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Lizzie Catt

Strictly star Janette Manrara feared she would never dance again after tearing meniscus

The Strictly star tells Lizzie Catt about the torn meniscus that almost ended her career and how reassessing her wellbeing has helped her to find happiness

Viewers of Strictly Come Dancing are used to seeing Janette Manrara gliding effortlessly around the dancefloor, helping her celebrity partners with fiendishly tricky footwork and launching into breathtaking lifts.

But the professional dancer, now co-presenter of Strictly companion show It Takes Two, says that surgery for a knee injury left her seriously doubting if she’d ever be able to continue dancing.

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