About Move Like a Champion Training Program for Ballroom and Latin Dancers, Dancesport, DVIDA Certification

Katarzyna Kozak, known as Kasia, is one of North America's most successful and beloved competitive Ballroom dancers. Her many accomplishments as a professional Latin dancer both in North America and Europe attest to her dynamic skills and expertise as a Professional Latin Dance competitor. During her competition career, Kasia won championships at such major events as the Ohio Star Ball and the Blackpool Dance Festival.

Kasia is now judging major North American dance competitions.
Kasia's triumphs and successes as a Professional Latin Dance competitor represent only a fraction of the positive impact on the world of Ballroom Dancing in North America that Kasia is making through her coaching, teaching and a variety of entrepreneurial projects.

Diane Jarmolow is a pioneer in the field of ballroom dancing. She founded the first ever vocational school for training ballroom dance teachers, the Ballroom Dance Teachers College. Her program, the Ballroom Dance Teachers College-in-a-Box is being presented in over 60 studios and universities throughout the United States, Canada, India, the Caribbean, and Argentina. She is the author of Teach Like a Pro, an encyclopedic book series of information for dance teachers. She authors the DVIDA® manuals, constantly improving the written language for ballroom dance. She is a National Examiner with DVIDA®, and created their innovative system of professional certification. She has created the remarkable Sales-free Sales workshops, a body of knowledge designed to foster outstanding communication amongst teachers and students. She founded and operated San Francisco’s enormously successful Metronome Ballroom. Her passion is helping people have the resources they need to become outstanding professionals and dance studio owners.

“I love that you are providing this material to DanceSport teachers. It is important for all teachers to understand how the body works and then how to help our students become more proficient movers. Thank you. “

– Debra Knapp
Director, Dance Department,
New Mexico State University

"I feel that [becoming Move Like a Champion certified] is critical to my development as a competitive dancer and teacher.”

– Eric Fierro
Professional competitor, Master Teacher
New Mexico State University

A graduate of the Ballroom Dance Teachers College, Brandee Selck has been teaching ballroom dance for over 10 years. Brandee is also a certified practitioner in the Feldenkrais Method®, a form of movement education that utilizes our nervous system’s ability to learn and change in order to improve movement and overall functioning. She brings her knowledge of Feldenkrais® into her dance teaching, as well as into developing educational materials and training curricula for the Ballroom Dance Teachers College, including Ballroom Dance Teachers College-in-a-Box, Salesfree Sales and Teach Like a Pro. Brandee has also edited DVIDA® manuals and holds USISTD and DVIDA® certifications in American Smooth and a DVIDA® certification in American Rhythm.

"I still feel inspired from the training session yesterday. I felt energized and excited when I left and my body feels great today. Thank you so much for sharing these amazing teaching tools with me. I'm so impressed with the quality of the material. I can really see how much thought and work and attention went into developing it, and I can see why people who you've presented it to are loving it. I'm completely inspired to start using the exercises in my teaching. "

-Julie Lowe
Master Teacher, Ballroom Dance Teachers College
Former Principal Ballerina, Oakland Ballet