Karina Smirnoff is a Professional Ballroom dancer, best known for her role on Dancing with the Stars. She is a five-time United States National Champion in the Professional Latin division and is the first woman to have ever made it into the Professional Latin final at the Blackpool Dance Festival with three different partners.
Martino Zanibellato is a former Professional Ballroom Dancer, specializing in the Latin division. With wife and partner, Michelle Abildtrup, Martino attained titles including 2-time WDSF World Professional Latin Champion, Danish National Professional Latin Champion, 6-time Danish National Amateur Latin Champion, and 5-time WDSF World Amateur Latin Finalist. Residing in Aarhus, Denmark, he is currently a WDSF Licensed Adjudicator and the coach of many Danish National Champions.
Markus Homm is a former Professional Ballroom dancer specializing in International Style Latin. A DJ of dance and electronic music, his love of music prospered as he achieved such DanceSport titles as Professional German National Latin Champion and British Open Professional Rising Star Latin Champion.
Julie Fryer, a Dutch dancer of British descent, is best known for creating a new very dynamical style in the world of Latin American dancing. A multi-time World Amateur Latin Champion as well as a World Professional Showdance Champion, she now mesmerizes the world as a renowned choreographer and instructor with her vibrant energy and atmosphere of great harmony. Julie is one of the best instructors, choreographers and lecturers in the world, traveling the globe sharing her experience and passion for the DanceSport industry.
Joanna Leunis is a former 2-time World, 8-time Blackpool, 9-time UK Open, and 9-time International Professional Latin dance Champion. With partner Michael Malitowski, the couple is deemed the King and Queen of Ballroom Dance.
Ilya Ifraimov, a 6-time Fred Astaire National Champion and United States Professional Latin Grand Finalist, is a world class coach, adjudicator and choreographer who has been a member of the NDC (National Dance Council) since 2005 and has collaborated in the creation of the International Latin Syllabus.
Frederic Mosa is a former Professional Ballroom dancer, specializing in the International Style Latin division. Currently residing in the country of France, Frederic, along with his wife Sandra, is the owner of "Ecole De Danse Mosa". Aside from traveling the world to lecture and teach at various DanceSport training camps, seminars, and congresses, Frederic is also a National Adjudicator for the Fédération Française de Danse and a Licensed Adjudicator of the World DanceSport Federation. He is also a founding member of the Dance Sport Team sports organization.
Dmitri Demidov is a former Professional Ballroom Dancer specializing in International Style Latin. A 3-time Amateur and 2-time Professional Russian National Latin Finalist, Dmitry now resides in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania where he runs his studio "Demidov Dance" with wife Brittany whom he met when performing in a Ballroom Dancing show with the Royal Caribbean cruise lines. In addition to being ranked 10th in the IDSF World Ranking List in 2001, Dmitry was also a Bronze Medalist of the 2002 UK Open Amateur Rising Star Latin Championships and the 2004 Amateur Latin Championships at the Dutch Open.
Dirk Heidemann is a former Professional Ballroom dancer, today known to be one of the highest acclaimed teachers and choreographers in the world. Aside from working as a DanceSport coach and WDSF Adjudicator, Dirk is also a fashion icon as well as an author.
