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this beautiful international group of professional dancers
Summer 2024

Meet this beautiful international group of professional dancers

Today’s post will keep you on your toes!

Meet this beautiful international group of professional dancers. From left to right, meet: Florin from Transylvania, Romania Natalia from Russia Misha from Belgrade, Serbia and Dakota from New Jersey Florin was just 10 years old when he fell in love with dance. It was a cold, rainy, miserable day in Romania and his mother took him to watch a local dance competition. From the moment the dancers started dancing, he fell in love. It ignited his passion that today has become his profession. Florin’s partner, Natalia, started dancing when she was eight years old. Originally, her mother thought that she was going to be a professional tennis player. Her mother quickly realized that tennis was probably not in her future because one day, while at practice, a young man was picking on Natalia. Natalia purposely served the ball directly at him. At that moment, her mother decided she needed to be a little more feminine and put her in to dance classes. The man that keeps them all laughing is Misha. At a young age Misha was diagnosed with bronchitis. His parents forced him to swim to keep his body and lungs moving. He absolutely despised it. One day while walking by a dance class, he noticed that the majority of the class was female. It was at that moment he knew he wanted to dance! Last but not least of this group is Dakota. Dakota‘s parents were entertainers. Her father was a magician, and her mother was a magician’s assistant. As a young girl, her father loved to watch old movies with dancing legends like Fred Astaire and Shirley Temple. Shirley Temple was Dakota’s inspiration for becoming a dancer. So, how did all of these dancers from all over the world meet? They were asked to perform in a show by a mutual dance coach. After performing in that show they became inseparable. They currently perform, compete, and teach internationally together. We also found out that Florin & Natalia are not only life partners but also business partners. Together, they founded Dance Fire Studio. When we asked them if they had one thing to tell the world, Misha said, “Eat more vegetables.” The rest of the group said, “Don’t complain. Don’t feel bad for yourself. Don’t ever take on the role of victim. Rise above! You are the master of your own destiny. Thank you for visiting If you’re looking for dance lessons https://www.dancefirestudio.com/?gad_source=1… (https://www.dancefirestudio.com/?gad_source=1…)