46th Grand National Dancesport Championships,
October 20 – 23, 2016
presents the World’s top professional dance competitors.

One of the longest-running ballroom dance competitions in the United States, The Grand National Championships is celebrating its 46th year. The 2016 event is sure to be South Florida’s most “gala” ballroom dance extravaganza ever with more than 500 of the top professional and amateur dancers from across the country gathering to compete.

In addition to its 45-year tradition of bringing together amateur and Pro-Am competitors to vie for the title of Grand National Champion, this year’s competition will feature the 2016 WORLD PROFESSIONAL TEN-DANCE BALLROOM CHAMPIONSHIP. The top-ranked professional couples from around the World will compete for this most prestigious title – WORLD CHAMPION.

For an unprecedented second year in a row, authorized and sanctioned under the auspices of the World Dance Council (WDC) and the National Dance Council of America (NDCA), the competition is organized by Peter & Cassandra Schneider, in conjunction with the 46th Grand National Dancesport Championships, one of the longest running Dancesport Championships in the USA. Only three times before in the history of the World Professional Ten Dance Championships has the USA been honored to host these outstanding dancers from around the world!

The venue of the Ritz-Carton is an idyllic location, close to Miami International Airport, yet a world apart on its own tropical island paradise. Cassandra Schneider, Executive Secretary of the National Dance Council of America and former United States Amateur Champion, together with Peter Schneider, former Bavarian Latin Champion, and together World Exhibition finalists, will host this most prestigious event. With the support of their amazing staff at their company, Dance America, Inc., they work assiduously to guarantee the event will be one that the city, state, and country will be proud of.

In addition to the World Professional Championship, there are a multitude of other Open and Closed Championships—in all divisions from Professional, Amateur, Pro-Am, Senior, and Junior—beginning Thursday October 20th and culminating in the crowning of the Professional World Champions on Saturday evening, October 22nd, 2016.

More than 20 countries will be represented at the competition. A legendary panel of adjudicators—from USA, Scotland, Italy, England, Germany, Austria, Norway, Russia, and Canada—will be present, many of them former World Champions themselves, to officiate and determine the Champions of the most physically difficult event in the World.

Ten-Dance Championships encompass the five International Standard dances: Waltz, Tango, Viennese Waltz, Foxtrot, Quickstep, and the five International Latin Dances: Cha Cha, Samba Rumba, Paso Doble, and Jive. Couples in this Ten-Dance division must be masters of not only one division, Latin or Standard, but they must be unsurpassed in quality and artistry in all ten dances, making this one of the most difficult divisions in the world of dance.

Competitors will be announced one month prior to the event as their nominations from their respective countries are received.

Sponsorships are being accepted and will be acknowledged online, in email marketing and in the souvenir program. Tax deductible sponsorships are available. Please email [email protected] or call 954-601-1775 for more information.

Spectator and Hotel Information and Entry Forms may be found at:
www.grandnationalchampionship.com

Further information regarding the NDCA and the WDC can be found at:
www.ndca.org
www.wdcdance.com

Venue Year World Professional Ten Dance Champions Representing

1978 David Sycamore – Denise Weavers Great Britain
1979 David Sycamore – Denise Weavers Great Britain
Germany 1980 David Sycamore – Denise Weavers Great Britain
Netherlands 1981 David Sycamore – Denise Weavers Great Britain
1982 David Sycamore – Denise Weavers Great Britain
Germany 1983 David Sycamore – Denise Weavers Great Britain
Canada 1984 David Sycamore – Denise Weavers Great Britain
1985 David Sycamore – Denise Weavers Great Britain
Germany 1986 Marcus Hilton – Karen Hilton Great Britain
Netherlands 1987 Michael Hull – Patsy Hull-Krogull Germany
Norway 1988 Raymond Myhrengen – Gunn Myhrengen Norway
Germany 1989 Michael Hull – Patsy Hull-Krogull Germany
Germany 1990 Michael Hull – Patsy Hull-Krogull Germany
Netherlands 1991 Horst Beer – Andrea Beer Germany
Germany 1992 Horst Beer – Andrea Beer Germany
USA 1993 Martin Lamb – Alison Lamb Great Britain
Germany 1994 Bo Loft – Helle Loft Jensen Denmark
Netherlands 1995 Kim Rygel – Cecilie Rygel Norway
Germany 1996 Kim Rygel – Cecilie Rygel Norway
USA 1997 Gary McDonald – Diana McDonald United States of America
Germany 1998 Michael Hull – Mirijam Zweijsen Germany
Netherlands 1999 Alain Doucet – Anik Jolicoeur Canada
France 2000 Alain Doucet – Anik Jolicoeur Canada
Hong Kong 2001 Alain Doucet – Anik Jolicoeur Canada
Germany 2002 Alain Doucet – Anik Jolicoeur Canada
Japan 2003 Adam Reeve – Karen Reeve Iceland
Canada 2004 Alain Doucet – Anik Jolicoeur Canada
Italy 2005 Alessandro Garofolo – Annamaria Bassano Italy
Ukraine 2006 Stefano Fanasca – Michaela Battisti Italy
Germany 2007 Sergej Diemke – Katsiaryne Tsimafeyeva Germany
Germany 2008 Gherman Mustuc & Iveta Lukosiute United States of America
Canada 2009 Gherman Mustuc & Iveta Lukosiute United States of America
Ukraine 2010 Roman Myrkin and Natalia Biedniagina Ukraine
Canada 2011 Nikolai Pilipenchuk & Natalia Skorikova United States of America
Canada 2012 Eldar Dhzafarov & Anna Sazhina Azerbaijan
Germany 2013 Steffen Zoglauer & Sandra Koperski Germany
Austria 2014 Steffen Zoglauer & Sandra Koperski Germany
USA 2015 Nikolay Govorov & Eugeniya Tolstaya Russia