Sofia Ioffe graduated from St. Petersburg State University and since 1986 has been an artistic director of the ensemble "Young Leningrader" (St. Petersburg, Russia) www.junlen.ru. Sofia teaches classic and character dance. She is included in the list of the "Who is who in Russia" encyclopedia of 2009 and "The Golden Fund of St.Petersburg Professionals" 2011. Sofia joined BBT in 2013 and is currently working in BBT’s both branches, in Brooklyn and Staten Island as a dance consultant and liaison between BBT and St. Petersburg State University. Recently she attended "The Methods of teaching character dance" Seminar at the Vaganova Academy of Russian Ballet in St. Petersburg (November, 2014)