After wowing the public with the cha-cha-cha, charleston and a show dance in this year’s Strictly Come Dancing final, Pasha Kovalev embarks on his latest UK tour.

Life Through Dance, which comes to Richmond Theatre in April, will transport the audience into the world of ballroom and Latin dance.

The show is a packed journey through life and love, complete with the glitter and sparkles you would expect from the ballroom, expressed by the language of dance.

The production from this year’s Strictly Come Dancing winner will feature unique and complex choreography, sensational and emotional music and specially made costumes.

The 35-year-old professional ballroom dancer is no stranger to stepping away from the Strictly studio and the watchful eyes of Craig Revel-Horwood and Len Goodman, having previously toured the UK.

Kovalev says: "It’s my fourth year of doing a show. Every year I redesign it and do new chorography and create new costumes.

"This time the show is Life Through Dance and it is a show which I am hoping to use to dig deeper into things we do every day like meeting new people or making friends and falling in love.

"I think dance is a great way to do that and each dance is a different personal characteristic. Each characteristic in the dance will help people relate to thing that happen in their lives."

Kovalev and his dance partner Anya Garnis will be joined by three couples on stage, who "really do the show justice".

While he has not performed in Richmond before, Kovalev says he is looking forward to visiting the borough’s iconic theatre to perform for an audience of all ages.

He adds: "This will be for all the family. It is a family show and kind of based on Strictly. The young will love it as well as the grandparents."

But the question on all Strictly Come Dancing fans’ lips is will his winning celebrity partner, television presenter Caroline Flack, be joining him on the tour?

He says: "I think she has her own things going on and own commitments, so she won’t be appearing.

"It was lovely winning Strictly. It was my third final in the four years I have done the show, but you know what they say, third time lucky.

"Dancing for millions of people on camera is great, but you don’t really feel the reaction from them. Audience members are in the studio but you present your dance to towards the camera.

"In the live performance, you can feel the energy of people who come to watch the show. When they get in to what you’re doing, it makes you put your heart and soul in to it and you can feel what they feel. It is a feeling of unity."

As for any post-show rituals, Kovalev says food is at the top of his priorities once the final curtain falls.

He says: "During the tour, you shed pounds like crazy because you’re dancing nonstop. The problem with the tour is you need to keep your weight on.

"After the show, I usually going and meet members of the audiences, sign a few autographs and the go and find food."

  • Pasha Kovalev - Life Through Dance; Richmond Theatre, Little Green, Richmond; April 23, 7.30pm; £24.90 to £29.90; 0844 8717651 or visit atgtickets.com/venues/richmond-theatre.