MISS LALA WITH.........KIRISA SAMUELS

Professional dancer Kirisa Samuel speaks to Miss Lala about her career as a dancer.  Kirisa has worked with some of the top names in the industry including Ne-Yo, Kanye West, Pixie Lott, Cheryl Cole and many more. With a heavy body of work and her obvious passion of dance, Karissa shares her experiences as one of the hottest dancers in London.

1.  How long have you been a professional dancer? 12 Years

2.  What’s the best job you have booked as a dancer? Well I would say Whitney Houston. I did the Brits, MTV Awards and Top of the pops. At the time I was new and quite young in the business so it was a very exciting time.

3. Is there anyone you haven’t worked with that you would give your “right arm” to work with? Janet Jackson

4. What’s the most difficult thing about your line of work? You have to be thick skinned and be able to let rejection and critsism go over your head.

5. Do you specialise more than one area of dance? Yes, I’m trained in ballet, jazz, contemporary, tap, modern and street dance.

6. A lot of dancer see the US as a place they want to build a career, is that something that you aspire to? If so, why? If I was 10 years younger I would definatly go over there to dance. There just seems to be a lot more opportunities over there.

7. Who’s choreography excites you and why? Priscilla Samuels, no matter what you’re dancing to, the moves she creates sits with your body perfectly and flows. Her choreography is amazing

8. What advice would you give to anyone wanting to be a dancer? Make sure you get training in different styles, so if a choreographer throws anything at you, you’re able to do it and your able to book a variety of jobs.

9. If you were not a professional dancer, what would your chosen career be? I probably would of persued my singing career.

10. What are your future goals? I would love to open my own dance school.

Quick Fire

1)      Bath or Shower: Bath

2)      Nights in or Late nights out: nights in

3)      X Factor or Strictly: x factor

4)      Couch Potato or Action Jackson: action jackson

5)      Team Naomi or Team Tyra: team tyra

6)      Health Freak or Junk Food Junkie: health freak

7)      West Indian take away or Chinese take away: west indian

8)      Make Up on or Make Up off: make up on

9)      To Weave or Not to Weave: to weave

10)   Sunny days or Winter days: sunny days

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