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Alberto Cortes & Jessa Mae Briones
Alberto Cortes & Jessa Mae Briones
Dmitry Nikishkin & Olena Shvets-Nikishkin
Dmitry Nikishkin & Olena Shvets-Nikishkin
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With a new partner Ilya Abdullin & Anastasia took fourth in all dances, although it was a little rough at times their work was good enough to carry them to this position. The new partnership is still young but all we can say is that it looks promising. Fifth in all dances was awarded to Artem & Ginny Shiller and sixth went to Vuk Stefanovic & Larisa Mikryukova.
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Rudy Homm & Katya Kanevskaya
Rudy Homm & Katya Kanevskaya
Oscar Pedrinelli & Lenka Kovalcikova
Oscar Pedrinelli & Lenka Kovalcikova
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In this same Professional Open Ballroom heat Andrey Begunov & Anna Demidova placed fifth in all dances, Emanuele & Francesca Pappacena were sixth, leaving seventh place to Nazar Batih & Mariko Cantley who took all sevenths.
Open Amateur Latin
Open Amateur Latin
Pasha Stepanchuk & Gabriella Sabler
Pasha Stepanchuk & Gabriella Sabler
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Nikita Vasylenko & Olivia Agranovich
Nikita Vasylenko & Olivia Agranovich
Ewoud Fidom & Melanie Weiler
Ewoud Fidom & Melanie Weiler
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Fourth place in this excellent final went to Andrew Nikitchenko & Yuliya Lisovska with these marks 5,4,4,4,4; fifth was awarded to Artem Zhychuk & Natasha Shevchenko 4,5,5,5,5, and sixth position went to Misha Finkelstein & Yuliya Iskchak and as you can see they took sixth place in all dances.
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Second in this best of the best competition was awarded to Ivan Kudashev & Ksusha, they once again did their what I think to be a gypsy number and here all though they did get a number of second place marks and firsts, they also got quite a few 5th place marks, four to be precise. What we were very surprised and almost shocked was that US Smooth Champions, Nick Cheremukhim & Viktorija, placed third overall. They did a very dramatic number where the suffering is palpable, not sure this is a good number to end the night (a little depressing perhaps) but, it was from our opinion perfectly executed with no misses or bumps. We must also point out that Nick & Viktorija got as many firsts as the winners did from the judges - 5 total. However, what possibly hurt them is that they did not get a single second from the judges, the rest of their marks were mainly thirds with a couple fifths and a fourth.
Fourth place in this “Best of the Best” competition went to Canada’s Ilya Maletin & Polina Mayer, they did a nice samba with an uplifting song but, it was possibly not show produced, in other words they just did an opening and put their samba routine in the middle, perhaps this is not what they intended, but this is what it looked to us on the sidelines. Last in this Best contest went to Iaroslav & Liliia Bieliei, and yes they did not get any firsts or seconds from the judges in their column, and as we just mentioned before this was just their foxtrot with little to show, for a “show” performance, except good dancing of course, but as you can see, this was not good enough for the judges at the end of the night. We do feel that perhaps they could have been placed fourth just for quality alone but we agree with the judges’ decisions fully.
The Pro/Am Scholarships in the Latin division were fantastic, every heat was packed with competitors and the day was long even though they started at 7AM, but it was totally worth it.
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With this the Tri-State for 2019 concluded as always this competition showed excellence to the participants with a beautifully decorated ballroom, wonderful prizes and great hospitality. If you have never attended this competition, it has to be a must for 2020, and if you have attended you know the care for detail Andre Gavriline and Elena Kryuchkova have with us all. Also a huge hug to Luda Conti for all her help and for making sure the officials are always being taken care off.
A Difficult Tri-Latin at Tristate
Last night at the Tristate Dancesport Championships we had some excellent dancing but for the judges the Professional Latin was Tri-Dificult considering there was a Tri- couples (three) competing for first place in this wonderful final.
The Professional Smooth was also nothing to sniff at with at least two of the top US couples competing in the final. We also had an interesting Professional Cabaret Championship and an excellent Amateur Ballroom event.
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In looking at the marks we were also surprised to see that although Artur & Anastasia got a few firsts in all dances and plenty of seconds, they still needed a few more seconds to place them right under Ilya & Polina. This was perhaps not their best performance we have witnessed, but we certainly thought they could have easily been second if not first in a few dances, but it was not to be they placed third in all dances. It was close between Alexey & Vlada and Artur & Anastasia but in the end by a small margin Alexey & Vlada took second in all dances.
Alexey & Vlada Karaulov
Alexey & Vlada Karaulov
Artur Tarnavsky & Anastasia Danilova
Artur Tarnavsky & Anastasia Danilova
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Open Pro Smooth
Open Pro Smooth
Nick Cheremukhin & Viktorija
Nick Cheremukhin & Viktorija
Travis & Jaimee Tuft
Travis & Jaimee Tuft
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Third in this Professional Smooth Championship was awarded to Nikolai Pilipenchuk & Sarika Hudson and they took third in all dances; fourth went to Tykhon & Yana Zhyvkov; fifth was awarded to Vladimir Popov & Erin Marie 5,5,6,5, and sixth went to Trevor & Emily Guthrie 6,6,5,6.
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Mykhalio Azerov & Tetyana Makarenko
Mykhalio Azerov & Tetyana Makarenko
Ivan Kudashev & Ksusha
Ivan Kudashev & Ksusha
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The Pro/Am Open Ballroom Scholarships took place yesterday afternoon and here is how it worked out. The “A” was awarded to Eva Chen w/ Cristian Radvan placing first in all dances, second in all went to Carole Simmons w/ Serghei Pogonet, and third in all was Courtney Delmonico w/ Erik Pati.
The “B” went to Amy Liu w/ Igor Mikushov first in all dances, second was Carole Simmons w/ Serghei Pogonet, and third overall was Amanda Parton w/ Igor Gayenko.
In the “C” division Annie Chan w/ Christian Radvan took all firsts, second in all went to Kako Matsumoto w/ Basil Issaev and third overall was awarded to Elena Lee w/ Emanuel Pappacena 4,3,3,4,4.
The Senior I was also a great competition and here Laura Solomon w/ Oscar Pedrinelli placed first overall 1,1,2,1,2, second overall went to Leilani Viney w/ Kamil Urbaniak 2,2,1,2,1, and third overall was awarded to Nanacy Balin w/ Gunnar Sverrison 3,3,3,3,4. In the Senior II Ron Chen w/ Oscar Pedrinelli won all dances, second in all was awarded to Nordis Glasoe w/ Anatoli Gorolevici and third in all went to Maria Fila w/ Kamil Urbaniak.
Tonight we continue with the professional open events and the amateur open plus the Best of the Best, we look forward to it and we will have it all to you here tomorrow.
Tri-State Championships Rising!
We are back at the Tri-State Championships in Stamford, CT and yesterday we completed nearly two days of Pro/Am competition.
It started with the Rhythm style and yesterday finished with the Smooth categories and all professional Rising Star events.
The ballroom as always is beautifully decorated featuring diamonds, and as always for that craving sweet tooth there is never a lack of candy around you or your table. We have spotted a number of times people passing baskets of candy around including Mr. Gavriline who we witnessed this morning doing a candy run around the tables. OMG we hope we don’t get an extra charge for the extra weight from all that candy we have nibbled on!
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The first day was all about the Pro/Am Rhythm and here are how the open scholarships looked. The “A” Category went overall to Baylee Wong w/ Jean Simboteanu with these marks 1,2,1,2,1. Second overall was awarded to Ariel Mayer w/ Mayo Alanen 2,1,2,1,2, and third in all dances was awarded to Brooke Bellows w/ Gunnar Sverrisson.
In the “B” Category Mariana Lvoff w/ Vladimir Kosarev won overall 1,1,2,1,1; second went to Irene Wong w/ John Campbell 2,2,1,2,2, and third in all dances was awarded to Lori Chowanec w/ Ken Hansen.
The “C” went to Janice B Gonzales w/ Aleksandr Vukosavljevic and they won all dances; second went to Shari Ozman w/ Hayk Balasanyan and third was awarded to Gabriella Pannunzio w/ Grzegorz Kasprzak, these two ladies placed exactly where they came in all dances.
The Senior I Rhythm Championship was awarded to Shari Oxman w/ Hayk Balasanyan winning all dances; second went to Sherry Tucker w/ Vlad Astafiev and she was second in all dances leaving third to Lois Fein w/ Aleksandar Vukosavljevic with these marks 3,4,4,3,4. The Senior II went to Susan Sordoni w/ Francesco Arietta placing first in all dances; Ylan li w/ Marcio DeSouza was second overall 2,2,2,2,3, and third was awarded to Margie Juanillo w/ Mattew Hauer.
Yesterday in the Smooth Open Scholarships the “B” was awarded to Selene Steelman w/ Travis Tuft placing first in all dances; second was awarded to Amy Brewer w/ Gunnar Sverrison with these marks 3T,2,2,2, leaving third to Irene Wong w/ John Campbell 3T 3,3,3.
In the “C” division Inez Inserra w/ Mayo Alanen was first overall 1,1,1,2; Helena Kostik w/ Mazen Hamza was second overall 2,2,2,1, and third was awarded to Vera Maltsev w/ Christian Lange 3,3T,3,3.
The “A” was the smallest of all the Smooth Scholarships with only two couples entered and here Ariel Mayer w/ Mayo Alanen were the winners 2,1,1,1; second was Elaine Anderson w/ Christopher Muise 1,2,2,2.
In the Senior I Alla Neyshtadt w/ Dave Hannigan won every dance, second overall went to Nancy Balin & Gunnar Sverrisson 2,3,2,3T, leaving third overall to Doreen Bender w/ Mikolaj Czarnecki 4,2,3,2. The Senior II went to Susan Sordoni w/ Francesco Arietta placing first in all dances, second overall went to Leonore Rich w/ John Campbell 3,2,2,2, and third was Don Jaffe w/ Irina Gorolevici 2,3,3,3.
Today we have Ballroom day for the Pro/Am categories and tonight we will begin with the Open Amateur and Professional events