Amy Dowden & Carlos Gu: REBORN

Strictly Come Dancing stars Amy Dowden MBE and Carlos Gu are coming to Bournemouth Pavilion on Wednesday 12 March 2025 as part of their brand-new tour, REBORN.

This inspirational new show, where the transformative power of dance shines through, will feature a dazzling cast of world-class dancers and vocalists. Taking audiences on an emotional and uplifting journey through powerful and show-stopping routines, REBORN is a testament to the joy of dancing. 
 
Amy Dowden and her partner Ben Jones were crowned British National Latin Dance Champions in 2016, where they were the first all-British pair to win the championships in over 30 years. Other successes include becoming British Dance Federation Champions, English Closed Champions and Welsh Closed and Open Champions. 

Amy joined Strictly Come Dancing in 2017 as a professional dancer. Undoubtedly her highlight so far is reaching the Final in 2019 with Karim Zeroual, while other partners include McFly’s Tom Fletcher, Brian Conley and JJ Chalmers. 

Amy won the Raising Awareness Award at the Hello! Magazine Star Women Awards 2019, received a Points of Light Award from the Prime Minister at 10 Downing Street in 2023 and awarded an MBE in the King’s Birthday honours in 2024 for her charity work with Crohn’s & Colitis UK. In 2020 the BBC broadcast a documentary, Strictly Amy: Crohn’s & Me, winning a BAFTA Cymru. With her recent Breast Cancer diagnosis and treatment, she has worked closely with the charity CoppaFeel!. A documentary following her cancer journey will air on BBC One later this year.

Carlos Gu is a Chinese National Champion with a wealth of dance accolades under his belt, including: multiple world semi-finalist, third place competitor at the German Open Championships, Amateur Latin Rising Star Runner Up at the 2017 UK Open.

Carlos joined Strictly Come Dancing in 2022 and started his Strictly journey with Molly Rainford where he made the final, last year saw Carlos partnered with Angela Scanlon and he is looking forward to joining the show for its 20th series this year. 
 
On television Carlos has been seen on It Takes Two, The Hit List and CBeebies Bedtime Stories.

Amy Dowden & Carlos Gu: REBORN at Bournemouth Pavilion on Wed 12 March 2025.

Tickets are from £45 and available at www.bournemouthpavilion.co.uk