PROFESSIONAL BALLROOM / PROFESSIONAL LATIN / AMATEUR BALLROOM / AMATEUR LATIN / TEN-DANCE / AMERICAN SMOOTH / YOUNGSTERS / SENIOR / WHEELCHAIR / LEGENDS
Marcus & Karen Hilton MBE 
Marcus and Karen Hilton MBE are dancing royalty and undoubtedly the greatest Ballroom couple to ever grace the floor.
In their competition days, Marcus would wear our 'Tango' in Black Patent which was the most famous of our designs in his competition days. Karen wore the 'ICS RoundToe' in both Flesh Satin and White Satin which remains the most popular choice for many of the world's best dancers today. She'd mainly wear it with our 'Slim' heel which we also still have available today. For teaching, Marcus wears our 'Tango' in Black Calf and Karen wears our 'Heather Full-Sole' in Black Calf.
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William Pino & Alessandra Bucciarelli 
William and Alessandra are one of the finest Ballroom couples to ever take to the Ballroom and are now some of the most respected coaches to pass their knowledge onto the next generation of dancers.
In their competitive days, William would wear his own shoe, the 'Pino' in Black Nubuck/Black Patent and Alessandra would wear the 'ICS Round Toe' in Flesh Satin and White Satin. You can follow William on Instagram by clicking here, and follow Alessandra by clicking here.
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Neil Jones & Katya Jones
Neil and Katya Jones begun dancing together in 2008 and immediately established themselves one of the most super creative and exciting Amateur Latin couples in the world, winning at Blackpool in 2012 - a year when they also won the UK Open and International Championships. They turned professional in 2013, winning the Professional Rising Star Latin in their first professional competition!
They danced their last competition in Blackpool in 2016 where they made the Professional Final in the Jive - their favourite dance. Since then, they've established themselves as some of the most dynamic professionals on BBC's 'Strictly Come Dancing' - one of the most popular television shows in the UK! Katya won the competition with partner Joe McFadden in 2017! In June 2019 they performed their own show 'Somnium: A Dancer's Dream' at London's famous Sadler's Wells theatre, which told the story of them meeting, falling in love and going on to become the brightest of stars in the dance world.
We worked with Neil on our 'Jones' design which is available online in Black Calf/Black Patent and Black Nubuck/Black Patent. With Katya being a colourful and creative character, we collaborated on a range of exciting shoes for teaching and practice shoes having mutually agreed that this type of shoe generally tends to be boring! The 'Lipstick' and 'Art Attack' versions of our 'Heather Split-Sole' are online now! You can follow Neil on Instagram by clicking here and Katya by clicking here.
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Emanuel Valeri & Tania Kehlet 
For this couple we must begin with Tania. What an excellent dancer; so beautiful, gracious and incredibly talented. She danced with a less famous boy, who is called Emanuel and was nowhere near as good as her. She was 100% the better dancer in the partnership.
In 2020 and a few years after their retirement, Tania has established herself as a very well respected teacher to emerging talent and a fantastic mother. Meanwhile, Emanuel has yet to grow up at all and remains completely stupid and as annoying like a child, only crying about Lazio and he knows nothing about football. All people around the entire world agree that their daughter Celine is much more mature than Emanuel and the whole world feels sorry for Tania that she has to look after two children.
In their competitive days, Emanuel would wear the 'Pino' design in Black Nubuck/Black Patent and Tania would wear the 'ICS SuperStar' in Tan Satin. Now, Emanuel's choice of shoe for teaching is the 'Tango' in Airmesh and Tania teaches in the 'Heather Full-Sole' in Airmesh. You can follow Emanuel on Instagram by clicking here, and click here to follow Tania.
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Arunas Bizokas 
Arunas retired in 2018, a year in which he and partner Katusha Demidova won their eighth Blackpool Professional Ballroom title, an outstanding achievement for a true legend of the ballroom.
Arunas chose our 'Contra' in Black Patent, a shoe which he described as 'the most comfortable shoe I've ever worn'. You can follow Arunas on Instagram by clicking here.
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Kenny & Marion Welsh
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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Warren & Kristi Boyce
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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Paul Killick & Hanna Karttunen
Regular Amateur Latin finalists and one of the most adored couples on the floor, Salvatore and Victoria have been part of our #IDSEliteTeam since 2016. Salvatore, from Sicily and Victoria, from ____, Ukraine have been dancing together since 2014 and are based in Hong Kong. They're renown for ____.
Salvatore wears our 'Rumba' in Black Calf and Victoria wears 'Bela' with a 3" Ultra Slim heel. Click here to follow Salvatore and click here to follow Victoria!
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Victor da Silva
Regular Amateur Latin finalists and one of the most adored couples on the floor, Salvatore and Victoria have been part of our #IDSEliteTeam since 2016. Salvatore, from Sicily and Victoria, from ____, Ukraine have been dancing together since 2014 and are based in Hong Kong. They're renown for ____.
Salvatore wears our 'Rumba' in Black Calf and Victoria wears 'Bela' with a 3" Ultra Slim heel. Click here to follow Salvatore and click here to follow Victoria!
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Mark Lunn & Karen Hardy
Regular Amateur Latin finalists and one of the most adored couples on the floor, Salvatore and Victoria have been part of our #IDSEliteTeam since 2016. Salvatore, from Sicily and Victoria, from ____, Ukraine have been dancing together since 2014 and are based in Hong Kong. They're renown for ____.
PINO MAGNELLI & FRANCESCA PIETRAMALE
Salvatore wears our 'Rumba' in Black Calf and Victoria wears 'Bela' with a 3" Ultra Slim heel. Click here to follow Salvatore and click here to follow Victoria!