Career

When Darren and Lilia met it took just 15 minutes for them to realize how good they were together and they competed in their first competition after just 5 weeks together! Five months later they won the International and British Youth Championships with the incredible feat of winning every dance.

The couple continued with a fantastic amateur career winning the first of 4 British amateur Latin American championships the following year as well as three UK championships and they also represented Great Britain at European and world championship level until, inevitably, Darren and Lilia turned professional in 2003.

As professionals this talented couple won the British Rising Star Professional Latin Championships at their first attempt, beating 250 couples for this prestigious title. In their first year of going professional they were positioned in the top six in World Series Ranking.
In 2004 Darren and Lilia continued to make major finals all over the world competing in Japan, China and even in Lilia’s childhood home of Russia, dancing in the Kremlin in Moscow. One of their biggest achievements as competitive dancers was making the final of the World Latin American Championships and becoming members of the British team for the following four consecutive years. They won the British South American show dance Championships in the same year. In 2005 Darren and Lilia continued with their competitive careers and became British National Latin Champions, UK professional Latin Champions and European Professional Latin Finalists.

In 2006 Darren and Lilia retained their British Professional Latin title as well as performing, training, and choreographing all over the world. Now this inspirational couple made the hard decision to concentrate on shows, bringing their unique talents to performances all over the world.

This couple have achieved amazing success as competitive dancers and hold the undisputed title of being one of the most prolific British dance couples of their generation.