Dance Legends 2012
The inaugural Dance Legends took place on April 13 & 14, 2012 in New York City and featured show dances by legendary ballroom dancers, both past and present. Our venue is a historic opera house which holds 3,000 people.
Below is the list of performers for Dance legends 2012.
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Legends for 2012
Bryan Watson & Carmen Vincelj |
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- World Professional Champions 1999-2007
- Blackpool Champions 2000, 2002-2007
- International Champions 2000-2004
- UK Open 1999-2001, 2003
- German Open 1999-2005 2007
- European Championships 1999-2003, 2005-2006
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Giampiero Giannico & Caterina Arzenton |
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Giampiero Giannico
- World Professional Standard Finalist 2010
- Blackpool Professional Standard Finalist 2010
- US Professional Standard Finalist 2010
- International Open Professional Standard Finalist 2010
Caterina Arzenton
- World Professional Standard Champion 2000
- World Professional Standard Finalist 1993 – 1996, 1998
- Blackpool Professional Standard Finalist 1993 – 1995, 1998 - 2000
- UK Open Professional Standard Champion 2001
- UK Open Professional Standard Finalist 1996-2000
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Riccardo Cocchi & Yulia Zagoruychenko |
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- World Professional Latin Champions 2010 - 2015
- U.S. Professional Latin Champions 2008 - 2015
- International Open Professional Latin Champions 2012, 2015
- Dutch Open Champions 2008-2015
- UK Open Professional Latin Champions 2016
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Michael Malitowski & Joanna Leunis |
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- World Professional Latin Champions 2008, 2009
- Blackpool Professional Latin Champions 2008–2014
- UK Open Professional Latin Champions 2007–2015
- International Open Professional Latin Champions 2005–2011, 2013, 2014
- European Professional Latin Champions 2007–2012
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Arunas Bizokas & Katusha Demidova |
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- World Professional Standard Champions 2009 - 2015
- Blackpool Professional Standard Champions 2010 - 2015
- U.S. Professional Standard Champions 2008 - 2015
- UK Open Professional Standard Champions 2010 - 2016
- International Open Professional Standard Champions 2009 - 2015
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Domenico Soale & Gioia Cerasoli |
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- WDSF World Professional Standard Champions 2012
- International Open Professional Standard Finalists 2006-2010
- UK Open Professional Standard Finalists 2007 - 2010
- Blackpool Professional Standard Finalists 2007 - 2010
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Victor Fung & Anastasia Muravyeva |
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- Blackpool Professional Standard Finalists 2010 - 2015
- World Professional Standard Finalists 2010 - 2015
- U.S. Professional Standard Finalists 2010 - 2015
- UK Open Professional Standard Finalists 2010 - 2016
- International Open Professional Standard Finalists 2010 - 2015
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Sergey Surkov & Agnieszka Melnicka |
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- Blackpool Professional Latin Finalists 2007 - 2014
- European Professional Latin Champions 2014
- World Professional Latin Finalists 2006 - 2008, 2010 - 2012
- International Open Professional Latin Finalists 2006, 2007, 2009 - 2012
- UK Open Professional Latin Finalists 2006 - 2014
- Russian Professional Latin Champions 2009 - 2013
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Victor Da Silva & Hanna Karttunen |
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- World Professional Exhibition Champions 2004 - 2007
- Blackpool Professional Exhibition Champions 2004 - 2007
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Maurizio Vescovo & Andra Vaidilaite |
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- World Professional Latin Finalists 2010 - 2015
- Blackpool Professional Latin Finalists 2011 - 2015
- UK Open Professional Latin Finalists 2011 - 2016
- International Open Professional Latin Finalists 2011 - 2015
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Emmanuel Pierre-Antoine & Liana Churilova |
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- World Professional American Rhythm Champions 2013 - 2015
- U.S. Professional American Rhythm Champions 2014 - 2015
- World Salsa Champions
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Master of Ceremonies for 2012
Gary McDonald |
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- 10-time undefeated US Professional 10-Dance Champion
- World Professional 10-Dance Champion
- US Professional Latin Champion
- Represented the United States in 24 World Championship Events
- Two-time winner of the South American Show Dance Championships
- US Classic Show Dance Champion
- Head trainer for Richard Gere and Jennifer Lopez in Shall We Dance
- Co-host of Dancesport Television shows on NBC and A&E with Suzanne Sommers, Debbie Allen and Marilu Henner
- Featured dancer for Disney’s Oscar-nominated "Enchanted" on the 2008 Academy Awards
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Artistic Director for 2012
Taliat Tarsinov |
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- Russian Amateur, Professional 10-Dance, Latin, and Show Dance Champion with his wife Marina
- Represented the former Soviet Union in more than 20 World and European Professional Championships
- World renowned coach and choreographer for current and past Champions
- Lecturer at Blackpool World Congress
- Television choreography credits include numbers featured in Dancing with the Stars, So You Think You Can Dance, America’s Ballroom Challenge, Regis & Kelly, The View, and Mexican show Bailando por un Sueño (“Dancing for a Dream”)
- Choreographer for Champions of Dance (Broadway) and Rhythms of Love (Off Broadway)
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