Inessa Strelnikova and Stanislav Kochergin

Inessa and Stanislav are certified by the Canadian Dance Teachers Association, members of Canadian DanceSport Federation and internationally recognized teachers renown for having been nominated numerous times for coveted and prestigious Top Teacher Awards.

Inessa and Stanislav are amongst those few top Canadian Dance Professionals who were selected to participate in the dancing scenes of Jackie Chan’s “TUXEDO”, " in CINDERELLA MAN" starring Russell Crow, and in “TAKE THE LEAD” with Antonio Banderas.

Recently Stanislav and Inessa successfully auditioned for the first Canadian version of the popular dance show "So You Think You Can Dance."

About Inessa Strelnikova

Inessa Strenikova is one of the Toronto’s most experienced and enthusiastic professionals. Inessa has mastered her ballroom dance skills through numerous European and North American competitions and also by teaching for over 23 years in Russia and Canada.

Inessa Strelnikova had started ballroom dancing at the age of seven and got her training in one of the best formation dance teams of her home country – Russia called “Unost” – “The Youth”. Before coming to Canada Inessa had done numerous competitions and shows in Russia and Europe with her formation dance team for ten years.

Coming to North America had given her new passion – Salsa. This reflected in attending to Bacardi Salsa Congress in Puerto Rico, competing in world Salsa competition in Orlando, teaching at Salsa Extravaganza week in Mexico and and taking twice one of the top 3 in Berlin Salsa competition in Toronto.

In North America she also completed Bachelor degree in American Style and Licentiate degree in International Style of Dance while working in Arthur Murray International Schools for 8 years. And before joining “Club Viva Dance” successfully managed her own Dance School called “Dance with Us” for 9,5 years.

Inessa got her teaching and judging certification with CDTA and a member of Canadian Dance Federation and Ontario Dance & DanceSport Organization. Achievements:

• 1987 – Russian Formation 10 dance – Champion
• 1987 – Special Achievement Medal from Kremlin, Moscow for promoting Ballroom dancing in Russia.
• 1995 – Arthur Murray American Smooth – Finalist
• 1997 – International Latin – Finalist
• 1999 – Berlin’s Salsa competition -Runner up (2nd place)
• 2001 – Can-Am Dance Sport Gala International Latin – Finalist

Inessa is available for Private lessons, Pro-Am competitions, and runs our Social Dance program. She is also available for performances and shows with her partner Stanislav Kochergin.

About Stanislav Kochergin

Early childhood interest in ballroom dancing for Stanislav Kochergin had grown into an important part of his life. A great desire to achieve his goals and many hours of rehearsals and practices paid with one of the top three places in every competition he had attended starting from the age of 8 until Today. Stanislav began his teaching by passing his knowledge to his student fellows while helping his trainers. And continued to develop his teachers skills by attending to many Dance Seminars in Ukraine, Russia, Baltic republics, Poland and also in Slovenia. After four years of mastering his Choreographic skills in Teachers University in Kharkiv, Ukraine he moved to Canada. Numerous successful competitions in Canada made Canadians familiar with this outstanding dancer.

In June 2008 Stanislav auditioned for the first Canadian version of the popular dance show "So You Think You Can Dance" and was selected as a finalist. He decided not to participate but had he continued with the competition, Canadians would surely have become even more familiar with him!

Knowledge, experience and enthusiasm of these two fine professionals make DanceLessons.ca a one-of-a-kind place to learn.