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Roman Makarov
Certified Instructor
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Roman is a member of the World Dance Choreographers' Association. He is versed in Classical Ballet, Modern Dance, Folk & Historical Dance as well as American & International Styles of Ballroom Dance. Roman has been a many-times Finalist in the Ukrainian National and Moscow World Cup Championships. Roman is certified by the UK Alliance of Professional Teachers & the Kiev University of Cultural Arts - Dept. of Ballroom Dancing. �My career has taken me from the ballrooms of Europe to the United States where I am now pleased to be a member of the Arthur Murray team. It was and is my pleasure to participate in the many competitions and programs with my students and fellow instructors resulting in First place award in the 2007 Empire State Dance Sport Competition, First place award in the 2007 Future Champion competition, Top Solos with my students, Second place in the Dancing with the Stars Tour competition, the Top Teacher Award in the 2008 Manhattan Dance-o-Rama, the Top teacher award in the 2008 Arthur Murray International Dance Festivals, and the 2008 Empire State Dance Sport Championship Top Teacher award. I am also a member of the 2009 National Dance Council of America (NDCA) as a Pro/Am professional competitor."
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Faina Savich
Instructor
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Faina Savich is a Latin ballroom dancer. She was born in Vibetsk, Belarus, and grew up in Moscow. She now resides in New York with her family. Her dance career began at the age of 11, when a mandatory dance class in school turned into her biggerst passion. She was partnering with her brother, Stas, for most of her dance career. Moving to the United States opened up many doors for her: the opportunities in dancing could be finally realized, and that's exactly what followed. While getting her college degree in business, she was competing all over the U.S., as well as internationally, and in 2003 she and her brother won North American championship. A year later they got 4th place in the US Open, which took place in Miami.
Faina's dance achievements didnt' stop there. In 2007, she was chosen among thousands of people to be one of 20 dancers on a TV hit-show, "So You Think You Can Dance," which aired its 3rd season in the summer. Shortly after participating in the show, she joined the team of instructors at Arthur Murray Dance Studio in Manhattan. She is currently teaching, choreographing, and performing, which remains her biggest joy.
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Jeanne Monntalvo
Specialist/Instructor
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Jeanne�s passion for music led her to dance at a young age. Growing up in a Latin household, she was introduced to merengue and salsa before she started elementary school. With a basic knowledge of ballet and jazz, she found ballroom in high school starting with an introductory program at Arthur Murray. She expanded upon her love of dance at the University of Central Florida becoming a founding member of Latin Fever: an Orlando based performance group, performing at University events, Orlando Festivals, and Disney. After graduation, she returned to Atlanta where she became a specialist at Arthur Murray. Jeanne traveled to Barcelona to complete her second degree in 2006, where she also began studying international style dancing as well as expanding her performance knowledge in Latin through international Salsa Congresses. She is now currently back at Arthur Murray, and more driven than ever by her past experiences. Her passion for music drives her to move, and that love of dance pushes her to want that for every student she comes into contact with. To know what dancing does for a person and to be able to infuse that into him or her is an amazing gift: a circle of rewards. As Bob Fosse comments to his dancers in the film �All That Jazz�, �� if you work hard, take my instructions, and put everything in your being into the effort, you will be the best dancer that you could ever be.�
Jeanne competed professionally in the Future Champions division at the Empire State Dancesport Championship and is certified in the American style of dancing. She also this year became a certified Core Rhythms instructor under Julia and Bob Powers combining the excitement of dance with fitness.
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Fadi Khoury
Specialist/Instructor
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Fadi Khoury is a dance instructor trained in the International Style Ballroom and Latin. Fadi danced in Lebanon at the Lebanon Dance Academy. He has trained professionally with Nathalie Delerouix (The French former Champion in Latin), also competed at the IBSF dance competition in five Latin dances. He came to the United States in fall 2008 and studied the American Smooth and Rhythm styles. He is certified in the DIVIDA Full Bronze level in American Smooth, Professional Dancer, Teacher and Choreographer in Beriut working with different styles of dancing, classical ballet, modern jazz and middle eastern Arabic Folklore dance theater and though his passion for the performing arts he was able to take part in the Rahbani musical theater as a dancer, at a young age performing with them Gibran and the profit and The Last Day musicals. Later on Fadi joined the Caracalla Dance theater as a professional dancer, performing around the Middle East, Africa and even in the United States where he performed at the Kennedy performing Arts Center in Washington DC (Knights of the Moon) was his most recent play. Fadi competed professionally in the Future Champions division at the Empire State Dance Sport Championships.
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Brian Wesley Hendrickson
Specialist/Instructor
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Safwat Gerges
Gen. Manager/Franchisee
Certified Master Examiner/Adjudicator
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Mr. Safwat Gerges started with the Arthur Murray Dance Studios in Training Class over 25 years ago and two (2) years later, became Manager & Owner of the Arthur Murray Franchised Dance Studio in Great Neck, NY.
Over the years, Mr. Gerges competed in many Arthur Murray Dance Competitions and has been decorated with several Arthur Murray "Top Instructor" & "Top Executive" Awards.
Mr. Gerges is now recognized as a Master Examiner and Adjudicator, certified through the World Professional Dance Teachers Association and accredited with the National Dance Council of America. You may observe Mr. Gerges judging many student and professional competitions and he is also the organizer of several popular show-dance and competitive events each year.
Mr. Gerges is General Manager and Franchisee to five Studios in New York & Long Island as well as two Studios oversees. Currently, Mr. Gerges is the Co-organizer of the Empire State Dance Sport Championships.
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