The Shall we dance profile opens up about childhood trauma

2022-10-01 20:20:19 By : Ms. Michelle Ding

Saturday means that there will once again be swings on the parquet during "Shall we dance".One of the couples who impressed last weekend, and who must try to replicate their success tonight, is influencer Iselin Guttormsen (33) and her dance partner Catalin Mihu Andrei (28).Now the viewers are used to seeing the duo with glitz and glam on the TV screen every Saturday, but for Andrei the dance career started on a completely different scale.The 28-year-old told TV 2 that he started dancing as a kind of therapy to deal with a childhood trauma.When Andrei was little, he experienced one of the worst things a child can experience: a family member was killed right in front of his eyes.The dancer, who grew up in Romania, was out walking with his grandfather in the city.Together they were going to cross a pedestrian crossing, but despite having a green light, a car came at too high a speed and ran them straight down.- I remember that we flew through the air.It was like in a slow motion movie.I saw my grandfather in a pool of blood on the ground.I survived, but unfortunately he didn't, Andrei tells TV 2.Just before they crossed the road, the grandfather had switched places with him, which probably saved Andrei, who was only eight years old at the time.- I blamed myself for this every single day.At the same time, I am grateful for it, because otherwise I would most likely be dead.So there was a lot of shame associated with the feelings I had around the death.The 28-year-old and his grandfather had a close relationship, so he therefore took the death very seriously.He therefore took Mora to a psychologist, and it was precisely the psychologist who suggested trying one or another sport to get something else to focus on.Andrei chose dance.- The dance distracted me and made me think about something else.At the same time, I was able to express a lot of emotions through music and dance.I felt that the love of my grandfather was transferred to the dance, he recalls.On Saturday evening, together with Guttormsen, he will dance a Viennese waltz where they will convey love for both the dance and the professional dancer's late grandfather.The website you are now visiting is largely financed by advertising revenue.Based on your previous activity with us, you will receive advertisements that we think may interest you.You choose whether you want to change your settingsAller Media owns the websites Dagbladet, Sol, DinSide, KK, Se og Hør, Lommelegen, Topp and ViDagbladet is part of Aller Media, which is responsible for your data.We use the data to improve and customize our services, offers and advertisements.If you want to know more about how you can change your settings, go to privacy settings