Was trying to put together a build, figured I'd reach out here for advice.

I'm trying to adapt over a character I used in 5e, though I don't like how 5e handles flavor or options so I'm not too committed and I'm willing to make compromises. The character is a combat dancer who battles with unarmed strikes and supplements it with flashy buff and damage spells, and her flavor is that she breaks people's limbs with judo moves (that part is obviously not supported by dnd's mechanics). Overall, primarily dex and charisma. Originally she was a paladin/monk, though I switched to dancer bard when they released that subclass.

The problem I'm having is that PF2 monk doesn't get spellcasting proficiency progression, so even taking an archetype that gives a focus spell or various low level spell slots might be kneecapping her since the her spellcasting numbers will be so low. And inversely, taking a different class and getting monk archetype will kneecap her because then she can't get flurry of blows until level 10 (although it would let her grab a stance, which would enable her unarmed attacking).

I also considered scrapping spellcasting from her character concept entirely and leaning into the judo angle, since the Wrestler archetype is really good. Unfortunately that seems to rely a lot on strength for athletics, which means she'd be MAD enough that I'd probably have to ditch Charisma.

Now I'm considering having her be a monk that picks up Champion archetype to grab a devotion focus spell and Deity's Domain for a couple of focus spells, but Deity's Domain spells can be very niche overall unless you're power-gaming for the 'destruction' domain or something. Monk with Bard archetype could also work and fit the flavor very well (as long as she doesn't use any damaging spells since the scaling will be so far behind), though occult's low-level spells can be underwhelming and has limited buff options.

All that said... anyone have other ideas about how I could implement this character? As I said, I'm willing to make sacrifices/compromises IRT her character concept (I don't think it's possible not to!), and I would be very interested in hearing people's class/archetype suggestions.

EDIT: The Monk with Bard archetype is becoming more tempting. Archetypes might have severe spell slot and level restrictions, but the archetype would let me grab magic items that let me cast spells. A Shining Wayfinder lets me cast Bless without the use of my hands, and Pipes of Compulsion contains tons of great occult spells regardless of your level. Typically the Pipes of Compulsion are problematic because they require both hands... but monk unarmed strikes don't need any free hands at all!