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13 JUL 2026 · 51 MIN

Thank you Kiera — how will you break your routine today?

with KIERA BRUNTON

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About this episode

In this episode of Break the Routine, Marius Iepure sits down with Kiera Brunton to explore her journey from film and musical theatre into the world of American Smooth and Ballroom. From Disney sets and Strictly Come Dancing to the competition floor, Kiera shares how performance, identity, pressure, and reinvention shaped her path.

Chapters

  1. 00:00Cold open
  2. 00:26Welcome to Break the Routine — meet Kiera Brunton
  3. 01:04Baby ballet, tap, swing: how it all started
  4. 03:36Golden Age Hollywood: building a style out of every style
  5. 07:09Booked as a theatre dancer, forced to do Ballroom
  6. 08:25Wonka, Disenchanted & the movie-musical dream
  7. 08:46Hairspray at the UK Open: “I'm doing this for my mum”
  8. 10:56Strictly: the Afro-Latin opening with Oti Mabuse & Matt Nicholson
  9. 12:11The truth about film sets: dancers treated as extras
  10. 13:33Making a living: teaching, tours and seasons
  11. 16:47KiKi Healer: Reiki, tarot, numerology, Kundalini
  12. 18:51Tarot explained — and why horror films got it wrong
  13. 21:53Numerology: reading her own chart
  14. 23:14Kundalini, chakras & leading from the heart on stage
  15. 25:51The question Kiera would ask: what keeps you authentic?
  16. 27:13GAME: 20 questions in 1 minute
  17. 33:05What would you change in the DanceSport world?
  18. 35:04Is DanceSport friendly? Getting shoved at competitions
  19. 37:21Mum is the first coach of every child
  20. 39:04Teachable vs unteachable: you can't teach motivation

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Episode 1 with Kiera Brunton 13.5k views · Instagram ↗
Who could they be talking about? 11.5k views · Instagram ↗
Do you get nervous before the floor? 9.1k views · Instagram ↗
Floor craft on the competition floor 6.3k views · Instagram ↗
What if you forget your routine mid-competition? 1.8k views · Instagram ↗

Transcript

The full conversation, 380 passages

00:00

I'm not afraid to look a fool.

00:01

Don't be too British about it.

00:03

Very British.

00:04

Say it. How is it?

00:04

And it becomes this really like bitter place sometimes.

00:08

To be a gentleman or to be just respectful and fair play in in sport, in any sport, I think is super important.

00:14

The more I throw myself into this world, this boring world, honestly, my life just floats so much more. Hello and welcome to Break the Routine, a podcast for Danceport. Today we have a very, very special guest and I'm very excited to start the first episode of this podcast with Kira Brton. Welcome.

00:39

Hello. Thank you for having me.

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