 Started to learn Competitive Dance Sport at 12 years of age
(1970)
Learned
jazz and ballet at the "Russian Ballet of
Montreal" and "Les Grands Ballets Canadiens";
Completed a College degree in Business Administration
Has
been a Junior Champion; Amateur Provincial-National &
North American Champion (Latin & Standard)
Holder
of 13 Professional Canadian Championships
Only Canadian to be Grand Finalists in Blackpool's (England)
"Professional Open British Championships" (The
most prestigious Dance Championships in the world, sort of
the Olympics of Dance Sport)
Only
North American to have placed in the "Top Three"
of two categories of World Professional Championships (10
Dance and Standard)
Two
times winner of Blackpool's "British Rising Star Competition"
(Latin American)
Guest
Performer in "Duel of the Giants" at the London
Royal Albert Hall on the occasion of the International Championships
Have
performed and/or taught in more than 25 countries and over
5 continents
Partnered
with Madonna in the movie "Evita" and with Jennifer
Lopez in “Shall we dance”
Guest
Lecturer at Blackpool World Congress, world's most prestigious
congress
Now
based in Vancouver, Canada, Denis trains current and future
Canadian & North American Champions and aspiring talents
at all levels all across Canada as well as in the United States |
