A little girl and her mother take their seats at a ballroom dancing contest. As the music silences the crowd, she is captivated by the grandiose costumes that move gracefully with the dancer’s body as they delicately sashay across the floor. Soon, she signs up for her first ballroom dancing class. Gradually, the movements come from within; they are what she feels, thinks and lives by.

This may sound all too familiar, but in truth Katya Virshilas’s career began much like a scene from the movie, Shall We Dance that brought her fame. Relatively new to the acting fraternity, Katya has spent the last three years in this “different and challenging industry” in great company – Richard Gere and Antonio Banderas to name a few, and more recently, India’s commanding dance guru, Shiamak Davar whom she is helping on a “big show,” scheduled for November.