Jurij Batagelj - is a professional ballroom dancer, choreographer, director, screenwriter, teacher and former latin-american competitor. After winning the title of Slovenian National Champions he and his partner Jagoda Batagelj also won the title of World Cup Champions just a few months later and in 2010 they became European Champions.
Joe Trovato excels both in dance and business areas. He is available for sales training, as well as motivational seminars and meetings. Joe’s been Florida’s leading teacher for many years and Top Manager for over five years.
Jagoda Batagelj - is a professional ballroom dancer, choreographer, director, screenwriter, teacher and former latin-american competitor. After winning the title of Slovenian National Champions he and his partner Jurij Batagelj also won the title of World Cup Champions just a few months later and in 2010 they became European Champions.
Ginger Rogers was an American actress, dancer, and singer. She was known for dance films in which she was partnered with Fred Astaire and she appeared in films and on stage, as well as on radio and television throughout much of the 20th century.
Shawn Tay started his competitive dancing career in 1982 with his wife, Gladys. In 1984, after winning several DanceSport competitions, they traveled to England to further their dance training. After winning more than 20 prestigious titles around the world, they retired from competitive dancing in 1994 to focus on coaching aspiring dancers.
Strictly Ballroom is a 1992 Australian romantic comedy film directed and co-written by Baz Luhrmann. The film, Luhrmann's feature directorial début, is the first in his The Red Curtain Trilogy of theatre-motif-related films; it was followed by Romeo + Juliet and Moulin Rouge.
Strictly Ballroom is based on a critically acclaimed stage play originally set up in 1984 by Luhrmann and fellow students while he was studying at the National Institute of Dramatic Arts in Sydney. An expanded version of the play became a success at the Czechoslovakian Youth Drama Festival in Bratislava in 1986, and, in 1988, it made successful season at Sydney's Wharf Theatre, where it was seen by Australian music executive Ted Albert and his wife Antoinette. They both loved it, and, when Albert soon after set up the film production company M&A Productions with ex-Film Australia producer Tristram Miall, they offered Luhrmann to transform his play into a film. He agreed on the condition that he would also get to direct it.
Victor Marlborough Silvester was an English dancer, author, musician and bandleader from the British dance band era. He was a significant figure in the development of ballroom dance during the first half of the 20th century, and his records sold 75 million copies from the 1930s through to the 1980s.
George Gachechiladze is a former ballroom dancer specialize in International Style Standard and Latin. He is a finalist in many IDSF competitions such as "Caucasus Cup", "Golden Fleece" in Tbilisi (Georgia), "Dance Festival" in Yerevan (Armenia) and many more, in both Standard and Latin. Currently George is President of the Georgian National DanceSport Federation (GNDSF), certified WDSF Adjudicator, dance instructor in Dance Studio "Tela" in Tbilisi, Georgia and co-organizer of WDSF Competitions.
Gary Stroick is a former professional ballroom dancer specialize in International Style Standard and american Smooth. 8-time undefeated USA Dance National Senior I American Smooth Champion, 3-time Amateur Smooth Finalist, USA Dance National Cabaret Champion and 4-time undefeated USA Dance National Theater Arts Champion. Currently Gary is a President of USA Dance since January 2018.
Fred Astaire was an American dancer, singer, actor, choreographer, musician, and television presenter.
