U.S. National Dancesport Champions (Professional 10-Dance)

The United States national professional ballroom dance champions are crowned at the United States Dance Championships (formerly USDSC, and USBC), as recognized by the National Dance Council of America[1] (NDCA) and the World Dance & DanceSport Council (WD&DSC).

The 10-dance division consists of International-style standard waltz, tango, Viennese waltz, foxtrot, quickstep and Latin cha-cha-cha, samba, rumba, paso doble, and jive.

U.S. National Champions

U.S. National Professional 10-Dance
Ballroom Dance / Dancesport Champions
Years Champions Location Notes
1966–1973 Larry Silvers & Betty Silvers Bethesda, MD
1974 Frank Regan & Victoria Regan Washington, DC
1975–1979 Al Franz & Beverly Donahue Washington, DC
1980 Victor Veyrasset & Debbie Avalos California
1981 Victor Veyrasset & Margaret Burns California
1982 Victor Veyrasset & Gitte Svendsen California
1983–1985 John Nyemchek & Cathi Nyemchek Valley Cottage, NY
1986–1990 Nicholas Cotton & Debbie Avalos California
1991–1992 Armando Martin & Laura Martin West Palm Beach, FL
1993–2002 Gary McDonald & Diana McDonald Fairfield, NJ
2003–2004 Igor Pilipenchuk & Polina Pilipenchuk Baltimore, MD
2005–2006 Eddie Stutts & Victoria Belova Katy, TX
2007–2011 Gherman Mustuc & Iveta Lukosiute[2] New York
2012 Nikolai Pilipenchuk & Natalia Skorikova Maryland
2013–2016 Sergiy Samchynskyy & Yuliya Besarab Georgia
2017–2019 Jonas Kazlauskas & Kathleen Ilo[3] Indiana
2020 Not held due to COVID-19 pandemic
2021 Jonas Kazlauskas & Kathleen Ilo Indiana


See also

References

  1. ^ LLC, Vos & Howden. "Home - National Dance Council of America". www.ndca.org. Retrieved 2018-04-12.
  2. ^ 2008 National & World Champions - NDCA
  3. ^ "Dance Beat Magazine - USDC 2018".