Smith's Dancing School has been providing expert dance instruction since our founding. It is our mission to provide a creative environment to explore and enjoy dancing. We have the most experienced, certified staff covering all levels, styles, and techniques of dancing. Most important we are all dedicated to you, our customer, to have fun... 

Owners

Martin and Desiree Smith left their home country South Africa in November 1999, as Kwazulu Natal Provincial Professional Ballroom Champions.  They owned their own dance studio for   more than 10 years proving to be the top studio in both social and competition dancing in their province.

Their first 2 years in New York State they worked for Arthur Murray Dance Studios and Fred Astaire Dance Studios.  In August 2004 they opened their own dancing studio, “Smiths Dancing School” in Thornwood.

They are both highly qualified with the Imperial Society of Teachers of Dance (ISTD), the most prestigious and respected dance association in the world. Martin is a national committee member for the United States branch of the ISTD (USISTD). They are able to teach all 5 styles of Ballroom dance.  They teach adults and children, young and old, both competitively and socially, in group and private sessions.

They currently demonstrate in all styles and compete in the International Ballroom discipline.

Certifications

Associate/Certified dance Director and Adjudicator

Licentiate International Ballroom & Latin American

Member American Style Ballroom & Rhythm

ISTD [UK & USA]

NATD [UK]

NADTA

USTA

Members of NDCA

Independent Instructors

All instructors using our facility are highly trained and certified with experience in all Ballroom and Latin American styles:

Vitaly Novikov - 19 years teaching experience

Nikolai Shpakov - 7 years teaching experience

Willem De Vries - 8 years teaching experience

Terri Boucher - 25 years teaching experience

Gleb Makarov - 15 years teaching experience

Benito Garcia - 10 years teaching experience

Cameron Johnson - 15 years teaching experience

Oscar Burgos - 20 years teaching experience

Christopher Alvarez - 7 years teaching experience

Lee Bradley - 15 years teaching experience

Andrey Stanev - 7 years teaching experience

Tatiana Banko - 10 years teaching experience

Amy Jethmal - 10 years teaching experience

Erik Novoa - 10 years teaching experience

Anna Brady - 6 years teaching experience

Brandy Gillam - 8 years teaching experience

Emilee Peters - 7 years teaching experience

Ivan Selesnev - 12 years teaching experience

Anna Snider - 11 years teaching experience

Adrian Bogopane - 15 years teaching experience

Carlos Sampelayo - 10 years experience in Argentine Tango Instruction

Lynn Sampelayo - 10 years experience in Argentine Tango Instruction

Kathy Cressent - 6 years experience in Argentine Tango Instruction

Dmitry Krasnyanskiy - 17 years experience