Thursday, September 11, 2008

USDSC 2008 Winner's Circle


Many Fred Astaire professional competitors danced their way to the top at the 2008 United States Dance Championships in Orlando, Florida, including:

Fred Astaire National Dance Board member Riccardo Cocchi with his partner Yulia Zagoruychenko won first place in the Open Professional Latin, International Latin, and South American Show Dance Championships.

Instructors from the Fred Astaire studio in Ft. Walton Beach, Florida swept the Cabaret and World Cabaret divisions: Eric Luna and Georgia Ambarian won first place and Jesse Benedetti and Kimalee Piedad won second place.

Ilya Ifraimov and Nadia Goulina, owners of the Fred Astaire studio in Montville, NJ, won 6th place in the International Latin Championships and 3rd place in South American Show Dance.

Greg Fidurski and Gabriela Jileva, owners of the Fred Astaire studio in Morristown, NJ, placed 2nd in the Rising Star International Standard Division and 6th in the Open Rising Star International Standard division. They also won 2nd place in the Classic Show Dance Championships.

Fred Astaire studio instructors Mikhail Zharinov and Galina Detkina won 4th place in the Smooth Dance Championships and 3rd place in the Rising Star Smooth division.

From one of the Fred Astaire studios in Chicago, Aaron DeSoto with partner Jaana Lillemagi came in 6th in the Rising Star Rhythm competition.

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