Art n’ Life Pocast

Oleksiy is 3 times United States 9 Dance Champion, United States Bronze Medalist in American Smooth, 3 times World American Rhythm Finalist, as well as 2 times World American Smooth Finalist.

Yanna Samkova was born in Prague, Czech Republic.  Started dancing Ballet at age 6 and later joined a contemporary school of dance for 4 years.  At age 12 she began competing as an amateur in International Latin and Standard Ballroom dance.  At age 18, she turned Professional. 4 times Slovakian Professional Champion in Latin and North American Champions in Rhythm just to name a few of her achievements.  She is also the founder and President of Hawaii Dancesport, Inc., a non-profit, dance scholarship program with the mission of supporting and promoting ballroom dancing for children and youth in the State of Hawaii. Yanna is instrumental in running the successful Divino Ritmo Dance Grand Ball, as well as the Aloha Dancesport Center and The Divino Ritmo School of Dance. and She is the owner and host of the Dance competition Aloha Ball...Enjoy 

TD$G, born Antoine Allen, is an independent artist from Baltimore that champions the genre "elegant rap."His upbringing is the fuel to his fire and he has a story to tell.  It can be heard in his melodic afro beat tracks as well as his faster cadences and cypher style hits. TD$G - This Day Starts Good - elegantly pairs his juxtaposition of grit and grace in his debut album "Choosen Szn", second album "Spirit Animal" and his latest release "'Posh Life The Movie."Enjoy

Elena Grinenko – Dancing with the Stars Pro, U.S. National and World Rhythm Champion, and current NDCA Championship Licensed Adjudicator, National and World Class Adjudicator, WDC Adjudicator, Dance Stars Festival Competition Organizer, BB X Lena Events Organizer and a Host on Dance Talk TV. Enjoy

Barbara Kaneshiro is a successful PRO/Am Student based in Hawaii. She is a 4 times World Championship Finalist and World Champion in International Style Latin. Her hard work and dedication to her dancing is enormous and I wish her many other successes in her journey. Enjoy 

Yulia is competed in Latin, Standard and 10-dance. US National Finalist, US Open Finalist, Eastern -European Finalist, Russian National Professional Finalist and 10-dance Finalist. Yulia is also Russian Professional Champion in Show Dance. She is the owner of the Chicago Harvest Moon Ball Dancesport Championship and also a judge. Thank you For the Interview Yulia. Enjoy Everyone...

Oksana Kashkina is a two times US Nine Dance Finalist, two times Mambo US Finalist, World Smooth Finalist, Ohio Star Ball Rising Star Champion, and recently US National Champion in American Rhythm. Enjoy

Iaroslav and Lillie are the National Champions (Junior, Youth - Iaroslav, Professional - Liliia), USA National Professional Ballroom Champions, World Show Dance Vice-Champions and many more Titles under their belt...

Lil is a 91 years young student sharing her life journey and how dancing changed and saved her life...Enjoy...

Max Sinitsa is a 3 Time United States Amateur American Smooth Champion, Blackpool American Smooth finalist, United States American Smooth finalist and United States American Smooth Vice Champion. Max is also a Coach and Organizer of the LA DANCE CAMP. LA DANCE CAMP dates: April 21-23, 2023Enjoy the conversation about his life and career...Cheers