Legendary professional ballroom dance champion Anastasia Muravyeva waltzes from ballroom stardom to business school

Legendary professional ballroom dance champion Anastasia Muravyeva waltzes from ballroom stardom to business school

Anastasia Muravyeva is a retired professional ballroom dance champion. In a career that spanned nearly three decades, Anastasia reached the pinnacle of competitive ballroom dancing. Together with her dance partner, Victor Fung, she became the 2017 Blackpool Champion in the Open Professional Ballroom category, the ballroom-dance equivalent of an Olympic gold medal. In 2019, we heard Victor’s story. Now it’s time to hear from Anastasia.

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Chatting with Cirque du Soleil artist Shelli Epstein

Chatting with Cirque du Soleil artist Shelli Epstein

Shelli Epstein is a former gymnast, acrobat, Cirque du Soleil artist, personal trainer, performance coach, life coach, author and motivational speaker. She began her circus career at age 18, landing her first gig in Macau’s famous House of Dancing Water show. She has since toured the world, flipping, diving, and flying on a Cirque du Soleil show. Shelli recently released her first book, “Flying High: Life lessons from the Big Top”, a memoir that details her life as a circus artist and the wisdom she’s gained through life in the spotlight.

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Why the title, “Athlete Voices”?

Why the title, “Athlete Voices”?

If you’re new here, welcome to Athlete Voices! We are a news and media brand that turns the spotlight on all thing aesthetic sports, namely, “appearance-oriented” sports such as gymnastics, dance, figure skating, and artistic swimming.

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Synchronized swimmer Kate Molenaar dives deep into her life spent underwater

Synchronized swimmer Kate Molenaar dives deep into her life spent underwater

Kate Molenaar is a 22 year-old synchronized swimmer who has competed on the club and collegiate levels for 12 years. Kate began college at Colorado State University in 2018, where she was a member of CSU’s synchro team for all 4 years. In this feature article, Kate shares the highlights of her synchro career, challenges and psychological pressures faced along the way, and lessons gleaned from her life spent underwater. 

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