Judy Ayres
Judy attended the Juilliard school and Manhattan School of Music. She studied ballroom with Peter Eggleton and Irene Donaghey and Latin with Robert Ritchie and John Nyemchek.
She holds a Licentiate in both Standard Ballroom and Latin from the I.S.T.D. in England where she worked with Elizabeth Romain.
Judy teaches in the New York area at New Dance Group and Bridge For Dance.
She has danced in several off-Broadway theater productions as well as choreographing and staging community theater productions in the Yonkers area. She currently can be seen in the Disney movie Enchanted.
      
Yuriy Vodolaga
Yuriy, a former principal dancer of the St. Petersburg Classical Ballet, was trained first in Kiev and then at the Rimsky-Korsakov Conservatory in St. Petersburg. In the United States, he has dance with the New York City Opera Ballet, Egelevsky Ballet and Pittsburgh Ballet. He is the principal teacher for the Youth American Grand Prix Ballet Competition. He is currently teaching at Miami City Ballet in Miami, Florida.
Together, we have taught the Hampton Cotillion and danced recent benefits for the Park Avenue Synagogue, Marymount School, and Brooklyn Public Library. We currently teach in the Greenburgh Public Schools, Riverdale Middle School, Kingsbridge Academy, Schola Italia, and Ballet Arts in Pelham. As choreographers and dancers, we present shows and teach ballroom dance at parties. We offer classes and private lessons as well, in a relaxed and fun atmosphere. We travel to you, and we will travel anywhere. We are Just Dance, Ballroom To Go.