Carmelo Pizzino - Carmelo Pizzino - Biography Resident teacher at the Sydney Dance Company for the past three years, Carmelo Pizzino won his first dancing award at just five years of age. Originally from Perth, in WA, Carmelo specialises in Latin American. He has won many Australian and world titles, including the prestigious British Latin Champion at Blackpool. He has also been: International Latin Champion in London; the Australian Open Latin Champion; the South Pacific Latin Champion; Australasian Latin Champion; Singapore’s Lion City Champion; and has twice won the Rumba in the Jungle Latin Championship at Sun City in South Africa. Carmelo, who turned professional at 26, performed in the cabaret Moulinesque and has also choreographed music videos. Carmelo made his Dancing With The Stars debut last series choreographing acclaimed Australian actress Noeline Brown.