Dancers Spot Light ~ Meet Alessio and Alessia ~ Blackpool, World and European Finalists / World Vice Champions / Under 21
We would like to congratulate Alessio and Alessia on their magnificent achievements this week at the Napoli Open Dance Festival in coming 4th place in the U21 category. Alessio and Alessia have been dancing together for 1.5 years. For Anita Flavina Dance Shoes we are privileged to share their journey with them during this time, being by their side watching them blossom and grow into the amazing dancers they are today and we are excited for what the future holds for them. So over to Alessia and Alessio for them to share their dance journey with you.
Hi Everyone
I'm Alessia Conò and I'm a Latin American dancer. I started dancing at the age of 5.
As soon as I heard music I danced at home and because of this my mother enrolled me in a dance school where there were girls my age and I did group dances and I continued like this for six years until the age of 11.
My family decided to talk to my teacher Nino Langella, who is also from my city, and he told them that it was time to move outside my comfort zone and have a change. I then enrolled in a school in Gragnano, Napoli, which is still the school I go to and now called Nino&Andra Dance Academy (https://www.instagram.com/nino.andra_danceacademy).
I knew nothing about this “new world”. I was until then supported by group dancing, group experiences and small things. So, I decided to embark on this new journey as a couple it was never a linear path.
Finally, 1.5 years ago I met Alessio, my partner, and with him I began the journey of my life. The dance. The only thing capable of making me feel like myself without any mask, doing what I love, always. Recently we made our first final at The Open Worlds in Blackpool in the U19 category. We are Blackpool, World and European Finalists / World Vice Champions / Under 21. This week we became finalists in U21 at WDO Napoli Open Dance Festival which we are super proud off.
My idol and muse is my teacher Andra Vaidilaite. I hope she will be by my side forever. I feel deeply understood and connected to her and her style of dance. Since I was young, I have always been inspired and in love with her and to this day. I still can't believe that we have such a beautiful relationship like we have today.
My teacher Nino Langella who has known me since I was little and together, we are seeing the evolution of me and the little dancing woman blooming into what I am aspiring into. Remember, Nino that without you nothing would have been possible, you are my anchor, as you already know.
I conclude by saying that dancing for me is oxygen, it is precious time, it is Alessia who loves herself, who undresses and shows her feelings through dancing. I hope to continue this path with my beloved partner, Alessio until the end of my days and become a powerful force, more than we are today.
For Anita Flavina dance shoes I choose Andra T they are beautiful. https://www.anitaflavina.com/products/andra-t-ladies-latin-dance-shoes-caramello I love them because I can really feel the stability of the heel which is so important for a dancer. I love the model; the colour is really beautiful and high class. The shoes are really comfortable even after dancing for hours and hours.
Hi everyone, I'm Alessio D’avanzo
I'm 19 years old and I'm a Latin American dancer. My passion was born on a beach with group dances, together with the entertainers of the seaside lido. I started to like dancing and I was only 5 years old.
From there I enrolled in a dance school and began dancing, my first discipline, as well as Latin American as a couple. This is how I met Nino Langella, my teacher, my idol who directed me in the right path. Nino is my idol simply because his style is unique. Nino is a very humble person and in addition to being a dance teacher, for me he is also a life teacher. He has done so much for me and without him I wouldn't be who I am today. When we first met I was young and now I'm 19 years old. We have never separated and will never separate. Despite all my challenges Nino made my worst days more beautiful, without him it is impossible. I will thank you Nino, for life and thanks will not be enough for what Nino has done for me.!
Thanks to Nino Langella I have undertaken a serious journey, changing my mentality as much as possible and to identify with myself more and more with this life, and with what I really want to do. I met my teacher Andra Vaidilaite for me, a mental coach and also a life teacher.
I thank you for every little thing because without you everything was more difficult. I still don't believe everything that has happened to me in this world. I feel honoured to have such a relationship with this special couple.
I met Alessia Conó, my beloved partner to date. We have only been dancing together for 1.5 years. We are finalists at The Open Worlds in Blackpool Under 19. We are finalists at the European Under 19 and vice-champions of the Under 19 world. This week another dream came true and we became finalists in U21 at WDO Napoli Open Dance Festival.
I live by this, I love this world, I will do everything possible to make all my biggest dreams come true because I owe it to myself. I will always find some challenges in dancing. However, through dance with Alessia, I will always find the courage, the hope, the perseverance to move forward and get to where I will achieve my dreams and make them real. I work every day to improve myself.! Having said that, I hope to always move forward with my beloved partner, Alessia, in life and dance and become what we are aiming for together.
Dance shoes are the most important purchase I buy for dancing. I want my dance shoes to be comfortable, flexible, stable. I choose Nino model (https://www.anitaflavina.com/products/nino-men-s-latin-dance-shoes)
Anita Flavina dance shoes because they are amazing and unique and everything I look for in a pair of dance shoes.