Petya & Anya Mott

At the age of 2, Petya started Ballroom dancing in Kazan, Russia.  From the first lesson he loved it and would stand watching the older children before and after his class.   When Petya was 4, he and his familly moved to Bournemouth where he joined the Nice and Easy family and has been training with Warren & Kristi, and their team of teachers, ever since. When he's not dancing, Petya is playing football or running in the forest.  He is bilingual in English and Russian and is also learning Spanish!  Before he started dancing, Petya learnt figure skating.

Anya’s first experience of dancing was watching Petya practice when she was only 6 months old. She would crawl around Nice and Easy during Petya’s lessons and by the time she was 3 she was ready to dance as well.   Anya not only learned to dance at Nice and Easy but she took her first steps as a baby on the dance floor!   With some great support from her teachers, Anya quickly grew to love dancing. During lockdown in 2020, she and Petya started dancing as a partnership taking daily online lessons and learning to dance together.   When she is not dancing, Anya loves skipping and cooking with her Mama.   She also loves playing with her toys!

"Petya is really excited to be a part of the DSI Elite Performer’s team and is looking forward to representing the company at competitions both here in the UK and overseas." "Anya is really proud to be on of our youngest DSI Elite Performer's and can’t wait to show her dancing to the world!"

Anya and Petya started dancing together during the 2020 lockdown. They have competed online and in live competitions and  both have had some amazing success, together and separately.  During August 2020, both Petya and Anya ran 100Km for “I can dance UK”.  They raised over £620 for the Charity which helps disadvantaged children learn to dance. Petya’s favourite dance is the Viennese Waltz and Anya's is the Jive as she loves the energy and rhythm needed to dance it.

1. Top 15 in the Junior II Latin, The Open Worlds 2023 2. Top 24 Junior Latin, Blackpool Dance Festival 2023 3. Top 16 Juvenile Cha Cha, Blackpool Junior Dance Festival 2023 4. 3rd place in the Juvenile Viennese Waltz, Blackpool Dance Festival 2023 5. 6th in the Juvenile Ballroom, Blackpool Junior Dance Festival 2023 6. Top 29 in the Juvenile Jive, Blackpool Dance Festival 2023 7. Top 19 Juvenile Latin, WDCAL European Championships 2023 8. Top 7 Juvenile Ballroom, WDCAL European Championships 2023 9. Winners of the Juvenile Open WFQ Ballroom, South Coast Championships 2023 10. 3rd place in Juvenile Open SRJ Latin, South Coast Championships 2023 11. 4th place in the Juvenile Open CSRJ Latin, Britannia Open Titles 2023 12. 2nd place in the Juvenile Open WTFQ Ballroom, Britannia Open Titles 2023 13. 2nd place in the Juvenile RS Latin, The Welsh Spectacular 2023 14. Winners of the Under 12 Ballroom, The Welsh Spectacular 2023 15. Top 23 in the Juvenile Latin, UK Open 2023 16. Top 13 Under 12 Ballroom, UK Open 2023 17. 5th place in the Juvenile Latin, Universal Open 2023 18. 2nd place in the Juvenile Ballroom, Universal Open 2023 19. Top 10 in the Juvneile CSRJ Latin, Champions of Tomorrow 2023 20. 4th place in the Juvenile WFTQ Ballroom, Champions of Tomorrow 2023 21. Top 12 Juvenile Latin, British National Championships 2023 22. 6th place in the Juvenile Ballroom, British National Championships 2022 23. Top 12 in the Juvenile Under 12 Ballroom, WDC AL Open World Championships 2022 24. Top 8 in the Juvenile Under 12 Ballroom, Dutch Open 2022 25. Top 7 in the Juvenile Ballroom, The Open Worlds 2022 26. Winners of the Juvenile Ballroom, London Ball 2022 27. 6th place in the Under 12 Ballroom, International Championships 2022 28. 6th place in the Juvenile Ballroom, Imperial Open 2022 29. 3rd place in the SL Masters Open Juvenile Ballroom, UK Open Championships 2022 30. 4th in the DNL UK Closed Juvenile Ballroom, UK Closed Championships 2022 31. Winners of the Juvenile Open TQ Ballroom, Surrey Titles 2022 32. Winners of the NL Juvenile WTFQ Ballroom, Surrey Titles 2022 33. 5th in the NL Juvenile Ballroom, Strictlyvibez Open Series 2022 34. 5th in the Juvenile Open Viennese Waltz, Strictlyvibez Open Series 2022 35. 3rd place in the SL Stars Juvenile Ballroom, Stars of the Future 2022 36. Top 13 in the Under 12 Juvenile Ballroom, Blackpool Open Dance Festival 2022 37. Top 15 in the Juvenile Viennese Waltz, Junior Dance Festival, 2022 38. Top 22 in the British Juvenile Ballroom Championships, Junior Dance Festival, 2022 39. Top 9 in the Juvenile Open 2 Dance Ballroom, South of England, 2022 40. Top 9 in thr NL Juvenile Open Ballroom Trophy, South of England, 2022 41. 5th place Juvenile Open WTFQ Ballroom, Britannia Open Titles, 2022 42. Under 12 Standard Champions, Swedish Open 2022 43. Juvenile B Standard Champions, Swedish Open 2022 44. Vice Champions in the NL Under 10 WQ Ballroom, The All England Championships, 2022