Meet Our Studio Team

Fred Astaire Dance Studios Professionals & Staff

Our friendly staff and talented Dance Instructors can help you realize your dance goals – and you’ll have lots of fun doing it! Browse this page to meet our team of certified Dance Pros and learn about their qualifications and experience. Then call us, and get started today.

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Ilya Velednitsky - Studio Director
Ilya has been with Fred Astaire dance studios for over 20 years! He started at Fred Astaire Wisconsin,...
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Mariya Ilchenko - Studio Director
Originally from Ukraine, In 2013 Mariya joined the Fred Astaire organization and is very grateful to...
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Ricky Bentzen - Studio Director
Ricky Bentzen is originally from Denmark. He represented his home country throughout his amateur career....
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Jade Augustain - Studio Training Director & Dance Instructor
Jade began her Ballroom dance journey at the age of 15yrs old in her home town of El Paso, Texas. She...
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Stasya Klishch - Professional Dance Instructor
Stasya started her dancing career when she was 6 years old in Donetsk, Ukraine. For 3 years she was doing...
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Jakub Szydlowski - Professional Dance Instructor
Jakub Szydlowski has been passionately dancing since the age of seven and holds two Polish championship...
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Rachel Main – Professional Dance Instructor
Rachel Main was born and raised in Arizona. She has been dancing since she was 4 years old. Before she...
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Nicolas Hudz - Professional Dance Instructor
Nicolas started his ballroom dancing in Kyiv, Ukraine at age of 7. He quickly fell in love with dancing...
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