Alissa Levin: Ballet and Pointe Teacher

Alissa Levin was born and raised in Russia. From a very early age she has been involved with the world of professional Ballet. Attending the Vaganova Academy in St. Petersburg, Alissa received some of the best training that the Russian ballet school had to offer.

Marina Bogdanova: Ballet and Pointe Teacher

Marina Bogdanova graduated from the Perm State Academy of Dance in Perm, Russia. After graduation, Ms. Bogdanova began her professional career with the Sverdlovsk State Theater of Opera and ballet in Sverdlovsk, Russia. As a principal dancer, Ms. Bogdanova performed with The Russian National Moscow Ballet Company and The Theater of GITIS of Moscow, Russia. Ms. Bogdanova obtained her degree in choreography from The Slavic Academy of Theater Arts in Moscow.

She has worked with Professor P. Gusev. During her Mariinsky Theter debut of Nikia in La Bayadere, Ms. Bogdanova has partnered with the famed Russian dancers Vadim Pisarev, Vyacheslav Gordeev. Russian Prima Ballerina Assoluta E. Maksimova and E. Chernishova personally coached her.

Ms. Bogdanova received acclaim internationally. In the United States, the famous ballet critic Anna Kisseldorff apploued her dancing on the pages of New York Times and Dance Magazine. Ms. Bogdanova has been featured in Pointe, Dance Paper, Dance magazine and The New York Times.

Ms. Bogdanova is a titled HONORED ARTIST OF RUSSIA. She is also the Honored Citizen of the State of Georgia (USA), and City of Veracruz (Mexico). Ms. Bogdanova is mentioned in the Big Ballet Encyclopedia of Russia.

She was principal dancer with Columbia Classical Ballet and New Jersey Ballet. Ms. Bogdanova has been guest teacher in Philadelphia Dance Conservatory, Ballet Royale of Maryland, Dance Explosion school in Maryland, South Carolina Academy of Ballet, ballet schools in Arizona, Florida and Virginia as well as Ballet Company Kuangjou (Korea).

Alexei Kossov: Ballroom Teacher

Born in Vladivostok; got his education in Moscow (physics); currently working as web developer in New York City, NY (computers and dancing were always and still are important parts of his life); likes "So You Think You Can Dance" and "Dancing with the Stars", enjoys good music and good company.

Alexei and Svetlana Kossovs has been partners for more than 22 years (the first and only). Even after they retired from professional competitive dancing they still enjoy performing together. After so many winning performances, competitions and shows all over the world, after years of being successful teachers, coaches, adjudicators and choreographers Svetlana and Alexei take pleasure in working with other professionals, such as Alissa Levin. They know how hard and yet how rewarding it can be, when their pupils grow from little cute novices to dedicated students, to well-formed, beautiful dancers, and, may be eventually - to teachers themselves.