From children and adults to people with disabilities and professional dancers who performed in competitions at the highest level, they all performed well and I enjoyed seeing everyone I work with smiling, laughing and having a great time while learning to dance or perfecting their art.
I started dancing at the age of 8 and my first encounter was with classical ballet at the Ballet School in Cluj. During my teenage years I completely fell in love with ballroom dance and developed as a professional ballroom dancer, performing at highest level in county and national competitions, on stage festivals, in televisions shows.
I developed naturally from professional dancer to professional dance instructor and co-founded Napoca Dance Sport Association.
In the last fifteen years as a teacher but also as a dancer I constantly aimed to be up-to-date with the newest dancing techniques and to diversify my dancing experience by approaching next to ballroom dances, several other dance styles, such as Argentine Tango and Salsa.
In 2006 while visiting United States, I was introduced to West Coast Swing and had a unique privilege to meet and train with American champions. Those American champions who then judged me in competition are: Kellese and Brent Key, Patty Vo and Berry Jones, Sarah Vann Drake and Kyle Redd, Melissa Rutz and Ben Morris, Robert Cordoba and Debora Szekely, John Lindo and many more.
I returned to Romania and in 2009 I was the first one to approach this dance style in my home country, both as a dancer and a teacher. I founded Napoca Dance Westies to promote this style of dance, parties, lessons and workshops in Cluj-Napoca area.