Alphabetical Index
The Cha Cha Cha originated in Cuba in the early 1950s and refers to a style of ballroom dancing included in DanceSport categories of competition. The Cha Cha Cha can be danced in either the International Latin Style or the American Rhythm Style. In addition, this dance style is derived from the Rumba and the Mambo.
Charles Danza (also known as Chuck or Carlo) is a former Italian National Professional Latin Champion and finalist at the British Open, also known as the Blackpool Dance Festival.
Charles Penatello is the Directors of the Fred Astaire New Jersey Region. He is the former Fred Astaire National American Style Champion, Charlie excels in both American Smooth and American Rhythm.
Charlotte Jorgensen is a former World, British Open, and European Professional Standard Finalist as well as a World Amateur and Blackpool Professional Rising Star Champion who, during her competitive career, was widely considered to be the best female Standard dancer in the world. Jorgensen is now a widely sought after instructor, adjudicator and also a board member and official spokesperson for Dance 4 Health.
Cher Rutherford is a former ballroom dancer, United States American Style Open American Smooth and Rhythm Champion.
Choreography is the art or practice of designing sequences of movements of physical bodies (or their depictions) in which motion, form, or both are specified. It is the act of designing dance.
Chris Johnston, founder of SuperShag Productions, is a world-class adjudicator, instructor, TV persona, and organizer of the Caribbean DanceSport Classic as well as the DBDC - A Legendary Celebration.
Christiane Primeau is the co-owner of Centre de danse Primeau Poirier: Accueil Dance School located in Quebec, Canada. A former British Open Professional Latin Rising Star Champion and North American Amateur Standard, Latin and 10 Dance Champion, Christiane is also a World Class Adjudicator and lecturer.
Christine Harvey is a former professional ballroom dancer specializing in International Style Standard. Christine was consistently a finalist in all the major European and World Championships, dancing since the age of 6. She has coached the MIT Ballroom Dance Team for over 6 years, and is currently the head coach for the Brown University Ballroom Dance Team. She is a World Class Adjudicator for the WDC and a National Adjudicator for the NDCA. Christine has also spent over 27 years with Fred Astaire Dance Studios, serving as Instructor, Dance Director, Studio Owner and Regional Trainer and is a member of their International Dance Council.
Christine McDonald is a former Professional ballroom dancer, specializing in International Style Standard. With husband Brian McDonald, she is a former 3-time Scottish National Amateur Champion, a 3-time European Professional Standard finalist, a European Professional Standard runner-up, as well as a 4-time United States National Professional Standard Champion. Christine has also been one of the organizers of the Embassy Ballroom Championships (Embassy Ball) since 1980 and has been inducted into the Millennium DanceSport Championships Hall of Fame in 2012.
The City DanceSport Challenge is an annual NDCA sanctioned DanceSport competition held at the Altman Building in New York City since 2011, organized by Paul Holmes and Jamie Nyemchek.
Colin Hillary president of the American Dancesport Organization. He has co-organized the Heritage Classic DanceSport Championships, one of the premier championships in the United States.
Colin James is most exciting and knowledgeable coaches in ballroom dancing. He is also a recipient of the "Teacher of the Year" Award.
Contradanza is a 19th-century Cuban salon and popular dance and music genre often mistaken abroad as habanera, but which denotes Havana-style contradanza in addition to an earlier style of contradanza: namely, a Spanish line dance popular in the 18th and early 19th centuries thought to come from an older English "country dance" (thus the Spanish corruption of the name). It was Franco-Haitian slaves seeking refuge in Oriente in the 1790s, however, not the Spanish, who introduced the genre to island, in the form of the French contredanse.
Although rhythmically tame by contemporary Afro-Cuban standards, the contradanza was scandalously syncopated for its time because it represented one of the earliest obvious entrances of African rhythm into Cuban music salons which had until then been a venue for strictly European forms like waltzes, quadrilles and schottisches. Previously, European instruments, melodies and harmonies had worked their way into the musical practices of Cuban slaves, but no such reversal of musical influence had been so strong until the appearance of the contradanza.
While the Cuban contradanza was well-established by the turn of the 19th century, the earliest surviving example is "San Pascual Bailón," which dates from 1803.
Corky Ballas s a retired competitive ballroom dancer who holds several Latin dance championship titles. Choreographer and competitor in the TV Show "Dancing with the Stars".
Czech Dance Sport Federation - is the official national governing body for DanceSport (the competitive version of ballroom dancing) in the Czech Republic. Member of World DanceSport Federation (WDSF), President - Petr Odstrcil.
Dan Messenger is a former ballroom dancer who specializes in the American Style. Dan is the organizer of the Wisconsin State DanceSport Championships and a past American Smooth US Champion.
Dan Rutherford is a former Professional Ballroom Dancer, specializing in the American Style. A World Professional Open American Rhythm Champion, Dan is the owner of the Fred Astaire Dance Studio located in Carmel, Indiana. He is also a certified adjudicator for the National Dance Council of America and the World Dance Council.
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