Erin Boag

Erin Boag
Boag and Anton du Beke at the Symphony Hall, Birmingham (photo January 2008)
Born	(1975-03-17) 17 March 1975 (age 42) New Zealand
Nationality	Australian (New Zealand)
Occupation	Professional ballroom dancer
Known for	Strictly Come Dancing (2004—12)

Erin Boag (born 17 March 1975) is a professional ballroom dancer. She has danced from the age of three, originally starting ballet and later moving into ballroom, Latin and jazz. Born in Auckland, New Zealand, she moved to Australia as a teenager to progress her dancing career, before moving to London in 1996.

She started professionally dancing and is well known for being on Strictly Come Dancing in the UK with her partner Anton du Beke.

Boag is an honorary patron of the theatre charity The Music Hall Guild of Great Britain and America.

Boag's regular professional partner is Anton du Beke. They met in 1997 and won the 1998 and 1999 New Zealand Championships. They turned professional in 2002, competing mainly in the United Kingdom. Their best result on the competition circuit was in November 2003 when they won the IDTA Classic in England. They appeared on the first 10 series of Strictly Come Dancing. Boag has not appeared as a contestant on Strictly Come Dancing since Series 10 although Anton du Beke still appears on the show. She made a brief cameo in 2015 giving advice to contestant Katie Derham, who was partnered with du Beke that year.

From 2004 to 2012, Boag competed as one of the professional partners in ten series and six Christmas specials of the BBC celebrity ballroom competition show, Strictly Come Dancing.

In the show's first series, Boag was partnered up with former England rugby league player, Martin Offiah. They were eliminated in week six of the competition, finishing in fourth place.