Gene Bersten
Gene Bersten was born in Belarus and raised in Minnesota. Gene’s dance partner is his wife Elena. He has been complimented on numerous occasions on his wonderful and strong partnering skills, his hard work ethic, his determination, and passion for dancing and performing. Gene dances with his heart and soul and always delivers a meaningful performance full of passion. Gene has won multiple United States titles in Latin dancing championships. Also, He has been featured in a dance company called “Dance with Love” which has been featured all over Minnesota and the country. Gene owns one of the strongest and well known dance studios in the Midwest “Dance With Us America”. He taught at Magic Ballroom, and worked and taught at the Center for Youth Development for many years, sharing his love for dance. Gene is a former USA professional rhythm rising star champion and World Professional rhythm finalist. His motto is take one day at a time and always give his all to everything he does.
Elena Bersten
Elena Bersten At the age of 12 Elena started learning ballroom/Latin dance. In the summer of 1998 Elena and her mother (herself a former champion of Russia) opened the dance studio “21st Century”. Elena at age 16, went to school for choreography.
In her dancing career Elena won numerous awards for her dancing abilities and won many prestigious Russian championships and titles. Gene and Elena began dancing together in 2010. Together they created Latin and Ballroom dance shows, and currently they co-own “Dance With Us America”, a highly rated dance studio in Edina, Minnesota. Elena is A former USA Professional rising star Rhythm champion and a Professional World Rhythm Finalist.
Elena is also Certified as a national adjudicator with USTA and NDCA: A+ B+ C+ D+
Alena Khoroshevtseva
Alena Khoroshevtseva is a passionate young woman that began ballroom dancing at the age of 4. She is a graduate from Minnetonka High School and is now attending Carlson School of Management at the University of Minnesota. Apart from ballroom dancing, she participated at the Academy of Russian Ballet for 9 years. Currently Alena is a professional latin dancer in the Twin Cities that travels nationally and globally. When at home, she helps the studio by teaching kids ballroom and other styles of dance and inspiring them to find their passion. Alena’s love for dance helps motivate her students and other dancers around her, showing them that anything is possible.
Together with her dance partners she has received many top places in national NDCA and USADance completions. In most recent USADance Nationals, Alena Khoroshevtseva with her partner Mishiko Bregvadze placed 2nd overall in the Professional latin division. Their high placement at nationals has earned them a spot in the WDSF world championships in Leipzig, Germany 2022.
Alex Vladimirov
Alex Vladimirov started dancing at the age of 4 and has been a ballroom dancer for 15 years. He is a graduate of Wayzata Highschool and is now attending University of Minnesota to study Computer Science. Throughout his dance career he competed locally and traveled across the country to compete in a variety of NDCA events.
Together with his dance partners he has received many top places in national NDCA completions. In most recent USADance Nationals Alex Vladimirov with his partner placed 1st in Collegiate Level events and 1st in U21, and became 2022 and 2023 USADance Champions in Latin division.
Alex’s passion is in Latin ballroom dance, he enjoys dancing and teaching it to others. His delightful personality, passion, innovative ideas and friendly approach are inspirational to youth. He brings in a fresh perspective and creates a friendly atmosphere by empowering his students to reach their goals.
Artem Lazarev
Artem Lazarev was born in Ukraine and has been dancing since he was 12 years old. Since then he has been the 12X Ukrainian Latin champion, 5X Ukrainian Ballroom champion; 2X Ukrainian 10-Dance champion. He was also the European Cup winner in Latin and ranked as high as 13th in the world rankings.
He moved to the USA in 2015 and since then has been certified and received a master degree in both Rhythm and Latin dance. He also teaches ballroom and smooth on a high level and competes both ProAm and Professionally.
With more than 20 years of a teaching experience super excited to join “Dance with us America” family!!!
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