Search results
Results From The WOW.Com Content Network
Ten international style ballroom dances—five Standard and five Latin—are defined by the World Dance Council (WDC), which has world-wide membership of all countries taking part in ballroom competitions. The WDC incorporates various groupings and former titles, such as the World Dance and DanceSport Council (former title). The WDC is the ...
While pursuing her teaching career in the United States, Larissa Saveliev wanted to showcase the progress of her students and learn from other teachers in the area. She was hoping to find a ballet version of the jazz dance competitions that were very popular at the time, yet there were no ballet competitions for students in the U.S. In 1999 ...
Showstopper is a dance competition company that hosts competitions in over 54 cities in the United States. The company was founded by Debbie Roberts in 1978, and is currently headquartered in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina. [1]
Dance competitions are organized and conducted by independent competition production companies. In 2007 there were at least 150 such companies operating in the United States and Canada alone. [4] Competition production companies move from one metropolitan area to another, stopping for a few days in each area to conduct a regional competition ...
It is payoff for years of sweat and training inside the Elmira Heights dance studio that is accompanied by a family-like atmosphere for the roughly 30 dancers across five age groups.
The first World of Dance competition was held in 2008. Since then, the brand has expanded to competitions in more than 25 countries. Each year, World of Dance Qualifier events are held around the world (40 internationally, 15 in the U.S.), bringing together street and urban dance crews to compete for two titles: winner of the Upper Division (for 18 years and older) and winner of the Youth ...
In 1982, it was held at the Felt Forum at Madison Square Garden, returning to the Waldorf-Astoria in 1983, and was shared by the two venues in 1984. The competition moved to the Miami (Florida) area in 1985. The competition, now held since 2007 in Orlando, Florida, will celebrate its 37th year in 2008 (September 2nd through 6th). [1]
The United Country Western Dance Council (UCWDC) is an organization that advocates for and organizes competitive country/western dancesport events. UCWDC regionally-sanctioned events are hosted in more than two dozen U.S. cities and also in the nations of Canada, the Netherlands, Italy, Germany, [1] [2] South Korea, Belgium, Malaysia, Ireland, Japan, China, South Africa, and Lithuania.