At the age of 18 Michael walked into the Sydney Francis Dance Studio to join the Latin American beginners class. 12 months later he met his wife and partner to be Lorna Lee.

During the next decade they spent a very successful career in competition dance, culminating in winning the coveted Open British Professional Latin American Championship.

They continued to captivate audiences all over the world with their cabarets, performing in front of Royalty in glamorous venues such as the Royal Albert Hall and Caesars Palace in Las Vegas.

In 1975 they received a Carl Alan Award for the most outstanding partnership of the world, then in 1982 Michael received another for the person to do the most for Ballroom dancing. This was mainly due to his involvement with the British Ice Skating Team. He contributed enormously towards the success of Jane Torvill and Christopher Deam, introducing many of the Latin American movements onto the ice. He received a third Carl Alan Award in 1993 for the best Latin American Teachers Award.

Michael continues to work with the Roller and Ice Skating Associations and is their National choreographer. He lectures regularly for the Olympic Ice Skating Union and is their Ballroom adviser.

Since retiring from competitions he has directed boundless energy into the training of other dancers. Internationally well known, Michael travels the world teaching, lecturing and adjudicating. He trains the current day champions and has been responsible for the training of many National, European and World champions in all grades, including the 14 times World Professional Champions, Donny Burns MBE and Gaynor Fairweather MBE.

Michael has received awards for his teaching achievements from Slovenia, Greece, USA and Finland, where he also received the freedom of the City of Olou.

He holds Fellowship qualifications with the Imperial and is an elected member of the Latin American Faculty. In 1998 Michael was invited to become a member of the Imperial Grand Council. Together with his wife he organises the successful Imperial Ballroom and Latin American Championships, the Universal Open and the All England Latin American Championships.

Coming from a Greek background he has strong family values and like to spend as much time as possible with his wife and two daughters, Kara and Zoë.