Originally from New Jersey, Julia Boggio moved to the UK after bonding with a South African fellow over Atlas Shrugged in an NYC bar. The relationship lasted about as long as her Ayn Rand phase and Julia eventually met her husband, a Welshman named James.

In 2005, they married at a film-themed wedding. Their wedding invite was a Cinema Paradiso-style pastiche of all the kisses from their favourite movies. They then wowed their guests with a near-perfect (ahem) rendition of the dance from Dirty Dancing. Little did they know that this dance would change their lives.

Two years later, they popped the dance on YouTube to show some friends in the US. The next day, they were interviewed by the Metro newspaper and it exploded from there. After a slew of newspaper articles and press appearances around the world, they were invited onto The Oprah Winfrey Show, where Julia danced with Patrick Swayze (James also did The Lift with him).

At the time, Julia was working as a wedding photographer after leaving her previous career as an advertising copywriter.

She went on to be creative director of one of London’s top portrait photography studios, offering a luxury service to minor royalty, celebrities, and the Chelsea/Mayfair sets.