Our Teachers
Judit Gaspar
was born in a small town called Szombathely in Hungary.She was 14 years old when she got introduced to
ballroom dancing through her school.She joined the local Dance Team called Savaria Dance Sport Team,
and took dancing seriously: in just two years she became member of the Adult Latin Formation Team.
Savaria rose to the top and became undefeated Hungarian Champion in Latin American dances for all the years she was member.
The team represented Hungary in international competitions. Judit’s best result with the team was 5th place in the
World Championship.
She also competed with a partner in International Standard and they became regular finalists in national championships.
In 1997 she was invited by Armin Kappacher, the owner of the Fred Astaire Dance Studio of Boston to teach ballroom
dancing in USA. She decided to make dancing a new career, which also meant to compete now as a professional.
She danced with Richard Hutton from Ireland for 2 years, which had proven itself as a successful partnership.
They reached several finals here on the East coast.
Some of their most outstanding results as professionals: The Dance Sport Competition in Montreal: first place in the
Rising Star Standard division and 4th in the Open Standard Championship.
Yankee Classic Boston: 4th place in the Rising Star Standard division and semi-final in the Open Standard Championship.
She took the Fred Astaire teachers’ qualification tests as well as the ISTD (Imperial Society of Teachers of Dancing)
Licentiate exam in International Ballroom and passed as 'highly commended'.
Judit studied international business and economics and she holds a Bachelor of Science (BS) degree in Business Management.
Judit has two sons: Christopher and Patrick.
Zaur Mamedov
started his competitive ballroom dance training at an early age. He was 7 years old when he joined his local
dance club Baku Ballroom Dance Academy in his native country, Azerbaijan.
He had an amazing career as a child: he was a regular finalist in all major competitions at the former Soviet Union
including Soviet Union Junior Ballroom Dance Competition, Caucasus Region Ballroom Dance Competition, Georgian Open
Ballroom Dance Competition.
His best result was at the Azerbaijani Open Ballroom Dance Competition: 1st Place.
He and his dance team performed on television programs such as Soviet National Television Ballroom Dance Show
Performance and Azerbaijan National Television Show Performance on several occasions.
Zaur also became a ballroom dance instructor at Baku Pioneer Education Center.
After moving to USA with his family he took some time off from ballroom dancing.
Zaur re-started his dancing and teaching career at Champions Dance Studio in 2006. His cheerful personality is a
great addition to our team.
He is also a founder of Baku Sunset a brand of excellence of upscale international
nightlife and events.
Zaur graduated with Bachelor of Science in Business Management at the Northeastern University, MA in 2001.
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