Best known for starring in BBC1’s Strictly Come Dancing, Anton Du Beke has made ballroom queens of celebrities Lesley Garrett CBE, Esther Rantzen OBE, Patsy Palmer, Jan Ravens and Kate Garraway on the hit TV series.

Witty, charismatic and a natural entertainer, Anton’s skills in front of an audience extend far beyond his exceptional ballroom talents. That’s not to underestimate the national and international achievements, which he and his professional partner, Erin Boag have collected over the ten years they have worked together.

Anton is now the well known presenter for the popular daytime BBC2 series Step Up To The Plate and he has also made many guest appearances on BBC1’s Celebrity Star Spell, Test The Nation, Celebrity The Weakest Link, Question of Sport Christmas Special, Graham Norton's Big Finish, Who Wants to be a Millionaire Christmas Special, Rob Brydon's ’Annually Rententive’ and ITV1’s Loose Women and GMTV.

Anton has teamed up with Lesley Garrett once again in 2004, for a gala concert in Leeds, broadcast on BBC2 which also starred Ruthie Henshall and Michael McCarthy. In 2006, he choreographed and took part in BBC1’s live Dancing in the Streets and he was also part of the BBC 2 drama documentary King of Waltzes about the history of the Strauss family, and was a guest presenter on the BBC 1 live daytime show City Hospital.

Having danced since he was 14 years old, Anton has collected a number of worldwide and British awards and achievements in Ballroom Dancing. He has also trained in ballet, contemporary, jazz and modern theatre dance. Anton and Erin are the theatre choreographers for the live show Simply Ballroom and made a special guest appearance in a gala performance at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane in 2006. The show has subsquently been filmed for DVD by Universal Pictures.

In 2007 Anton's Dance Class was published by Kyle Cathie Ltd, a step by step guide to all the Ballroom and Latin dances written and created by Anton and featuring Erin Boag and Flavia Cacace. In early 2008, Anton performed with the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra and presented the BBC Radio Nottingham’s Annual Family Concert. He returned to Strictly Come Dancing this autumn alongside Step Up To The Plate and a new show for BBC1, Hole In The Wall as one of the team captains together with Darren Gough and host Dale Winton. In January 2009 he and Erin will be presenting a nation-wide tour of dance and music; Anton and Erin - Cheek to Cheek.

September 2008