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.
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.
The Viennese Waltz is a genre of Ballroom Dance. It is actually the original form of the Waltz. It's the oldest of all Ballroom dances, emerging in the second half of the 18th century influenced by German and Austrian dance styles.
The Freed of London is the world’s leading designer and manufacturer of professional dance shoes, was founded by cobbler Frederick Freed in 1929.
The Foxtrot is a smooth, progressive dance characterized by long, continuous flowing movements across the dance floor. It is danced to big band (usually vocal) music. The dance is similar in its look to Waltz, although the rhythm is in a 4/4 time signature instead of 3/4. Developed in the 1910s, the Foxtrot reached its height of popularity in the 1930s and remains practiced today.
The Empire Dance Championship is a sanctioned National Dance Council of America (NDCA) four-day championship hosted annually in August in New York, NY (USA) since 2013 by current organizers Allan Tornsberg, Vibeke Toft, Giampiero Giannico and Katharina Giannico.
The Eminence Junior Dance Festival (EJDF) is a one day competition, organized by Sports Administration, is hosted in Jersey City, USA.
The Eastern United States Dancesport Championships is one of the oldest Ballroom Dance competitions in North America. Hosted annually in Boston, Massachusetts in Mid-February by Mark Nocera, the Eastern United States Dancesport Championships is one of the three original Championships that were run by the USISTD in Cherry Hill, New Jersey.
The Eminence Cup is a sanctioned 3-day DSF and World Dance Organization (WDO) sanctioned competition.
