Competition Dancing

UPCOMING COMPETITIONS

NJ DANCESPORT CLASSIC - SPRING FLING
March 28th
Hackensack, NJ

BABY BAM JAM
March 28th
College Park, MD

PENN STATE KEYSTONE CLASSIC
March 27th - 28th
State College, PA

HARVARD INVITATIONAL
March 27th - 28th
Cambridge, MA

MICHIGAN DANCE CHALLENGE
March 25th - 27th
Dearborne, MI

TEXAS CHALLENGE DANCESPORT COMPETITION
March 25th - 28th
Houston, TX

SAN FRANCISCO OPEN DANCESPORT CHAMPIONSHIPS
March 25th - 28th
San Francisco, CA 

PHILADELPHIA LIBERTY DANCE CHALLENGE
March 27th
Philadelphia, PA

UPENN CLOVER STAR CLASSIC
March 20th
Philadelphia, PA

TRI-STATE CHALLENGE
March 19th - 21st
Stamford, CT

HOLY CROSS BALLROOM DANCE COMPETITION
March 13th
Worcester, MA

ST. LOUIS STAR BALL
March 11th - 13th
St. Louis, MO

STARDUST OPEN
March 11th - 14th
Atlantic City, NJ 

U.S. NATIONAL AMATEUR DANCESPORT CHAMPIONSHIPS
March 11th - 13th
Provo, UT

COMPETITION RESULTS

MID-ATLANTIC DANCE JAM (MADjam)
March 4th - 6th
Vienna, VA

PRO:

Tybaldt Ulrich & Hazel Mede-Ulrich
1st Place Open 'Just Hustle'

Jennifer Czarkowski & Michael Diener
3rd Place Rising Star (West Coast Swing)

NYU SYLLABUS BALLROOM CHALLENGE
March 6th
New York, NY

HERITAGE CLASSIC DANCESPORT CHAMPIONSHIPS
March 2nd - 6th
Asheville, NC

VEGAS SHOWDOWN
March 5th - 6th
Las Vegas, NV

NATIONAL ARTHUR MURRAY DANCESPORT COMPETITION (SUPERAMA)
Feb. 26th - 28th
Florida

PRO:

Emmanuel Pierre-Antoine & Liana Churilova
1st Place Professional Rhythm Championships

USA DANCE MID-ATLANTIC CHAMPIONSHIPS
Feb. 27th - 28th
Bethesda, MD

AMATEUR:

Patty Applegate & Jaime Hurtado
1st Place Amateur Pre-Champ Latin
5th Place Amateur Championships Latin

NEW YORK DANCE FESTIVAL
Feb. 27th - 28th
New York, NY

INDIANA CHALLENGE
Feb. 25th - 28th
Merriville, IN

FLORIDA SUPERSTARS DANCESPORT
Feb. 19th - 21st
Tampa, FL

CHICAGO DANCESPORT CHALLENGE
Feb. 19th - 21st
Arlington, ILL

BINGHAMTON BALLROOM DANCE REVOLUTION
Feb. 20th
Binghamton, NY

LA CLASSIQUE DU QUEBEC
Feb. 11th - 13th
Montreal, CANADA

BOSTON UNIVERSITY TERRIER DANCESPORT COMPETITIONS
Feb. 14th
Boston, MA

CALIFORNIA OPEN
Feb. 11th - 14th
Irvine, CA

MARYLAND DANCESPORT CHAMPIONSHIPS
Feb. 4th – 7th
Bethesda, MD

SARASOTA OPEN
Feb. 6th – 8th
Sarasota, FL

TRIANGLE DANCESPORT OPEN CHAMPIONSHIPS
Feb. 5th – 6th
Raleigh, NC

UPENN CLOVER STAR CLASSIC
Feb. 6th
Philadelphia, PA

NORTHEAST COLLEGIATE DANCESPORT CHALLENGE
Feb. 6th
Waltham, MA

MANHATTAN AMATEUR CLASSIC (MAC) - NQE
New York, NY
Jan. 15th - 17th, 2010

AMATEUR:

Toshiko Odaira & Justin Guerber

Patti Applegate & Jaime Hurtado
4th Place (Finals) Amateur Int'l. Standard Pre-Championship

John & Carolyn Grancher
Finalist Amateur Int'l. Standard Senior Championship
5th Place Amateur Int'l. Senior Pre-Championship
Semi-Finalists Amateur Master of Syllabus

Luca Dona & Kathleen Treusch

AMERICA'S CLASSIC SWING DANCE CHAMPIONSHIPS
Houston, TX
Jan. 15th - 17th, 2010

PRO:

Tybaldt Ulrich & Beata Howe
2nd Place Professional Slow Whip (a Texan form of Swing to Slow Blues)

HOLIDAY DANCE CLASSIC CHAMPIONSHIPS
Las Vegas, NV
Dec. 9th - Dec. 13th, 2009

PRO-AM:

Jackie Soccodato & Emmanuel Pierre-Antoine

BIG APPLE DANCESPORT CHALLENGE
New York, New York
Dec. 5th, 2009

AMATEUR:

Toshiko Odaira & Justin Guerber
2nd Place Amateur Pre-Championship Overall Latin
4th Place Amateur Pre-Championship Latin (S/C/R/J) 

OHIO STAR BALL 2009
Columbus, OH
Nov. 17th - 22nd, 2009

PRO:

Joanna Zacharewicz & Jose DeCamps
2009 3-TIME UNDEFEATED WORLD & NATIONAL CHAMPIONS
1st Place World Professional Rhythm Championships

2nd Place Showdance

Liana Churilova & Emmanuel Pierre-Antoine
4th Place World Professional Rhythm Championships

Tony Scheppler & Lisa Vegas
Quarterfinals World Professional Amer. Smooth 

PRO-AM:

Ernesto Palma & Lynn Kothera
3rd Place Pro-Am Senior Bronze Open 3-Dance (1st Places in Cha Cha, Rumba, Bolero, Swing, 3rd Place Mambo)

Christian Baerens & Rachel Holmes (in her Ohio Star Ball debut)
Finals Pro-Am Gold Int'l. Latin

Christian Baerens & Marla Cotten
Finals Pro-Am Open Gold Int'l. Latin

CALIFORNIA DREAMING 2009
San Francisco, CA
Nov. 5th - 8th, 2009

PRO:

Ernesto Palma & Luis Grijalva
1st Place Gold Medal - California Same Sex State Latin Championships

HOLLYWOOD DANCESPORT CHAMPIONSHIPS 2009
Beverly Hills, CA
Nov. 4th - 8th, 2009

PRO:

Tony Scheppler & Lisa Vegas
4th Place Professional Open Amer. Smooth 

CARIBBEAN DANCESPORT CLASSIC 2009
San Juan, Puerto Rico
Nov. 5th - 8th, 2009

PRO:

Joanna Zacharewicz & Jose DeCamps
1st Place Open Professional Rhythm Championship

Liana Churilova & Emmanuel Pierre-Antoine
1st Place World Salsa Championship - NEW 2009 WORLD SALSA CHAMPIONS
2nd Place Open Professional Rhythm Championship

D.C. DANCESPORT INFERNO (DCDI) Intercollegiate and Adult Open Amateur Dancesport Festival 2009
College Park, MD
Nov. 6th - 8th, 2009 

AMATEUR:

USA DANCE MID-ATLANTIC CHAMPIONSHIPS
Feb. 27th - 28th
Bethesda, MD

Justin Guerber & Toshiko Odaira
Semi-Finals Amateur Pre-Championship Int'l. Latin (S/R)
Quarterfinals Amateur Pre-Championship Int'l. Latin (C/J)
6th Place Amateur Pre-championship Int'l. Latin (P)

NATIONAL ARTHUR MURRAY DANCESPORT COMPETITION
Las Vega, NV
Oct. 29th - Nov. 1st, 2009

PRO:

Liana Churilova & Emmanuel Pierre-Antoine
1st Place Professional Open Amer. Rhythm
 

15TH BELGIUM OPEN 2009 WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS
INTERNATIONAL DANCESPORT FEDERATION LATIN WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS

Liege, Belgium
Oct 17th - 18th, 2009

AMATEUR:

Arlene Yu & Jorge Arness Guzman
NEW 2009 BELGIUM OPEN IDSF SENIOR II LATIN OPEN TO THE WORLD CHAMPIONS
28th Place IDSF 2009 Senior I Latin World Championships

HOTLANTA DANCE CHALLENGE 2009
Atlanta, GA
Oct. 17th - 18th, 2009

PRO:

Liana Churilova & Emmanuel Pierre-Antoine
1st Place Professional Open Amer. Rhythm

NJ DANCESPORT CLASSIC 2009 FALL FROLIC
Hackensack, NJ
Oct. 11th, 2009

AMATEUR:

Patty Applegate & Jaime Hurtado
1st Place Pre-Champ Int'l. Standard
5th Place Championship Int'l. Standard

FIRST COAST CLASSIC DANCESPORT CHAMPIONSHIP 2009
Jacksonville, FL
Oct. 1st - 4th, 2009

PRO:

Tony Scheppler & Lisa Vegas
3rd Place World Masters Professional Amer. Smooth Championships

UNITED STATES DANCE CHAMPIONSHIPS 2009
Orlando, FL
Sept. 8th - 12th, 2009

PRO:

Joanna Zacharewicz & Jose DeCamps
3-TIME UNDEFEATED 2009 U.S. NATIONAL PROFESSIONAL RHYTHM CHAMPIONS
1st Place U.S. National Professional Rhythm Championship

Liana Churilova & Emmanuel Pierre-Antoine
4th Place U.S. National Professional Rhythm Championship

Tony Scheppler & Lisa Vegas
Quarterfinal U.S. National Professional Amer. Smooth Championship

PRO-AM:

Tony Scheppler & Susan Sci
1st Place U.S. National Pro-Am Classic Show Dance Championship

Christian Baerens & Marla Cotten
Semifinal U.S. National Pro-Am Open Gold Int'l. Latin Championship

CAPITAL DANCESPORT CHAMPIONSHIPS 2009
Alexandria, VA
Aug. 26th - 29th, 2009

PRO:

Joanna Zacharewicz & Jose DeCamps
2-Time Undefeated World & National Champions
1st Place Pro. Open Amer. Rhythm

Tony Scheppler & Lisa Vega
Semi-Finals Pro. Open Amer. Smooth

EMPIRE STATE DANCESPORT CHAMPIONSHIPS
Crowne Plaza, Times Sq., New York, NY
Aug. 6th - 10th, 2009

PRO:

Emmanuel Pierre-Antoine & Liana Churilova
1st Place Professional Open Amer. Rhythm

Tony Scheppler & Lisa Vegas
6th Place Professional Open Ballroom

PRO-AM:

Tybaldt Ulrich & Tamara Van Leeuwen
1st Place Pro-Am West Coast Swing - Solo Exhibition

Tybaldt Ulrich & Marilynn Larkin
1st Place Pro-Am Amer. Rhythm - Solo Exhibition

Tybaldt Ulrich & Michele Fischer
1st Place Pro-Am Amer. Rhythm Single Dances - West Coast Swing

Christian Baerens & Joan Zawin
1st Place Pro-Am Int'l. Latin Single Dances (C/S/R/P/J)
3rd Place Pro-Am Closed Silver Latin Championships (C/R/S)

Christian Baerens & Rachel Holmes
1st Place Pro-Am Int'l. Latin Single Dances (C/S/R/P)
2nd Place Pro-Am Int'l. Latin Single Dances (C/S/R/P/J)
3rd Place Pro-Am Closed Silver Latin Championships (C/R/S)

Emmanuel Pierre-Antoine & Jacqueline Soccodato
1st Place Pro-Am Int'l. Latin Single Dances (C/S/R/P/J)
1st Place Pro-Am Closed Silver Latin Championships
2nd Place Pro-Am Open Latin Scholarships (C/S/R/P/J)  

MANHATTAN DANCESPORT CLASSIC
Brooklyn, NY
July 1st - 7th, 2009

PRO:

Joanna Zacharewicz & Jose DeCamps
2-Time Undefeated World & U.S. Naational Professional Rhythm Dance Champions
1st Place Open Professional Amer. Rhythm Championship

Liana Churilova & Emmanuel Pierre-Antoine
2nd Place Open Professional Amer. Rhythm Championship

PRO-AM:

Edissa Tianchon & Jamie Cunneen
Semi-final Bronze Closed Int'l. Standard 4-Dance
1st Place Pre-Bronze Int'l. Standard Single Dances - W/T/VW/Q
2nd Place Pre-Bronze Int'l. Standard Single Dances - Foxtrot

Joan Zawin & Christian Baerens
1st Place Open Bronze Int'l. Latin Single Dances - C/R/S
1st Place Full Bronze Int'l. Latin Single Dances - Jive
2nd Place Full Bronze Int'l. Latin Single Dances - Paso Doble
2nd Place Pre-Silver Int'l. Latin Single Dances - Paso Doble
3rd Place Pre-Silver Int'l. Latin Single Dances - C/R/S

Jacqueline Soccodato & Emmanuel Pierre-Antoine
1st Place Pre-Silver & Open Silver Rhythm Single Dances - Samba
1st Place Open Bronze Rhythm single Dances - C/S
2nd Place Pre-Silver Rhythm single Dances - Cha Cha
1st Place Full Silver Rhythm Single Dances - C/S
2nd Place Open Silver Rhythm single Dances - Cha Cha

Ryoji Kawahara & Joanna Zacharewicz
1st Place Gold Closed Int'l. Latin 4-Dance
1st Place Full Gold & Open Gold Int'l. Latin Single Dances (All 1st Places)

Jim Healey & Joanna Zacharewicz
1st Place Int. Bronze, Pre-Bronze, Open Bronze Rhythm Single Dances (All 1st Places)
Semi-Final Bronze Closed Amer. Rhythm 4-Dance

Rachel Holmes & Christian Baerens
1st Place Int. Gold Int'l. Latin Single Dances
1st Place Full Gold Int'l. Latin Single Dances
2nd Place Gold Closed Int'l. Latin 4-Dance

Marla Cotten & Christian Baerens
Semi-Final Open Int'l. Latin Scholarship
Semi-Final Open Adv. Int'l. Latin Single Dances

Patrice Tanaka & Emmanuel Pierre-Antoine
1st Place Open Bronze Amer. Rhythm Single Dances - Bolero
2nd Place Open Bronze amer. Rhythm Single Dances - Cha Cha
2nd Place Full Bronze Amer. rhythm Single Dances - S/B
7th Place Bronze Closed Amer. Rhythm 4-Dance

Patrice Tanaka & Tony Scheppler
2nd Place Open Bronze Amer. Smooth Single Dances - Foxtrot
3rd Place Open Bronze Amer. Smooth Single Dances - T/VW
5th Place Open Silver Amer. Smooth Single Dances - W/T/F/VW

MILLENIUM 2000 DANCESPORT
St. Petersburg, FL
June 23rd - 28th, 2009
 

PRO:

Emmanuel Pierre-Antoine & Liana Churilova
2nd Place Professional Open Amer. Rhythm 

SAN DIEGO DANCESPORT CHAMPIONSHIPS
San Diego, CA
June 11th - 14th, 2009

PRO:

Emmanuel Pierre-Antoine & Liana Churilova
2nd Place Professional Open Amer. Rhythm 

NEW JERSEY DANCESPORT CALSSIC "SUMMER SIZZLER"
West Orange, NJ
June 11th - 14th, 2009

AMATEUR:

Justin Guerber & Toshi Odaira
Semi-Finals Pre-Championship S/C/R/J 

Olegik Tretiakoff & Valeriya Kogut
2nd Place Silver S/J
3rd Places Silver C/R, Gold W/Q/F/T

BLACKPOOL DANCE FESTIVAL
Blackpool, England
May 21st - 29th, 2009

PRO:

Tetyana Bilych & Donatas Nacajus
2nd Round (out of 450 couples) Professional Int'l. Standard

 

INTERESTED IN PRO-AM COMPETITION?

Private Lesson Students may also decide to compete with their instructors at local DanceSport Competitons in the Professional / Amateur Division.

Competing at the Pro-Am Level takes a great deal of discipline & practice. Many students find this an ideal goal when starting a rigorous round of Private Lessons.

Pro-Am Competitions take place throughout the US & include venues for International Latin & Standard, American Smooth & Rhythm, & the Swing Dances.