Instructors

An incredibly diverse world-class dancer & instructor, Ari  is highly regarded for his fun, energetic, humorous teaching style which can't help but inspire his students with his own joy and love of dance. His clear, detailed attention to connection and partnership along with his ability to translate even the most complex dance movements and concepts into simple understandable instructions has made him one of the most highly regarded instructors in his field. 

 Ari has been teaching, choreographing, and performing social dance both nationally and internationally for over 25 years, including numerous workshops as special guest instructor to Stanford University, as founder and co-director of “Waltz Week in Vienna”, and as the founder and director of “New Zealand Dance Adventure”, "Harrison Hot Springs Dance & Spa Retreat" (B.C.), "The Swing, Rhythm & Blues Dance Weekend" (Catskills, NY), "Waltz Fest NW", Heart Sound Fusion" and the very original and unique "Dancing with Horses" program (Baltimore, MD; Victoria, B.C.; Rifle, CO). 

An award-winning dancer and performer, Ari's breadth of styles include swing, waltz, salsa, tango, Latin, lindy hop, ballroom, balboa, blues, fusion, WCS, and NC2S.  In addition, Ari is well-known as a leading innovator and instructors of "fusion" dance — a form of social dance which borrows elements from one style and blends them fluidly into another.    (CLICK HERE to see an example of "Fusion Waltz").  In 2009, he introduced the first fusion waltz & swing workshops to Vienna. This year, he plans to include more such class options in the upcoming waltz week sessions. 

*Fun Fact*   When off the dance floor, Ari works as a physician and entrepreneur on faculty at Singularity University where he is one of the coordinators of Exponential Medicine, a world-renown program bringing top physicians, innovators, and investors together to explore how rapidly evolving, game-changing technology will impact the future of healthcare.  He is also an author of numerous books of poetry and short stories including: "The Midlife Crisis of Paul Revere", "Samba Sam & Jive Bunny Joyce", "Lovely as You", "A little Dogs Tale", "A Passage (Almost) to India", "Ballad of a Tree-Peeing Pooch", and several more, all available on Amazon under the author name Ari Levitt.

 *Fun Fact*   As a physician and dancer, Ari has been a leading pioneer in the burgeoning field of "Experiential Wellness Medicine", combining all of the inspiring elements of the Arts, wellness, and dance to promote long-lasting healthy behavior changes in his patients.  In his practice, he often uses dance movement, balance, body awareness, and connection as modalities for diagnosing and treating individuals and couples on the dance floor.  Ari is very excited about the impact of this technique on improving patient awareness, and is continuously innovating new workshop concepts in teaching wellness through social dance.  In 2016, he put on one of the Northwest's first such themed events in this arena. Look for more upcoming events later this year at www.rolluptherug.com