Melanie Hooper is an Australian ballroom and Latin dancer. She was a professional dancer on Australia's Dancing with the Stars. She also toured with dance show Burn the Floor.

Early life

Melanie Hooper was born in Townsville, Australia.[1] Hooper began dancing at age 13.[2]

Career

Hooper moved to Brisbane at age 21 to advance her dance career. She began competing in Sydney and Melbourne. Then, to further her career she moved to London, England.[3] Her dancing titles include UK Rising Star Professional Latin Champion, German Professional Rising Star Latin Champion, Australian Open Professional Latin Champion, and Moscow World Professional Latin.[4][5] In 2008, Hooper joined the dance show Burn the Floor.[5] She was with the production when it moved to Broadway in 2009.[6]

Hooper joined Australia's Dancing with the Stars in 2011, In her first season as a professional dancer, she partnered Damien Leith. They placed third.[2] Her 2012 partner was 80's rocker Brian Mannix. In spite of low scores, Mannix and Hooper made it to week eight of the competition.[7] The following season she was paired with television performer Tony Barber.[1] Barber was the second celebrity eliminated.[8] In 2014, her partner was AFL player David Rodan. Rodan and Hooper received five perfect scores on their way to winning the competition.[9]

Hooper toured the United Kingdom with Strictly Come Dancing professional Brendan Cole's tours in 2012, 2013, and 2014.[2][4]

Personal life

In 2013, Hooper was engaged to Jarrod Tranter.[1] Hooper married Tranter in 2015.[10]

References

  1. 1 2 3 Tagliabue, Shari (11 October 2013). "Take your partner". Townsville Bulletin. Retrieved 12 November 2017.
  2. 1 2 3 Dawes, Georgia (7 January 2013). "Aussie Melanie Hooper with a Licence to Thrill". Australian Times. Retrieved 12 November 2017.
  3. ↑ Gordon, Tracey Lee (October 2012). "Success Business Magazine - Issue 6 | August, September, October 2012". issuu. Retrieved 12 November 2017.
  4. 1 2 "MELANIE HOOPER - FIT2MOVE". FIT2MOVE. Retrieved 12 November 2017.
  5. 1 2 "Dancing with the Stars Press Kit" (PDF). sevenwestmedia.com.au. Retrieved 12 November 2017.
  6. ↑ "Melanie Hooper". Playbill. Retrieved 12 November 2017.
  7. ↑ "Kicked off...so Mannix kicks on". The West Australian. 5 June 2012. Retrieved 12 November 2017.
  8. ↑ Perry, Kevin (16 October 2013). "Perfect Ten For Rhiannon Fish #DWTS". DeciderTV. Retrieved 12 November 2017.
  9. ↑ Vickery, Colin (26 November 2014). "DWTS blunder puts MacPherson out of sync". NewsComAu. Retrieved 12 November 2017.
  10. ↑ . 15 August 2015 https://www.pressreader.com/australia/townsville-bulletin-townsville-eye/20150815/281719793315585. Retrieved 7 November 2018 – via PressReader. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
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