The United States national professional ballroom dance champions are crowned at the United States Dance Championships (formerly USDSC, and USBC), as recognized by the National Dance Council of America (NDCA) and the World Dance & DanceSport Council (WD&DSC).
The 9-dance division consists of American-style smooth waltz, tango, foxtrot, Viennese waltz and rhythm cha cha, rumba, East Coast swing, bolero, and mambo.
U.S. National Champions
edit| U.S. National Professional 9-Dance Ballroom Dance / Dancesport Champions[1] | ||
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| 1988-1990 | David & Carrie Kloss |  California
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| 1991-1993 | Randy & Lynn Ferguson |  Texas
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| 1994-1995 | Jesse Smith & Lynda Price |  Minnesota
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| 1996 | Jim Desmond & Mary Murphy | California
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| 1997 | Alec & Denise Lazo |  Florida
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| 1998-1999 | Clive Phillips & Karen McDonald[2][3] |  New York
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| 2000 | Jay Larson & Julie Jacobson | Minnesota
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| 2001-2002 | Gleb & Tatiana Makarov | New York
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| 2003-2005 | Andrey & Anastasia Abrashin | New York
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| 2006 | Ben Ermis & Shalene Archer-Ermis |  Tennessee
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| 2007 | Gunnar & Daryll Sverrisson |  Connecticut
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| 2008 | Joe & Leisa Howard |  Virginia[4]
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| 2009 | Ilya & Amanda Reyzin |  Pennsylvania
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| 2010-2014 | Peter Perzhu & Alexandria Perzhu[5] | Florida
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| 2015 | Jean Paul & Lana Rossi | Pennsylvania
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| 2016-2017 | Mykyta Serdyuk & Anna Krasnoshapka |  Wisconsin
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| 2018 | Oleksiy Pigotskyy & Natalie Crandall[6] |  Arizona
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| 2019 | Sergiy Samchynskyy & Yuliya Besarab |  North Carolina
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| 2020 | Not held due to Covid-19 pandemic | |
| 2021-2022 | Oleksiy Pigotskyy & Anastasiia Zhuchenko | Arizona
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| 2023 | Ivan Sovetov & Valeria Mkrtchian | New York
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See also
edit- U.S. National Dancesport Champions (Professional Standard)
- U.S. National Dancesport Champions (Professional Latin)
- U.S. National Dancesport Champions (Professional Smooth)
- U.S. National Dancesport Champions (Professional Rhythm)
- U.S. National Dancesport Champions (Professional 10-Dance)
- Dancesport World Champions (smooth)
- Dancesport World Champions (rhythm)
References
edit- ^ DanceDirectory.com Archived 2011-07-08 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ New York Times article March 22, 2000 "ARTS IN AMERICA; Burn the Rug? No! Burn the Floor! It's Dance Fever"
- ^ Dance New York Bio for Clive Phillips"
- ^ "Rules & Results - National Dance Council of America". www.ndca.org. Archived from the original on 2010-07-20.
- ^ "USDC 2014 Pro US National 9 Dance". gallery.supershag.com. Archived from the original on 2016-03-05.
- ^ "Dance Beat Magazine - USDC 2018".