James McManus, who represents Ireland in the competition, took up the Argentinean dance when he was in his 80s.

I don't remember balance ever being a factor until the number 85 rolled around and captured my attention. I was just starting to learn tango and hand-in-hand with that came yoga. Both of which cannot be achieved without good balance plus quite a few other things.

Below I share with you precious strategies that helped me go miles from not exercising at all to becoming content with my body and life most of the time.

I asked Jevgeni Davidov, an award winning and critically acclaimed dancer, to share his experience of dancing, competing, teaching and touching people's lives with the art of dance.