Since Mr. Porch became the Director of the Ballroom Dance Conservatory, the program has tripled in size and has attracted some of the finest ballroom dancers and teachers in the area. Along with directing the conservatory’s community performance group, Ballroom Blitz, he directs the Ballroom Dance Conservatory showcase Dancing with the OCSA Stars every year. Most recently, Mr. Porch has been certified as a Grand Master of Dance in International Ballroom and Latin through DVIDA. He also has an AAU and USA Dance Adjudicator and has judged the Journey Dancesport California State Youth Championships, Hot Ballroom Dancesport Challenge, and the AAU West Coast Junior Olympics in the category of DanceSport for several years.

Mr. Cole had an extensive and illustrious competitive career as both an amateur and professional. During his amateur career, he reached the British Open (Blackpool) Youth Finalist five times. He was both the Scottish International Ballroom champion and Scottish 10 Dance champion. During Mr.Cole's professional career, he placed first or second in every major competition in the United States, reaching the national final five times. He was the Vice-Champion of the United States, the national representative to the World Championships, and a U.S. National representative for the British Open (Blackpool) Team Match. Domestically, he is regarded as the best male dancer of his era. Mr. Cole is currently an active coach and judge of DanceSport, teaching and judging both at home and abroad. He was most recently selected to judge at the United States National Championships held in Orlando, Florida.

Mr. Cyr and his wife advanced through the professional ranks, becoming the National Canadian Open Latin finalists and the U.S. Rising Star Latin Couple of the Year. Mr. Cyr has choreographed for Asia Entertainment, Days of Our Lives, and assisted on So You Think You Can Dance, and the feature film Funkytown. Mr. Cyr served as the Claremont Colleges Ballroom team advisor. The Cyrs produce and film world class instructors for their online dance studio, DanceSportPlace.com, created for competitive dancers of every level to reach their dance goals.

Ms. Gadzheva's career took her on the screen of the Bulgarian National Television where she performed in various TV programs and entertainment shows.

Her teaching career began in 2007 in Bulgaria working with adolescents and young children dancing competitively, and continued in 2015 in private studios in New Jersey and California, where she taught competitive and social dancing for children and adults. Her young dancing couples were consistently placing in first and second, competing at national and international tournaments. Ms. Gadzheva’s understanding of education and advanced level of dance training expertise with children have won her numerous praises and awards. As a recognized dance instructor, she was invited to participate in the promotional tour of ‘Ballroom With A Twist’ across the United States in 2017.

Ms. Gadzheva’s passion for dance and physical fitness helps her students achieve multiple goals. She is able to help dancers prepare mentally and physically for the challenges they face in the competitive circuit by enhancing their endurance and mental health. Casual dancers can enjoy a more relaxed atmosphere where the ultimate goal is to experience the enjoyment of dance. Ms. Gadzheva is guaranteed to make you the best social dancer possible and bring your dancing experience to the next level. Her patience and understanding of students’ goals allows her to achieve the highest degree of satisfaction with students, parents and partners.

Ms. Jackson has coached, directed and choreographed for multiple junior, youth and collegiate formation teams. She has also danced for Hallmark, Marriott hotels and appeared on Dancing With the Stars twice. Ms. Jackson is a DVIDA certified Latin dance teacher and loves to teach and dance.

Along with competing, Ms. Lockitch became a highly successful instructor and choreographer for younger competitors, many of whom went on to take top places at European level competitions. In 2007, Ms. Lockitch was offered a position as a dance instructor at a franchise studio in New York. There she rounded out her ballroom dancing knowledge and capabilities by adding the American smooth and rhythm styles to her repertoire.

During her time in New York, Ms. Lockitch competed in several professional-amateur and professional competitions, and performed in many dance showcases. She also trained young students pursuing professional level dancing in the International style. In 2014, Ms. Lockitch relocated to Irvine where she has taught at the LePort Schools, Intellect Factory Tutoring Center, and Phill's Ballroom Dance Studio. Currently, Ms. Lockitch is an independent instructor of children and adults.

Taking advantage of his strength and agility, he also taught theatre arts and achieved the U.S. and World Pro/Am Theatre Arts titles in 2005, 2006, and 2007. He continued his training in international ballroom and Latin and by 2010, he and his professional partner had earned the U.S. Professional Rising Star American Smooth title and became a World Open Professional American Smooth Finalist. He has choreographed and assisted on the show So You Think You Can Dance with Toni Redpath and Toni Meredith, and has also worked on Dancing With The Stars helping Donnie Osmond and Kim with Heather Smith.

Always a man wearing many hats-judge, dance director, coach, choreographer, he has been involved in many aspects of the business of dancing, chief among them being an organizer and co-founder of the Vegas Open Dance Challenge. Held in Las Vegas Nevada since 2003, the competition has drawn couples from throughout the US and Canada, and as far away as Russia, Australia, New Zealand, and Hong Kong.