PROFESSIONAL BALLROOM / PROFESSIONAL LATIN / AMATEUR BALLROOM / AMATEUR LATIN / TEN-DANCE / AMERICAN SMOOTH / YOUNGSTERS / SENIOR / WHEELCHAIR
Valerio Colantoni & Monica Nigro 
Valerio and Monica are very much established as one of the world's finest Professional Ballroom couples, consistently finishing in the top three of all of the major competitions around the world. Representing Italy, they have been dancing together since 2015 and joined the #IDSEliteTeam in 2017.
Valerio usually wears our 'Contra Pro' in Black Patent though he's also been known to perform in our 'Contra Pro' in Black Lycra which is a look that matches nicely with the tail suit trousers. Monica wears our 'ICS Vista' in both Flesh Satin and White Satin. You can follow Valerio on Instagram by clicking here and click here to follow Monica.
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Stanislav Zelianin & Irina Cherepanova 
Stanislav wears our 'Contra Pro' in Black Patent and Irina wears our popular 'ICS RoundToe' design in both Flesh Satin and White Satin. You can follow Stanislav on Instagram by clicking here and click here to follow Irina.
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Stas Portanenko & Nataliya Kolyada 
Stas wears our 'Contra Pro' in Black Patent and Nataliya wears our popular 'ICS RoundToe' design in both Flesh Satin and White Satin. You can follow Stas on Instagram by clicking here and click here to follow Nataliya.
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Gaetano Iavarone & Emanuela Napolitano
Gaetano wears our 'Tango' in Black Patent and Emanuela wears our popular 'ICS RoundToe' design in both Flesh Satin and White Satin. You can follow Gaetano on Instagram by clicking here and click here to follow Emanuela.
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Fedor Isaev & Anna Zudilina
Fedor wears our 'Contra Pro' in Black Patent and Anna wears our popular 'ICS RoundToe' design in both Flesh Satin and White Satin. You can follow Fedor on Instagram by clicking here.
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Chong He (Charles) & Shan Jing (Sara) 
Charles & Sara will forever be in our history as the first Chinese couple in our #IDSEliteTeam having been with us since October 2011!!
We've been incredibly proud to see this charming couple move their way up through the Amateur Ballroom rankings, winning Blackpool, the UK Open, the International Championships and the World Championships before moving up to Professional in October 2018.
They started dancing together in 2005, having met in their dance school. Charles is the most bossy, and does Kung Fu in spare time, whilst Sara is the more creative one in the partnership and their favourite dance is the Foxtrot.
Charles wears our 'Contra Pro' in Black Patent and Sara wears our 'ICS SuperStar' in both Flesh Satin and White Satin. You can follow Sara on Instagram by clicking here.
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Andres End & Veronika End 
Andres wears our 'Contra Pro' in Black Nubuck and Veronika wears our popular 'ICS RoundToe' design in both Flesh Satin and White Satin. You can follow them on Instagram by clicking here.
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Alex Sindlia & Jade Main 
Before dancing together, Alex and Jade knew each other through teaching and competing in Professional Ballroom. Alex asked Jade out on a date and not only did Jade not shut him down, they're now married with with a beautiful baby boy, Dominic, who they welcomed into the world in March 2019. When they met they were both in successful partnerships, however their tough decisions to break them off to dance together was vindicated as they became World, European and UK Professional Ten-Dance Champions!
Their best memory was their World Professional Ten-Dance win, which was in Miami in 2016. It was their first attempt and provided them with an indescribable feeling. Away from dancing, Jade loves being busy in the garden and with DIY tasks while Alex enjoys online gaming.
Alex wears our 'Contra Pro' in Black Patent and Jade wears our popular 'ICS RoundToe SingleStrap' design in both Flesh Satin and White Satin. You can follow their shared account on Instagram by clicking here. Image here.
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Ben Taylor & Stefanie Taylor
Ben and Stefanie met in April 2008 for a tryout in Copenhagen, Denmark and since then have become one of the leading Amateur and now Professional couples in the United Kingdom. Making Semi-Finals in Amateur and Quarter-Finals in Professional at the Royal Albert Hall, their favourite venue, as well as proudly representing Great Britain at the World Championships are their greatest memories so far in their career. The Waltz is Stefanie's favourite dance whilst for Ben it's the Foxtrot.
When they met for the first time in Copenhagen, neither of them had seen each-other without their 'competition looks', making it akin to meeting for a very awkward first date when neither looks like their photos, with Ben even passing through security wearing a Manchester United shirt. Of the story in Ben's groom's speech at their wedding in February 2020, Stefanie had confessed that she was 'looking for a dancer' to which Ben's punchline was, "she still is!".
"We've worn International Dance Shoes for many years and we always maintain that they offer style and comfort. International Dance Shoes listen to the dancers, and continually innovate and set the trends. They are simply the best dance shoes in the world!"
Ben wears our 'Contra Pro' in Black Patent and Stefanie wears our popular 'ICS RoundToe' design in both Flesh Satin and White Satin. You can follow Ben on Instagram by clicking here and follow Stephanie on Instagram by clicking here. They are available for teaching in Essex and at the famous Dance Options studio in Cheam, London and you can visit their website here.
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Damiano Soldiati & Laura Fox
Known as 'the weirdo pair' by their coaches, Damiano and Laura are one of the leading Professional Ballroom couples in the United Kingdom, and made the final of the Professional Rising Stars Ballroom at the UK Open in January 2020, their greatest achievement so far. Their favourite dance was always the Quickstep however since coming out of lockdown they've been really enjoying their Tango. They look up to legends Mirko Gozzoli, Alessia Betti, Tania Kehlet and Monica Nigro and their favourite place to dance is London's Royal Albert Hall.
Of our shoes, they love the comfort and cushioning of both the competition and teaching shoes as well as the style! Away from dance they enjoy the theatre and Damiano enjoys go-karting.
Damiano wears our 'Contra Pro' in Black Patent and Laura wears our 'ICS Classic' design in both Flesh Satin and White Satin. You can follow Damiano on Instagram by clicking here and click here to follow Laura. They are two of the directors at The Dance Lab studio in London - click here for its website and click here for its Instagram.
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Oreste Alitto & Valeria Belozerova
Oreste and Valeriia begun dancing together in 2014 having originally met in Italy a year before and they are now based in the USA. Their proudest moment is becoming USA Professional Rising Star Ballroom Champions at USDC and their favourite dances are the Tango and Quickstep. Their many inspirations include their main coaches, Victor Fung & Anastasia Muravyeva, and their favourite place to dance is Blackpool! They love the feeling, style, functionality and quality of our dance shoes and having toured our factory before, they love our people too!
Away from dance, Valeriia is into fitness, nutrition and make up whilst Oreste enjoys movies and television shows, fitness and drawing.
Oreste wears our 'Contra Pro' in Black Patent and Valeria wears our 'ICS RoundToe' design in both Flesh Satin and White Satin. You can follow Oreste on Instagram by clicking here and click here to follow Valeria.
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Liu Ya (Joyson) & Wang Yi Xi (Sophia)
Joyson wears our 'Contra Pro' in Black Patent and Sophia wears our 'ICS RoundToe' design in both Flesh Satin and White Satin. You can follow Joyson on Instagram by clicking here and click here to follow Sophia.
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Oleksii Guzyr & Rikako Ota 
Oleksii and Rikako met in Manchester in 2007 and married in August 2020. They are based in Tokyo, Japan. Their favourite dance is the Foxtrot and their proudest moment was winning the Japanese Championship. They idolise their coaches, #IDSEliteTeam legends Emanuel Valeri and Tania Kehlet and away from dancing they enjoy to cook.
Oleksii wears our 'Pino' in Black Nubuck/Black Patent and Rikako wears our 'ICS Classic' design in both Flesh Satin, Tan Satin and White Satin. You can follow Rikako on Instagram by clicking here and their shared account by clicking here. Image here.
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Kamil Kedra & Aleksandra Fron 
Having met at the same dance club in Poland, with Aleksandra dancing Latin and Kamil dancing Ballroom, Kamil and Aleksandra decided to unite and dance Ten-Dance together which lasted for two years before they decided to concentrate their focus on Ballroom. Kamil is the bossiest, Aleksandra is the most creative and their favourite dance is the Tango. They're best dance memory is making the final of the European Professional Ballroom Championships whilst their most entertaining memory is Kamil forgetting his tail suit trousers at their first Professional competition, and having to borrow some from a dancer in the Senior group! Their inspirations are Dmitry Zharkov & Olga Kulikova and away from dance, Kamil enjoys motorsports and Aleksandra enjoys cooking, shopping and the gym.
Kamil wears our 'Contra Pro' in Black Nubuck and Aleksandra wears our 'ICS SuperStar Singlestrap' design in both Flesh Satin and White Satin. You can follow Kamil on Instagram by clicking here and click here to follow Aleksandra. They have their own dance school and they also enjoy teaching around Poland, sharing their knowledge with the next generation of dancers. Their school Instagram account can be seen by clicking here.
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Michal Drha & Klara Drhova 
Michal wears our 'Contra Pro' in Black Patent and Klara wears our 'ICS SuperStar Singlestrap' design in both Flesh Satin and White Satin. You can follow Michal on Instagram by clicking here and click here to follow Klara. Image here.