Early life.
Born in Naples, Italy in 1979 - Flavia was the youngest of 6 children. She moved to the UK with her family in 1984 and first attended Hurley's Dance School Guildford, learning to dance Disco, Ballroom and Latin American.
Flavia’s first pet dog was a beautiful German shepherd called Rocky, which started her forever love of dogs and all animals.
After continuing to progress with her Ballroom & Latin examinations at the age of 14, Flavia was partnered with her first dance partner Leighton Jones and then in 1995 Flavia was partnered with Vincent Simone and that was the beginning of a successful 25 year dance partnership. Flavia and Vincent continued to work their way up the amateur and professional ranks winning various UK and International championships.
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UK Professional Ten Dance champions 2002-2006;
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UK Professional Show Dance champions 2003-2006;
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UK Argentine Tango champions 2006 (first time the competition has ever been held); World Argentine Tango Show champions 2005/2006;
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UK Ballroom champions for several years;
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World and European Ten Dance and Show Dance finalists 2002-2006.
Career.
Flavia continued her successful dance partnership with Vincent Simone under the brand “Vincent and Flavia” and after several years of performing professionally on the UK dance circuit, they had their first TV break on BBC 1’s TV show “Dance Fever” hosted by Graham Norton.
Soon after came their big break on BBC's Strictly Come Dancing where Flavia was a professional for 8 years. During her time on the show she won 3 glitterball trophies and wowed audiences with her & Vincent's signature Argentine Tango. After their stint on Strictly both Flavia & Vincent moved to the stage and over the next 8 years starred in 4 of their own theatre shows tour ing the UK extensively as well as several west end runs they also picked up a host of award nominations along the way. Flavia has also starred in shows on her own including Jack and The Beanstalk at The Worthing Pavillion Theatre and more recently with fellow Strictly professional Oti Mabuse in the 2025 UK tour of "Viva Carnival'
© Flavia Cacace-Mistry
© Flavia Cacace-Mistry
TV Appearances | Presenting | Documentaries
Flavia not only has 8 years experience as a professional dancer on BBC's Strictly Come Dancing, she has also appeared on numerous tv shows as a performer and guest speaker.
Flavia also undertakes a lot of corporate work as an awards host, judge and adjudicator as well as running her own Dance school "Dance With Flavia' offering a host of classes and corporate events as well as private tuition.
Other interests.
Flavia has many facets to her personality and has always strived to progress and reach new heights. Having achieved some of the highest possible accolades in her Dance field she continued to expand into the fitness world in 2018 studying for her personal training diploma with NASM.
But one of Flavia’s other passion in life is her absolute love and connection with animals.
It Started in 2010 when she became patron of the ‘Dog Trouble Foundation’ which led her to study for a ‘City & Guilds’ dog grooming qualification which she passed with distinction.
In 2021 Flavia and her husband Jimi took the leap of faith and moved to a smallholding, over the following 5 years they experienced what it was like to have their own rare breed Ouessant sheep, starting with 3 Enzo, Freddy & Flash and then experiencing the ups and downs of lambing and ending with a flock of 19.
They are also the only people to have professionally spun their own beautiful ouessant wool.
They have looked after 50 hybrid chickens and grown all their own fruit and vegetables.
The move to the country sparked lots of social media interest where they gained a large following ‘Ourlifeatthebarn’ and press and TV interest having appeared in various magazines and tv shows such as
-Hello Magazine
- Country Living
-Loose Women and many more..
they also created ‘an evening with’ type show talking all things living on a smallholding.
Having now returned to her first love of dance and performing Flavia aspires to continue her connection with animals and would love to branch out into more charitable work and tv documentaries.
For all work enquiries:
Contact agent: Mildred Yuan
Email: mildred@mildredyuan.com
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