The Manhattan DanceSport Championships is an annual competition held on the 4th of July weekend at the Brooklyn Bridge Marriot in Brooklyn, NY and is organized by Gary and Diana McDonald. The competition features events for Amateur (from Pre-teen to Adult), Professional, and Pro-Am competitors and has continuously grown in popularity in the past decade! This year’s competition featured World Champions and Blackpool Dance Festival Champions; some of best competitors the competition has ever hosted!
Under-21 International Ballroom:
Patryk Ploszaj & Anna Kaczmarski – 1st
Youth Championship Ballroom:
Patryk Ploszaj & Anna Kaczmarski – 1st
Professional International Ballroom:
Marat Gimaev & Alina Basyuk – 2nd
Rising Star International Latin:
Dmitry Nikishkin & Olena Shvets – 2nd
Amateur International Latin:
Denys Drozdyuk & Antonina Skobina – 4th
Pasha Stepanchuk & Anastasiya Danilova – 5th
Artur Tarnavskyy & Gabriella Sabler – 6th
Ariel Milshteyn & Adelina Ishkayeva:
Youth Championship Latin – 6th
Levy Agaronnik & Simona Vigodner:
J2 Championship Latin – 6th
Jason Lehman & Anna Bartnicki:
J2 Championship Ballroom – 6th
J2 Pre-Championship Ballroom – 4th
Youth Pre-Championship Latin – 4th
Daniel Pechalov & Kristina Pidvirny:
J2 Novice Open 3-Dance Latin – 1st
J2 Pre-Champ 4-Dance Latin – 6th
Youth Novice Open 3-Dance Latin – 1st
Julian Sklyut & Eva Dolub:
J2 Novice Open 3-Dance Ballroom – 1st
J2 Pre-Champ 4-Dance Ballroom – 5th
J2 Pre-Champ 4-Dance Latin – 2nd
Sean Lama & Michelle Rabin:
J1 Pre-Champ 4-Dance Latin – 2nd
J2 Pre-Champ 4-Dance Latin – 5th
Peter Kaczmarski & Emily Chervinsky:
J1 Silver Qu, Fx, W, VW – 1st
J1 Silver Tango – 2nd
J1 Silver Cha Cha – 1st
J1 Silver Samba – 2nd
J1 Silver Rumba – 7th
J1 Silver Jive – 3rd
Haley Yegorov & Ilana Dorfman:
J2 Novice Open 3-Dance Latin – 2nd
J1 Pre-Champ 4-Dance Latin – 5th
J1 Novice Open 3-Dance Latin – 4th
Samuel Dorfman & Anastasia Lepin:
PreTeen 1 Bronze ChaCha, Jive – 1st
PreTeen 1 Bronze Samba, Rumba – 2nd
PreTeen 1 Silver ChaCha, Rumba – 1st
PreTeen 1 Silver Samba – 2nd
PreTeen 1 Silver Jive – 3rd
Michael Kaczmarski & Veronica Ludwiszewski:
PreTeen 2 Bronze ChaCha – 4th
PreTeen 2 Bronze Samba – 2nd
PreTeen 2 Bronze Rumba, Jive – 1st
PreTeen 2 Silver W, Qu, T, Fx, VW – 1st
Monica Kiselyuk & Pasha Stepanchuk:
SP2 Gold ChaCha, Samba, Rumba, Jive – 1st