Founded by Olya and Richard Peters, Extend Dance enriches adults’ lives through dance.

With 45+ years of combined teaching experience and prestigious Fellowship qualifications, our world-class professional teachers bring expert guidance. Extend Dance fosters a welcoming space where adults aged 40-70+ confidently explore dance. Olya and Richard’s carefully designed curriculum balances technique with an understanding of how adults learn and exercise best.

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Olya

Fellowship Qualified Dance Professional

Olya started dancing as a 5 year old. She has had an extremely successful career achieving 3rd place at the international Youth Open Championships. She also made many National finals as an adult, becoming an Asia-Pacific Open Championships representative for the country. In 2012 she joined forces with Richard, after which they reached the top World scene as professionals.

Richard

Fellowship Qualified Dance Professional

Richard began dancing as an 8 year old, following in his family’s footsteps. He enjoyed many successes as a juvenile, junior and adult winning numerous National and South Pacific titles. Richard and Olya worked at the same studio and partnered up in 2012, after which they reached the top World scene as professionals.

Their Achievements

Since joining forces, Olya and Richard have had a lot of success in their professional career, including:

  • International Dance Festival Professional Ballroom (over 35) Finalists (2023)
  • Awarded 20th placing in the world by the World Dance Council (2022)
  • UK Professional Open 10 Dance Championships finalists (2017, 2018, 2019, 2021)
  • Blackpool Dance Festival Ballroom Quarter Finalists (2021)
  • Blackpool Dance Festival Latin top 33 (2021)
  • Richard – 1st place of Top Teacher award – England (2018)
  • Olya – 5th place Top Teacher award – US (2017)
  • Ranked number 1 New Zealand Professional Ballroom couple (2012-2022)
  • Professional New Zealand National Ballroom Champions (2012, 2016)
  • Asia Pacific Latin Championships quarter finalists, Japan (2013,2015)
  • Open Professional Latin Galaxy Masters semi-finalists, Japan (2015)
  • Asia Pacific Ballroom Championships semi-finalists, Japan (2013)
  • World 10 Dance Representatives (2019)
  • World Latin Representatives (2018)
  • World Ballroom Representatives (2015, 2018, 2019, 2021)

Contact us now to have your first class and become a part of the Extend Dance family.