Has made surprising Shall we dance investment

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– I have wanted to start my own dance studio for many years, so I started looking for premises last year, for Shall we dance, Spilling says when TV2.no calls her.

With supportive and committed parents, Spilling started the search for the perfect dance venue in Oslo, but struggled to find it – until now.

– I heard that the studio will be demolished next year, and that it was therefore empty now. Nordic film that produces Skal vi danse for TV 2 was therefore looking for new premises. Then I said that if they came across something, they had to say no, since I was also hunting, she says.

– Then they suggested that I could take over the Shall We Dance studio, until it was to be demolished.

The Skal vi danse studio has until now been run by former Skal vi danse judge, Tor Fløysvik (72), and former sports dancer Espen Salberg (69), under the name Det Norske Dansecenter, but ended the rent of the studio in November.

– The building will be demolished shortly, and the farm owner therefore does not extend any of the leases in the building. We have run Det norske Dansecenter in Pilestredet 75 C for 32 years, and therefore have new plans with a current location and a sensible perspective, Fløysvik and his wife Mette write in an SMS to TV2.no

For a number of years, almost 3,000 young and old have frequented the dance studio every year.

– Together with the world elite in dance, there are therefore many who have good memories from the parquet in Pilestredet. But now it’s over, and the light goes out for good, the couple writes.

Fløysvik states that they have found new premises, but that the corona restrictions make the future uncertain.

Development director in KLP Eiendom, Eskild Rolstad, confirms to TV2.no that the building in Pilestredet 75 C will be demolished, in favor of apartments.

– This has been a process for six years, where we have now had a breakthrough for the demolition of the building. In the autumn, we will start building apartments there, but there will also be some business premises on the ground floor, Rolstad says to TV2.no.

As the building is to be demolished, it may mean that the Skal vi danse production will also have to look for new premises.

– If something is to happen with the training facilities Skal vi danse has used so far, this will be solved in a good way before a possible new season of the program, says press manager in TV 2, Jan-Petter Dahl to TV2.no.

Do everything yourself

When Det Norske Dansecenter terminated the lease, Spilling therefore contacted KLP Eiendom, which owns the site, and got a lease in place within two weeks.

– It came on very abruptly. We finished Shall We Dance on November 13, and the rent started on December 1.

– Have you had any sleep at all?

– I sit up until 06.00 at night to edit the website. I try to do as much as I can on my own, and save money on everything I can. Fortunately, I have started a study in video marketing in social media, so I hope I can use some of it in this project, she smiles.

As the building is to be demolished in favor of new apartments, Spilling must look for a new place to establish itself.

– I hope this goes so well that I have the income to establish myself somewhere else eventually. I will not get rich on this this year. All of the money and income goes to invest in a new dance hall – as long as it becomes popular, she says.

Star-studded staff

Although Spilling only runs The Zone Dance Studio until July next year, she hopes that this chance can be the start of something big.

– I always go 100 percent into projects I want to complete. So jI try to do it alone, but I have no idea what I’m doing, she smiles.

And with her she has a staff stuffed by Shall we dance professionals, including Tarjei Svalastog (23) who took third place in this year’s Shall We Dance season with TV 2 profile Siri Nilminie Avlesen-Østli (37).