Mariia is a Professional Ballroom and Latin dancer and instructor. Originally from Kharkiv, Ukraine where she started dancing when she was 6 years old.

​She earned a Master’s Degree Diploma in Olympic and Professional Sports with a major specialization in Sport Dancing and Art. In her professional competitive career Maria has taken part and been a prize winner of many prestigious dance competitions and world class festivals. The most recent ones were: Rocky Mountain Open Professional Championship 2016 (Calgary, Canada), California Star Ball 2016 (Los Angeles, USA), Holiday Classic 2016 (Las Vegas, USA).

​Mariia has been teaching lessons for over 13 years in ballroom, latin and modern dances styles. Mariia easily fosters positive relationships with people and she is very sociable, hardworking, energetic and totally devoted to her work. She has taught children as young as 4 years old and judged many international competitions in Ukraine and Russia, for both youth and adults. Mariia has developed a large number of dancers who achieved excellent results with many finalists and winners of international competitions including children’s creativity competitions and show programs. In Europe, Mariia is recognized as one of the top instructors and competitors in ballroom and latin dance. She continues to compete and instruct out of Calgary.