Alla Shatsova, the creator and instructor of "Dance after Work" studio, has an extensive experience as a performer, teacher and choreographer. Born in Mogilev, Belarus into an artistic family, she started dancing at the age of 5. While studying at a dance school, she joined the Children Crinichki dance group as its soloist. The group performed and toured all over the former USSR and in Europe winning numerous local, national and international dance contests.

Later Alla worked at the Mogilev Children Music Palace and Jewish Cultural Center as a dance teacher and choreographer. She also taught aerobics at the City Fitness Center and performed with the Vesnya Dance Company. She continued her dance career in San Francisco teaching, studying and performing.

Alla has obtained her MA in Teaching from the Minsk Linquistics University, the Highest Qualification Category in teaching, Certificate as a Social Dance Performer and Certificate as a Classical Dance Performer from the SFCC, Certificates as a Dance Instructor (Bronze Level) in Ballroom Smooth and Social Dances from the San Francisco Ballroom Dance Teachers College, Degree in Argentine Tango from DVIDA (Dance Vision International Dance Association). Her background includes classical and character dance, jazz, yoga, flamenco, tap, Swing, Latin, Ballroom and Argentine tango.