(Cover) - EN Star Style - Cher has credited her great physique to the dance classes she used to take as a child.

The veteran singer, 64, has recently shown off her slim-line figure in revealing outfits for the movie Burlesque, about a small-town girl who goes to find work in a neo-burlesque bar run by a former dancer, which also features American pop star Christina Aguilera.

The songstress claims she has always had a slender body due to the dance classes she attended in her youth.

However, the international celebrity has also admitted that doesnt necessarily mean she can move very well in time to the music.

I work hard for it [my figure]. When I was younger that was part of my life at lunch time wed all go take dance class and, not that I ever danced because Im not really a dancer, but I was always fit so it just became something that was part of my life, she told British programme Lorraine.

Cher has also admitted that working to get into shape for Burlesque was one of the most strenuous physical challenges she has ever put herself through.

The award-winning star divulged that if she hadnt exercised in her youth, the job of getting fit would have been made a lot harder.

And thank God, she said about her fitness levels as a young woman. Because to get ready for that film I had to get much more together than I would normally. (C) Cover Media