In his younger years he was dancing hip hop, street dance, electric boogie, Latin dance and ballroom dance. He started line dancing at a local club in Amsterdam, but soon he saw Roy Verdonk dancing on television and joint Roy at his club.
Soon after this, Raymond grew to become a overall performer and joined Roy and Tom Mickers in their theatre show ( The devil went to Georgia). For a couple of years Raymond also was dancing in the Country Dynamics group who travelled around Europe for shows and workshops.
He created his own style by mixing his Latin dancing and street dancing into line dance, he was one of the first who was dancing more than only the feet, he was dancing with the body.
This gave him the nickname: The Latin Man.
Raymond started to write some shows for the Country Dynamics and choreographies with Roy and Darren Bailey.
Some dances they wrote together are: Love is in the air, Missing you, Push up, Love bug, Blame it on the boogie, Billy Jean, Mala Mujer, Radar love and many more.
All this got him up to the highest level in competition dancing the Superstar division.
Raymond is the oldest male Superstar in the world. Raymond is European Champion, Benelux Champion, Norwegian Champion, Swiss Champion, Swedish Champion, Belgium Champion, German Champion, Dutch Champion, France Champion in many different divisions, he is also 18 times World Champion, from those 18 times it is 15 times in the choreography division.
He is the only one who won 3 World titles at 1 World Championship in the category choreography and he did this twice. Raymond was called out in 2004 and in 2006 at the Dutch line dance awards (who is been held only once in the 2 years) as the best Dutch choreographer.
At the World Championship in 2005 in Sweden, Raymond was Chosen as the peoples favourite choreographer.
Raymond is travelling around Europe to teach, judge and show his dances and to share his passion for dancing with other people.
Raymond Sarlemijn has choreographed 361 dances, of which 270 have been co-choreographed. Their first published stepsheet on CopperKnob is La Cumbia from October 2007, with their most recent stepsheet of Whoohoo, Living on a Prayer in June 2025.
Additionally, Raymond Sarlemijn had a CopperKnob no.1 dance in January 2025 with The Way You Make Me Feel, and has recently had 16 other dances in the top 10.
Choreographer Stepsheets
32 Count 4 Wall Beginner Music: Livin' On a Prayer - Bon Jovi
68 Count 1 Wall Phrased Advanced Music: Bang Bang - Asaf Avidan
68 Count 4 Wall Phrased Intermediate Music: Tequila - John West & Danny de Munk
32 Count 4 Wall Ultra Debutant Music: Three Little Birds - Bob Marley & The Wailers
32 Count 4 Wall Newcomer Music: Three Little Birds - Bob Marley & The Wailers
32 Count 4 Wall Novice Music: Dientes - J Balvin, USHER & DJ Khaled
32 Count 4 Wall Improver Music: Dientes - J Balvin, USHER & DJ Khaled
32 Count 4 Wall Novice Music: Por Tu Culpa - Leoni Torres
32 Count 4 Wall Improver Music: Por Tu Culpa - Leoni Torres
32 Count 4 Wall High Improver Music: Trouble - Erin Kinsey
32 Count 4 Wall Novice Music: The Way You Make Me Feel - Michael Jackson : (Album: Bad - iTunes)
32 Count 4 Wall Novice Music: Hold Me Now (Dance Version) - Johnny Logan
32 Count 2 Wall High Beginner Music: Omg (Remix) - Candelita, Pitbull & Silvestre Dangond
32 Count 4 Wall Improver Music: The Way You Make Me Feel - Michael Jackson
32 Count 4 Wall High Improver Music: Try Everything - Home Free
32 Count 4 Wall Debutant Music: Better Together (From Descendants: Wicked World) - Dove Cameron & Sofia Carson : (From Descendants: Wicked World)
32 Count 4 Wall Beginner Music: Better Together (From Descendants: Wicked World) - Dove Cameron & Sofia Carson
32 Count 2 Wall Improver Music: Llorando en el Lambo - Lérica, Mar Lucas & Daviles de Novelda
32 Count 4 Wall Improver Music: Darte Un Beso - Rolf Sanchez
32 Count 4 Wall Ultra Debutant Music: Shivers - Ed Sheeran
