Liza is a friendly, patient, and talented dance instructor who has been choreographing and teaching wedding dances as well as country two-step, all types of swing dancing, line dancing, ballroom & Latin dance in San Diego for twenty-three years. She was professionally trained as a ballroom dance instructor at Mac Vitties Dance Studio where she taught for a few years and then branched out on her own furthering her training with experts in the field. The daughter of an accomplished international folk dancer, Liza has been dancing all her life. Her favorite things about dance are: expressing herself creatively with musicality, being sociable, choreographing, performing, and hosting dance parties. She recently started competing in West Coast Swing and Country Two-Step and has won awards in both categories. Join her new Facebook group to get the latest scoop on dance events Liza cares about.
Mark has been teaching with Liza for 4 years. He comes with twenty-five years of dance experience and is an enthusiastic, kind, and gifted dance instructor who brings out the best in his students. A Hawaiian native, he loves to laugh and enjoy life and will make learning to dance a joy! His expertise is in Hip Hop, West Coast Swing, Argentine Tango, Bachata, Salsa, Cha Cha, Merengue, Country Two-Step, wedding dance choreography and basic social dance. He has been competing in West Coast Swing for nearly 20 years and is an All Star Champion dancer who is on staff at the High Desert Dance Classic and San Diego's Dance Diego parties. He has worked with some incredible dancers and has coached participants on So You Think You Can Dance! His favorite thing to teach is basic body mechanics and movement that can be applied to all styles of dance. As he loves to say to our new students: "Welcome to the dance world!"
Mark competes in All Star/Champion West Coast Swing in 2023
Liza and her partner Adam won 3rd place in Strictly Swing at Paradise Dance Festival in 2023.
Mark competes in west coast swing at Desert City Swing in 2023.
Liza competes in the sophisticated division Country Two-Step Jack & Jill contest with Rob at Worlds 2023.
Liza and Mark compete together for the first time ever!
Ultra Dance Fest (aka San Diego Dance Festival) 2024
Partner Scot McKay
High Desert Dance Classic 2024
Partner Bradley Webb
Paradise Dance Festival 2023
Partner Eli Webb
Jack & Jill O'rama 2024
top 40 out of 116 followers
Paradise Dance Festival 2023
Partner Adam Sumilong
Paradise Dance Festival 2022
Liza is featured in The Jewish journal
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