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Mr
Michael Stylianos
Michael and Lorna
Stylianos have been full time professionals since 1965. Together
they enjoyed a fruitful competitive career. Never dancing as amateurs
and during the short span of eleven years, they won and successfully
defended all major professional Latin American Titles.
After their competitive
retirement they continued to appear in cabaret and were much in
demand worldwide. They
have appeared in front of members of the Royal family on numerous
occasions and in 1986 were the first and only Latin American dancers
to appear at Caesar's Palace in Las Vegas.
In 1975 they received
a Carl Alan Award for the most outstanding partnership of the World,
then in 1982 Michael received a Carl Alan for the person to do the
most for Ballroom Dancing. This was mainly due to his involvement
and publicity with the British Ice-Skating Team. He contributed
enormously towards the success of Jayne Torvill & Christopher Dean,
introducing many of the Latin American movements onto the ice. He
received a third Carl Alan Award in 1993, for the best Latin American
Teachers.
Michael continues
to work with the Roller and Ice-Skating Association and is their
National choreographer. He lectures regularly for the Olympic Ice-Skating
Union and is their Ballroom adviser. Since retiring from competitions
they have directed their boundless energy into the training of other
dancers.
For eighteen
years they ran a successful studio in South London catering for
dancers of all grades. In the summer of 1993 they opened a new purpose
built Dance Academy especially for the training of International
competitive dancers.
Internationally
well known, Michael and Lorna travel the world teaching, lecturing
and adjudicating. They currently train the current day Champions
and have been responsible for the training of many National, European
and World Champions. Including the 14 times World Champions Donny
Burns MBE & Gaynor Fairweather MBE, Michael has received awards
for his teaching achievements from Slovenia, Greece, the USA and
Finland, where he also received the freedom of the City of Oluo.
Michael and Lorna
hold Fellowship qualifications with the prestigious Imperial Society
of Teachers of Dancing. They are both elected Latin American Faculty
officials and in 1998 Michael was invited to sit on their Council.
They are both currently helping to re-write the Latin American Technique.
They organise successful Imperial Ballroom & Latin American Championships
and also organise all England Latin American Championships.
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