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Matthew David Cutler (born 30 October 1973) is an English
dancer and former World Amateur Latin-American champion. He was a professional dancer on the
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dancing show ''
Strictly Come Dancing''.
Early life
Cutler was born in
Chelmsford
Chelmsford () is a City status in the United Kingdom, city in the City of Chelmsford district in the county of Essex, England. It is the county town of Essex and one of three cities in the county, along with Southend-on-Sea and Colchester. It ...
,
Essex
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. His brother designs all his clothes, personal and professional. When he was four, his family moved to
Southend on Sea
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, Essex, where he went to Earls Hall Primary School and Cecil Jones Secondary School, now
Cecil Jones Academy
Cecil Jones Academy (formerly Cecil Jones High School and then Cecil Jones College) is a secondary school and sixth form situated in Southend-on-Sea, Essex, England. Cecil Jones Academy opened on the 1st of September 2015. The academy is part o ...
. He started dancing classes in a church hall in Southend and took part in school competitions and other competitions in Chelmsford.
By the age of ten, he was winning most competitions and a judge suggested that he entered more challenging competitions. Cutler took ballroom lessons in
Birmingham
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and Latin classes in
Hendon and took part in open competitions, supported by his parents.
He won the World Amateur Championship with his then wife
Nicole Cutler in 1999, and went on to win many other competitions. They were later divorced in 2003, and went on to work with different professional partners, reuniting in 2006. In October 2009, the Cutlers started the Semley Club Dance Academy in Norbury, South London, United Kingdom, where they teach dance.
''Strictly Come Dancing''
Cutler joined the third series of ''
Strictly Come Dancing'' in 2005, when he and
Siobhan Hayes
Siobhan Teresa Hayes (born 21 July 1974) is an English actress. She is known for her roles as Abi Harper in the BBC sitcom ''My Family'' and Sandy in the BBC radio series '' Absolute Power''.
Career
Hayes portrayed Abi Harper, a clumsy and dim- ...
left in week one. He partnered
Carol Smillie
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in 2006, reaching week nine, and won the competition in 2007 with partner
Alesha Dixon. In January/February 2008, Matthew competed with ex Olympian
Denise Lewis on the ''Strictly Come Dancing Tour''.
He partnered
Christine Bleakley
Christine Louise Lampard ('' née'' Bleakley, born 2 February 1979) is a Northern Irish broadcaster. She has presented various television programmes with Adrian Chiles, such as ''The One Show'' (2007–2010) and '' Daybreak'' (2010–11), while ...
in the series of 2008, and finished fifth overall. In January/February 2009. Matthew danced with
Kristina Rihanoff
Kristina Rihanoff (russian: Кристина Пшеничных,: Kristina Pshenichnykh; born 22 September 1977) is a world finalist professional ballroom dancer, instructor, choreographer and author.
She has a degree in Tourism and Hospital ...
on the ''Strictly Come Dancing Tour''. For the series of 2009 of ''Strictly'', Matthew partnered Tennis ace
Martina Hingis
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.
He and Martina were the first couple to leave the series of 2009. His professional partner for 2009 was Aliona Vilani. He did not return for the eighth series in Autumn 2010, but returned for the Christmas special, partnering
Fern Britton
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.
Awards
He has twice received the
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for an outstanding contribution to dance.
Professional
* ''Strictly Come Dancing'' champion (partnered with
Alesha Dixon), 2007
* World, Open British, International and UK Professional Latin finalist, 2000–2005
* International Professional Latin finalist, 2004
* World and European Professional Latin finalist, 2005
* British Closed Professional Latin Champion, 2004
* UK Closed Professional Latin Champion, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2005
* World Masters Professional Latin Champion, 2000
Amateur
* UK Open Amateur Champion 2000
* Open British Amateur Champions 1997, 1999
* World, European & International Amateur Champion 1999
* Closed British Amateur Champions 1995, 1996, 1997, 1999
* Closed UK Amateur Champions 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999
* Dutch Open Amateur Latin Champions 1998, 1999
* South African Open Amateur Champions 1990, 1994
Television appearances
* ''
Come Dancing
''Come Dancing'' is a British ballroom dancing competition show that ran on and off on the BBC from 1949 to 1998. Unlike its follow-up show, ''Strictly Come Dancing'', contestants were not celebrities.
The show was created by Eric Morley, the ...
'' (1992–1995, 1998)
* ''International Come Dancing'' (1996)
* ''Burn The Floor'' (1999)
* ''
Strictly Come Dancing'' (2005–2009)
* ''Diet On The Dancefloor'' (2008)
* ''
Ready Steady Cook
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'' (2009)
References
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External links
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1973 births
Living people
British ballroom dancers
English male dancers
Strictly Come Dancing winners
21st-century British dancers
20th-century British dancers