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About

Artur Kozun is a former professional ballroom dancer with a career-high ranking of world No. 42, achieved at the Blackpool Dance Festival in 2022. He was ranked Poland No. 1 in 2013 in the 10-dance division.

Artur has been studying and practicing ballroom dancing nonstop since 1996.

He started his teaching career in 2009. He elevated two of his students from novice level to U.S. National Championship titles and one student from beginner level to a Blackpool Dance Festival bronze medal in the Pro-Am Division.

Simultaneously with his dance career, Artur continued his formal education. In 2013, he graduated from Lodz University of Technology in Poland with a Master’s Degree in Management and Production Engineering. In 2017, after completing his Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering, he moved to the USA to continue his dance career.

After retiring from professional competitions in May 2024, Artur intensified his research on biomechanics, kinetics, kinesiology, gait analysis, efficiency of human movement, and mental preparation for athletes and dancers. Since 2022, Artur has been extensively working on human movement analysis software, backed by computer vision, specifically the pose estimation algorithm.

As part of his conditioning for ballroom dancing, Artur obtained foundational training in ballet and jazz. From 2016 to 2021, he studied Rudolf Laban’s Effort-Shape and Labanotation and their application to ballroom dancing. One of the outcomes of this project was the translation of the book Latin: Thinking, Sensing, and Doing in Latin American Dancing by Ruud Vermey, which was officially published in Polish in 2021.

As a lifelong learner, he enjoys visiting GYROTONIC studios in various countries and taking classes from Master Trainers. He is a co-founder of MOVE BETTER Studio located in Tampa Bay, Florida.

Artur is a great fan of tennis and golf. He loves spending time with his family at the fruit farm in Poland, where he grew up. He rests best while lying on the beach by the ocean and listening to the sound of the waves.