Wendy Gibbins:Choreography can make or break an act

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Wendy Gibbins is a trained dancer, dance teacher and choreographer.
She has choreographed a large number of Greek and Cypriot Eurostars on and off Eurovision Song Contest stage. She has been to the contest twice, when she worked with One, who represented Cyprus in 2002, and recently with Evridiki and Korgialas in Helsinki.

Which Eurostars have you worked with, both for Eurovision and for the personal careers?

I have worked with quite a few Eurostars. I have been to the final of the Eurovision twice with Cyprus. The first time with ONE 'Gimme Gimme' in 2002 in Estonia and this year with Evridiki and Korgialas in Helsinki with 'Comme ci comme ca'. I also choreographed Christos Dantis Greek national final entry 'No Madonna' this year. Outside the arena of the Eurovision I have worked extensively with Anna Vissi and Helena Paparizou prior to their Eurovision entries on video clips, and live performances. I also worked with Sarbel on a couple of music award performances a few years ago. I choreographed for One throughout their whole career and have worked on many projects with
Evridiki over the years.

Any stories you would like to share with us?

Yes. Stress, stress, joy, fun, outrageous, normality. That's the Eurovision Song Contest.

Stella Floras

Thanks to Johnny Logan and Hold me now I fell in love with the Eurovision Song Contest, a love that's been going strong ever since with undiminished passion. My first memories date back to 1977 and the lyrics of Rock bottom, Dschinghis Khan and A ba ni bi are still engraved in my brain.

I joined esctoday.com in 2006 as a junior editor after being invited by Barry Viniker, I soon became Senior Editor and during the 2007 contest in Helsinki I was appointed Head of Communications. Today I hold the post of Head of Human Resources and I am proud to be working with the best editorial team in the world.