Pasha Kovalev
Pasha was born and raised in the Far East of Siberia and started dancing at the age of eight. His passion for dance eventually led him to move to America aged twenty.
Following a hugely successful competitive career as a professional Latin dancer, together with his dance partner, Anya Garnis, Pasha auditioned for the third series of the popular TV show, "So You Think You Can Dance". A viewers’ favourite, Pasha became a much loved and recognisable figure across the US.
This success brought new opportunities, including headlining the Ballroom sensation, "Burn The Floor", first on Broadway and then internationally on its World Tour, performing in cities across the globe, including in London’s West End. In 2011 Pasha joined the professional cast of "Strictly Come Dancing". Eight series later, with four finals, one triumphant Glitter Ball Trophy and the record for the most perfect 10s under his belt, Pasha left the show to focus on his own projects. Pasha returned to the stage in 2021, dancing Ballroom and Latin with his former Strictly colleagues in, “Here Come The Boys”. In 2023, he played Ricardo in the UK tour of, "La Bamba! The Musical”, and most recently in 2024 he starred in, "Legends of the Dance Floor", with fellow Strictly veterans Brendan Cole, James Jordan, Vincent Simone and Ian Waite. The tour was a great success, and the Legends will be back once again this Autumn, entertaining audiences in theatres around the UK!
Recently, Pasha choreographed both his first feature film, “A Paris Christmas Waltz” (American Family Network) and a new Latin stage show, "Barista".
Away from dancing, Pasha enjoyed competing in the last series of ITV’s, “Cooking with The Stars”, impressing the judges to reach the semi-final with his delicious vegan dishes.
Luba Mushtuk
Luba Mushtuk, born in St. Petersburg, Russia, started dancing at 4. She moved to Italy when she was 12.
During Luba’s career as a dancer, she has represented both Russia and Italy in various international competitions and was finalist and winner of many International High-level World and European Championships in Ballroom Latin and 10 Dance . She was also part in Broadway World tour show “Burn the floor “ where her career moved into the performance world.
In 2016 she joined the Strictly Come Dancing team on BBC1 as a dancer and a choreographer and in 2018 Luba joined the cast of professional dancers on the British television show Strictly Come Dancing.
She was partnered with James Cracknell , Jason Bell , Adam Thomas and last year with Nick Knowles. Luba has also taken part in BBC Strictly Christmas specials being partnered with Jake Wood , Jay Blades, and Rickie Haywood- Williams.
Catherine Delphi Wright (more commonly known as Cat Delphi) has performed for a number of worldwide exclusive events and Brands. Recent TV performances include Playing piano with Shania Twain (ITV 'Starstruck' 2023), 'Top Of The Pops' (BBC 1), HBO Drama 'Succession' (Sky Atlantic) The Amazing Mr Blunden (Sky One) and TV Drama ‘Last Tango in Halifax’ (BBC). Solo artist performances include 'Jools Holland Presents' &'The Dermot O' Leary show' (Radio 2), having previously studied Classical Piano at the world famous 'Royal College of Music'.
Her solo debut single 'FIRE' reached over 600,000 streams, was playlisted on BBC Radio 2 and had support from Jo Whiley, Richard Madeley & Kiss 100. Cat was nominated for ‘Best Songwriter’ &‘Best Female Solo’ at the British ‘Unsigned Music Awards’ presented by Laura Whitmore and Radio 1’s Chris Stark on SKY1, regularly supported by BBC Introducing, was British Airways ‘One’s to Watch’ & continues to be played on radio stations all over the world including USA, China and Europe.
Cat has a residency at The Dorchester Hotel & also played at a range of London 5* hotels (including The Mayfair, The Connaught, The Soho Hotel and Cafe Royal)