Staff | Dance Sport PA Academy

Scott Lazarov
As both a teacher and a pro, Scott Lazarov has earned finalist placement in every major competition, including the World Salsa and Mambo Championships. A four-time US and World Pro-Am Champion, Lazarov was also named champion of the US Salsa, Rising Star, and Grand National competitions. He has appeared on the ...
Jean Paulovich
Jean Paulovich has taken extraordinary strides since his arrival to the United States from Belarus at age 19. Together with his wife Iryna, he is a renowned competitor and performer, with a large and devoted student following. Having been named 2006 United States National Professional Rising Star Latin Champions, ...
Aideen O’Malley
Aideen O'Malley began teaching at Dancesport following a comprehensive teacher's training program under the tutelage of Scott Lazarov. Since that time she has worked with some of the world's top dancers and coaches, taken her own growing roster of students to pro-am competitions, and performed as a professional ...
Jim Bunting
Jim Bunting earned his BFA in Dance from the University of the Arts and attended the Rock School of the Pennsylvania Ballet as a scholarship student. He has gone on to become a widely respected teacher and choreographer. Jim has provided choreography for the Koresh Dance Company, the Pennsylvania Ballet, the University ...
Cristina Mueller
Cristina Mueller, a world and European champion formation standard dancer, was born in Moldova, where she began her training at the age of six. Soon she was traveling, performing, and competing all across Europe, ultimately attaining first and second place rankings in major formation competitions while completing ...
John Larson
John Larson began dancing during his junior year in high school. Soon after that he began traveling the world as a member of the Brigham Young University Formation Team where he won four national championships and the prestigious 1998 Blackpool Latin Formation Team Championship. A respected competitor, judge, event ...
Paul Richardson
World, British Open, Dutch Open, United Kingdom, Asian Open & International Championships Professional Latin Finalist World 10 Dance Finalist, World South American Showdance Finalist Former World Cup, Asian Pacific & USA Open Champion British National Professional Latin & South American Showdance Champion
Tim Jones
Tim started figure skating before he was 3 and during the span of his 17 year competitive career he competed in the Ice Dance, Pairs, Men's Freestyle and Synchronized Skating Divisions. During his skating career he achieved an 8 time top 10 ranking at the US Figure Skating National Championships, including winning ...
Krissy McFadden
Tango became an instant passion as Krissy took her first steps 4 years ago. Dedication and eagerness to master tango drove her to study with every instructor that inspired her, quickly becoming a young and promising newcomer in the Philadelphia tango community. Now an established and cherished instructor, ...
Marc Hussner
Marc was born and raised in Lisbon, Portugal. At the age of 21, he left for Sweden where he lived for three years. Restlessness and a great desire to travel brought him to quit his job, sell his belongings and leave for a South American tour. In Argentina he found tango and dedicated himself exclusively to this ...