Amy Dowden on ‘guilty’ decision she faced amid breast cancer battle

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In the past nine months, Amy Dowden has battled grade three breast cancer, undergone a mastectomy and chemotherapy, beaten sepsis and broken her foot - but her smile is brighter than ever.

Ordinarily, the Welsh dancer would have just finished the Strictly Come Dancing live tour after yet another successful BBC series, but for the first time in six years, Amy had to sit both out due to her cancer diagnosis. “I’m getting stronger day by day,” she smiles, sporting a chic buzz cut as her hair is growing back after treatment finished in November. “I’m building up to get back on the dance floor.” The 33-year-old Strictly professional is back on BBC One Wales for the second series of Amy Dowden’s Dare To Dance, where she teaches extraordinary people the magic of movement.

From a Wrexham couple planning their upcoming wedding to a young woman who gave up dance after losing her sight and confidence, Amy helps many well-deserving folk feel comfortable on that ballroom floor in the four-part series.

It was while she was filming the show in May last year that she was given her devastating breast cancer diagnosis, putting Amy in a tough position. “We started filming and I met all the contributors and asked them to take on this challenge.