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I have been looking for detailed info about pro-am competitions and realized that there’s not much out there on the internet other than various competitions’ official websites. In order to choose a competition to go to, I’d like to know more about each competition before committing going there. So, this is my first post of [...]

Today, I want to talk about how to make your legs look better, especially on a competition floor. Almost all top-level professional female dancers seem to have perfect legs. They are toned, powerful and feminine. Most of them don’t wear pantyhose probably because they can feel and grip the floor better with bare feet. But [...]

I was looking forward to seeing the results from the Asian Open, in which most of the top pros compete. Well, the results were pretty much as expected, except that Slavik/Hanna weren’t there now that they decided to go separate ways. I also noted Dmitri Timokhin/Natalia Petrova’s absense here again (after the UK Open 2009). [...]

According to this post over at Swan Lake Samba Girl blog, Slavik Kryklyvyy was in London for the International Championships in early October. He was actually at the competition but didn’t compete and just watched it. Tonya’s friend who was there heard the rumor that he hadn’t felt ready for the competition. I really really [...]

Competition makeups should be different from our day-to-day makeups so the audience and judges can see our facial expression from a distance.  We see lots of “dramatic” makeups that are similar to stage makeups in ballroom dance competitions, but as was reported in this post, it seems like a natural look is “in” now. Competition [...]

The moment a female dance student decides to go to a competition, the first thing she worries about is probably a dress/costume.  Hair, makeups, and accessories are the next thing but they can be set aside until the dress question gets solved.  A dress/costume for a competition is a biggy. Do I need to wear [...]

Here is the list of tempo for each dance (American style and International style) as specified by NDCA.   International Style Cha Cha   — 31 MPM (124 BPM) Samba     — 48-50 MPM (96-100 BPM) — 2 beats per measure Rumba    — 27 MPM (108 BPM) Paso Doble –60-62 MPM (120-124 BPM) — 2 beats per measure [...]