sponsored Dancers in their recent competition placings from Freed Of London.

British National Results 2015

Juvenile Ballroom:-
Ryan Bendall & Libby Cutts, 1st Place

Juvenile Latin:-
Ryan Bendall & Libby Cutts, 5th Place

Junior Ballroom:-
Oliver Beardmore & Lydia Hall, 1st Place
Cameron Leitis & Jade Overthrow, 5th Place

Under 21 Latin:-
Harrison Keep & Georgia Blatch, 5th Place

North Of England Amateur Ballroom:-
Fabio D’Angelo & Amy Ward 9th Place

Senior Latin:-
Steve & Tina Holes, 13th Place

Over 50’s Latin:-
Steve & Tina Holes, 3rd Place

Amateur Ballroom:-
Jack Beale & Nataliia Siianko, 3rd Place
Stephen Arnold & Yasmin Priestnall, 4th Place
Michael Foskett & Nika Vlasenko, 6th Place
Fabio D’Angelo & Amy Ward, 19th Place

Amateur Latin:-
Harrison Keep & Georgia Blatch, 10th Place

Professional Ballroom, Single Dance:-
Craig & Evgeniya Shaw, 2nd Place
Stephen & Sarah Summers, 8th Place

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Interview with Sponsered Dancer Craig Shaw

11/23/2015

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We recently caught up with Freed of London Sponsored Dancer, Craig Shaw, who was kind enough to spare the time to give us a quick interview:

What first inspired you to dance?
My older sister helped out at the local class and I went along and saw two of my best friends from school surrounded by all these girls so I thought it must be good.

What is your favourite dance/performance ever and why?
So far my favourite performance has to be our European Championships in Siberia, Russia as we had a lot of Evgeniya’s family supporting us and it was our first European Final that we made.

What has been your favourite career highlight?
Favourite career highlight was our first competition together after only 3 weeks. We danced our National Championships in Blackpool and came 2nd in the professional ballroom after only several weeks together.

What has been the biggest challenge of your career?
Accepting that sometimes our qualities can be our flaws and learning to compromise.

If you hadn’t become a dancer, what else might you have done?
I played county level football and I was having a lot of trials for clubs when I was just starting out dancing. I had to make a decision after a few years when I made the International Junior Ballroom Final so it was an easy choice as I was never in the top 6 in the world at football!

What is your pre-performance routine/superstitions?
Prepare, prepare, prepare. Not only in the physical side of training so that bodily you are ready but the little things like making sure all your shirts are ready, extra bow ties, cufflinks etc that way you will never run into a panic about the things that require no hard work and talent. Everyone should arrive on the floor prepared in every aspect then it leaves the competition down to how hard you’ve worked!

What’s the best piece of advice you’ve ever been given as a dancer?
My old man quoted a line to me many years ago and he still does and it holds pretty true! “The man makes it, the woman shapes it….if she wants to!”

What’s the best piece of advice you could give to a young dancer?
Always remember to enjoy and love what you do. Find a good teacher that makes learning fun, it’s the best way to create longevity in your career.

What is the first thing which comes to mind when you say “Freed of London”?
Freedom (to do what I want with my feet)

What is your favourite Freed of London item
My white flexi fits that Freed of London made for me for this year’s Professional Team Match in Blackpool. Matched perfectly with my white tail suit!