Directors 

Steven Dougherty has been in the dance industry professionally since 1992. He has been a guest teacher at the Juilliard School, NYU, Cornell, and SUNY Binghamtion. As a professional competitor Steven has won numerous regional titles and was the U.S. National Rising Star Smooth Champion in 2000 and is currently a U.S. & World finalist. Steven has also made dance appearances on several television soap operas and has performed on stage at various venues including Carnegie Hall. Steven’s choreography credits include musical variety shows for the Berkshire Theater Festival, “Romeo & Juliet” for the Juilliard School and the musical “Ballroom” for the Elmwood Playhouse in Nyack, New York.

John DePalma has been in the dance studio industry since 1975, having successfully worked in all phases of the dance studio business. John also developed an alternate career as Master of Ceremonies and currently officiates at every major Dancesport competition in the United States and has been featured on the televised PBS Program “Championship Ballroom Dancing” and the Good Life Television Series “Championship Dancesport”. Known throughout the industry as the “Voice of Ballroom Dancing in America”, John is now co-organizer of Capital Dancesport Championships in Washington, D.C., with his wife and well-known coach and adjudicator, Marianne Nicole.

Teachers 

Eulia Baranovsky 

Christian Lange

Julia Mincheva

Sergey Vasilyev