Dance Legends in New York this weekend!

Hello dance lovers,

Just wanted to let you folks know that Dance Legends will be in New York this weekend!

If you are in New York or close by it should be a good show as there will be so many well-known dancers there, such as Yulia and Riccardo. I see it as kind of a Japan World Super Stars Dance Festival but in North American! 

If anyone ends up coming let me know how it goes! I think it's pretty exciting retired couple Mirko Gozzoli & Edita Daniute will be there. I heard they were going to perform last year, but couldn't make it after they broke up.

Here are the photos from last year's event:

Rest in peace Julia Iveleva...you will be missed!

I just received news that beautiful standard dancer Julia Ivleva has passed away after a battle with lung cancer.

My condolences go to her husband, Igor Litvinov and her family and friends who are going through this tough time.

Here a few videos of her dancing in her memory:



The lovely Dancing with the Stars tribute to her story



Igor Litvinov and Yulia Ivleva dancing the Foxtrot



Igor Litvinov and Yulia Ivleva at the Ohio Star Ball



Lady Gaga Show Dance

You will be missed Julia! Thank you for your beautiful dancing.

Anna Melnikova and Justinas Duknauskas may be expecting a baby!

Hello dance lovers,

The rumour is that Anna Melnikova and Justinas Duknauskas are expecting a baby!

This was her Facebook message to her fans:

Dear all..

Me&Justinas we would like to share our great news.. letting you know that we will take a bit of the break in our dancing career:))..
the reason for that are very exciting family issues!;))
But surely,competitive dancing will always be our great passion!So we will be looking forward to see you all in 2014!!;))..
...
Stay happy..stay real..stay sincere..Trust in everything what you do...

With love,
Justinas Duknauskas&Anna Melnikova

Congrats Anna and Justinas! I hope to see them back on the dance floor soon :)

The saddest words are "what it might have been": The partnership between Slavik and Daria

Hi dance lovers,

Sorry it has been so long. Life has been very busy!

I was look at Youtube videos and I found the videos of Slavik Kryklyvyy & Daria Chesnokova.



Samba



Cha-cha



Rumba


They actually looked quite good together I thought...she definitely has the potential to consistently make the finals at world competitions. Slavik still still looked like he had his technical powress as well. I think they could have made an excellent partnership.

I think Slavik still wants to come back on the dance floor. The question is...who can he dance with? I think he needs to accept that he will unfortunately never be #1 again.

On another note, Michal and Joanna won UK Open, so it look likes the fight for being the #1 Professional Latin Dancer in the world is still debatable!