"Dance With Us!" show. Performing the "Lion King" showdance.
"Quest For The Best". Dancing Cha-Cha in Junior-I division.
Hollywood Dancesport Championship, Los Angeles, CA.
Our team.
"VBB" boys band with soloist Nicole Garakanidze performing at the "Dance With Us!" ballroom dance show.
"Dance With Us!" show. International Rhythmic Gymnastics and Ballet Studio gymnast Saffi Watson.
International Rhythmic Gymnastics and Ballet Studio gymnast Romana Vasilega.
Ballroom competition. Hairstyle.
"Quest For The Best". Dancing Cha-Cha in Junior-I division.
Nathan and Polina with Mary Murphy.
Nathan and Polina with Corky Ballas.
Hollywood Dancesport Championship, Los Angeles, Nov. 2010. Trophies.
Hollywood Dancesport Championship, Los Angeles, Nov. 2010. Trophies.
Hollywood Dancesport Championship, Los Angeles, Nov. 2010. Awards.
Hollywood Dancesport Championship, Los Angeles, Nov. 2010. Foxtrot.
"Beauty And Hooligan" show at the Hollywood Dancesport Championship, Los Angeles, 2010.
"Beauty And Hooligan" show at the Hollywood Dancesport Championship, Los Angeles, 2010.
"Beauty And Hooligan" show at the Hollywood Dancesport Championship, Los Angeles, 2010.
Hollywood Dancesport Championship, Los Angeles, Nov. 2010. Samba.
Hollywood Dancesport Championship, Los Angeles, Nov. 2010. Quickstep.
"Beauty And Hooligan" show at the Halloween party.
Northwest DanceSport Championships. Seattle, October 23, 2010.
Northwest DanceSport Championships. Seattle, October 23, 2010.
Northwest DanceSport Championships. Seattle, October 23, 2010.
Northwest DanceSport Championships. Seattle, October 23, 2010.
Northwest DanceSport Championships. Seattle, October 23, 2010.
Show Dance at the Seattle Crystal Ball, September 2010.
Nathan and Polina.
Dancing at the Seattle Star Ball. August 2010.
Dancing Samba at the Seattle Crystal Ball, Sept.2010
Show Dance at the Seattle Crystal Ball, September 2010.
Show Dance at the Seattle Crystal Ball, September 2010.
Show Dance at the Seattle Crystal Ball, September 2010.
Show Dance at the Seattle Crystal Ball, September 2010.
Nathan and Polina.
Dancing at Olys Dance studio in Everett, WA. Summer 2010.
Dancing at Olys Dance studio in Everett, WA. Summer 2010.
Dancing at Olys Dance studio in Everett, WA.
Dancing at Olys Dance studio in Everett, WA. Summer 2010.
Dancing at Olys Dance studio in Everett, WA. Summer 2010.
Nathan and Polina.
Polina at the Seattle Star Ball. August 2010.
The cactuses and palm trees were everywhere in Palm Spring!
Palm Spring. A hill with sand, rocks and even scorpions!
Desert Classic DanceSport Championships awards.
Lesson with Shirley Ballas andSammy Stopford.
Lesson with Shirley Ballas.
Lesson with Shirley Ballas.
Lesson with Shirley Ballas.
Lesson with Sammy Stopford.
Lesson with Sammy Stopford.
Lesson with our teacher, Ekaterina Zakharoff.
Lesson with our teacher, Sergei Nekrasov.
Dancing at Olys Dance studio in Everett, WA. June 2010.
Friends.
The view on the Columbia River. Portland, OR.
Chairman of Judges Barbara Child. Awards at the Columbia Star Ball.
Awards at the Columbia Star Ball in Portland.
Awards at the Columbia Star Ball in Portland.
Dancing at the Columbia Star Ball in Portland.
Dancing at the Columbia Star Ball in Portland.
Dancing at the Columbia Star Ball in portland, OR. May 2010.
Photo with Len Goodman.
USA Dance Nationals 2010. Nathan Murstein and Polina Dickenson, Erik Linder and Rickie Taylor.
Nationals in LA 2010.
Nationals in LA 2010. Photo with Mark Ballas.
USA Dance Nationals 2010. Photo with our teacher Elena Zakharova and Erik and Rickie.
USA Dance National Championships in Los Angeles. April 2010. Pre-teen II Gold Standard.
USA Dance National Championships in Los Angeles. April 2010. Pre-teen II Gold Latin. We took second place after Erik and Rickie.
USA Dance National Championships in Los Angeles. April 2010. Pre-teen II Gold Latin.
USA Dance Nationals 2010. Pre-Teen II Silver Division.
USA Dance Nationals 2010. Pre-Teen II Silver Division. Int. Standard.
England. The view from the train's window.
London street.
Representing the US at the Juvenile Team match competition in Blackpool, UK on April 8, 2010.
Nathan and Polina at the Juvenile Team match competition in Blackpool, UK on April 8, 2010.
Blackpool 2010, US Juvenile Team: Tyler Goldman and Sophia Latessa, Nathan Murstein and Polina Dickenson, Dennis Matveev and Valerie Dubinsky, Erik Linder and Rickie Taylor.
Jonathan Wilkins, World Champion, and winner of PBSʼs Americaʼs Ballroom Challenge with the US Juvenile Team.
Dancing jive at the Blackpool 2010 Team Match competition.
Blackpool 2010. US Juvenile Dance Team.
Blackpool 2010. US Juvenile Dance Team.
Blackpool 2010. Polina, Nathan, Erik, Rickie, Jonathan Wilkins, Olga Faraponova.
Dancing Cha-cha at the Junior Blackpool 2010 competition.
Dancing Jive at the Junior Blackpool 2010 competition.
Jive at the Junior Blackpool 2010 competition.
Dancing at the Junior Blackpool 2010 Ballroom competition on April 6, 2010.
Junior Blackpool 2010. April 5-9, 2010.
Blackpool 2010. Junior Team Match competition.
Blackpool 2010. Polina and Valerie holding flag for the US Team at the Junior Team Match competition.
Blackpool 2010. US Junior Dance Team.
Blackpool 2010 US Juvenile Dance Team (bottom row from the left: Rickie Taylor, Sophia Latessa, Valerie Dubinsky, Polina Dickenson, Nathan Murstein, Erik Linder, Dennis Matveev) with Jonathan Wilkins, Olga Faraponova, Nicholas and Rochelle Kharlamov.
Blackpool 2010. Dance party after juvenile team match competition.
Blackpool 2010. Polina, Sophia, Rickie and Valery.
Styling hair for the competition.
Blackpool 2010. Practicing before competition.
Blackpool 2010. Practicing before competition.
The morning before competition. In the photo: Polina, Anna, Rickie, Erik and Lars.
Blackpool Winter Gardens.
On the train from London to Blackpool.
London. Dance lesson.
Dance lesson with Jonathan Wilkins.
Blackpool 2010 US Juvenile Dance Team with Jonathan and Olga.
Dance lesson with Jonathan Wilkins.
Dance lesson with Jonathan Wilkins.
Dance lesson with Jonathan Wilkins.
View of the London Eye and Big Ben from Thames.
Finding our way around London.
Armour Exhibit at the Tower of London.
London. Double Decker bus ride.
London. Double Decker bus ride.
London. Oxford Street.
Changing planes in Frankfurt, Germany.
Seattle Airport. Nathan, Polina, Rickie, Erik and Lars Linder.
Little Polina Zaytseva and Ivan Shneertson, Nathan Murstein and Polina Dickenson after dancing a slow waltz at the ballroom dance show on Sunday, February 21st.
Anna, Nathan's mom, emcees the show.
In the photo: Anna and Alyssa Murstein and Olga Faraponova (
Oly's Dance Studio).
Dancing Slow Foxtrot at The Spectacular! Ballroom dance show in Bellevue, Wa on Sunday, February 21st.
Anna Vasilevski-Stoval performing a Gypsy song at The Spectacular! Ballroom dance show in Bellevue, Wa on Sunday, February 21st.
Erik Linder and Rickie Taylor performing at The Spectacular! Ballroom dance show in Bellevue, Wa on Sunday, February 21st.
Erik Linder and Rickie Taylor performing at The Spectacular! Ballroom dance show in Bellevue, Wa on Sunday, February 21st.
Sergei Nekrasov and Nina Nikolova. Cha-cha-cha showdance at The Spectacular! Ballroom dance show in Bellevue, Wa on Sunday, February 21st.
"Money, money, money!" Maria Bessonava and Nicole Garakanidze performing at The Spectacular! Ballroom dance show in Bellevue, Wa on Sunday, February 21st.
Paul Stoval and Leah Garakanidze performing Quickstep at The Spectacular! Ballroom dance show in Bellevue, Wa on Sunday, February 21st
Spectators watch Paul Stoval and Leah Garakanidze performing Tango at The Spectacular! Ballroom dance show in Bellevue, Wa on Sunday, February 21st
Yegor Novikov and Ekaterina Zakharoff performing Pasodoble at The Spectacular! Ballroom dance show in Bellevue, Wa on Sunday, February 21st
Ekaterina Zakharoff and Yegor Novikov. Pasodoble.
Ekaterina Zakharoff. Pasodoble.
Nathan and Polina dancing slow waltz at The Spectacular! Ballroom dance show in Bellevue, Wa on Sunday, February 21st
Sergei Nekrasov and Nathaly Tsapenko. Rumba at The Spectacular! Ballroom dance show in Bellevue, Wa on Sunday, February 21st
Spectators watch Sergei Nekrasov and Nathaly Tsapenko performing Rumba at The Spectacular! Ballroom dance show in Bellevue, Wa on Sunday, February 21st
Different kind of dance :)
Nathan and Polina dancing slow waltz at SnowBall Classic ballroom dance competition in Vancouver, BC.
First accords of a tango.
Awards at the SnowBall Classic Ballroom dance competition. We took two first places in the Pre-teen Silver Standard and Silver Latin cathegories
and two second places in the Pre-teen Gold Standard and Gold Latin.
Polina, Nathan and Anna, Nathan's mom. January, 2010
Getting ready to dance samba.
We are on the way to Vancouver, Canada. (literally) :)
Ekaterina Zakharoff, our latin dance teacher and her partner Yegor Novikov performing at the dance show at Oly's Dance Studio in Everett, WA. June 2010.
Katia and Yegor are 2009 London Open Professional Latin Champions and 2009 World Cup Latin Finalists.
Their website:
http://yegorekaterina.com/
Any competition is always an adventure.
The view on night Vancouver, BC from the hotel room.
This picture of Nathan was taken in June 2009 at Oly's Dance Studio in Everett, WA.
Dancing waltz at the Northwest Dance Extravaganza at the Seattle's Elks Club. September, 2009.
One of the most important things in standard dances is position! The Grand Ball, Vancouver, BC. October, 2009.
One of the first competitions. Victoria, BC. June, 2009.
