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SUMMARY:Sun Valley Ballroom
DESCRIPTION:Sun Valley Ballroom\, in partnership with The Spot\, presents i
 ts second annual performance led by international ballroom champion dancer 
 and instructor Vasily Golovin and Mindy Meads. Based in Boise\, Vasily Golo
 vin was born in St. Petersburg\, Russia\, and began training at age nine wi
 th some of the world’s top ballroom coaches. He has competed internationa
 lly for more than 20 years and has won various titles\, including Russian N
 ational Champion\, European Champion and Latin World Champion. Golovin has 
 won the Top Teaching award in several California competitions and is among 
 the most highly acclaimed ballroom coaches in the state. He and his wife Al
 exis visited Idaho on vacation and fell in love with the state\, moving her
 e in 2023.\\n\\nSun Valley Ballroom founder Mindy Meads had an accomplished
  retail career in C-suite roles such as the CEO of Land’s End\, Victoria 
 Secret Direct\, & Aeropostale. She also had a stint as a professor at LIM C
 ollege in New York City. Throughout her career\, Meads has shared her exper
 tise on numerous boards\, including serving as a founding member and Board 
 Chair of the Sun Valley Culinary Institute when the school first opened. M
 eads caught the dancing bug the moment she started taking lessons at the Fr
 ed Astaire studio in New York City. Although she seldom competes\, her love
  for the sport is undeniable. When Meads heard there was a competitive danc
 ing coach in Boise\, she reached out to Vasily Golovin.\\n\\nFor 2026\, ret
 urning dancers include Arinia Grishania and Alexander Chernositov\, and Tat
 iana and Yegor Novikov. Arinia Grishania and Alexander Chernositov are high
 ly accomplished\, having won the Amateur Latin Division. Together\, the two
  earned the esteemed title of world Amateur Latin Champions and secured the
  Blackpool Champions title in 2025.\\n\\nTatiana and Yegor Novikov\, who ar
 e professional ballroom dancers who compete in the American Smooth style\, 
 including the Waltz\, Tango\, Foxtrot\, and Viennese Waltz. They have won t
 itles at the US National Championships\, reached the World Championship pod
 ium in 2023-2025\, and were Blackpool Vice Champions in 2025.\\n\\nNew this
  year\, Sun Valley Ballroom welcomes three additional international champio
 ns\, Austin and Liza Joson\, Tal Livshitz and Ilana Keselman\, and Curtis C
 ollins and Beverly Durand. Austin and Liza Joson were the United States Juv
 enile and 10-Dance Champions and guest performers on ABC’s hit show “Da
 ncing With the Stars.”\\n\\nTal Livshitz and Ilana Keselman are World Dan
 ce Council Amateur League (WDCAL) World Finalists\, sixth in the world in o
 pen professional Latin dancing\, and national champions in the U.S. Livshit
 z and Keselman compete in the Blackpool Dance Festival with Tatiana and Yeg
 or Novikov\, Arinia Grishania and Alexander Chernositov\, as well as Austin
  and Liza Joson. Curtis Collins and Beverly Durand are an internationally a
 cclaimed dance team whose careers span Broadway\, Hollywood\, television\, 
 and stages around the world.\\n\\nAlso returning dancers from Boise will jo
 in Sun Valley Ballroom. Do not miss one of the year’s most anticipated ev
 ents\, where dancers dazzle with their moves\, grace\, stunning outfits\, a
 nd beautiful routines.
URL:https://visitsunvalley.com/events/sun-valley-ballroom-2/
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