ANATOLIY SHVARTS & TATIANA KEEGAN
Anatoliy Shvarts & Tatiana Keegan have been dancing together since December 2018, representing the USA in Senior categories. Anatoliy wears our Freed Latin Flex shoe whilst Tatiana wears our Blair Latin sandal.
Career Highlights- 1st in Senior I Championship Latin at the USA Dance National DanceSport Championships in St Louis (Missouri)
- 1st Place in Senior I Championship Latin at Southeastern DanceSport Championships (Danwoody)
- 1st Place in WDSF Senior II Open Latin at Southeastern DanceSport Championships (Danwoody)
- 1st Place in WDO World Senior II Championship Latin at The MAC Northeast Regional 2024 (New Jersey)
- 1st Place in Senior II Championship Latin at The MAC Northeast Regional 2024 (New Jersey)
- 1st Place in Senior I Championship Latin at The MAC Northeast Regional 2024 (New Jersey)
- 4th Place in WDSF Senior I Open Latin at Holland Masters 2023 (Rotterdam)
- 4th Place in WDSF Senior II World Championship Latin at Holland Masters 2023 (Rotterdam)
Anatoliy Shvarts started dancing in his native Moldova, where he was the national youth champion. After moving to the United States, he partnered with Renata Golbert and placed 3rd in the U.S. National Amateur Latin Championships. The couple turned professional and made the finals in many top U.S. national and international competitions. In 2001, Anatoliy retired from competitive dancing to pursue other career interests but returned to the competitive circuit in 2019 as an amateur with new partner Tatiana Keegan. Together, they won national championships in 2019 (NDCA) and 2022 (USA Dance) and finished 3rd in the world in 2019 (WDC). In October of 2022, Tatiana and Anatoliy had a highly successful European tour, placing 2nd at The Open Worlds in Blackpool, England (age 35+), then traveling to Spain, where they placed 5th out of 71 couples at the WDSF World Championship and 1st in the "Open to the World" WDSF championships (both 45+).
Tatiana Keegan was the Russian Amateur National Champion in Ten Dances before coming to the United States and winning many of the top professional Open and Rising Star International Latin championships, including the Ohio Star Ball and the U.S. Ballroom Championship with Tony Dovolani. After a seven-year break to get married and start a family, she returned to reach the World Professional Latin Championships in Germany. In 2019, she turned amateur to compete in her age category and partnered with Anatoliy Shvarts to win national championships in 2019 (NDCA) and 2022 (USA Dance) and finish 3rd in the world in 2019 (WDC). In October of 2022, they had a highly successful European tour, placing 2nd at The Open Worlds in Blackpool, England (age 35+), then traveling to Spain, where they placed 5th out of 71 couples at the WDSF World Championship and 1st in the "Open to the World" WDSF championships (both 45+). As a teacher, Tatiana has worked at some of New York’s finest dance schools: Fred Astaire Dance Studio, Paul Pellicoro’s DanceSport, and Pierre Dulaine’s Dancing Classrooms, which was featured in the film Mad Hot Ballroom. She has also appeared as a teacher on The Late Show With David Letterman and the AMC reality series Into Character. She teaches a wide variety of dances, from International Latin (Cha-Cha, Samba, Rumba, Paso Doble, and Jive) to Standard and American Smooth (Waltz, Foxtrot, Tango, and Viennese Waltz) as well as Swing, Hustle, Salsa, and Merengue. “Tati is the most patient, loving, thoughtful, and above all genuine teacher I’ve ever had,” says Lawson Harris, who danced professionally for more than thirty years. “She will jump through a ring of fire to inspire her students to reach their potential.”
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