Dancer Andrea Toy has no fear her hunky husband Strictly Ballroom star Paul Mercurio may run off with another woman.
"He runs the other way!" says Andrea with a laugh. "Then he comes home and tells me about it."
Ever since Strictly Ballroom became a worldwide hit, 30-year-old Paul often finds women drooling over him--even on a trip to the supermarket with his wife and children Elise, 3, and Emily, 18 months.
"It's been pretty overwhelming because before we would be out shopping and no one would know us," says Andrea, 32. "But now virtually every time we go shopping, we get people staring or running after us."
Andrea says young girls often write love letters. "I have a bit of a giggle because a lot of them are 13-year-olds and wanting to jump on him!"
Meanwhile, elderly women act like love-struck 12-year-olds while women around Paul's age are very straightforward about their desires. "But the cutest thing about Paul is that he just runs a mile--and then he tells me" Andrea says.
While Strictly Ballroom has made Paul famous around the world, he and Andrea have been spending their days in trendy downtown Newtown in inner Sydney.
They have been working at the New Theatre rehearsing Imprint, the latest work by the Australian Choreographic Ensemble which Paul founded last year. The show runs until June 27 at Sydney's Enmore Theatre before a five-week tour from the Gold Coast to country Queensland, NSW, and south Australia. It marks Andrea's return to performing.
After a career with The Australian Ballet and Graeme Murphy's Sydney Dance Company, Andrea gave up full-time work four years ago to become a mother. When ACE was formed, the opportunity to return to the stage arose.
Based on a concept by Paul, Imprint will be only the second time he and Andrea--who met when they both worked with the Sydney Dance Company--ave performed together [Ed's note: not true. They were both in Kraanerg and Boxes, at least].
"We work very well together," she says.
"He runs the other way!" says Andrea with a laugh. "Then he comes home and tells me about it."
Ever since Strictly Ballroom became a worldwide hit, 30-year-old Paul often finds women drooling over him--even on a trip to the supermarket with his wife and children Elise, 3, and Emily, 18 months.
"It's been pretty overwhelming because before we would be out shopping and no one would know us," says Andrea, 32. "But now virtually every time we go shopping, we get people staring or running after us."
Andrea says young girls often write love letters. "I have a bit of a giggle because a lot of them are 13-year-olds and wanting to jump on him!"
Meanwhile, elderly women act like love-struck 12-year-olds while women around Paul's age are very straightforward about their desires. "But the cutest thing about Paul is that he just runs a mile--and then he tells me" Andrea says.
While Strictly Ballroom has made Paul famous around the world, he and Andrea have been spending their days in trendy downtown Newtown in inner Sydney.
They have been working at the New Theatre rehearsing Imprint, the latest work by the Australian Choreographic Ensemble which Paul founded last year. The show runs until June 27 at Sydney's Enmore Theatre before a five-week tour from the Gold Coast to country Queensland, NSW, and south Australia. It marks Andrea's return to performing.
After a career with The Australian Ballet and Graeme Murphy's Sydney Dance Company, Andrea gave up full-time work four years ago to become a mother. When ACE was formed, the opportunity to return to the stage arose.
Based on a concept by Paul, Imprint will be only the second time he and Andrea--who met when they both worked with the Sydney Dance Company--ave performed together [Ed's note: not true. They were both in Kraanerg and Boxes, at least].
"We work very well together," she says.
New Idea
26 June 1993
