Blackpool, baby!

Posted on April 2, 2013

Congratulations to Alex and Lisa Ivanets, proud new parents of Luca Andrey Ivanets, who was born at 11.15am this morning, weighing five pounds, six ounces, in Blackpool.

Luca joins the world during the Junior Festival where his grandfather, Robert Bellinger, is chairman of the festival, and his proud father is one of the judges. What a fitting start to life for the baby of the former UK Close Professional Latin American champions!

Nicola Rayner

Nicola Rayner was editor of Dance Today from 2010 to 2015. She has written for a number of publications including The Guardian, The Independent and Time Out Buenos Aires, where she cut her teeth as a dance journalist working on the tango section. Today she continues to dance everything from ballroom to breakdance, with varying degrees of success. Her debut novel, The Girl Before You, is out in May 2019.