 The dancers have been close pals for years (Image: Instagram) Get all the biggest showbiz news straight to your inbox. Sign up for the free Mirror Showbiz newsletter. The pro dancer, who is also 33, added a laughing face emoji to the snap as she said: 'Look at us.' Reposting the photos to her own Instagram stories, Luba wrote back: 'Let's celebrate wearing better outfits than this.' And they did as the dancers revealed they headed out for a fancy Italian dinner with Strictly pals Oti Mabuse, Vito Coppola and Fleur East. Later on Strictly winner Rose Ayling-Ellis popped in on the celebrations and raised a glass of Aperol Spritz to the birthday girl. Luba celebrated her birthday in style (Image: Instagram) Pals Fleur and Oti were invited to the fancy meal (Image: Instagram) The celebrations come days after it was announced Katya and her partner Tony Adams would be leaving the competition. The former footballer made the shock decision to leave the ITV show after revealing he had suffered an injury earlier in the week during rehearsals. Arsenal legend Tony would have been in the dance-off with Dianne Buswell and Tyler West. But the 56-year-old decided to bow out gracefully, meaning Dianne and Tyler went through to Blackpool. Strictly winner Rose also popped in to celebrate (Image: Instagram) And they g){kind=link}
These Strictly Come Dancing professionals look unrecognisable in this throwback snap form when they were teenagers – but can you tell who it is?
These two Strictly Come Dancing professionals look unrecognisable in this throwback snap form when they were teenagers.
The pals shared the nostalgic photos to Instagram to celebrate the birthday of Luba Mushtuk, who turned 33 on November 14.
Fellow Russian dancer Katya Jones uploaded the pics to her Instagram stories as she wished her old pal happy birthday.
In the snaps, Katya is wearing a black long sleeved leotard, while Luba donned a purple flamenco style skirt as she pouted at the camera.