Ballroom Dance Lessons St. Augustine

Our Team

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  Tatiana Alekseev

  Tatiana (Tanya) Alekseev is a professional Ballroom Dancer with more than 16 years of successful dance career and Dance Coach with many years of teaching experience. She started dancing at the age of 4 in Russia and successfully competed nationally and internationally, winning numerous prestigious competitions and championships.
  
  In 2014, she became the Russian Champion in the Formation team in the International Latin division. In 2017 Tatiana moved to USA and continued her dancer journey as a professional dancer. Because of her extraordinary talent and exceptional dance knowledge Tatiana successfully teaches all 4 styles of Ballroom Dancing:
  International Latin, International Standard, American Smooth, and American Rhythm. She became a finalist and winner of many prestigious national competitions in the USA. In 2023 Tatiana together with Aleksei because US National Professional 10 Dance finalists and in 2024 they became US National Professional 10 Dance Vice Champions.

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  Aleksei Alekseev

  Aleksei Alekseev is a professional Ballroom dancer and instructor. Aleksei has won many Russian National and International Latin titles prior to moving to the United States in 2014. He currently teaches 4 different styles of dancing: International Latin, International Ballroom, American Rhythm and American Smooth.
  
  Aleksei Alekseev, has over 30 years of dancing experience and more than 20 years of teaching on a very high level of all styles of Ballroom Dancing. Apart from that he was professionally dancing and developing his skills for more than 7 years in modern styles of dancing such as: hip-hop, jazz funk, popping, jazz modern and e.t.c. He also received an education in Fitness and Pilates for ballroom dancing and studied Mechanics of Movement for dancers.
  
  During his time teaching in the U.S., his students have won high placements in some of the largest competitions in the Nation.
  
  While dancing with another partner, he won many U.S. competitions in International Latin and International Ballroom divisions and became United States National Professional Ten Dance Finalist in 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019 and 2021. In 2019 he became a bronze medalist in the Professional Ten Dance Championship. He is also the finalist of almost all major DanceSport competitions in the country such as:
  Heritage DanceSport, Nashville Star, Platinum Dancesport, First Coast Classic, Triple Crown Series, South Open DanceSport, Ohio Star Ball, United States Championship, New York Dance Festival, Florida Super Star, Millennium, Grand National and many more. Aleksei Alekseev is Ten Dance World Finalists of 2021.

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  Marina & Vasiliy Vlasov

  Marina and Vasiliy bean dancing in their early teenage years when they first met in Kaliningrad, Russia. They began to build their passion and love for dancing together. They competed successfully as amateurs and professionals throughout Russia and Europe while receiving degrees in mechanical engineering and working in this field for over 10 years. They decided to follow their ultimate passion desire and passion for dancing, which led them to establish a 300-student ballroom dance school for children and youth, teaching and training at a high level that has resulted in many of their students becoming champions in many countries around the world. Vasiliy and Marina believe that ballroom dancing affects the individual physically, mentally, and spiritually. This belief of caring for the whole person, along with providing an exceptional quality of dance instruction and training, led them to continue their expertise in the dancing profession as they moved to the United States in 2000. They are well recognized throughout the United States for their instructional technique, training and coaching skills as adjudicators at both amateur and professional levels. Their exceptional quality of dance instruction and training led them to become owners of the Arthur Murray Dance Studio in Jacksonville back in 2008.
  
  In their Jacksonville South studio, they provide for students of all ages and levels teaching fun and joy of basic and social dancing and meeting their individual desires and needs which always leads to changing peoples lives. Along with teaching beginners, they have helped students reach the highest levels of their dancing dreams which lead them to win United States National and World titles at the professional and amateur levels.
  
  In 2016, Marina and Vasiliy expanded their professional expertise by opening a second location in St. Augustine, FL. They continue to serve the St. Augustine community and changing people’s lives every day.
  
  They both hold Arthur Murray Verified Professional Examiner certification in American and International styles of dancing. They are also certified adjudicators with the National Dance Council of America (NDCA). They provide exceptional training for their teaching staff in order to excellent service to each student that becomes a part of their dancing family.

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  Mikhail “Misha” Vlasov

  Misha Vlasov began dancing at the age of 7 at his parents dance school back in Russia. When he moved to the United States with his family, he continued his dance career competing in International Latin and Standard along with the American Smooth and Rhythm divisions for more than 20 years under the coaching of his parents, Marina and Vasiliy. Also, Misha performed in the Jacksonville Florida Theatre in The Community
  
  Nutcracker Ballet and The Frog Prince Ballet. He has also performed with the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra in Cirque De La Symphony He competed professionally with his partner, Vanda Polakova, and they were able to place 3 rd in the World in the professional American Rhythm Style and were finalists of many prestigious competitions. In 2015 and 2016, Misha and his partner won the National American Mambo Championship. After a long competitive journey, Misha decided to continue his passion for dancing by sharing his knowledge and skills with his students. Misha is actively competing with his students on the national level in the Pro/Am division, earning lots of prestigious titles in the United States. He also actively coaches throughout Arthur Murray dance studios in the United States and in Europe. In 2018, Misha and one of his students auditioned for Season 13 on one of the biggest television shows, America’s Got Talent, and advanced all the way to quarter finals and received the “golden buzzer,” from country super star, Martina McBride. In 2019, another one of his students took home the first-place title in the Open Gold Pro/Am Rhythm division at Ohio Star Ball, one of the most prestigious competitions in the
  
  United States. Misha specializes in all ballroom styles of dance and his goal and mission is to bring happiness and joy to every student he works with and achieve all of their dreams.