Top 10 Ballroom Dance Instructors in the World

Ballroom dance collectively refers to 10 partner style dances like Swing, Waltz, Tango, Fox Trot, Samba, Rumba, Cha-Cha, Jive, Bolero and Mambo. There are 2 major classes of such dances i.e. International and American style dances. These classes further divided based on the pace of the dances.

• International Style

  • International Standard (Slow paced dances)

  • International Latin (Latin Dances)

• American Style

  • American Smooth (Slow paced dances)

  • American Rhythm (Latin Dances and other fast dances)

Irrespective of classifications, variants of the above dances figure in both these styles. The dances are practiced both in the social and competitive circles. Lets have a look at few top professionals in the field who offer instructions on these styles of dancing.

Anthony Gauci and Adele Hyland

Long time professionals, they train most dancers who represent Australia in the global arena. They offer instructions on both the Standard and Latin dances. Tony Gauci also offers classes in Asia and Europe in addition to Austailia.

Brigitt Mayer

A Canadian Latin Chamption herself, she offers instructions on International Latin style of dances in Canada.

Olivier da Rosa and Sandrine Morel

This pair of professionals with many accolades to its credit offers instruction in the Standard and Latin styles. They are based in France.

Oliver Wessel-Therhorn

Olivers specializes in both the Standard and Latin dances and works from Germany. He offers lectures and coaching on these styles to enthusiasts who would like to learn these dances.

Luca and Loraine Baricchi

Specialists in the Standard style of dancing, basically the Waltz, they offer coaching and demonstrations in Italy. They also offer classes in other cities of the world like New York and Tokyo through their dance school branches in these cities.

Paul Bottomer

Paul has many world championships to his credit in the Latin style dances especially Tango. He offers classes in Tango Argentino, Salsa and Merengue in UK.

Warren and Babette Brown

They are the Scottish champions of Latin style of dancing and offer coaching in both Standard and Latin dances. Together they manage the ‘Fred Astaire Jupiter Studio’ offering the best of Ballroom and Latin classes.

Alexander and Irina Melnikov

Professional Champions in Modern dance, this Russian pair offers training in the Standard style of dances.

Wilfried and Ilona Diekers

This Spanish pair has won many championships in 10-Dance category. Wilfried and Illone offer training in both the Standard and Latin style dances.

Michael Mead and Toni Redpath

This pair from the USA is four time champions of American Smooth Dancing. Michael runs the Londance, a professional dance studio in California. Together, they train representatives for participation in global competitions.

All these instructors are also professionals themselves who actively participate in global competitions, dance shows and also train others who pursue dancing either as a hobby or a profession. If however you can find the time for dance classes, Latin or Smooth, you could learn on your own with the help of West Coast Swing Starter Pack (3-DVD Set - Beginner 1, Beginner 2, and Intermediate 1) (Shawn Trautman's Dance Collection by Shawn Trautman, Joanna Trautman, and DanceLessonDVDs.com or Ballroom Dancing Intermediate with Teresa Mason by Teresa Mason or Salsa Dance Footwork and Latin Dance Styling by Salsa Dance Footwork & Styling, depending on your choice.

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