Beginning at 7:00 AM the dancing continued unabated until after 1:00 AM on Sunday ending with an unprecedented 13-couple showdance “final” that threatened to overwhelm the judges and “Comp Manager’s” scrutineering program.
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Shane & Shannon Jensen Shane & Shannon Jensen
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Ilya Velednitskiy & Mariya Ilchenko Ilya Velednitskiy & Mariya Ilchenko
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Open Pro Rhythm Open Pro Rhythm
https://dancebeat.com/m-blogs-en/item/1183-atlanta2016blog#sigProIde5439dc293
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Open Pro Ballroom Open Pro Ballroom
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Anton Lebedev & AnnaBorsch Anton Lebedev & AnnaBorsch
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Vladislav Shahov & Ekaterina Popova Vladislav Shahov & Ekaterina Popova
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Andrea Zaramella & Kseniya Sovenko Andrea Zaramella & Kseniya Sovenko
https://dancebeat.com/m-blogs-en/item/1183-atlanta2016blog#sigProId77a1f2b549
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Max Sinitsa & Tatiana Seliverstova Max Sinitsa & Tatiana Seliverstova
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Open Pro Smooth Open Pro Smooth
https://dancebeat.com/m-blogs-en/item/1183-atlanta2016blog#sigProId63721a382f
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Open Pro Latin Open Pro Latin
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Dmitry Nikishkin & Olena Shvets-Nikishkin Dmitry Nikishkin & Olena Shvets-Nikishkin
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Aleksandr Skarlato & Loreta Kriksciukaityte Aleksandr Skarlato & Loreta Kriksciukaityte
https://dancebeat.com/m-blogs-en/item/1183-atlanta2016blog#sigProId73323443b6
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Pro Showdance Pro Showdance
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Shane & Shannon Jensen Shane & Shannon Jensen
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Travis & Jaimee Tuft Travis & Jaimee Tuft
https://dancebeat.com/m-blogs-en/item/1183-atlanta2016blog#sigProIda3a6f60680
For the pro-ams and the judges it was a busy day of international style dancing. In the Latin the Open Scholarship winners were Emily Tang w/ Delyan Terziev (A); Missy White w/ Genya Bartashevich (B); Suzanne Saperstein w/ Ricky Bentzen (C); Susan Miller w/ Ricky Bentzen (S).
In the Ballroom the winners were: Sabrina Zagolin w/ Ihor Kravets (B); Jill Bradford w/ Andrea Stefano (C); Sherry Borchelt w/ Andrea Stefano (S)
Atlanta Open – Midway
We’re just over ½ way through this year’s Atlanta Open, held at the Hyatt Regency in downtown Atlanta.
So far the highlight for us has been the Pro RS Smooth that was danced over 3 rounds last night. The winners in all dances was the exciting new partnership of Roman Malkhasyan & Kat Wagner. They had large majorities if 1st places in all dances although a few judges scored them in the lower half of the final.
For us they have so much movement. The rest of the couples in the final had scores ranging 2nd to 6th in all dances. However, with 2,3,2,3, Maksim Lototskyy & Sarah Haworth were the runners-up and seemed much improved in this style. 3rd with 3,4,3,2, were John Campbell & Jackie Brockman who also are showing great improvement. Another new partnership, Enzo Zappia & Stephanie Betts took 4th 4,2,4,5; 5th were Shandor Shtefil & Aleksandra Barsukov 5,5,5,4 and 6th in all dances and perhaps a little unlucky, were Andrei & Elena Rudenco.
https://dancebeat.com/m-blogs-en/item/1183-atlanta2016blog#sigProId4393506bb3
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Jonathan Green & Rachel Grumblat Jonathan Green & Rachel Grumblat
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Rising Star Rhythm Rising Star Rhythm
https://dancebeat.com/m-blogs-en/item/1183-atlanta2016blog#sigProIde6df839a54
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Stefano & Bianca DiBrino Stefano & Bianca DiBrino
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Rising Star Ballroom Rising Star Ballroom
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Rising Star Latin Rising Star Latin
https://dancebeat.com/m-blogs-en/item/1183-atlanta2016blog#sigProIde4ca85f154
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Charlene Proctor w/ Viktor Tkachenko Charlene Proctor w/ Viktor Tkachenko
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Open C Smooth Open C Smooth
https://dancebeat.com/m-blogs-en/item/1183-atlanta2016blog#sigProId5aa95c29e0
https://dancebeat.com/m-blogs-en/item/1183-atlanta2016blog#sigProIded54556398
In the Open Rhythm Scholarships it was a good night for Quin Bommelje w/ Mikhail Vlasov as she won the Global Senior and the Open C divisions. Quin won all dances in both divisions. 2nd in the C was Janice Gonzales w/ Vladimir Kozarev 2,2,2,2,2 and 3rd was Roberta Fox w/ Aaron DeSotto 3,3,3,3,3.
https://dancebeat.com/m-blogs-en/item/1183-atlanta2016blog#sigProId8dec7adde9
https://dancebeat.com/m-blogs-en/item/1183-atlanta2016blog#sigProId73fcb433dc
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Giovanni Fortezza w/ Jolanta Mosteika Giovanni Fortezza w/ Jolanta Mosteika
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Open B Rhythm Open B Rhythm
https://dancebeat.com/m-blogs-en/item/1183-atlanta2016blog#sigProId10a9adbe72