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 [1] (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 Professional 10-Dance Ballroom Dance / Dancesport Champions | |||
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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 [2] | New York | |
2012 | Nikolai Pilipenchuk & Natalia Skorikova | Maryland | |
2013–2016 | Sergiy Samchynskyy & Yuliya Besarab | Georgia | |
2017–2019 | Jonas Kazlauskas & Kathleen Ilo [3] | Indiana | |
2020 | Not held due to COVID-19 pandemic | ||
2021 | Jonas Kazlauskas & Kathleen Ilo | Indiana |