Edita Daniute retires

Posted on March 1, 2012

Ballroom Pro Edita Daniute has announced her retirement from competitive dancing.

Edita danced with Mirko Gozzoli, representing Italy, since 2009, and the pair (pictured) were ranked as number one in Italy, and number two in the world.

Edita previously partnered world champion Arunas Bizokas, with whom she won the World Amateur Championship.

Photograph © Ron Self

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.