my favorite rumba routine

Here is my favorite International Rumba routine by Joanna Leunis and Michael Malitowski.  They have performed this same routine in other venues but Joanna is much softer in this presentation which is more suited to the music IMHO.  They are currently ranked #1 in the World for International Latin.

A little bit of ballroom trivia: for those of you who watch DWTS - Dancing with the Stars (US), Joanna Leunis was Louis van Amstel's professional partner in 2001-2002.

Joanna and Slavik Kryklyvyy won the World's Amateur International Latin Competition in 2000.  Slavik used to be my all time favorite male International Latin dancer - fluid and relaxed.  He's in the top 4-5 in the World's professional rankings in International Latin.

Regards,
Karen

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my favorite Jive ballroom dancer

Bryan Watson is my favorite Jive dancer.  

Here's an old video clip of him and Carmen Vincelj dancing Jive in 2000 

He was #1 with Carmen in International Latin from 1999-2007.

Enjoy!

Regards,

Karen

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my favorite Jive ballroom dancer

Bryan Watson is my favorite Jive dancer.  

Here's an old video clip of him and Carmen Vincelj dancing Jive in 2000 

He was #1 with Carmen in International Latin from 1999-2007.

 

Ballroom competition - corruption, injustice and inspiration at Embassy Ball 2010

Last night at the Embassy Ball Dancesport Championships 2010, we were looking forward to a night of great ballroom dancing with the IDSF Grand Slam Amateur Latin and the World Cup Professional Standard competitions.  The dancing was great, but it was the judging we had problems with.  

I have competed in enough ballroom competitions and attended many of them to be used to the subjective judging.  There are many times when I have not agreed with the judge's choices and that's because they are looking for different things from me.  I can usually understand why they favor particular couples even if I don't agree.  However, after what happened last night, even I was in shock.  And so were many others who were there.  You can read more about this here ... the real story behind the results of the World Cup Professional Standard Ballroom Competition

useful info for ballroom beginners on private dance lessons and group classes

Just posted on my ballroom blog: useful information for ballroom beginners on private dance lessons and group classes.

Please click on this link to read the article:

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Regards,
Karen

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