Vasiliy and Marina Vlasov believe that ballroom dancing affects the individual, physically, mentally and spiritually. This belief of caring for the whole person, along with providing an exceptional quality of dance instruction and training, led them to become owners of the Arthur Murray Dance Studios, Jacksonville and St. Augustine.Their expertise in the dancing profession began prior to their 2000 arrival in the United States in Kaliningrad, Russia. Meeting as teenagers, Vasiliy and Marina began to build their passion and love for dancing. They competed successfully as amateurs and professionals through out Russia and Europe while receiving degrees in mechanical engineering and working in this field for over ten years. Deciding to follow their ultimate desire for dancing, their passion led them to establish a 300 student ballroom dancing school for children and youth, teaching and training at a level that has resulted in many of their students becoming champions in countries around the world. Vasiliy and Marina are sought after throughout the United States for their Instructional technique, training and coaching skills as adjudicators at both amateur and professional levels. They both hold Arthur Murray Verified Professional Examiner certification in American and International styles of dancing. They are also certified adjudicators with the National Dance Council of America (NDCA). They provide exceptional training to their teaching staff in order to give excellent service to each student that becomes a part of their dancing family.

Pavel Andreev is originally from Russia, Pavel has been a Jacksonville resident since 2006. He began dancing at the age of 6, under the coaching of Vasiliy and Marina Vlasov. Pavel is trained in all International and American style dances. He has been competing and performing for over 20 years. He has found his true passion through dancing and competing in Ballroom Dancing. He also in constantly traveling and competing with his students in the Pro/Am division, and also lately has been competing, with wonderful results in the American Rhythm Professional division. When he dances, it is evident that he truly enjoys dancing!

Tatiana "Tanya" Alekseev is a professional Ballroom Dancer with more than 16 years of successful dance career and Dance Coach with many years of teaching experience. She started dancing at the age of 4 in Russia and successfully competed nationally and internationally, winning numerous prestigious competitions and championships. In 2014, she became the Russian Champion in the Formation team in the International Latin division. In 2017 Tatiana moved to USA and continued her dancer journey as a professional dancer. Because of her extraordinary talent and exceptional dance knowledge Tatiana successfully teaches all 4 styles of Ballroom Dancing: International Latin, International Standard, American Smooth, and American Rhythm. She became a finalist and winner of many prestigious national competitions in the USA. In 2023 Tatiana together with Aleksei because US National Professional 10 Dance finalists and in 2024 they became US National Professional 10 Dance Vice Champions.

Aleksei Alekseev is a professional Ballroom dancer and instructor. Aleksei has won many Russian National and International Latin titles prior to moving to the United States in 2014. He currently teaches 4 different styles of dancing: International Latin, International Ballroom, American Rhythm and American Smooth. Aleksei Alekseev, has over 30 years of dancing experience and more than 20 years of teaching on a very high level of all styles of Ballroom Dancing. Apart from that he was professionally dancing and developing his skills for more than 7 years in modern styles of dancing such as: hip-hop, jazz funk, popping, jazz modern and e.t.c. He also received an education in Fitness and Pilates for ballroom dancing and studied Mechanics of Movement for dancers. During his time teaching in the U.S., his students have won high placements in some of the largest competitions in the Nation. While dancing with another partner, he won many U.S. competitions in International Latin and International Ballroom divisions and became United States National Professional Ten Dance Finalist in 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019 and 2021. In 2019 he became a bronze medalist in the Professional Ten Dance Championship. He is also the finalist of almost all major DanceSport competitions in the country such as: Heritage DanceSport, Nashville Star, Platinum Dancesport, First Coast Classic, Triple Crown Series, South Open DanceSport, Ohio Star Ball, United States Championship, New York Dance Festival, Florida Super Star, Millennium, Grand National and many more. Aleksei Alekseev is Ten Dance World Finalists of 2021.

Alexander “Sasha” Ivanov was born in Russia. He turned a childhood passion into a lifelong career that has inspired hundreds of dancers. With more than three decades of experience as a competitor, performer, and coach, he has earned numerous Top Teacher honors while training champions both on and off the dance floor. Today, at 52, Alexander is the owner of the Arthur Murray Dance Studio Palm Coast franchise, where he continues to transform beginners into confident dancers through his energy, precision, and love for ballroom. For Alexander, every dance is more than a performance, it’s a chance to change someone’s life, one step at a time.

Irina began training in Rhythmic Gymnastics at the age of 7 and took ballet classes to help benefit her gymnastics career. She successfully competed in many Russian and European competitions. All of her competitive routines included a lot of dance movement in addition to gymnastics elements. While she loved gymnastics, she later realized that her true passion was for dancing. She moved to the United States in 2008 and decided to take her love for dance and turn it into her career. She started her training at Arthur Murray and has accomplished much throughout the last year, winning several local professional competitions. She is constantly working to improve her professional skill and knowledge and is always delighted to share this with her students.