George began ballroom dancing after watching a dance competition on television in 2002. Committed to working hard, he and Wendy became the BC Latin champions in their age group just three years later, holding that title undefeated for the next seven years. They trained under some of the world’s top coaches including Arunas Bizokas, Andrea Faraci, Martin and Diana Lefebvre, Vibeke Toft, Denis Tremblay, Oleg Yedlin, Anya Klimova-Preston, Ann Harding-Trafford, Roland Mitchenko, Darina Jeleva, Paul and Olga Richardson, Colin James, Toni Redpath, Luca Baricchi, Wendy Johnson, Nadia Eftedal, Glenn Weiss, Mirko Gozzoli, Taliat Tarsimov, Andy Wong, Barb Child, Jane Edgett, Kyryl Dudchenko and Peter Eggleton.
George has completed the Canadian DanceSport Federation’s teacher certification program in both Latin and Standard genres.
George is a marketing professional, providing branding, advertising and web design services to a variety of companies. With a long history of excellence in advertising communications, including several years as a creative director in one of Canada’s most prominent advertising agencies, George brings this artistic side into dancing, seeing the dance as a canvas. He’s especially passionate about musicality.
