Latin Instructors
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Mark Robertson
Latin Teacher
Moving onto successful Amateur and Professional careers, Mark eventually retired from competitions at the early age of 28 with the ambition to move his focus towards the business side of the industry and the development of dance excellence. In 2011, Mark (and fellow partners), took over another established studio at the time called Heavenly Dance Centre to merge 2 Dance Studios into 1.
Dance Styles: Latin, Ballroom
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Darren Hammond
Latin Teacher
Darren was born in South Africa and started dancing from a young age.
Youth Under 21 Latin American:
Dutch Open Champion, British Open Champion (Blackpool), World Youth Latin Champion.
Amateur Latin American:
Danish Champion, All South African Open champion, Dutch Open Amateur Latin Finalist, World Amateur Latin Finalist, Semi Finalist in ALL major championships.
Dmitry Timokhin
Latin Teacher
Dmitry has been Russian Champion at every level in every age category.
He was World, European and Open British Champion before turning Professional. In the Professional ranks, he was Vice World Champion and Finalist of every major event in the World.
Dmitry now spends his time developing the World’s best dance talent. He is an energetic demanding teacher.
Espen Salberg
Latin Teacher
Espen Salberg is one of very few individuals who has earned the right to be titles as a Latin American Icon.
Holder of multiple titles at every level and now coach to the World’s best competitive dancers.
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Aga Szklarz
Latin Teacher
Highly experienced dance instructors throughout the world, now residing in Hong Kong. To name some of her achievements, she was 4th in Eurodance Festival, 4th in Polish Open and a Finalist of Copenhagen Open Latin American Championsships and 6th place at the IDSF Open Latin in Berlin.
Klaus Kongsdal
Latin Teacher
Klaus is an integral part of the Team and has been with the studio for over 15 years.
Previously, Klaus was a finalist in all major Professional Latin events including World Championships, British Open Championships, International & UK Championships.
Now Klaus is a teacher to some of the Worlds best couples and an Adjudicator invited to many World Class events.
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Ina Jeliazkova
Latin Teacher
Ina, with her partner Troels, are currently the World’s most iconic couple in the World of Latin Dancing.
Some of their accolades list the following;
Professional World Latin Vice Champion 2019
Ranked Top 3 in the Professional Latin in Blackpool Dance Festival, UK Open Championships and International Open Championships 2019
3 times World Amateur Latin Champion.
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Olga Kuzmenko
Latin Teacher
Bronze Mealist UK Open in 2019 in Rising Star. Silver medalist of 2015 WDC Disney Youth Latin.
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Troels Bager
Latin Teacher
Troels is just one of the Global superstars we currently have in the Team. 3 x World Champion, years of experience in teaching, coaching and Choreographing Latin and Ballroom Dancing. Has worked with Professional top dancers, Group Shows, TV Shows and ProAm Showcases. Has performed all over the world; New York, Hollywood, London, Shanghai, Moscow, Sydney and more. Has won all major championships including Blackpool, International, UK and World Championships.
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Ekkarat Maneechot
Latin Teacher
Ekkarat is originally from Thailand but has been teaching in various locations through out the world. He is a fast rising star in the dance world. Some of his achievements include but are not limited to, 1st place, Rising star Lombok International Dance Festival. 1st place, Malaysian Open International Dance Championships. 2nd Place Singapore Open Amateur Championships. 3rd place Rising Star Singapore Dance Championships.
Marina Steshenko
Latin Teacher
Marina is from the Ukraine. With her former partner, she was the German National Champion.
Ranked Top 20 of all major events.
Runner up Italian Open Championship.
3 place in the Blackpool Amateur Rising Stars Championship in 2014.
Great Team player!
Rafael Pierce
Latin Teacher
Rafael has accomplished a lot at each stage of his dance development. He became Polish Junior, Youth and Amateur finalist and champion. Rafael has enjoyed a successful Professional career.
Rafael has also a lot of experience in ProAm category, teaching and partnering ProAm students to win all the major competitions in Canada including the World ProAm Dance Sport Series events.
Petur Gunnarsson
Latin Teacher
Petur is a 3x World Latin American U21 Champion with his partner Polina. He was born & raised in Reykjavik, Iceland. With his partner, Polina Oddr, they have been at the top of their league, winning mostly all major Championships around the world and holding the record of being the only couple to win The U21 World Latin American Championships 3 times in a row. In addition to being 3 times U21 world champion Petur and Polina are also;
-The International U21 Champion
-The Dutch Open U21 Champion
Stefano Grassi
Latin Teacher
Stefano was Junior Italian Champion and Blackpool and International finalist. In Youth he was a regular finalist in all WDSF International competitions and Vice Champion in all Italian Championships from 2010 to 2012. He achieved 5th place in WDSF World Ranking. In Amateur ranks he was Italian Champion. Stefano is a key member of the HeavenlyDance teaching Team and very popular amongst our customers taking students to new heights.
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Yuri Simachev
Latin Teacher
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