About - Dance Inspirations

THE NATION’S BIGGEST TOURING DANCE COMPETITION

HAS GONE NEXT LEVEL!

Our Express Yourself Live Tour provides a whirlwind of opportunities to influence and inspire the next generation of dancers. From mesmerising competitive performances in every style, live challenges, incredible awards and an exhilarating crowd, this is an explosive experience of dance and entertainment that will set your heart racing!

Creator

Victoria GILL

Creator and visionary behind Dance Inspirations; Victoria Gill is a highly accomplished dance artist, educator, and fitness expert with an extensive career across choreography, teaching, and event management.

Victoria received her professional dancing training in some of London's most elite institutions. She obtained her ISTD Diploma in Dance Instruction and Diploma in Dance Education from Performers College, and her Certificate of Ballet Teaching Studies through the Royal Academy of Dance.

Victoria is well-known for her full out teaching approach and contagious energy! She is an expert in jazz technique, body conditioning, contemporary, and lyrical dance, and she also has a fantastic understanding of dance science, anatomy, and biomechanics.

With enormous energy, drive and enthusiasm and a passion for inspiring the next generation; Victoria is renowned for her artistic ability, for raising the bar for dance education, and organising events of the greatest calibre.

Stage Manager

Simon

Simon has a very important role at our events facilitating communication across all creative and technical departments backstage! he is your go to person for scheduling, props, tech cues and making sure everyone is in the right place at the right time!

Simon is a dream to work with and will ensure your DI backstage experience is like no other!

Our Presenters

Presenter

Jemma McCarthy

Presenter

Jasmine Takhar

Nottingham-born Jasmine Takhar is the host of BBC Introducing on the BBC Asian Network and the forthcoming NEW Official Asian British Music Chart (Launching in April).

Jasmine has hosted various events around the country including BBC Introducing at Glastonbury, R1’s Big Weekend, The Great Escape Festival and South by Southwest Festival. Other events include the Nottingham Carnival, Bobby Valentino’s tour, Riverside Festival and Summer Jam. Jasmine also hosted the BBC Share Your Story / BBC Bitesize tour.

In recent years, Jasmine has expanded her portfolio of live presenting work by becoming the official host for Trent Rockets at the inaugural ‘The Hundred’ cricket competition. She also made her debut on BBC One during the tournament.

Jasmine also heads up the project ‘Scene Not Heard’. A platform dedicated to providing a voice for unsigned rap, grime and R&B artists from outside of the capital. Founded, created and run by Jasmine, Scene Not Heard has become a significant industry voice through in-depth interviews, freestyles and ciphers.

Presenter

Nayha Ahmad

Nayha is a Radio and TV presenter from slough. She is the host of the Official Asian Chart show on the BBC Asian Network and also presents on Sky Arts and Colors TV.

Nayha has hosted at many fashion events and for brands including London Fashion Week, The Perfume Awards, Rip The Runway and Cultural Style Week. Alongside event hosting for top tier music artists from the mainstream Asian music scene and live events for children’s charity The NSPCC.

Being in front of the camera is something that Nayha has always been used to, her start in the fashion industry began as a model with work at wedding fairs, catwalks up and down the country as well as features in industry magazines. Entering into beauty pageants being Miss Indian Worldwide top 10 and as a finalist for Miss Asian Beauty Queen, Nayha has firsthand experience of credible fashion show productions.

On screen, Nayha has hosted a range of interviews across Sky, Sky Arts and online which includes stylists on Skyline to festival fashion at Wireless, V festival, Reading and at London Fashion Week interviewing celebrities such as Trevor Nelson and Nihal and independent designers such as Oliver Spencer.

Presenter

Jemma McCarthy

You’ve probably heard Jem around your home as the voice of Channel 4 and E4, chatting between the nations favourite programmes! She can also be spotted on the red carpet, interviewing your favourite actors, musicians and personalities, from Chunkz to ABBA.

Jem brings the fun and energy to every shoot – whether it’s hosting, chatting on radio or on screen and has worked with exciting brands including LADbible, TikTok UK, Bauer Media and The Hook.

Content creation is one of Jem’s favourite things to do, with her own TikTok and YouTube picking up over 15 million views and millions of likes.

Our judging panel

Judge

Adam Scown

@adam_scown

Adam is a graduate of Brent Street School of Performing Arts in Australia and has worked internationally across musical theatre, commercial dance & opera.

A Broadway Award winner, Adams Directorial and choreographic credits include; Director & Choreographer for Saturday Night Fever, Rent, Flashdance, High School Musical, Grease, Dirty Dancing, The Boy from Oz with Hugh Jackman.

Adam was creatively part of both Atlanta Olympic Games Closing Ceremony, Sydney Olympic Games Opening Ceremony & the Glasgow Commonwealth Games.

He has danced commercially with and vocally supported artists such as Kelly Clarkson, Christina Aguilera, Kesha, Dua Lipa, Tina Arena & recently Nicole Scherzinger.

Adam has also been featured on television in aussie soap Home & Away and was a featured dancer in Oscar-winning animated film Happy Feet.

Adam is currently part of the global Creative & Casting team for Universal Studios, and is a judge for renowned international dance competition Dance World Cup!

Judge

Genevieve Nicole

THEATRE CREDITS: Mother Goose (Duke of York Theatre); Magic Goes Wrong (Apollo Theatre); Pippin (Charing Cross Theatre); Zorro (Hope Mill Theatre) One Woman Show “My Gift To You” (The Crazy Coqs and The Big Smoke Festival at The Other Palace); An Evening with Stephen Schwartz (Hope Mill Theatre); A Spark of Creation (Park Theatre London); Hairspray (UK Tour); Pippin (Hope Mill Theatre which then transferred to Southwark Playhouse); Chicago (UK Tour, RCCL, Marina Bay Sands Singapore) ; The Golden Age of Dance (The Theatre Royal Drury Lane); Guys and Dolls (The Savoy and Phoenix Theatre): The Producers (UK Tour); Dirty Rotten Scoundrels (The Savoy); Miracle on 34th Street (UK Tour); A Chorus Line (London Palladium); White Christmas (UK Tour); Monty Python’s Spamalot (Palace Theatre); The Rat Pack (Scandinavia); Chicago (Kuala Lumpur).

TELEVISION CREDITS: Dr Seuss The Grinch Musical Live for NBC; Sunday Night at The Palladium, Tonight at the London Palladium, Olivier Awards at The Royal Opera House.

Thank You To our 2023 Sponsor

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