Our instructors
Raymond Sarlemijn
He is also known as "Latinman", is a multiple World Champion, Line Dance instructor, choreographer and international judge from Amsterdam, now based in Norway. He is a Crystal Boot Award winner and founding member of the Global Organisation of Line Dance (GOLD).
He is known for his dynamic teaching style and passion for the dance floor. He travels internationally inspiring dancers through workshops, competitions and choreography.
Baiba Apena
She is a Latvian dancer, choreographer, dance coach and owner of the Dance Studio Virziens, based in Jurmala, Latvia. She has been involved in dance from a young age, training in various styles and competing nationally and internationally. Higher professional education in HipHop and Contemporary Dance. She is the owner of Dance Studio Virziens. She runs this dance school and works as a dance instructor and choreographer. She is a certified national judge in the Global Organisation of Line Dance (GOLD).
She started dancing at age 4 in her mother's Dance Studio. Baiba has participated in international festivals and competitions across Europe. She earned titles in the World Country Dance Federation (WorldCDF), including Vice World Champion in the Novice Teen category (2010), Risingstar (2014) and Megastar (2015). In 2025 she became Word Champion at GOLD Worlds and became a Supreme Star in ProAm dancing.
Mickael Godeau
He is a Belgium Dancer born in 1989. He started dancing in his teenage years. In 2008 he started line dance to achieve the star division in 2011. With a Latin and Ballroom background, he gets the status of "S" international level dancer in Latin and Ballroom who really gave an impulsion in his style he is teaching.
He is a Line Dance Megastar. Has won many World Champion Titles in Line Dance. 3 World Champion titles in Couple Dance. And in 2025 he became Supreme Star in ProAm dance. Today Mickael travels the world to share his energy and knowlegde with logic and a lot of passion. Based on Biomecanic system.
Daan Geelen
Hi my name is Daan Geelen. I was born on the 22nd of February 1969, The Hague in The Netherlands. I grew up in Amsterdam. Here I started dancing Rock&Roll, Boogie Woogie and Disco. When I moved to Almere I started dancing at Big Apple Dance Studio where I did Jazz, Show/Musical and Tap. I also danced in some theatre production from Alide de Koning.
In 1996 I came in contact with Line Dance at a western weekend, where I was horseback riding on my horse. I saw people linedancing and I really liked it. It was so much fun that I started looking for a danceschool and I found The North Hill Country Dancers. After 1 year I took over the club and gave classes every evening. I kept on taking technique classes from Alide de Koning.
Because I was teaching a lot of non country linedances I changed the name of my danceschool into Stars&Stripes. I started to give competition training in linedance, couple dance, Teams, Duo's, Cabaret and Choreography. I became several times Dutch, European and World Champion in UCWDC, WorldDanceMasters, WorldCDF and GOLD. For 16 years I was eventdirector of the Dutch Championships "The Tulip Challenge" from the UCWDC. Since 2025 I'm the eventdirector of the Golden Tulip, a national event from GOLD.
Over the years I gave gave workshops in Europe, Turkey, Japan, Korea and USA. I also got nominated for a Crystal Boot Award. I danced in the Country Linedance Machine from Bob de Jong and Theatre Show Boys & Girls from the Southern Stars Theatre Company. Nowadays I still teach social, competition and private classes. I'm also still competing in the Star and Couples division.
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