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.

In this conversation:

moving from screen and stage into DanceSport

finding her place in Ballroom as a crossover performer

why American Smooth fits her artistic identity

balancing ambition, performance, and inner work

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00:00 Cold open
00:26 Welcome to Break the Routine — meet Kiera Brunton
01:04 Baby ballet, tap, swing: how it all started
03:36 Golden Age Hollywood: building a style out of every style
07:09 Booked as a theatre dancer, forced to do Ballroom
08:25 Wonka, Disenchanted & the movie-musical dream
08:46 Hairspray at the UK Open: "I'm doing this for my mum"
10:56 Strictly: the Afro-Latin opening with Oti Mabuse & Matt Nicholson
12:11 The truth about film sets: dancers treated as extras
13:33 Making a living: teaching, tours and seasons
16:47 KiKi Healer: Reiki, tarot, numerology, Kundalini
18:51 Tarot explained — and why horror films got it wrong
21:53 Numerology: reading her own chart
23:14 Kundalini, chakras & leading from the heart on stage
25:51 The question Kiera would ask: what keeps you authentic?
27:13 GAME: 20 questions in 1 minute
33:05 What would you change in the DanceSport world?
35:04 Is DanceSport friendly? Getting shoved at competitions
37:21 Mum is the first coach of every child
39:04 Teachable vs unteachable: you can't teach motivation
40:56 World Atlas: does Pakistan have DanceSport?
44:37 Breaking the routine: "I'm not afraid to look a fool"
49:21 BTR Playlist + question for the next guest
50:18 Thank you Kiera — how will you break your routine today?