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Meet our Team

Dedication & commitment to our students, our team creates stars in the making.

Raliza Velichkova
Ballroom Latin 

Accolades

Champion Dancer. Coach. Adjudicator 

Raliza's dance journey ignited at age 9, evolving from hobby to lifelong passion. Claiming the Bulgarian 10 Dance Amateur Championship in 2010 and honing her skills in Italy under world-class teachers before becoming a Senior DanceSport Teacher at METU University and FAME Studio in Ankara, Turkey. During her 5 years tenure, Raliza mentored over 50 couples, many crowned national champions—including a current World Championship semi-finalist.

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With over 20 years of expertise in competitive Latin and Standard Ballroom, fitness coaching, and choreography, Raliza holds a Bachelor’s in Primary School Pedagogy and Foreign Languages (St. Cyril and St. Methodius University, Bulgaria, 2002-2006), a Professional DanceSport Teacher qualification (National Sports Academy "Vassil Levski," Bulgaria, 2006-2008), and World Dance Counsel (WDC) adjudicator license from 2017.

 

Today, based in Singapore, she coaches dancers of all ages and levels—delivering full-body prep, technical training, mental conditioning, and competition support. Her Choreography and performance experience span several countries, including Turkey, China, Singapore, India, Bulgaria, Italy, and Thailand.


With nearly 10 years of experience as an adjudicator, Raliza has judged numerous prestigious dance competitions across Turkey, Malaysia, Indonesia, China, Singapore, and Thailand. 

 

As a professional competitor and international adjudicator, Raliza has competed and taught Ballroom for more than 20 years and has been awarded a finalist in many prestigious professional international competitions.

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AWARDS & VOCATIONAL QUALIFICATIONS​

  • Bulgarian 10 dance Amateur Champion

  • ​Rimini Open Amateur Finalist

  • Bailamdo Cup Professionals Finalist

  • 11th Philippine Summer Ball Festival Professional Champion

  • Taipei Asian Tour Professional Rising Stars- 2nd Runner-up 

  • 2023- Singapore International charity  Dance championship- 1st Runner-up

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