Instructors

Only contact instructors for specific questions about other classes they teach at Austin studios or private lessons. For questions about Texas Ballroom and Texas Ballroom classes, please contact the Executive Board.

David Cantu (Monday Nights)

David Cantu has studied and instructed partner dancing for over fifteen years. During that time he has focused on a variety of dance styles. He began his teaching career in Ballroom and, a few years later, incorporated Country Western. After a business hiatus, he returned to dancing and put his attention on West Coast Swing and Salsa.

David has owned and operated three dance studios in the Austin area, two of which are still in operation. A founder of both Go Dance and Austin Uptown Dance, he subsequently sold his interest in each studio.

Curtis Prevost (Tuesday Nights)

Curtis Prevost has been dancing most of his adult life. He is known for his great wit and fun loving approach to dance.
Dancing and competing in Austin since 1999, he has studied with Ballroom Champions including John Wood, Stephen Hilliar, Stephen Cullip, Igor and Irina Suvorov, Glenn Weiss, and many others.
He currently competes with his amateur partner, Olga Curd, and he competes and performs Pro/Am with Sabrina Barker. Curtis also coaches the UT Ballroom Club students.

You can contact Curtis directly at: curtprevost@yahoo.com.

Denis Generalov (Friday Nights)

Denis Generalov began dancing at an early age in Russia, where he was born and raised. His mother was a dance teacher, so when he was little he spent a lot of time at her dance school, watching group classes and listening to dance music.

Denis began taking Ballroom and Latin classes and entering dance competitions in Russia when he was 8 years old and by the time he was 10 he was winning local junior competitions. Denis moved to the United States at the age of 16 and before long he was back on the dance floor competing in the Open Amateur Standard Ballroom and Latin American divisions. Over the course of several years of competition Denis, with his partner and wife Jolie, have placed into the finals of many major Championships, including the Ohio Star Ball, the International Grand Ball, the San Francisco Open, and the California Open to name a few. They have earned first place titles in the Standard Ballroom division at the International Grand Ball, the San Francisco Open Championships, the Galaxy Dance Sport Championships, the San Francisco Holiday Ball, the Autumn Dance Classic, as well as the title of the United States Amateur National Ten-Dance Champions.

Denis began teaching Ballroom dancing professionally in 2002 in the San Francisco Bay Area, specializing in both social and competitive styles of Ballroom and Latin. In January 2008 Denis and Jolie decided to make Austin their new home, and even though they’ve stopped dancing competitively, they still enjoy dancing together as a favorite past time.