Champion dancers Robertas Maleckis and Inga Sirkaite are owners of ELITE BALLROOM. Both were born in Kaunas, Lithuania and started dancing at the age of seven at the local school in their home town. They have known each other since their early days of competitions and have been dancing together for 17 years.

They are experts in both Ballroom and Latin American dances.

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Although they had good teachers in Lithuania, Robertas and Inga wanted to expand their horizons, so in 1995 they began to travel and seek training from some of the world’s best teachers in London, England. As a result, they became Lithuanian National Champions and achieved excellent results worldwide.

In 2001 Robertas and Inga turned professional and decided to put even more focus on their dancing, so they moved to London, where they spent almost two years. This helped them excel at their first competition as professionals and make it to the grand finals in the Rising Star Professional Latin Division at the most prestigious competition in the World: the BRITISH OPEN in Blackpool, England.

Robertas and Inga were the first professional couple in the history of Lithuania to achieve such a result in Latin dances.

Their dream was to own a dance studio and they could see it happening in the US. At the end of 2002 they moved to Durham, NC, and started as employees at a local studio. In 2005 they started to manage the DANCE PLUS studio.

In April 2009 Robertas and Inga opened their new state-of-the-art dance studio, ELITE BALLROOM, in an upscale neighborhood in Morrisville, NC.

Robertas and Inga are very happy here and have very good friendships and support from their students. They train adults, children, beginners, social and advanced dancers, as well as coach ballroom teams from Duke, UNC and NCSU universities.

 

• First year competing Professionally in Europe, won two major competitions in Spain
• 5th Place, prestigious GERMAN OPEN Latin Championship in Mannheim
• 1st Place, Professional Rising Star category, GERMAN OPEN Latin Championship in Mannheim
• 1st Place, INTERNATIONAL ELSA WELLS Rising Star Latin competition in London, (one of the top 5 in the world)
• 4th Place, Rising Star Latin competition at BRITISH OPEN, Blackpool, (the most prestigious competition in the World which attracts over 3'000 dancers from all over the world.)
• 4th place, "WORLD MASTERS" competition in Innsbruck, Austria
• 1st place, IRISH OPEN LATIN AMERICAN CHAMPIONSHIP in 2002
• 2nd place, UK OPEN RISING STAR LATIN CHAMPIONSHIP in Bournemouth, England 2002
• Semifinalists at the EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIP in Germany representing Lithuania
• Lithuanian Amateur and Professional Champions

 

In 2002, less than two years since they began competing professionally, Robertas and Inga were ranked 8th in the world in Latin dances according to the World Ranking List completed by the World Dances and Dancesport Council, an international professional association.

Competitive results in the United States:

Robertas and Inga are two-time World Cup Finalists!

 

4th Place, OHIO STAR BALL, 2003. The biggest competition in the United States which is now televised on PBS.

1st Place, HEART of AMERICA Championship in Kansas

• 3rd Place, PHILADELPHIA DANCE FESTIVAL, Pennsylvania
• 1st Place, ST. LOUIS STAR BALL
• 3rd Place, 2003 YANKEE CLASSIC, one of Americas top three competitions in Boston, MA
• 2nd Place, MARYLAND DANCESPORT CHAMPIONSHIPS, Baltimore
• 1st Place, FLORIDA SUPERSTARS COMPETITION in Tampa
• 1st Place, FIRST COAST CLASSIC COMPETITION in Jacksonville, FL