Timea Potys
Founder and Owner of Sizzling Latin Dance Studio
Professional International Latin Ballroom Dance Champion and Master Coach
Teaches: International Latin and Standard, American Rhythm, Smooth and Salsa
Her motto: “Anything is possible.”
Timea’s cell: 415 868 4632 and email: info@sizzlinglatin.com
Timea is currently a Professional Latin Rising Star Finalist and Open Professional Latin finalist. She is the winner of multiple national and international Latin championships and she earned a salsa show dance champion title in 2003 in Europe. With her dance partner and husband Zsolt Katona, they ranked 19 in the International Latin World ranking in 2015 and the same year they placed 2nd in open professional rising star Latin in Taipei Asian Tour. She was rocking the floor and earning awards in more than 75 world cities in 17 countries, such as England, France, Belgium, Germany, Austria, Slovakia, Hungary, Croatia, United States, Canada, Japan, Korea, Indonesia, Singapore, Hong-Kong, Taiwan and China.
She was born in Hungary, and started as a gymnast at the age of 4, followed by several years of training in jazz dance, ballet, belly dance, acrobatic floor exercise, trampoline jumping and modern dance before she started the long journey into the Latin Ballroom dancing world with world class European coaches. She also had been playing a piano and performing for 15 years besides dancing.
Timea moved to the US at the end of 2008, and continued dance touring in the US, Europe and Asia since the present. Whenever she is here in the Bay Area, she is passionately sharing the love of dancing with everyone, and introducing its mental and physical health benefits and giving purposes to people!
In April 2017 she opened her beautiful European style ballroom studio; Sizzling Latin Dance Studio in Lafayette, Ca.
With her 15 years of dance teaching experience, she mainly coaches successful competitor couples from beginner level to the top. Her students not only place very well in competitions, they also see big improvements in qualities of life as a result of feeling whole from dancing.
She enjoys and available as a trainer for Pro/Am dance competitions as well in all dance styles.
Teaching Experience
Owner and Head Coach April 2017 – Present
Sizzling Latin Dance Studio, Lafayette, CA
- Running youth and adult ballroom dance sport programs
- Managing the dance studio and the studio renters
- Preparing students for showcases and competitions
- Organizing dance parties for both students and parents
- Teach weekly private and group competitive ballroom and social dance lessons.
- Teaching dance technique, choreography, musicality, coordination, flexibility. Provide mental and physical training. Train competitor dancers and dance teams to win competitions. Coach head teachers, team captains and group leaders to reach their goals in the upcoming competition season and help them in their preparation in between the seasons. Create plans and execute them with the students.
Head Latin Coach September 2010 – Present
UC Santa Cruz Ballroom Team, UC Santa Cruz, CA
- Prepare 100 people for ballroom dancing competitions
- Teaching dance technique, choreography, musicality, coordination, flexibility. Provide mental and physical training. Train competitor dancers and dance teams to win competitions. Coach head teachers, team captains and group leaders to reach their goals in the upcoming competition season and help them in their preparation in between the seasons. Create plans and execute them with the students.
Pro/Am Competitor Trainer
San Francisco Bay Area, CA September 2014 – Present
- Train with amateur dancers (youth and adults) during private lessons and showcase their talent with them in dance competitions in all closed and open level.
Latin Coach September 2009 – Present
UC Berkeley Ballroom Team, Berkeley, CA
- Prepare 100 people for ballroom dancing competitions
Independent Ballroom Dance Instructor September 2011 – Present
UC Berkeley International House, Berkeley, CA
- Instructs 100 people for salsa dancing
- Teach partner dancing to hundreds of students from all over the world. Created a social dance program to build relationships among students.
Independent Ballroom Dance Instructor Aug 2017 – Present
Sizzling Latin, Pleasanton location, CA
- Running youth and adult ballroom dance sport program
- Preparing students for showcases, competitions
- Teach weekly private and group ballroom dance lessons.
Independent Ballroom Dance Instructor July 2016 – Present
Sizzling Latin, Dublin location, CA
- Running youth and adult ballroom dance sport program
- Preparing students for showcases, competitions
- Teach weekly private and group ballroom dance lessons.
- Organizing dance parties for both students and parents
Independent Ballroom Dance Instructor Sept 23 2015 – Present
Sizzling Latin, Pleasant Hill location, CA
- Running youth and adult ballroom dance sport program
- Preparing students for showcases, competitions
- Teach weekly private and group ballroom dance lessons
- Weekly dance meetup organizer
Independent Ballroom Dance Instructor June 2011 – 2014
Premier Ballroom, Fremont, CA
- Teach international Latin and salsa private lessons and workshops
Independent Ballroom Dance Instructor January 2011 – Present
StudioA, Pleasant Hill, CA
- Running an international Latin dance sport youth and adult social dance program
- Teach private and group lessons
Independent Ballroom Dance Instructor January 2011 – Present
Just Dance Ballroom, Oakland, CA
- Running an international Latin dance sport youth and adult social dance program
- Teach private and group lessons
Adjudicator in the Harvard, and UC Berkeley competitions. 2006, 2008, 2009, 2010
Guest Actress in a TV show; Trauma NBCUniversal, Inc. 2009 October- November
Dancer at the 5 nation theater demonstration series – modern dance in Cyprus. 2008 July-August
Weekend Salsa, Merenge, Bachata, Reggaeton workshop organizer and instructor in Hungary. 2007
Organizer and principal teacher for one week Latin intensive class of Chacha, Rumba, Jive, Salsa
to adults at INSEAD Paris. 2006