The United States national professional ballroom dance champions are crowned at the United States Dance Championships (formerly USDSC, and USBC), as recognized by the National Dance Council of America (NDCA) and the World Dance & DanceSport Council (WD&DSC).
The 10-dance division consists of International-style standard waltz, tango, Viennese waltz, foxtrot, quickstep and Latin cha-cha-cha, samba, rumba, paso doble, and jive.
U.S. National Champions
U.S. National Professional 10-DanceBallroom Dance / Dancesport Champions Years Champions Location Notes 1966–1973 Larry Silvers & Betty Silvers Bethesda, MD 1974 Frank Regan & Victoria Regan Washington, DC 1975–1979 Al Franz & Beverly Donahue Washington, DC 1980 Victor Veyrasset & Debbie Avalos California 1981 Victor Veyrasset & Margaret Burns California 1982 Victor Veyrasset & Gitte Svendsen California 1983–1985 John Nyemchek & Cathi Nyemchek Valley Cottage, NY 1986–1990 Nicholas Cotton & Debbie Avalos California 1991–1992 Armando Martin & Laura Martin West Palm Beach, FL 1993–2002 Gary McDonald & Diana McDonald Fairfield, NJ 2003–2004 Igor Pilipenchuk & Polina Pilipenchuk Baltimore, MD 2005–2006 Eddie Stutts & Victoria Belova Katy, TX 2007–2011 Gherman Mustuc & Iveta Lukosiute New York 2012 Nikolai Pilipenchuk & Natalia Skorikova Maryland 2013–2016 Sergiy Samchynskyy & Yuliya Besarab Georgia 2017–2019 Jonas Kazlauskas & Kathleen Ilo Indiana 2020 Not held due to COVID-19 pandemic 2021-2022 Jonas Kazlauskas & Kathleen Ilo Indiana 2023 Aleksandr Riabtsev & Mariia Oblakova California 2024-2025 Aleksei Minaev & Elena Minaeva Ohio 2026 Bohdan Dovhalov & Sonya Yudina New Jersey
See also U.S. National Dancesport Champions (Professional Standard) U.S. National Dancesport Champions (Professional Latin) U.S. National Dancesport Champions (Professional Smooth) U.S. National Dancesport Champions (Professional Rhythm) U.S. National Dancesport Champions (Professional 9-Dance) Dancesport World Champions (Ten Dance) Dancesport World Champions (Professional Standard) Dancesport World Champions (Professional Latin)
References
External links United States Dance Sport Championships (USDSC) National Dance Council of America (NDCA) Dancesport Competitions Dancesport Info