Elena earned her Bachelor’s degree in the Art of Ballet from the National Music Academy in Bulgaria and completed practice and qualification courses from the International Dance Academy in Classical and Modern Dance. She also earned a Gold medal in Salsa and Social Dance from the Bulgarian Professional Dance Association. Additionally, Elena is an AFAA Certified Group Fitness instructor, a certified Zumba instructor and she holds A Teaching Artist Certificate at Dancing with Class.
With experience in Latin Dance (Salsa, Bachata, Cha cha, Merengue), Zumba, Line Dance, PreBallet, Creating movements, Mommy and Me, Hip-hop, Brazilian Samba, Zouk, and Kizomba, Elena has been teaching since 2001. Her extensive experience teaching children and adults and creating choreography makes her the perfect instructor for our classes.