Flavia Cacace

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Flavia Cacace Born 13th March 1980, is an Italian professional dancer who, with her professional partner Vincent Simone, is two-time world show champion at the Argentine Tango.

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.^[1]

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.^[2] Flavia was back dancing in the fifth series of Strictly, partnered with Eastenders star Matt Di Angelo.Flavia Cacace and Matt Di Angelo got the first, and 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 of 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)^[3].

Vincent and Flavia are currently teaching dance workshops and classes for beginners, intermediate and experienced dancers.

It has recently been announced that Flavia will be assisting fellow strictly star Kelly Brook in a work out/dance DVD.^[4]