Congratulations to all the Brooklyn DanceSport Club couples who competed at the 2012 Manhattan DanceSport Championships!

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, Blackpool Dance Festival Finalists.  Some of best competitors the competition has ever hosted!

Marat Gimaev and Alina Basyuk
Professional Standard Championship: 2^nd

Andrei Kazlouski and Asta Sigvaldadottir
Professional Latin Championship: 3^rd

Denys Drozdyuk and Antonina Skobina
Amateur Latin Championship: 4^th

Pasha Stepanchuk and Anastasiya Danilova
Amateur Latin Championship: 6^th

Stanislav Savich and Annie He Xiao
Rising-Star Professional Latin Championship: 1^st
Professional Latin Championship: 13^th

Dmitry Nikishkin and Olena Shvets
Amateur Latin Championship: 13^th

Roma Lerner and Vera Iakovleva
Professional Rising-Star Latin Championship: 6^th
Professional Latin Championship: 17^th

Patryk Ploszaj and Anna Kaczmarski
Youth Championship Latin: 2^nd
Youth Championship Standard: 2^nd

Haley Yegorov and Milana Kogan
Junior I Silver Cha-Cha: 2^nd
Junior I Gold Cha-Cha/Jive: 4^th
Junior I Gold Samba: 5^th

Timofey Rybolovlev and Daniella Pevzner
Junior II Novice Latin: 4^th

Levy Agaronnik and Danielle Malpa
Junior I Novice Latin: 1^st
Junior I Pre-Champ Latin: 2^nd
Junior I Gold Standard: 2^nd

Mark Stein and Bridget Frenkel
Junior I Silver Rumba/Jive: 6^th
Junior I Silver Cha-Cha: 5^th
Junior I Gold Rumba: 3^rd

Daniel Ostrom and Ekaterina Kuleshova
Junior II Novice Latin: 1^st
Junior II Pre-Championship Latin: 2^nd
Junior II Novice Standard: 1^st
Junior II Pre-Championship Standard: 3^rd

Daniel Pechalov and Kristina Pidvirny
Junior I Silver Jive: 3^rd
Junior I Silver Samba: 5^th
Junior I Silver Rumba: 4^th
Junior I Gold Rumba: 6^th
Junior I Gold Jive: 5^th

Mark Irgang and Sasha Pevtsov
Junior II Novice Latin: 3^rd
Junior II Silver Ballroom: 1^st

Michael Grandel and Adelina Ishkayeva
Junior I Pre-Champ Latin: 1^st
Junior I Championship Latin: 1^st

Jonathan Zaika and Hanna Sverdlov
Junior II Championship Latin: 3^rd

Ryan Raffloer and Shelby Joy Cole
Youth Championship Latin: 7^th

Ariel Milshteyn and Elizabeth Zeldin
Junior II Championship Latin: 6^th