Dirk Heidemann

Dirk Heidemann (born 18 April 1961) is a former professional ballroom dancer, fashion model, now author, dance sport coach and choreographer from Germany.

He trained Christoph Kies and Blanca Ribas Turón[2] to become three-time world champions in the ten-dance (Standard and Latin) category.

His dancesport musical The Red Skirt,[1] with members of the Beijing Dance Academy, was a big success in 2001 and was copied several times.

In 2015, Heidemann led the Russian champions Armen Tsaturyan and Svetlana Gudyno as a coach to win the European Championship and to become the vice-world title in the Latin dances.

In addition, the Israeli couple Artyom Liaskovsky and Liana Odikadze, also coached by him, became world champion in Latin dances in the "Under-21" category.