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Back to Index BBC Radio InterviewListen to a recent inteview featuring Anastasia Castiglione aired on the BBC. Classroom 2 Ballroom interview radio interview Vincent and Flavia at Grand Arcade | 27/03/09Children to get birthday dance lessons from Vincent and Flavia at Grand Arcade Photo call: Friday 27 March, 1.00 to 1.30pm, Grand Arcade, St Andrews St, Cambridge This Friday, 27 March, a group of primary school children will have the ultimate dance lesson with Vincent and Flavia from BBC TV’s Strictly Come Dancing, as part of an electrifying event to mark the first birthday of Grand Arcade in Cambridge city centre. As the highlight of Grand Arcade's birthday celebrations, Argentine Tango World Champions Vincent Simone and Flavia Cacace will perform two dances live on stage in The Atrium between 1pm and 1.30pm. Between the dances, the talented duo will run a workshop on stage with the children from Milton Road Primary School in Cambridge.
The boys and girls, aged 10 and 11, are among forty pupils currently taking part in Classroom to Ballroom, an exciting new schools dance project inspired by the popularity of celebrity ballroom dancing. The novice dancers have spent almost 12 weeks learning the waltz, jive and cha cha cha, training three times a week before school and at weekends for the Classroom to Ballroom gala final on 4 April. Dance teacher Anastasia Castiglione developed Classroom to Ballroom to bring the benefits of classical dance into schools. She said, “An exclusive lesson with Vincent and Flavia is what dreams are made of. For these lucky children, it’s a great reward for their hard work and the timing couldn’t be better. It will be the best possible dress rehearsal for the school’s gala final the following week.”
Sue Romero, head at Milton Road Primary School added, “Classroom to Ballroom has captured everyone’s imagination, pupils and parents alike. We hope to share what we’ve learnt with other schools so that more children can enjoy the benefits of ballroom.” Profits raised at the Classroom to Ballroom gala event on 4 April will be donated to the Association for Spina Bifida and Hydrocephalus (ASBAH – www.asbah.org) and also help support a school residential trip in 2010. Key contacts Classroom to Ballroom: Anastasia Castiglione, tel: 07718 538588 / info@castellanodance.co.uk Kavanagh Communications on behalf of Grand Arcade: Caroline Stern: 07776 300207 / caroline@kavanaghcommunications.com Additional contacts for related information: Milton Road Primary School: tel: 01223 712333 / office@miltonroad.cambs.sch.uk Cambridgeshire Radio | 06/05/09Look East Report | 02|05|09 |
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Excited about the event, Flavia commented, “We are really looking forward to dancing at Grand Arcade’s first birthday. Dancing live is always a buzz but dancing in the middle of a shopping centre is not something you get to do every day. There should be a really great atmosphere and it will be a fun day.”
She continued, “The stars of Strictly Come Dancing have done so much to inspire children across the UK to give ballroom a go. As well as having fun and keeping fit, the boys and girls have gained so much confidence through the discipline of dance. We’re thrilled that Grand Arcade is helping to highlight our pioneering project as part of its birthday celebrations.”