Meet Our Team

Vlad began his dancing career in the Ukraine when he was just five years old. He has won the Ukrainian National Championship 15 times, 5 times World Championships , 3 times European championships. He won first place in Open Professional Ballroom dance competition in Atlanta, GA and got top placements in other Open Pro Ballroom dance competitions in USA.

In Beijing, Vlad won the World Championship 2014 and IDSA World Championship 2014. He was finalist in and has won competitions throughout Austria, Germany, the United Kingdom, Slovenia, Moldova, Italy, France, and the Netherlands. Other accomplishments: the 2006 UDU version in Italy; the 2007 the EDSF European Championship (Russia, youth 1,2); the World Dance Council (WDC) Amateur League World Cup Youth Standard: the WDC AL World Cup Amateur Standard in 2013, IDSA-IDU, the World Youth II Standard; and the Adult Standard IDSA.

All along he worked through his formal education; he is a graduate of the National University of Physical Education and Sport of Ukraine, in Kiev.

He has more than fifteen years of teaching experience and currently enjoys instructing students from entry level up to USA Dance National Team members, and he is a well sought-after instructor by many ProAm students competing from Bronze through Open gold level.

Veronika began her dancing career when she was seven, and has competed in high-level competitions around Europe.

She, too, is a graduate of the National University of Physical Education and Sport of Ukraine, in Kiev. She put her competitive career on hold to enter the University, and  has been rewarded with remarkable success for this choice. After earning her Bachelor’s degree in P.E., she accepted an invitation from the University for the Master’s program, during which she gained elaborate experience in teaching dance in preparation for earning a Doctorate in Sport and Dance.

Today, she draws on a decade of rich teaching experience of dance to children. At the age of 16, she began her work in the Kiev public school system as a Teaching Artist. She is known for the special pride she takes in communicating and teaching the joy of dancing to students in grades 1-5. She shares her knowledge by teaching children and adults interested in competing in the International Ten Dance (a curriculum that includes both Standard and Latin dancing).

She also teaches fun and easy social dancing to adults, such as Salsa, Swing, Hustle and Merengue, plus traditional American-style social dances like Foxtrot, Waltz and Tango.

Braden Liu has been ballroom dancing for 14 years, competing in American Smooth and International Ballroom and Latin. In November 2018, Braden won the 10 Dance Championship at the BYU DanceSport Festival. 

During that time, Braden also participated in the Brigham Young University Youth Ballroom Program for 7 years, helping his formation team win several United States National Amateur DanceSport Championships. 

Braden has more than 5 years of teaching experience including private lessons, group classes.

Over the course of his teaching career, Braden has been trained using the DVIDA education program to improve his technical skill and understanding as well as his teaching techniques and methods. Over the years he has choreographed numerous competitive and showcase routines for his students.