Youth International Latin Championship - Final Thank you to the organizer Michael Chapman of Millennium Dancesport Championships 2021 for inviting Panache St...
Elena Kryuchkova (originally from Moscow, Russia) is a three time USA National Professional Latin Champion, Professional Latin Rising Star Blackpool Champion, the founder and owner of Paragon Ballroom, and also the organizer of the Tri-State DanceSport Championships as well as the Paragon Open DanceSport Championships.
Sandra Fortuna is a former professional ballet dancer, a certified fitness instructor, and holds a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Dance from Butler University, Jordan College of Music. She has won many prestigious awards in the United States including 3rd, 2nd, and 1st places as Top Teacher in the US Top Teacher Championships, as well as 1st place as the Top Female Teacher in the NADOA Challenge of Champions. She is a well-known DanceSport coach and a national Adjudicator who is certified and licensed by the World DanceSport Federation (WDSF).
Marianne Nicole is a former Champion in three styles of competitive dancing. Marianne is also a former examiner for the Fred Astaire Dance Studio organization, and currently a National Examiner for the DVIDA Organization.
Josephine Bradley was a ballroom dancer and dance teacher. Although born in Dublin, she was raised from an early age in London, the youngest of eight children.
Vibeke Toft (originally from Aarhus, Denmark) is a former Professional International Latin Dancer and is currently the head of the World Dance Council Education Department as well as a professional DanceSport instructor and lecturer.
Victor Marlborough Silvester was an English dancer, author, musician and bandleader from the British dance band era. He was a significant figure in the development of ballroom dance during the first half of the 20th century, and his records sold 75 million copies from the 1930s through to the 1980s.
Paul Killick is a former British Professional Ballroom Dancer, specializing in International Style Latin. A 4-time British National Professional Latin Champion, Paul is the organizer of The Killick Klassik DanceSport Event in Palm Beach, Florida and The Killick Royale Championships in London, England.
Rufus Dustin is one of the most famous, titled, and highly regarded dancers, coaches, choreographers, and certified adjudicators in the World.
Massimo Giorgianni professional ballrom dancer in category Standard. Massimo achieving 8 World titles , European and 18 times Italian Amateur and Professional Champions and twice World Professional Showdance Champions.
Gary McDonald is a former World Professional 10 Dance Champion, the first American ever to win a World Title with partner Diana McDonald. He is a co-organizer of the Manhattan Dance Championships and Embassy Ballroom Championships, the owner of Rogers Dance Center in Fairfield, New Jersey and the studio director of Rogers Dance Center in Hackensack, New Jersey.
Arthur Murray was an Austria-Hungary born American dance instructor and businessman, whose name is most often associated with the dance studio chain that bears his name.
Hans Galke is a Professional Ballroom dancer, adjudicator, instructor, and competition organizer who specializes in the International Latin category.
Espen Salberg is a former Blackpool Amateur and Professional International Latin Champion. He is currently one of the most sought-after Ballroom Dancing coaches in the industry as well as a well-known, distinguished fashion designer.
Janet Gleave eight time World Professional Standard Champion, eight time British Open Professional Standard Champion and winner of every major event worldwide.
Sam Sodano, former North American Latin Champion, is the organizer of the Ohio Star Ball Championships, the largest and one of the most prestigious dance competitions in the United States.
The goddess of dance – beautiful, elegant, regal, warm and generous, and a lady with immense energy; this is how her contemporaries described Elsa Wells. She “gave birth” to one of England’s largest championships which has been running since 1953, The International at London’s Royal Albert Hall. She was one of the great female coaches of her time who “felt like a second skin” when dancing with her students. Elsa Wells was a successful amateur.
Gaynor Fairweather is a British professional ballroom dancer. She and her partner, Donnie Burns, were 14-time Professional World Latin Dance Champions and 11 times Professional International Latin American Dance Champions. This is by some way the record number of wins in both these top competitions. On their retirement from competition dancing they were both appointed Members of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) for services to the performing arts.
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