Luba officially joined the Strictly family in 2018, having served as an assistant choreographer on the show since 2016 and strutted her stuff on several of the Strictly live tours.
In 2019 she was paired up with her first celebrity student, hoping to take Olympic rowing champion James Cracknell OBE to victory. But they didn't make it past the first public vote, bowing out in Week Two.
Luba made it one week further with American football player Jason Bell in 2020, finishing their journey with a Star Wars themed Paso Doble in Movie Week.
A new partnership was formed with actor Adam Thomas in 2023, they had so much fun and the dance floor, making it all the way to Week Seven.
Returning the the Ballroom in 2024, Luba is now partnered with TV Presenter Nick Knowles.
Background
Russian native Luba has a whole wealth of dance experience, being a four-time winner of the Italian Dance Championship and an Italian Open Latin Show Dance champion. She's also swiped second place in the European 10 Dance Championships and was a finalist at the Latin European Championships.
Competitions aside, Luba has worked extensively with the Broadway and West End versions of Burn The Floor, and has performed on both Giovanni Pernice's and Kevin Clifton & Karen Hauer's live tours.
