Vesa Hietala is a former competitive Ballroom Dancer who specialized in both the Amateur Latin and Standard divisions. He is the founder and owner of Vesa Design, one of the most prestigious design brands of dance costumes in the world.
Victor Marlborough Silvester was an English dancer, author, musician and bandleader from the British dance band era. He was a significant figure in the development of ballroom dance during the first half of the 20th century, and his records sold 75 million copies from the 1930s through to the 1980s.
Gianni Caliandro is a former Professional Ballroom dancer, WDO World Championships Finalist in Ballroom and Showdance, The Open Worlds Finalist in 2022, Winner of RS Pro at the UK Open Championships 2017. Together with his wife and dance partner Arianna Esposito they became the only couple in the history who dance over 300 competitions in Professional Division of DanceSport. Dance instructor, lecturer, choreographer, dance studio owner, national coach of DanceSport Federation (DSF).
George Gachechiladze is a former ballroom dancer specialize in International Style Standard and Latin. He is a finalist in many IDSF competitions such as "Caucasus Cup", "Golden Fleece" in Tbilisi (Georgia), "Dance Festival" in Yerevan (Armenia) and many more, in both Standard and Latin. Currently George is President of the Georgian National DanceSport Federation (GNDSF), certified WDSF Adjudicator, dance instructor in Dance Studio "Tela" in Tbilisi, Georgia and co-organizer of WDSF Competitions.
Gary Stroick is a former professional ballroom dancer specialize in International Style Standard and american Smooth. 8-time undefeated USA Dance National Senior I American Smooth Champion, 3-time Amateur Smooth Finalist, USA Dance National Cabaret Champion and 4-time undefeated USA Dance National Theater Arts Champion. Currently Gary is a President of USA Dance since January 2018.
Fred Astaire was an American dancer, singer, actor, choreographer, musician, and television presenter.
Wayne Eng (originally from Hong Kong) is a former Professional Ballroom dancer. The founder of Dance Vision, a world leader in the production and distribution of DanceSport instructional videos, Wayne is also the organizer of the Emerald Ball DanceSport Championships and the competition director of the United States Dance Championships (USDC).
Dmitry Timokhin - is a former professional ballroom dancer specializing in International style latin, 8-times National Russian Champion, European Latin Champion, Blackpool Dance Festival finalist.
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.
Zdenek Fencak is a former Professional Ballroom dancer specializing in both the Standard and Latin dance styles. Zdenek has represented two countries during his competitive career - Austria and the Czech Republic. Currently, with wife and partner Jana Fencak, he is the owner of the Starstep Dance Studio located in Třebíč, Czech Republic, where he trains National Champions of various age groups. Aside from being a National Adjudicator of the Czech Dance Sport Federation, he is also an "A" and "PD" Licensed WDSF Adjudicator.
