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Mariia Usanina

$100/session
Starting price

Preferred dance style
Desired wedding dance

Responds within a day

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About
Mariia Usanina started dancing at the age of 4. She has won several titles, including U.S national titles, in Latin and ballroom dancesport styles. She also represented Russia in the 10-dance championship. Mariia specialize in social and competitive ballroom dance for all ages. Whether you seek the best training for competition, or just a fun way to get fit and learn some new steps, she will help you reach your goal. She will teach you effective technique, and styling, for all levels in the multiple styles of dance.
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Hired 93 times

Serves Los Angeles, CA

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1 employee

15 years in business

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2023

Services offered
Level of experience
Desired wedding dance
Preferred dance style

Waltz

Slow dance

Swing dance

Foxtrot

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Reviews

Customers rated this pro highly for professionalism, work quality, and responsiveness.

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Alex L.

Oct 2, 2025

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Mariia provides high quality, excellent service and excellent expertise in her field. I've always felt comfortable and at ease working with Mariia. I scheduled five classes with her to learn how to dance bachata. Because of her, I'm more than confident to head out to the dance floor and show what I've learned. I'm looking forward to learning salsa next. I highly recommend Mariia.

Details: 36-45 • One person (one-on-one with instructor) • Bachata • No experience • Developing a hobby • 45 minutes • Once a week • At the pro’s location • My home, venue, etc.

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Stephen B.

Jan 28, 2025

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Mariia was amazing. We set up a bachata lesson for 4 people who had zero dance experience. In one hour we learned more than we expected. She was punctual, responsive, professional, patient, and she broke things down to very simple, beginner friendly steps. We were very satisfied with our experience. Strongly recommend.

Details: 26-35 • A group of 3-4 people • Bachata • No experience • Developing a hobby • 60 minutes • Once a week • At the pro’s location • My home, venue, etc.

Private Dance Lessons
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Brett K.

Feb 6, 2024

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My fiancé and I took two lessons to learn our "first dance" for our wedding reception. Mariia was amazing to work with, professional, knowledgeable, patient and a master of her craft. We would highly recommend her to anyone wanting to learn how to dance!!!

Details: 46-65 • Two people • Ballroom • No experience • Preparing for a wedding • 60 minutes • As recommended by professional • At the pro’s location • My home, venue, etc.

Private Dance Lessons
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Benjamin T.

Jan 9, 2023

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Details: 26-35 • Two people • Ballroom • No experience • Preparing for a wedding • 60 minutes • As recommended by professional • At the pro’s location

Private Dance Lessons
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Michael C.

Nov 23, 2022

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My wife and I had dance lessons with Mariia over the course of a couple months to develop a routine for our wedding and to learn dance skills. Both of us were starting from square one - no experience with dancing. Mariia made the process of learning dance fun and approachable. She was very adept at teaching dance techniques and styles to beginners such as ourselves. Each week we noticed a meaningful level of improvement and Mariia ramped up the degree of difficulty by the right amount. We always felt like we were being challenged, but never felt lost or overwhelmed. And then for the dance routine, we could not have been any more pleased with how it turned out. Mariia showed a ton of creativity designing the routine and matching it up with our first dance song. She did a great job teaching it to us, tweaking elements of it and really honing in on the details. When it came time for the dance on our wedding day, we felt very comfortable that we had perfected it. Our routine on our wedding day could not have gone any better - we honestly received stunned looks and comments from family and friends who had no idea we were capable of pulling off a routine like that. Mariia was a pleasure to work with. She was very professional, easy to get along with and clearly an expert in dance. We really looked forward to our dance lessons every week.

Details: Two (ex. me and my partner) • First dance • What my teacher recommends • Slow Dance • No, I do not have choreography in mind • No song preference • No experience • At the pro’s location

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  • What is your typical process for working with a new customer?

    Every lesson start with warm up where we repeat all the basic figures of the Latin program (cha cha, samba, rumba, pasodoble, jive) or the basic figures of the Ballroom program (Slow Waltz, Tango, Viennese Waltz, Slow Foxtrot, Quickstep) After the warm up, the practice begins with a detailed technique like footwork, arm styling, posture. In the final part of the class, you will learn a new dance routine.

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