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Ari has been partnering, teaching, and performing dance in the Greater Seattle area, nationally, and internationally for over 25 years.  An award-winning dancer, teacher, and performer, his breadth of styles include Lindy Hop, Swing, Balboa, Blues, Ballroom, One-Step, NC2S, WCS, Salsa, Tango, Latin, & Fusion.  He has been instrumental in creating several innovative new dance styles, including "Fusion Waltz", "Fusion Swing", & "Fusion Night Club 2-Step" which he has been busy introducing in workshops throughout the country.  He is the co-founder and director of "Waltz Week in Vienna", "New Zealand Dance Adventure", and the first international "Wellness & Dance Spa Retreat" at Harrison Hot Springs (BC).  When off the dance floor, Ari enjoys kayaking, sailing, hang-gliding, travel, music, film, and poetry. 

*Fun Fact*  As an entrepreneur, Ari spent four years on the start-up team of IMVU, the Silicon Valley-based company that not only re-defined the experience of avatar-based 3D instant messaging, but was instrumental in re-shaping the model for how start-ups themselves are created. (You can read more about IMVU in the NY Times' bestseller, "The Lean Startup" by Eric Ries)

*Fun Fact*  As a physician, Ari is one of the country's leading pioneers & experts in the burgeoning field of social dance therapy -- using movement, connection, and dance techniques as a modality for diagnosing and treating patients.  In addition to patient work, he is a faculty member and Director of Experiential Medicine for "Exponential Medicine", the medical wing of Singularity University, which brings together the country's top  experts, inventors, clinicians, & entrepreneurs to explore and push the boundaries of new and emerging medical technologies  (www.exponential.singularityu.org/medicine).