I had actually been on tour in Japan and I had my own world tour that I was doing. I was used to doing a show for an hour, so I was always learning choreography.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
I had always choreographed a little, beginning in high school. And I leaned toward choreography. I always had an overview of what was going on.
I started my career as a singer in Japan, but left it all behind to focus on my dancing career.
I've been very physical my whole life. I went out hiking and camping for days in the Australian forest, and when I trained at drama school for three years, we did a whole lot on stage-fighting techniques. And I was a dancer from 5 to 18, so I have a memory for choreography.
I danced from the age of three, so I was always going to do something performance-related. I got into the Television Workshop drama group in Nottingham when I was 11 and went there for ten years.
I toured the Middle Eastern countries with the ballet.
The dance world was a big part of my growing up.
I had certain physical limitations that made me change the choreography for myself or made me more interested in choreography only rather than dancing. I have never been a person who wanted to just dance. I have always been interested in developing for other people.
My mother was a choreographer, so music has always been around.
Choreography is mentally draining, but there's a pleasure in getting into the studio with the dancers and the music.
When I finally decided to do the show, I only had two weeks to learn the choreography and the songs in French.