Steven Dougherty,

Eulia Baranovsky

U.S. and World American Smooth Finalists

Our Partnership was formed 2003, competing in Professional American Ballroom

 World Titles:

   2007 World American Smooth Showdance Champions
   2006-2007 World American Smooth Finalists

 National Titles:

   2004,2006-2007 U.S. National American Ballroom Finalists

 Championship Titles:

   2007 Manhattan Dancesport Champions
   2007 Atlanta Open Champions
   2007 St. Louis Star Ball Champions
   2007 Heritage Classic Champions
   2006 Yankee Classic Champions
   2006 California Open Champions
   2005 Ohio Star Ball National Showdance-3rd Place
   2005 St. Louis Star Ball Champions
   2004 Kansas City Heart of America Champions
   2004 Niagara Falls Dance Festival Champions
   2003 Wisconsin State Champions
   2003-2007 Finalists in all major competitions including the prestigious Ohio Star Ball

 Performances

   2007 TV-ABC’s Good Morning America
   2007 Mohegan Sun Resort & Casio
   2007 Vail Dance Festival-“The Beat Goes On”
   2006 Vail Dance Festival-“Four Seasons-Latin & Ballroom Dance Gala”
   2006-2007 Westchester Broadway Theater-“Evening of Ballroom Dance”
   2006-2007 Cancun Dance Festival
   2006 TV-PBS’s “America’s Ballroom Challenge”
   2005 TV-ESPN

Eulia was born in Minsk, Republic of Belarus and came to the United States in 1989.  She began her training at the age of 5 with ice dancing followed by jazz and modern dance.

Eulia has studied ballet for the past 13 years and added competitive ballroom dancing to her repertoire 7 years ago.

Eulia has a degree in graphic design and is currently a full-time professional ballroom competitor and teacher.

Professional Career 1998-2003:

 National Titles:

   2000 National Rising Star Standard Finalist

 Other Credits

   1999 San Francisco Open Standard Champion
   1998-2001 Finalist Rising Star Standard in major competitions including Ohio Star Ball
   and La Classique du Quebec.

Steven has been a ballroom dancer since the age of 13.  He has studied and competed as both an amateur and professional ballroom dancer.

Prior to pursuing a full time career as a professional ballroom dance competitor, teacher, and choreographer, Steven worked for IBM as a programmer and systems engineer.  He left IBM in 1992. Steven is the co-owner of the Metropolitan Dance Center, a ballroom dance studio in Stamford Connecticut.

Professional Career 1998-2003:

 National Titles:

   2000 U.S. National Rising Star American Ballroom Champion
   2000-2001 U.S. National Open American Ballroom Finalist.
   1996 U.S. National Rising Star Standard Finalist

 Other Credits

   1998-2000 Over 30 Regional Rising Star and Open American Smooth Championship Titles
   Performed for the American Ballroom Theater under the direction of Pierre DuLaine including:
      Jubilee, Carnegie Hall, New York, New York directed by Herb Ross.
      A Starburst of Dance, Kaatsbaan gala opening, Tivoli, New York.
      I Won’t Dance, Steve Ross national tour, Naples, Florida.
      1998 ABC-TV’s All My Children.

      2000 CBS-TV’s As the World Turns.
      2000 CBS-TV’s The Early Show.
      2000 Goodlife-TV’s Championship Dancesport
      Choreographed Ballroom, Elmwood Playhouse, Nyack, New York, 2003
      Choreographed On the Verge, Chautauqua Institute, Chautauqua, New York 2002
      Choreographed Romeo and Juliet, The Juilliard School, New York, New York 2002
      Guest Teacher: The Juilliard School, New York University, Cornell University, SUNY Binghamton

Amateur Career 1980-1992

 National Titles:

   1991 U.S. National Standard Champion
   1986 U.S. National Ten Dance Champion

 Other Credits

   1990 U.S. dance ambassador to Soviet Union
   1991-1992 U.S. representative at World Standard championships in Germany & Singapore.

This Site was designed by and is maintained by CIT Services, LLC