About Us

Cork DanceSport Academy was found by Marek Ożóg who has been competing and teaching Latin American and Ballroom dances in Poland and Ireland for many years. Marek is originally from Krakow in Poland. His love of Ballroom and Latin American Dance started at the age of six, when he joined his first Ballroom class. From then, Marek pursued Ballroom Dancing at a competitive level, and throughout the years he has danced and won many tournaments both nationally and internationally. In 2012, Marek moved to Ireland, and opened his own Ballroom and Latin American Dance School here in Cork in 2016 - Cork DanceSport Academy, where he trains students at both a social and competitive level. He is a qualified adjudicator and dance teacher under the DanceSport Federation of Ireland and the United Kingdom Alliance (UKA). He also works a trainer and choreographer in Joan Denise Moriarties School of Dance in Cork, coaching kids, teens, and adults in the different techniques of dance. In 2018, Marek organised the very first “City of Cork DanceSport Festival” in Corks City Hall, which gave fantastic exposure to the art of dance to the people of Cork and the South of Ireland – even the president of Ireland - Mr. Michael D. Higgins dropped on to see the dancing taking place on the day!