Ballroom Dance Instructors at Academy Ballroom Marietta

Owner, Instructor

Eddie Ares

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Dance Champion, Choreographer & Coach. Owner, Academy Ballroom Atlanta; Co-Founder of Atlanta Ballroom Dance Theater; Organizer of Hotlanta The Classic; Founder of the Global Spectrum Circuit of ballroom competitions and the SSS Pro/Am Club; co-founder and contributing editor of the Pro/Am Voice newsletter; co-founder of Spotlight Dance Videos.
Executive Director and Co-Founder

Chasity Smith

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Manager, Academy Ballroom Atlanta; Co-Founder of Atlanta Ballroom Dance Theater; Event Coordinator of the Greenville Dance Challenge; Co-founder of the SSS Pro/Am Club; co-founder and contributing editor of the Pro/Am Voice newsletter; co-founder of Spotlight Dance Videos.
Chasity Smith graduated from the University of Alabama with a B.S. in Accounting and with minors in both Mathematics and Spanish. She immediately moved to Atlanta, GA where she began her career as an auditor and also seized the opportunity to pursue her passion for ballroom dancing.

Chasity began training immediately to become a Latin dance competitor. In less than one year, she rose to the top as a Finalist in the World Pro/Am Dance Championships in Buenos Aires, Argentina. In 2013, Chasity won the U.S. Pro/Am Rising Star Open Rhythm and the U.S. South American Showdance Championships. She also was the bronze medalist in the U.S. Rising Star Open International Latin Championship. Currently, Chasity continues her dance training in both the American style and International Latin with Eddie Ares.

Studio Manager

Christjohn Batters

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Danielle Perez

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Nick Carter

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Kyra Platt

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Rainier Rics

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Reece Manterola

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Wayne Zwick

Event Coordinator

Tarchi Blackwell