STAFF
Coach Slava - Girls Team Coach
Viacheslav was born on October 22, 1981 in a family of athletes in the city of Kharkov. He entered the class of pedagogue Galina Serebryakova in Kharkov Ballet School in 1991. Upon graduation from the ballet school in 1996, Viacheslav was admitted to the class of pedagogue Vladimir Denisenko, the Honored Artist of the USSR, in Kiev State College of Choreography. There Viacheslav approved himself a talented aspiring artist.
In 1999 Viacheslav was assigned to Kiev Music Theatre, where he worked for two years under the guidance of the People’s Artist of the USSR Valeriy Kovtun, and danced his first solos and leading roles which laid the foundation for Viacheslav’s ballet career.
In 2001 Viacheslav was invited to K. S. Stanislavskiy and Vl. I. Nemirovich-Danchenko Academic Musical Theater in Moscow. During his work at the theater, Viacheslav reached his potential not only as a talented dancer, but also as an excellent actor. During this period, he participated in many international festivals and contests (Serge Lifar International Ballet Competition, International Ballet Competition “Crystal Shoe”, Tenth Rudolf Nureev International Festival, International Festival “Stars of Ballet”, Stars of Russian Ballet, Fresh Ballerina Festival), and was awarded a laureate diploma.
In 2007 Viacheslav signed a contract with the leading ballet company of Colorado, USA, in capacity of the leading soloist, where he worked for eight years. During that period, Viacheslav was noted as an extraordinary dancer by the ballet critics of Los Angeles Times, Denver Post, Colorado OPUS, and others. He also participated in two projects of Dancing with the Stars in Denver, Colorado.
During his career, Viacheslav performed in the famous theaters of Poland, Belgium, France, Spain, Germany, Switzerland, Italy, Greece, Macedonia, Japan, China, Thailand, Cyprus, Egypt, USA, England, Russia, where he danced the leading roles in ballets: The Nutcracker, Giselle, Le Corsaire, La Bayadere, Coppelia, Don Quixote, Beauty and the Beast, Dracula, The Midsummer-Night Dream, Francesca da Rimini, Swan Lake, Diana and Acteon, The Festival of Flowers, Walpurgis Night, The Ball for Strauss, Peter and the Wolf, Paquita, Romeo and Juliette, La Vivandiere, The Flame of Paris, Sleeping Beauty, Bruck, The Leaves are Fading, In the Upper Room, Celts, Feast of the Gods, Echoing of Trumpets, Great Galloping Gottschalk, Rodeo, and in productions of famous choreographers and ballet masters: V. Kovtun, E. Aliev, Petipa, Vainonen, Jean Corrali and Jules Perrot, Domy Reiter-Soffer, Michael Pink, Cristopher Wheeldon, A. Jones, Antony Tudor, Lynny Taylor, Edward Liang.
Viacheslav has been one of the organizers and the director of the ballet project “Wings of Dance” since 2012.
Coach Grigoriy - Girls and Boys Team Head Coach
Grigoriy was the personal coach to girls World Championship Team members in the Ukraine. He also was the personal coach of two former USA National All Around Champions, three World Championship Team members, one Olympian and a former World Champion on the mens side. From 1962-1972 he attended grade school , completed as a gymnast and become a regional gymnastics champion of Donetsk, Ukraine.
Coaching Experience
1978-1992- Head Coach of Gymnastics Sport College, Kharkov, Ukraine
1992-1999- Head Coach of Gymnastics Sport Club Professional Union National Team member and National Champion
2000-2002- Assistent Coach of Ukrainian National Team at the National Training Center
I. Krasnyanskaya-World Champion 2005, Olympian
A. Kvasha- Euro Champion 2001, Olympian
V.Karpenko- World and Euro Champion, Olympian
2002-2006- Houston Gymnastics Academy- Assistant Coach – 2 USA Champions, 3 World Team members
2006-2008- GMS Gymnastics Institute- Regional Coach
2008-2010- Apollo Gymnastics- Regional Coach
2010 Gimnastika Colorado- Optional Coach
2014 Houston Elite Gymnastics- Girls Team Head Coach
Coach Elizabeth - Girls Team Coach
Education
High School Diploma- Distinguished Graduate of Pearland High School, class of 2013
Associates Degree in General Studies- Dual Degree Graduate of Pearland High School and Alvin Community College, class of 2013
Experience
6 years experience coaching all ages, from 18 months to 38 years- Pearland Elite Gymnastics, J&R Gymnastics
Gymnastics- Mommy & Me, Preschool, all levels of grade school, and levels 2 and 3 Pre-Team
Tumbling- Intro to Tumbling, tumbling levels 1, 2, 3, 4
Tumbling for Dance- Intro to tumbling, Tumbling for Dance levels 1, 2
Event coordinator- Birthday parties, Parents Night Out, Field Trips, Camps
Certifications
USAG Professional Member, U100, CPR
Coach Yevgen - Girls Team Coach
Coach Yevgen worked on learning process with Ukrainian Gymnastics Team. Coach Yevgen has experience coaching boys and girls gymnastics teams in some of the finest gymnastics clubs in the United States. He has coached several regional and state champions.
Ukrainian National Training Center
Houston Gymnastics Academy
5280 Gymnastics in Denver Colorado
Apollo Gymnastics
Tiger Gymnastics
Leighann - Front Desk Manager
Leighann joined our front desk staff in April 2019. Her previously worked at San Jacinto College teaching mathematics. Leighann’s son competes with our Boys USAG team, and her daughter enjoys our preschool Tumbling Tikes class.
Recreational coaches
Coach Paula
Coach Nikki
Coach Leah
The staff at Houston Elite Gymnastics are highly qualified coaches and choreographers. Our Coaches have experience coaching former World and Olympic Athletes. All of our coaching staff is USA Gymnastics Safety Certified.
Office Hours
Mon - Thu: 1:00pm - 8:00 pm Fri: 3:00pm - 8:00pm Sat: 9:00am - 12:00pm
CONTACT US
INFO.ELITEGYM@GMAIL.COM
11514 Hughes Rd, Houston TX 77089, Tel. 832-406-7383, Email: info.elitegym@gmail.com