Delphine comes from Dunham, a very small village 1 hour from Montreal, Quebec. A natural dancer, Del started ballet classes when she was just 3 years old! At 10 years old, she was admitted to the prestigious Canadian Grand Ballet in Montreal.
Dominic comes from Cowansville, a town next to Dunham. At age 14, he followed his first passion - music - and had regular gigs playing guitar and singing in bands. He also had an interest in acting and landed lead roles in many regional plays. Oddly enough, when Dom was younger, he used to laugh at his parents because they were taking dance lessons! "Beware of what life holds for you..."
How they met...Dom and Del might not admit it at first, but their interest in couple dancing emerged from the movie - Dirty Dancing. They both thought Patrick Swayze was cool! At age 11, Delphine was asked to replace a missing girl in a ballroom dance end-of-season recital. Meanwhile, Dominic had started to take lessons (to dance like Patrick Swayze) and was a participant in that same recital. That's when they met and started to dance together for fun. But it was only when they saw a tape of the 1989 World Latin Championships (held in Montreal) that they decided to pursue dancing more seriously. They moved to Montreal to start training with Canada's best teachers, and within no time were talked into competing. That's when they were hooked!
Then the real training began...Since 1996, they have been training with the world's best coaches. They even left Montreal to live and train in London, England for three years, which gave them the skills to compete in world-class events around the world. Why train in England? The country is known for having the best quality of dance coaching anywhere. Most world ballroom dance champions were trained in England.
The world-champion dancers who trained them include:
Marcus & Karen Hilton, Paul Killick, Hanna Karttunen, John Wood, Richard Porter, Carmen Vincelj, Serena Lecca.
Their amazing Canadian coaches include:
Benoit Drolet, Jean-Marc Généreux (also known for being a judge on TV's "So You Think You Can Dance"), Pierre Allaire.
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