Ultimate Cabaret Finale!

Last night at the Ultimate Dancesport Challenge there was an Ultimate Cabaret show put together by David Elkin and Champion Productions. The show finished the night on the highest note possible. All three couples did Cabaret and they all manged to bring the audience to the edge of their seats or on to their feet with many of the performances.

JORDY: Exclusive Interview with Chris Stephenson

Written by Maria Kordit, DanceBeat Staff

“So it’s like I try to tell everyone who works with me in those moments – enjoy this – most people work their whole life and whatever it is they do, they never experience this much amount of relevance. We are so relevant right now, it should never be lost on us.” --- Jordy

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Empire State Dancesport Championships 2015

Report by Didio Barrera, Photography by Charles Ryder Photography 

“The little old lady sat on the porch of the farm-house. 

The little old lady rocked back and forth and crocheted. 

Oh, listen to the cricket, look at the rooster, smell the hay," I told her. 

And see the pretty little egg that the hen just laid. 

The little old lady took off her glasses and squinted. 

And how she responded literally had me floored. 

She said: "I'm glad to meet someone who appreciates the beauty that nature initiates. 

It's sweet to hear, but me, my dear, I'm truly bored. 

I miss those City Lights, those sparkling City Lights, 

Those twinkling City Lights blurring my eyes. 

I love those City Lights, the color of city sights that shine under City Lights tinting the skies.” 

Truly I could not have said it better myself. It’s been a while since a competition was run at the Marriott Grand Marquis on Times Square.  This hotel sits right on the square and from there by car, subway or even walking you have access to anything you could possibly want in NYC. 

The round windowed bar in the lobby (8^th floor) looks out into the lights and just makes me want to sing “City Lights! Those wonderful City Lights! Take the crickets and go shove 'em, urban crises, how I love 'em! Grime and grit and pretty City Lights. Walking lanes to pick a daisy, that could drive a person crazy. Home-made bread lies here like lead, and Polly's peach preserves-- oh, please, my nerves! City Lights, how I long for those City Lights, the bulbs of those beaming brights beckoning me there.” And I was totally there!

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World Professional Smooth Championship
Embassy Ball 2015

Report by Lena Kosovich
Photos by Charles Ryder Photography

Firstly I would like to thank the Dance Beat team for inviting me to comment on the Prestigious 2015 Professional World American Smooth Championships hosted by the Organizers of the “Embassy Ball” in Irvine, California.

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All 1’s for Nazar & Irina on Last Night!

On the last night Nazar Norov & Irina Kudryashova won the Pro Rhythm and also the overall prize in the Star Rhythm Tour, round 4.