Draft:Eliecer Ramirez-Vargas

Eliecer Ramirez-Vargas (Born Dec.9, 1974) professional ballroom and Latino dancer, ballroom competitions organizer and owner of the Costa Rica Ballroom Dance studios in Minnesota. He is recognized as one of the best salsa dancers in Costa Rica and the United States.

Eliecer Ramirez-Vargas

Eliecer Ramirez is a professional Dancer and Choreographer from Costa Rica, Owner and founder of:

Costa Rica Ballroom Dance Studios, The Former MN Star Ball Dancesport Competition Series, and The Costa Rica Open!  

Eliecer is a certified coach and Judge through the National Dance Council of America and Terpchicore and well-known fixture in the dance community here in the Midwest and Costa Rica!

Born in Costa Rica young Eliecer discovered his love for music and dance from his older sisters, who dragged him to every disco hall throughout Heredia! Dance became his passion and focus and quickly got him noticed and recruited to, "Centro de Artes Promenade, a most prestigious Dance Academy in San Jose Costa Rica. It was at Promenade where he trained in numerous dance disciplines from, Flamenco, Tango, Classical, hiphop and of course Salsa! After winning plenty of Salsero competitions Eliecer received a scholarship to work and Train in the United States.

After moving to MN in 2001, Eliecer became a Dance Director for Authur Murray and competed in 100+ competitions both nationally and Internationally. Some Highlights: 1st place in Las Vegas, Dance O Rama, 3rd in Italy, Rising Star in Colorado Star Ball and being the "first-ever couple" to represent Costa Rica in the world's first and most famous annual ballroom dance competition ,"Blackpool Dance Festival in England 2012 and 2013 with his wife Rebecca.  

When Eliecer's not teaching his beloved students, his entrepreneurial spirit is sharing the love of dance with the world!

He enjoys collaborating with other businesses large and small, organizing events and performing with fellow artists. Some of his favorite collaborations are performing for musicians such as, "La India, Eddie Santiago, Tito Puente Jr., and Oscar de Leon."

He is grateful to be able to share his love for dance and all of the mentors, who have impacted him on the way! His Mother Maria Julia Vargas

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Eliecer has trained in the US and Europe with world class coaches like Ron Montez, Corky Ballas, Alex Spencer, Sasha Gisher, Jesse Smith, The Paramonovs, Ronald Villalobos, Mercedes Barboza, Joanna Leunes, Michael Milotosky, Slavick Kliklivic, Eri Simon and Many others.