We are a ballroom dance and argentine tango studio
with one thing in common: The love and passion for dance.
At M&N Dance, you will:
Learn to dance
Meet new people
Feel happier
Achieve new goals
Feel healthier
Express yourself
Get Stronger

We offer an optimum dance experience fusing fun, ease, and comfort with quality dance instruction.
Our personalized programs will help you prepare for your upcoming event, stand out at a dance club, show off on Wedding Dance and move with greater confidence.
At M&N Dance, we’ll show you how simple it can be.
FOUNDERS OF M&N DANCE STUDIO
Martín and Noelia
Martin and Noelia are an Argentine tango and ballroom dance couple. Both are from Argentina and have been dancing since they were eight. Martin doing folk dances and Noelia, ballet.
They met in Buenos Aires in 2006, where they started taking ballroom dance lessons at Noelia’s sister’s dance school. And a couple of years later, they became the first South Americans to be officially Certified as professional ballroom dance instructors.
Even though they were training and then working together, It wasn’t until later in 2011 that they started dancing together. A perfect mix of love and passion bonded them till nowadays.
They have traveled and danced around Europe and America, performing, teaching, and coaching. They have competed in the Ppofessional leagues since 2013, obtaining mainly podium results with their breathtaking Argentine Tango and Rhythm Dances.
With more than 20 years of experience, they’ve taught in Fort Myers, Fl, for over nine years. First as dance instructors for dance Sergio, and now as proudly owners of M&N dance.
Between their lessons, owning a dance Studio, and being first-time parents of a handsome baby, they still manage to be actively competing again.
• 1st Place – 3rd Latin American Championxhip “Buenos Aires Open 2007” – SALSA
• 1ST Place – 4th Latin American Championship “Buenos Aires Open 2008” – OPEN MULTIDANCE RHYTHM
• 2nd Place – 4th Latin American Championship “Buenos Aires Open 2008” – TANGO ARGENTINO
• 2nd Place – South American Salsa Championship 2008 – SALSA
• 2nd Place – South American Open (SAO) 2008 – OPEN AMERICAN RHYTHM
• 1ST Place – South American Salsa Championship 2010 – SALSA
• 1ST Place – Ballroom Dance Championship 2010 – OPEN AMERICAN RHYTHM
• 1ST Place – Ballroom Dance Championship 2010 – OPEN AMERICAN SMOOTH
• 1ST Place – Ballroom Dance Championship 2010 – ARGENTINE TANGO
• 1ST Place – South American Open (SAO) 2012 – OPEN SHOWDANCE
• 1ST Place – South American Open (SAO) 2012 – ARGENTINE TANGO
• 2nd Place – National Argentine Salsa Championship 2012 – SALSA
• 1ST Place – World Dance Council (WDC) – OPEN AMERICAN RHYTHM
• 2ND Place – World Dance Council (WDC) – OPEN AMERICAN SMOOTH
• 1st Place – Sarasota Challenge 2013 – Open Professional Showdance – ARGENTINE TANGO
• Finalist – United States Dance Sport Champiochip 2013 – Open Professional Cabaret – ARGENTINE TANGO
• 2nd Place – Sarasota Challenge 2014 – Open Professional Showdance – ARGENTINE TANGO
• 1st Place – Sunshine DanceSport Championship 2014 – Open Professional Showdance – ARGENTINE TANGO
• 1st Place – First coast Classic 2014 – Open Professional Showdance – ARGENTINE TANGO
• Finalist – Millennium DanceSport Championship 2014 – Open Professional Cabaret – ARGENTINE TANGO
• 3rd Place – Triple Crown /Florida States DanceSport Championship 2014 – Open Professional Showdance – ARGENTINE TANGO
• 1st Place – Swing into Summer DanceSport Championship 2014 – Open Professional Showdance – ARGENTINE TANGO
• 4th Place – Platinum DanceSport Championship 2015 – OPEN PROFESSIONAL RISING STARS AMERICAN RHYTHM
• Finalist – Platinum DanceSport Championship 2015 – OPEN PROFESSIONAL AMERICAN RHYTHM
• 3rd Place – Platinum DanceSport Championship 2015 – Open Professional Showdance – ARGTENTINE TANGO
• 4th Place – Florida Superstars 2015 – OPEN PROFESSIONAL RISING STARS AMERICAN RHYTHM
• 1st Place – Sunshine DanceSport Championship 2015 – Open Professional Showdance / Cabaret – ARGENTINE TANGO
• 1st Place – North Florida Dance Challenge 2015 – Open Professional Showdance – – ARGENTINE TANGO
• 2nd Place – United Stated Official Argentine Tango Championship ATUSA 2016 – STAGE ARGENTINE TANGO
“WE ARE A FAMILY…”
Meet the staff
Martin F. Cardoso was born in Bahía Blanca, Buenos Aires, Argentina. He began his career at the age of 8 dancing Folk Dance on Hermana Tierra Dance Company participating in the most prestigious Competitions of the country. Trained in Ballet, at the age of 22, was selected to be part of the National Folkloric Ballet of Argentina. In the course of six years, he appeared in the best venues and theaters in the country. In 2007, Martin began to take his first steps in Ballroom Dance. He obtained a 1st Place Gold Medal in American Rhythm his first year in the South American World Dance Experience Championship. While this confirmed his passion and enthusiasm with Ballroom styles, Martin was also involved in the beautiful and beloved Argentine Tango, where he had the opportunity to belong to one of the most prestigious Tango Houses in Argentina…. Piazzolla Tango.
Noelia V. Guerrero was born in Mar del Plata, Buenos Aires, Argentina. She also began her career at age of 8 in Ballet and Contemporary Dance on the Municipal School of Dance Norma Fontella. At 14 years old, she dabbled in Jazz, Contemporary and Salsa. At age of 15 she performed her first Salsa Shows and started traveling to several, national and international, Salsa Congress. In 2007 she moved to Buenos Aires where she ventures into the Argentine Tango and Ballroom Dance world and achieves an important recognition in Salsa to be the first dancer in implement Ballroom Dance techniques in this Latin genre, positioning her between first and second places in the most prestigious Championships in South America. At the same time Noelia worked as a dancer in several theater plays touring around the country. She also worked as Coach Assistant on the TV program Dancing with the Stars in Argentina. Noelia received her first gold medal in Ballroom Dance in 2008 in the South American World Dance Experience Championship, American Rhythm.
Maxim Degtiarev was born in Chelyabinsk, Russia in 1997. When he was 3 years old, his family had to move to Buenos Aires, Argentina. Max began his dancing career at the age of 8 when he starts attending dance lessons by accident with a group of Russian people his parents meet. Yanina Koretska and Eugenio Dmytrenko founded IBD, one of the first Ballroom Dance Studios in Argentina, and was in that place where Max learn all the foundations of this particular dance style.
During high school, he took all the lessons he could, dancing on weekends, and competing every three months with the costumes his mom made for him. After all his efforts and dedication the results began to show. He spent three years as a South American finalist in Latin and Standard styles and won the title of National Ballroom Champion in 2017.
Tatiyana was born in Perm, Russia. Her dance journey began 8 years old when she began dancing at the local theater art company and educational center.
She attended the Perm State Institute of Art and Culture. Shortly after receiving her Masters Degree in the Performing Arts, specializing in ballet training and teaching, she was invited by the Fred Astaire dance studio of Rochester, New York to begin her professional ballroom competition career. She relocated to New York with her dance partner Gleb Makarov in 1996. They won numerous competitions, including the Rising Star in American Rhythm and were Finalists in American Smooth. When they moved to Red Bank, NJ, they became US 9 Champions.
In 2003, Tatiyana decided to shift her focus to teaching. In 2007, with her teaching partner Richard Givney. Together they organized a ballroom program at Middletown Arts Center where they taught private and group classes as well as monthly socials and showcases.
In January of 2022 Tatiyana moved to Fort Myers and soon started to teach at M&N dance studio!
Camila was born in a small city called Pigüe, in Argentina. Her mother was a music teacher and her father was an athlete and soccer player. Her life was full of sports, dance and music. At the age of 17, she moved to Buenos Aires to study physical education, and, there, she also began to dance salsa. She was so passionate about it that it led her to prepare herself and travel to participate in two world championships, the World Latin Tours, in the US, winning 2nd place.
Upon returning she realized that she needed to go for more and that salsa needed a break…so one of greatest dreams began, learn to Ballroom Dance as she had seen it in movies. Ballroom Dance became her dance love, her great passion. So she started her competitive career taking 2nd Place in the 2019 South American Open. And although her love for teaching physical education was intact, the proposal to be part of Noelia and Martin studio gave her life a big turn to dedicate herself 100% to ballroom dance… a great challenge that motivates her to continue learning. in this beautiful world of dance.
Alexis Durante was born in Santa Rosa, La Pampa, a city located right in the center of Argentina. He started to dance when he was 17, thanks to the movie “Dance with me.” He loved the kind of Salsa they featured in the film, so he started taking salsa lessons. A couple of months later, he was already performing and doing shows almost everywhere. His love and passion for Latin dance and music were so profound that he would travel eight hours every month to be trained and become a Professional Ballroom Dance Teacher.
Alexis owned his Dance Studio for six years in Argentina. He trained and educated students to become the best version of themselves at a social and competitive level. Connecting with his students, changing someone’s day, and drawing a smile on a kid’s face are some of Alexis’s favorite parts of being a Dance Teacher. We are so thrilled to have him as part of our Team!
We truly believe that the combination of
Motivation
Knowledge
Fun
Love
Practice
Discipline
Will make every single student achieve their goals in a easy way.