Aicha McKenzie
Power Hour
Adrienne Herbert
4.8 • 713 Ratings
🗓️ 19 March 2019
⏱️ 51 minutes
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Summary
On the show this week is a guest whose career has seen her fight to the top in many different sectors. Aicha McKenzie is a former British gymnast, model and dancer who is also the CEO of AMCK Management, which founded AMCKDANCE in 2005, AMCKMODELS in 2008, and AMCKFIT in 2017. Her story goes from McKenzie becoming the first black woman to win her category in the 1994 Commonwealth games, as a rhythmic gymnast, aged just 17, to choreographing at the London 2012 Olympic Games and leading three global brands. This is an essential listen!
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Producer - Jack Claramunt
Exec Producer - Tom Payne
Production Support - Phie McKenzie
Outro music by Paul Herbert Music.
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| 0:00.0 | You have no control over anything, anything at all that happens around you. Zero control. |
| 0:08.2 | But you have 100% control of how you experience it. |
| 0:15.0 | Welcome to The Power Hour, the weekly podcast that will motivate you to pursue your passion and to achieve success. |
| 0:22.6 | I'm Adrienne Herbert, international speaker, fitness coach, Adidas Global Ambassador and Entrepreneur. |
| 0:29.5 | Each week I'll be talking to today's leading coaches, creatives, change makers and innovators |
| 0:35.1 | to find out their daily habits, morning routines and rules to live by. |
| 0:39.3 | The power hour is all about taking just one hour each day to help you improve your life and unlock your full potential. |
| 0:47.3 | Whether you want to build a business, write a book, run a marathon, or maybe you're just looking for a spark of inspiration. |
| 0:55.0 | The Power Hour is going to help you get there faster. |
| 1:02.2 | Welcome back to the Power Hour podcast. |
| 1:04.9 | My guest today is one of the UK's most influential female entrepreneurs. |
| 1:09.8 | She was born in London and at the age of 13, she became |
| 1:13.0 | the first ever black British woman to become rhythmic gymnastics champion. She also won triple |
| 1:19.1 | bronze at the Commonwealth Games. She later became a professional dancer and choreographer and she |
| 1:24.8 | has worked with some of the most iconic music artists in the entire |
| 1:28.5 | world, from choreographing for Kanye West's Gold Digger Performance at the Brits, to creating |
| 1:33.7 | fashion shows for brands such as Nike and Christian Labuton, and working with 300 dancers for the London |
| 1:40.0 | 2012 Olympic Games. She is the founder of three London-based agencies, AMCK Dance, which represents |
| 1:47.4 | some of the best in the business, AMCK models, a male-only modelling agency that has secured |
| 1:53.6 | exclusive campaigns for international brands such as Prada, Burberry, GQ and Vogue, and most recently, |
| 2:01.6 | AMCK Fit, an agency that supplies personal training programs |
| 2:04.6 | and backstage performance preparation |
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