It was a complete feast that as the audience we devoured like animals wanting more with their every outing through what seemed a very short night. After watching their “show” I have to declare that there is a “heaven,” and that if “art” is the only way of expressing oneself without the usual “earthly” conditions of being judgmental, aware, trying hard to make things pretty, then what we saw last night was true “art” in motion and one had no choice but to give in to the moment and like animals in heat, experience it.
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Third was awarded to Kyle & Allie Spinder and from their slight hesitation during the award presentation, we presumed they were hoping to overtake Travis & Jaimee on this occasion but it was not to be. Fourth in every dance went to Jean Paul & Lana Rossi and yes they got a few thirds in every dance but nothing of great force that would have made them go further forward. Fifth were Adrian & Hannah Dydynski and sixth went to Vladimir & Vera Kosarev.
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Fifth position went to Hayk Balasanyan & Emilia Poghosyan 4,5,6,5,7, sixth were Riccardo Pacini & Sonia Spadoni 6,6,7,6,5 and seventh were Sergey & Dasha Chyslov.
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In the Pro/Am Ballroom Scholarships the “C” division was the best by far and here Lynn Murrell w/ Alexander Voskalchuk won every dance, second was awarded to Linda Ciabatoni w/Gianni Caliandro 2,2,3,3,2, and third went to Linda Huntress w/Andrea Stefano.
The “B” division was also quite good and here Laura Shooks was the victor with Alexander Voskalchuk and they placed first in every dance, second went to Carrie Steinmetz w/Ruslan Wilder 2,4,2,2,2, and third was awarded to Chikako Abe w/Andrey Klinchik 3,2,4,3,3.
There was only one lady entered in the “A” category and that was Yulia Rudenco dancing with her father Andrei Rudenco, we must point out that Yulia also won the 10 dance competition over three other ladies and she placed first in all 10 dances.
This was a fantastic day of competition and dancing and it totally brought a new meaning to the “Land in the Sky,” just the show alone was heavenly fabulous!
A Night of “Cabaret” and More!
Last night at the Heritage Classic as usual it was a night of Cabaret dancing along with a terrific Professional Ballroom competition and the Rhythm division. All thorough the day and concluding at night it was a day of Latin American Dancing, the ballroom was hopping with Latin enthusiasm and fun competitions.
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Third overall in this small but terrific lineup were Clyde Harris & Summer Black Elkin, fourth was awarded to Brandon Baker & Chelsea Cherie and last but not least in fifth position were Trevor & Emily Guthrie. We must also point out that Colin James from England had it almost backwards he had the winners Mykhailo & Tatyana fourth and Travis & Jaimee third. His winners were Clyde & Summer, and second were Brandon & Chelsea. Don’t get us wrong, all couples were terrific to say the least and we could easily see how he might have come to this conclusion.
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Fourth was awarded to Gianni Caliandro & Arianna Esposito 4,5,4,3,4, fifth went to Emmanuele & Francesca Pappacena 5,3,5,5,5, and sixth were Sergiy Samchynskyy & Yuliya Besarab 6,6,6,6,6. Here again (Didio Barrera) if I did it again would want to have Yuliya in my arms but in the Latin. They are the current US 10 Dance Champions and second in the entire world of 10 dance. There must be something in this Heritage air - somehow I want to dance with all these ladies or maybe come to think of it, it is in the water? After all Ashville, NC is “The Land In The Sky.”
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Fourth in this excellent Rhythm event went to Vincente Martinez & Megan Murphy 5,4,4,5,3. We have to say we really see great potential in some of these up and coming professionals and we are sure that soon if not now many of them will be targeting for higher placement. The styles are very diverse, something that we think is very positive when it comes to the continued rise of our American Rhythm. Fifth was awarded to Ilya Abdullin & Tara Barakov 4,5,6,4,6, as you can see this couple got a little of everything in their bag but that is not a bad thing, we think what many judges are saying here is with a little more consistency you could probably do a lot better (come to us at Dance Beat if you want your cards read, or not). Last but not least went to one of our favorite couples, this couple for us has a complete rhythm look once again it’s not always maintained but lets just say that it makes us look and they are Eddie Rivera & Meghan McNash 6,6,5,6,5.
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Tonight will be the Professional Latin and Smooth, so stay tuned for more on Heritage Classic 2016.
At the Grove Park Inn!
A few competitions take place this weekend of dance but none like the one up in the sky at the Grove Park Inn, in Ashville North Carolina.
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Last night it was the turn for the Professional Rising Stars, all four styles took to the floor and they were ether semifinals or full finals in most. The Professional Rising Star Latin was excellent and here it went to Canada’s Ilya Maletin & Polina Mier, who won four dances and placed second in the rumba. Ilya & Polina only won one dance with a majority of firsts and that was the cha cha. In the other three dances they won with second or better marks from the judges. The couple placing second overall and stealing the rumba was Sergey & Dasha Chyslov from Vernon Hills, IL and they took second in four dances and won the rumba with a majority of firsts from the judges. Placing third in this heat were Riccardo Pacini & Sonia Spadoni 4,3,3,3,3.
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The Ballroom was the smallest of the Rising Star events and here only two couples were entered Aleksandr & Aida Skriptsov who placed 1,2,1,1,1 and were awarded first overall and Dmitriy Solomakha & Gabriela Sevillano 2,1,2,2,2 who placed second. Both couples were of decent quality, however, I think Dmitriy & Gabriela have to use the music a little more in order to fill the in between time.
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The “B” was also great fun here Mariana Lvoff w/Vladimir Kosarev took the trophy home, by placing first in all four dances, Shveta Singh w/Andrei Rudenko were second and third was Tracy Hannon w/Misha Konstantynov in all dances.
The “A” division went to the father daughter team of Yulia Rudenco w/Andrei Rudenco, second was Stefan Tuomanen w/Michelle Officer who took second in all dances and third was Levina Kasmara w/Linas Koreiva with the scores of 4,3,3,3.
The senior was great at this year’s Heritage and the winner was Diana Best w/Alosha Anatoliy placing first in all dances, second was Linda Gill w/Ruslan Meshkov taking all seconds and taking all thirds was Jo Garber w/Richard Tonizzo from Canada.
Overall the Heritage Classic had a wonderful evening of Rising Stars and Smooth dancing. Today is all day Latin and tonight we will bring you the highlights of the open professional events that will take place later on.