Pussycat Dolls Interview - Kimberly Wyatt

27 July 2009

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Kimberly Wyatt is well known as the stunning pussycat Doll who can stretch her leg far over her head (and does so on numerous occasions) so with this in mind she’s decided to show us good old Brit’s how to do it too in a number of London workshops.

I caught up with Kimberly to talk about dance, life and of course, the uncertain future of the Pussycat Dolls after that Jai Ho cover….

Hey Kimberly, what have you been up to lately?

Hey! I’m good, I’ve been doing a couple of shows and things and during the rest of the week I’m going to do a bit of shopping and hang out with the rest of the girls and see a couple of shows here in London. I’m looking forward to having some time off in London.

You’re hosted some dance classes on Sunday and another today, what made you decide to do that?

Well my first passion in life was always dance and I had done a few classes for scholarship kids in Los Angeles and I knew I had to just reach out there and the first step of that was setting up my website Beautiful Movements and really living out my bigger purpose in life which is to inspire people and from that platform came another opportunity to teach a workshop in Australia and I jumped at it, then when I was coming to London I knew I had to do something for my fans here too because everyone is so amazing and have always been so receptive to the Pussycat Dolls and to me as an individual.

What will the eager dancers be up to during the day?

Well the workshop is really about living a wonderful lifestyle and always believing in yourself so the first thing we do is a warm up and an introduction of myself and my life story and then I go through the warm up and we do some walking across the floor which is why I tell the ladies to bring their heels because it’s so important for dancers out there who are ever going to work in the business are going to have to know how to dance and walk in heels and for any normal person out there who does business or is walking down the street and wants to turn head and shine with confidence then this workshop can help with that.

So, for someone with two left feet, what do you think is the best advice to them if they want to keep fit, but are too scared to go to a dance class in case they get embarrassed?

Well I think that’s the first thing in life that holds people back, whenever you want to accomplish anything you can’t be scared of what people might think, and its all about facing fears because when you face the fear and accomplish that goal, you realise that you can do anything in life!

Plus,  in order to become a dancer then you have to know that ballet is the basis of all dance, so I would say that my advice would be to start with a ballet class and go from there. Listen to your teachers and understand what they’re saying to you and be in tune with your body. I think if you believe in yourself then you can do anything you set your mind to.

Tell us how you got into dancing in the first place and how did that lead you into joining the Pussycat Dolls.

Well I’ve been dancing since the age of seven and when I was dancing I did quite a few competition and conventions and I met wonderful teachers who gave me scholarships to New York and I would go in the summer to train there.

Once I graduated early from high school I flew to Las Vegas because I found an audition online for cruise ships and my first job at 17 was working on the ships all around the world but I soon found that I’m not very good at the seas and I get quite seasick so I looked for a job back on dry land and that took me to Los Angeles and I happened to get an audition for Nick Lachey & Jessica Simpson’s reality show Newlyweds and that’s when I met Robin Antin who is the creator of the Pussycat Dolls and she asked me straight up if I would join the group and I had no clue it would land me the job of a lifetime!

I’ve been all over the world since then  and met so many people and shared my love for dancing and entertainment and singing and inspiring others.

Aww, I love you already! But you’re just about to complete a 7-month tour with the girls, are you just exhausted now?

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