A Record Across Countries and Circuits
In competitive DanceSport, reputations are built on published results. Placements are recorded, finals lists are posted, and rankings follow dancers across seasons, countries, and judging panels. At the highest level, that public record matters because it shows who can deliver under pressure repeatedly — not just once.
Latin ballroom in particular leaves little room for ambiguity. When the tempo is fast and the floor is crowded, consistency becomes the real separator: speed without loss of control, clarity that carries across the room, and musical timing that stays anchored even when the conditions change.
That’s the context for Ukrainian-born Latin ballroom dancer Artur Ravlyk, whose competitive history reflects sustained performance across major international events in the United Kingdom and continental Europe, with continued results in the United States. Across multiple seasons, Ravlyk has posted championship titles, world-level placements, and top rankings in elite age categories — a record that traces development over time rather than a single peak moment.
The Latin circuit demands repeatability. It isn’t enough to look strong in one venue or under one set of judges; the same quality has to show up again under different conditions and against different competitive fields. That’s where published results become meaningful — they capture a pattern over years, not a snapshot.
Among Ravlyk’s standout achievements is a 1st place title at the Junior Blackpool Dance Festival (2019) in England — a widely recognized stage on the DanceSport calendar. That win sits alongside a Top 6 finalist placement at the WDC AL Open World Championships (2019), placing him among the top ranks of an internationally judged championship field.
His record also includes major results earlier in his career. In Paris (2018), Ravlyk earned 2nd place at the WDC AL Open World Championships in the Open World U16 Junior Latin category. In England the same year, he posted 1st place at the Imperial Championships (Copthorne) and 2nd place at The International Championships (Brentwood/London) — events long established on the circuit calendar.
In 2021, the results continued at World Youth level: at the Dutch Open & WDC AL Open World Championships (Assen, Netherlands), Ravlyk placed 5th in World Youth U19 Latin. More recently, he has placed 5th in Under 21 Latin Championship divisions at U.S. competitions including Manhattan Dance Championships (2023) and Empire Dance Championship (2023).
Professional Work in New York City
Beyond competition, Ravlyk maintains an active professional presence in New York City — a market where DanceSport is not only performed but taught and developed daily through studio work, coaching, and Pro-Am training.
He currently serves as a coach (Latin/Standard/Pro-Am) at 375 Dance Studio and works as an instructor at Danznik Manhattan. His training base includes Brooklyn DanceSport (Brooklyn, New York) and Inter Dance (Warsaw, Poland), and he works under the guidance of main coach Eugene Katsevman.
In the U.S., coaching is a professional role that demands more than experience on the floor — it requires translating high-level standards into repeatable training. Working with Pro-Am students and competitive dancers in New York means building consistency through structure: musical timing, clean mechanics, partner connection, and performance control under pressure. For Ravlyk, that studio work reinforces the same qualities reflected in his results — technical clarity, discipline, and reliability — while keeping him active in one of the country’s busiest ballroom markets.
“Artur has a very clean technical base and strong consistency,” Katsevman says. “He maintains control and musical timing under pressure — the qualities that matter in high-level Latin.”
At elite levels, nearly everyone is trained. What separates top competitors is the ability to reproduce quality over time — in different rooms, with different partners, and against different opponents. Ravlyk’s record — spanning U16, Junior, Youth U19, and Under 21 divisions — points to long-range competitiveness across seasons, not a single season of form.
Selected Results (publicly Listed)
- 06 Dec 2018 — WDC AL Open World Championships (Paris, France): Open World U16 Junior Latin — 2nd
- 07 Oct 2018 — Imperial Championships (Copthorne, England): Junior Latin — 1st
- 09 Oct 2018 — The International Championships (Brentwood/London, England): Junior Latin — 2nd
- 25 Apr 2019 — Junior Blackpool Dance Festival (Blackpool, England): British Junior Latin Championship — 1st
- 2019 — WDC AL Open World Championships: Youth Latin — 6th (Finalist)
- 12 Nov 2021 — Dutch Open & WDC AL Open World Championships (Assen, Netherlands): World Youth U19 Latin — 5th
- 16 Oct 2021 — Polish Dance Festival (Ożarów Mazowiecki, Poland): WDC AL Youth I Latin — 1st
- 29 Jun 2023 — Manhattan Dance Championships (New York, USA): Under 21 Latin — 5th
- 02 Aug 2023 — Empire Dance Championship (Jersey City, USA): Under 21 Latin — 5th
Editor’s note: The results listed above appear in official published event results.
