Meet our staff

Monterey Dance Studio was founded by Mr. Edward Stone in 1986 at Boyscout Hall on 8th and Mission Street in Carmel, California. Since the business has grown and now the home of the Monterey dance is located at 71 Soledad Drive in Monterey, California since 1994

Since then the studio has taught over thousands of pupils in Monterey County area. To be able to teach everyone to dance will be the dream of Mr. Stone and the dream of Monterey dance studio.

	Michell Stone - Director and Studio Manager of Monterey Peninsula Dance Michell graduated in Economics from UC Santa Cruz. She is a certified teacher with dual fellowship degrees from the United States Imperial Society of Teachers of Dancing (USISTD) in both Latin and Ballroom (highly commended). Examiner for USISTD. Certified Scrutineerand judge with National Dance Council of America.
	Leo Sidorenko - Instructor Mr. Sidorenko has extraordinary ability in the arts as a ballroom dancer, instructor and competitive dancer in Dancesport. He has reached a high level of achievement and recognition and his prominence has been recognized nationally in his native Russia and internationally by judges and trainers in Europe and North America. Mr. Sidorenko started his dancing career at the early age of six and since then has continued to improve and compete in international dance competitions worldwide at the professional level specializing in popping/locking/hip-hop and ballroom dancing.
	Olga Agafonova - Instructor Ms. Agafonova has extraordinary ability in the arts as a ballroom dancer, instructor and competitive dancer in Dancesport. She has reached a high level of achievement and recognition and her prominence has been recognized nationally in her native Russia and internationally by judges and trainers in Europe and North America. Ms. Agafonova started her dancing career at the early age of five and since then has continued to improve and compete in international dance competitions worldwide at the professional level specializing Latin and ballroomdancing.