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16When did you realise that you wanted to be aprofessional dancer?Kyle: To be honest I don’t think there was evera specific time when I said to myself, “ok I wantto be a professional at this one day”. It’s justsomething that has always been in my head, thatI wanted to do to the very top level, because I’mextremely competitive and am the same withevery single sport I do.Polina: I can’t say that I had an actual goal tobecome a professional dancer, but since I firststarted dancing I wanted to show everyone howhard I could work and how much I could improve.My goal has always been to beat myself, whichwas making me better and better every time Idid it.Who inspires you? Who are yourfavourite Pros?Kyle: You can find inspiration from absolutelyanywhere or anyone, no matter which level theyare at and that is a great thing about dancing,because every single person has a differentinterpretation. We all dance similar steps andyet every single couple looks different. Butmy favourite dancer from the recent periodis definitely Mirko Gozzoli. I think Mirko is awonderful, naturally gifted dancer and you canjust feel from the heart everything he dances. Andin Latin I just love the Russian style of dancing,so anyone dancing like that is definitely a joy towatch, for me.Polina: I can’t say that I have one couple thatinspires me all the time. I always enjoy watchingthe Pro finals, but sometimes even a couple oflower level can inspire me even more, because Idon’t expect it from them as much as from the top6. I think I change my favourites quite a lot. It caneven depend on something I’m trying to improveat that particular moment.What is your favourite dance and why?Kyle: I personally love the Tango. It is a dance Iused to find very difficult but worked extremelyhard on it when I was about 17 and since thenI absolutely love it!! In Latin I would have tosay Samba, simply because of all the differentrhythms in the music.Polina: I like to work on Foxtrot, because it’s areally smooth dance and sometimes watchingprofessionals it feels like they are floating notdancing. And in the Latin I like Paso, I think it hasa lot of character and it is a really strong dance.Where is your favourite competition/venue?Kyle: For me at the present time I have 2favourite places to compete, the Winter Gardensin Blackpool which is a beautiful Ballroom andwhich is also Polina’s favourite, and also I lovethe atmosphere of the Bournemouth Pavilionwhere the UK Closed is held. They are 2 verydifferent Ballrooms but both have a very uniqueatmosphere. However my most favourite venueto dance in is the Blackpool Tower Ballroom. Itis the most beautiful ballroom in the world and Ihave grown up dancing in that place and I have somany wonderful memories of dancing, competingand being lucky enough also to win there too.Polina also likes to dance in Russia which I’m sureis natural as she feels more support there and ofcourse more at home.