Pouring you all a lovely glass of South African Syrah is my wonderful friend Kathleen. Due to injury she was forced to retire at a very young age, and has gone on to have a great career outside the dance world. We wanted Kath to join us on the pod as we believe her story is very important to tell. Injury affects a lot of dancers and sadly does force quite a few people into an early retirement from dance, so it is a very important topic to disucss.

Sometimes we just need to talk. Luckily Poppy and Denise have a podcast to do it on!

This week's episode shifts into a slightly more serious tone as we discuss some subjects that are not openly spoken about, but we feel are important to share.

It happens to the best of us, EVEN to Damien and Paul. Whether it be a costume mishap or a forgotten entrance, it is live theatre and things can and do sometimes go wrong!

Serving you all drinks this week is the beautiful, talented and funny Leanne Cope. From being a dancer with The Royal Ballet to originating the lead role in 'An American in Paris' - as soon as the interview started Leanne prinkled her magic and we were chatting and giggling. We hope you enjoy this episode as much as we enjoyed recording it.

It's time we spoke about models in pointe shoes, and dance movies. We cannot sit here silent anymore, our voices and opinions are being voiced... whether you wanted to hear them of not, and of course who else would we trust to gossip and complain with but our fantastic Damien Lee Stirk

Damien and Paul are back together, this time answering your questions that you have sent in, answering them in only a way that they can.

Maybe they will help you out? Maybe they will entertain you?Maybe they will go off topic and talk about something else!

Either way, Denise and Poppy are back chatting away and hopefully helping you all out with your queries.

This week we are joined by dancer and choreographer Nellie Bethel Rainey. From dancing with Jennifer Lopez, Rihanna & Beyonce to dancing at The SuperBowl halftime show. Listen as Paul and Nellie chat and discuss the industry, and giggle and laugh as a new friendship ignites.

We are catching up with Damien and Paul and talking about auditions....when they keep on topic we are talking about auditions. What can you expect when you put to best friends together, we're lucky they kept talking about dance! Either way, Denise and Poppy are talking about the industry and occasionally mention auditions!