Lilia's dual affinity was what brought forth my previous posting about her samba partnering Matt Dawson.

The elegant nordic and the hot latin, and she could do both from instinct. In a previous incarnation she must have been a vestal virgin in the temple of Dionysius.

Nah, she's just Russian

Seriously though - may sound odd, but in my experience some of the warmest people and some of the most distant (that isn't the right word but I can't place the right one) people I have ever known were Russian, and sometimes they were the same people! Passionate and laid back, all emotions in extremes. Fab people!

Though of course that's not to deny Lilia's exceptional talent and spark.

Russians think about things like that -- the three Brothers Karamazov, the soul, the mind, the body.

Oh dear I've just given away which brother I am.