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).
The Eminence Junior Dance Festival (EJDF) is a one day competition, organized by Sports Administration, is hosted in Jersey City, USA.
East Coast Swing (ECS) is a form of social partner dance. It belongs to the group of swing dances. It is danced under fast swing music, including rock and roll and boogie-woogie.
Yerrington and Outland equated East Coast Swing to the New Yorker in 1961. Originally known as "Eastern Swing" by Arthur Murray Studios, the name East Coast Swing became more common between 1975 and 1980.
DanceSport Rankings (DSR) was founded in 2016 by Michelle-Angela Blank and Igor Golovach. The proposed platform will offer not only competition management, but also a ranking system of various subjects pertaining to the DanceSport industry including athletes, adjudicators, competitions, organizations, etc., based on a various set of criteria that will determine that subject's DSR score.
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.
West Coast Swing as a synonym for "Western swing" appears in a 1961 dance book, and was used in an advertisement by Skippy Blair in 1962 but wasn't incorporated into mainstream swing circles until the late 1960s. Blair credits Jim Bannister, editor of the Herald American newspaper in Downey, California, for suggesting the name "West Coast Swing".
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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.
Brooklyn Dancesport Club (BDSC) - ballroom dance studio , was created by 11 times United States National Champions Eugene Katsevman and Maria Manusova.
