Oxana Lebedew is a 2-time World Champion Latin ballroom dancer, 8-time German Professional Latin Champion, and Blackpool Dance Festival finalist. In addition to achieving immense competitive success, Oxana has been a professional on the German version of Dancing With the Stars. Her illustrious ballroom dance career...
Rosemary Le doubles as a research scientist and circus performer
Rosemary Le is a multi-hyphenate circus performer who specializes in aerial hoop and aerial cyr wheel. She was a PhD student at Stanford University when she first discovered aerial arts, which served as a creative outlet during a time of high stress in academia. In 2019, Rosemary began working as a contractor for...
Professional ballerina Masha Cherezova perseveres in her battle against leukemia
Masha Cherezova is a 23 year-old dancer and choreographer born in Columbus, Ohio and raised in Southern California. In 2019, she left the United States at the age of 19 to pursue her professional career as ballet dancer in Russia. From 2019 to 2022, Masha performed the extent of the corps de ballet repertoire of the...
Circus artist Polina Volchek graces stages internationally through pole sport and aerial arts
Polina Volchek, also known as Pink Puma, has inhabited the brutal environment of sport and show business industries for over 25 years. Her resume includes various sports, dance styles, performances and even martial arts. At the age of 17, Polina gained the title of “Master of Sports at the International Level”....
Rhythmic gymnastics Olympian Natalie McGiffert works to plan the LA 2028 Games
Natalie McGiffert is a former USA national team rhythmic gymnast. A Southern California native, she made history as a member of the 2016 rhythmic group gymnastics team that gave Team USA its first ever earned Olympic spot for RG group. She was also a member of the 2015 Pan American Games team that won two silvers and...
To the athletes we remember.
TRIGGER WARNING: this post contains content about suicide. On December 14, 2022, Stephen "tWitch" Boss, a professional dancer, So You Think You Can Dance runner-up, and former DJ of the Ellen Degeneres show, died by suicide at age 40. He leaves behind wife Allison Holker and their three children, Weslie,...