Shawn Tay started his competitive dancing career in 1982 with his wife, Gladys. In 1984, after winning several DanceSport competitions, they traveled to England to further their dance training. After winning more than 20 prestigious titles around the world, they retired from competitive dancing in 1994 to focus on coaching aspiring dancers.

Showdance is a type of Ballroom Dance event. May be danced in two divisions: Classic Showdance (Ballroom) or South American Showdance (Latin). Showdance performed competitively at Amateur and Professional levels throughout the world in both federations World DanceSport Federation(WDSF) and World Dance Council (WDC).

The Skating system is a method of compiling scores in ballroom dance competitions. It was introduced by the British Official Board of Ballroom Dancing (now British Dance Council) in 1937.

Social Dancing is a major category or classification of dance forms or dance styles, where sociability and socializing are the primary focuses of the dancing

The basse danse, or "low dance", was a popular court dance in the 15th and early 16th centuries, especially at the Burgundian court.

Spanish Dancesport Federation - is the official national governing body for DanceSport (the competitive version of ballroom dancing) in the Spain. Member of World DanceSport Federation (WDSF) since 2006, President - Mr. Luis Vañó Martínez.

The Sports Administration is a 501(c)(3), not-for-profit organization established in 2017. Sports Administration has been found with the help and participation of athletes, parents, and sports officials on the simple belief that everyone involved with amateur and professional sports deserves a chance to succeed. Everyone has a responsibility to act, and we all do better when we work together. Sports Administration - is a founder of the "DanceSport Federation (DSF)" National member body of WDO in the United States.

Stepping Out Studios, founded in 1985, is a dance studio located on 37 West 26th Street in New York City (New York, USA). Specializing in Ballroom Dance, Stepping Out hosts annual Social Dance parties, competitive rounds, Salsa nights, and even Zumba and Hip-Hop Classes.

Strictly Ballroom is a 1992 Australian romantic comedy film directed and co-written by Baz Luhrmann. The film, Luhrmann's feature directorial début, is the first in his The Red Curtain Trilogy of theatre-motif-related films; it was followed by Romeo + Juliet and Moulin Rouge.

Strictly Ballroom is based on a critically acclaimed stage play originally set up in 1984 by Luhrmann and fellow students while he was studying at the National Institute of Dramatic Arts in Sydney. An expanded version of the play became a success at the Czechoslovakian Youth Drama Festival in Bratislava in 1986, and, in 1988, it made successful season at Sydney's Wharf Theatre, where it was seen by Australian music executive Ted Albert and his wife Antoinette. They both loved it, and, when Albert soon after set up the film production company M&A Productions with ex-Film Australia producer Tristram Miall, they offered Luhrmann to transform his play into a film. He agreed on the condition that he would also get to direct it.

Swing Dance is a group of dances that developed with the swing style of jazz music in the 1920s–1940s. Historically, the term "Swing" referred to the style of jazz music, which inspired the evolution of the dance. The term "swing dancing" is often extended to include other dances that do not have certain characteristics of traditional swing dances: West Coast Swing, Carolina Shag, East Coast Swing, Hand Dancing, Jive, Rock and Roll, Modern Jive, and other dances developed during the 1940s and later. A strong tradition of social and competitive Boogie Woogie and Rock 'n' Roll in Europe add these dances to their local swing dance cultures.

The Tallinn DanceSport Cup is a sanctioned 2-day Estonian DanceSport Association (EDSA) competition hosted annually in Tallin, Estonia since 2016. Recognized by the World DanceSport Federation (WDSF), the competition is held at the end of September, at the beginning of the DanceSport season - a good jump start for couples, judges, and coaches alike.

Tango is a Ballroom Dance that branched away from its original Argentine roots by allowing European, American, Hollywood, and competitive influences into the style and execution of the dance.