User:Craig Shaw and Evgeniya Shaw

DANCE CAREER

Craig Shaw is a British Ballroom dancer. He started dancing at the age of 12 training and competing in Ballroom, Latin, Showdance and American Smooth styles. He has represented both the UK and the USA at different times during his career and holds a number of titles including British and World Classic Ballroom Champion.

He currently competes with his wife Evgeniya, also a professional dancer, who he met in 2010. In 2017 they won in the World Showdance Championships in Cervia, Italy. As well as competing and teaching Craig and Evgeniya provide choreography, workshops, corporate training and shows. Craig has coached several university teams in the UK and USA, currently Craig and Evgeniya are working with Oxford https://www.facebook.com/CraigEvgeniyaShaw/.

PERSONAL LIFE

Craig was born in Liverpool in 1983, to Richard (a retired businessman) and Christine (a management consultant and former civil servant), a former pupil of Christ the King school in Southport he obtained an MBA at Kingston University in 2016. Craig and Evgeniya married in 2012. They have a daughter who was born in 2014. Craig is the youngest of three children from a musical and dancing family. He has a sister and a brother.

Evgeniya was born in Omsk, Siberia in 1987 to Mikhail and Marina. Evgeniya attended Moscow State University where she obtained a Bachelors degree and a Masters degree. Evgeniya has a younger brother Anton.