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The 17th Annual Harvard Invitational Ballroom Dance Competition
The sixteenth Annual
Harvard Beginners’
Competition
Tentatively scheduled for
Saturday, October 25th, 2008
Malkin Athletic Center
Harvard University
The 17th Annual Harvard Invitational Ballroom Dance Competition
Dear Competitors,
Welcome to the 17th Annual Harvard Invitational Competition and Hanlon-Ford Ball. We hope this will be a weekend
of excitement, inspiration, and most of all, fantastic dancing. Preparations have been taking place all year and we hope
that our efforts will result in an enjoyable event for all.
The Invitational has grown considerably in the last few years. As of this writing, there are almost 700 competitors registered, and we expect that number to rise with late registrations in the next week. The size and scope of the competition
make it a veritable test of dancing ability and we wish you the best of luck through all of your rounds.
One of the highlights of our competition has always been the Hanlon-Ford Ball, which is named for one of our founding
supporters. Radcliffe alumna Marguerite Hanlon passed away two years ago and was an incredible supporter of ballroom
dancing, both internationally and here at Harvard. Her generosity started the team, gave us our first costumes, took us to
our first events, and sowed the seeds for who we are today. We hope you will enjoy watching the final rounds of the Open
levels of competition and be dazzled by the World-class performance given by Ieva Pauksena and Linas Koreiva.
The success of this competition depends heavily on the help we get from the ballroom community. We appreciate each
of our professional judges for contributing their time. Their generosity makes the enjoyment of dancing and excitement
of competing possible for all of us. We are also excited to be working with High Output this year. They have created the
beautiful lighting for our Hanlon-Ford Ball, which we hope will heighten the experience of all the participants.
Running this competition is not a one-person job. We are so fortunate to have had a wonderful, dedicated team of committee members whom have made this possible. The reliable Registrar Rose Yan has smoothly dealt with all registration
and payment details. Our diligent Directors of Logistics Vera Mucaj and Ashley Grand have arranged the details of the
ballroom, ordered and maintained our inventory of many supplies, and been charmingly creative in their ways of circumventing difficult logistical issues. Our experienced Director of Business, Eleanor Birrell, has tirelessly fundraised for this
event to make it financially viable. The resourceful arrangements of press-agentry and even occasional graphic design by
Director of Publicity, Aleksandra Kuczmarska, has made advertising for the Invitational successful. Our gorgeous poster
and program are the results of unflagging effort and sleepless nights by Program Designers Hannah Chung and Victoria
Chernow. Our ambassador to the ballroom professionals joining us for this event, Judge’s Liason Masha Maystrovskaya,
has been incredibly thorough in her arrangement for the logistics and comfort of the judges at this event. VIP Liaison Irina
Danilova has been an exemplar in her enthusiasm and effort in creating a successful program for our VIPs to enjoy. It has
not been an easy task of arranging the housing for over 100 competitors, but our Housing Coordinator Lindsay Liles’s
meticulous preparation has fulfilled every request. A special thank you to alumus Timothy Li and MC Karl Kuryla for all
of their efforts in, to just name a few areas, coordinating publicity efforts and supporting logistics with their know-how.
Lastly, our Webmaster and Competitions Coordinator Emeritus Maulik Shah, for sharing his invaluable expertise and
insights in all aspects of putting this competition together. There could not be a more heartfelt thank-you.
We are proud to have worked with all of these people and am eager to share with you the fruits of our labor this weekend.
We have endeavored to anticipate and address every difficulty that may arise. However, in our preparation there may have
been oversights, and we apologize for any inconveniences they may cause. After the competition, a link will be sent out to
an online survey; please share with us what you liked, what you didn’t like, and alternate options which we could pursue.
We appreciate your input into making our competition better, so that you and your team can enjoy it even more in the
years to come.
Good luck this weekend, and most importantly: Happy Dancing!
Tzu-Ying Chuang & Kasia Razynska
Competition Coordinators
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The 17th Annual Harvard Invitational Ballroom Dance Competition
Table of Contents
Rules and Regulations.......................................... 5
Schedule of Events ............................................... 6
Prizes ................................................................... 7
Adjudicators......................................................... 9
Heat List.............................................................. 14
List of Competitors.............................................. 21
Affiliations ........................................................... 25
Harvard Ballroom Dance Team............................ 26
Acknowledgements .............................................. 27
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Officials
Master of Ceremonies Karl Kuryla
DJ Bruce Maine
Adjudicators Boris Brevde
Emil Ioukhnikov
Ruta Ioukhnikov
Russell Jackson
Julius Kaiser
Armin Kappacher
Tibor Kerekes
Jennifer McCalla
Stanley McCalla
Chairmen of Judges Istvan Cserven
Olga Kinnard
Larinda McRaven
Russell Monk
Johnny Nigro
Dawna Nocera
Mark Nocera
Michael Odikadze
Gail Rundlett
Helle Rusholt
Mark Sheldon
Andrè Strinadko
The 17th Annual Harvard Invitational Ballroom Dance Competition
Rules and Regulations
SYLLABUS
American Rhythm: American Smooth: International Latin: International Standard: ISTD Rhythm + NDCA Rhythm
ISTD Smooth + NDCA Smooth
ISTD Latin
ISTD Standard
GENERAL RULES
Open to all amateur dancers.
No school or studio association required.
No age restrictions.
LEVEL RESTRICTIONS
All level eligibility rules are per style and per role.
Newcomer: A competitor is eligible to dance at the Newcomer level if he/she is in his/her first
full semester (or half year equivalent for non-students) of dancing. A full semester (or half
year equivalent) of dancing includes participating in a competition during that semester or
training regularly during that semester. A couple is eligible to dance at the Newcomer level
if each partner is eligible to dance at the Newcomer level. Bronze syllabus.
Bronze: A competitor is eligible to dance at the Bronze level if he/she has danced for no more than
3 full semesters (or half year equivalents for non-students). A full semester (or half year equivalent)
of dancing includes participating in a competition during that semester or training regularly during
that semester. A couple is eligible to dance at the Bronze level if each partner is eligible to dance at
the Bronze level. Bronze syllabus.
Silver: A competitor is eligible to dance at the Silver level if he/she has not placed out of silver under
the YCN Proficiency Point System. Results from any and all dancesport competitions with professional judges are counted. Silver syllabus.
Gold: A competitor is eligible to dance at the Gold level if he/she has not placed out of Gold under
the YCN Proficiency Point System. Results from any and all dancesport competitions with professional judges are counted.
International Standard and Latin - Gold Syllabus
American Smooth and Rhythm - Open Choreography
DOUBLE REGISTRATION
Competitors may register for two adjacent levels in the same style if and only if they are eligible for
both levels.
COSTUME RESTRICTIONS
Costumes are permitted at all levels except Newcomer. Newcomers may wear
off-the-shelf clothing only. Alterations for fitting are permitted.
Ladies must wear heel taps (Available for purchase at the concessions stand). Violation of this rule is
grounds for immediate disqualification.
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The 17th Annual Harvard Invitational Ballroom Dance Competition
Schedule of Events
Saturday, March 8, 2008
7:00 am
8:00 am
10:30 am
2:00 pm
5:05 pm
Doors open
Syllabus Rhythm (Bronze - Gold)
Syllabus Latin (Bronze - PreChamp)
Pre-Championship & Championship Standard, Championship Latin,
Open Smooth & Rhythm (through semi-finals)
(the schedule will be adjusted to accommodate costume changes)
Presentation of Finalists (All competitors, except open finalists,
must clear the ballroom after the presentation)
Hanlon-Ford Ball
6:30 pm
7:00 pm
9:25 pm
10:00 pm
10:25 pm
12:00 am
Doors Open
Championship Finals and Open Finals and
Formation Team Competition
General Dancing
Performance by Ieva Pauksena & Linas Koreiva
2007 Blackpool Professional Ballroom Semi-finalistis
General Dancing
Good night and see you tomorrow!
Sunday, March 9, 2008
8:00 am
9:00 am
2:00 pm
3:00 pm
5:15 pm
Doors open
Syllabus Standard (Bronze - Gold)
Newcomer (All)
Syllabus Smooth (Bronze - Gold)
Good night and see you next year!
Please note that times are approximate and events may run up to thirty minutes
before stated time.
The 17th Annual Harvard Invitational Ballroom Dance Competition
Prizes
CHAMPIONSHIP
Standard
1st: $300*
2nd: $200*
3rd: $100
OPEN
Smooth
1st: $100***
2nd: $50***
Standard
1st: $75**
GOLD
Smooth
1 : $200 ABC Dresses Gift Certificate
Standard
st
1 : $100 Dancer’s Image Gift Certificate
Smooth
1 : $100 Dancer’s Image Gift Certificate
Latin
1st: $75**
Latin
1st: $200 DancePants Gift Certificate
Rhythm
1 : $200 DancePants Gift Certificate
st
st
Rhythm
1st: $100**
2nd: $50**
PRE-CHAMPIONSHIP
Standard
st
1 : $200 ABC Dresses Gift Certificate
Latin
1st: $300*
2nd: $200
3rd: $100
st
SILVER
Latin
1 : $200 DancePants Gift Certificate
st
Rhythm
1 : $200 DancePants Gift Certificate
st
*Sponsored by Eiko Onagi
**Sponsored by Amanda Ashcraft
*** Sponsored by Larinda McRaven
Note: A couple may not win two prizes
in the same style.
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The 17th Annual Harvard Invitational Ballroom Dance Competition
Registration
Early Registration (On-line by February 8, 2008 - Payment Postmarked by February 11, 2008)
Newcomer Events Only: $15/person
1 Level: $30/person
2 Levels: $40/person
Formation Team: Free!
Regular Registration (On-line by February 29, 2008 - Payment Postmarked by March 1, 2008)
Newcomer Events Only: $20/person
1 Level: $40/person
2 Levels: $50/person
Formation Team: Free!
Late Registration (Email or On-site after February 29, 2008 - Payment On-site)
Newcomer Events Only: $25/person
1 Level: $45/person
2 Levels: $55/person
Formation Team: Free!
Beginners’ Competition ‘07 Discount
Registrants who competed at the 2007 Harvard Beginners’ Competiton are entitled to 50% off their Early
and Regular Registration packages. This discount will not apply to late registrations.
On site registrations will be allowed only if they do not require the scheduling of an additional heat for that event.
Spectator fee $5
All competitor packages include admission to the Hanlon–Ford Ball
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The 17th Annual Harvard Invitational Ballroom Dance Competition
Adjudicators
Boris Brevde
Boris is the owner and founder of Euroballroom DanceSport Studio in Newton,
MA. He is from Donetsk, Ukraine, where he began competing at the age of five,
and later opened one of the first independently owned dance studios for children.
He is a three-time champion of the Ukraine, and, along with his students, has
won many top Pro-Am competitions. Boris spends his free time judging in
the Ukraine as well as the local college circuit. He currently teaches out of the
Newton studio, where he accepts singles and couples, ages 4 & up.
Istvan Cserven
Istvan is a former Hungarian Standard Champion and has placed second in
the Hungarian 10 Dance Championships three times. As a member of the
National Champion Latin Formation Team, he was a finalist in the World and
European Championships several times. In the last 9 years, he has been teaching
competitive couples of all levels and ages. He coached the Hungarian Latin Youth
Champions and several formation teams. He also has been the Vice President of
the Hungarian Dance Sport Association for two years. Istvan currently teaches
for the Fred Astaire Dance Studios in Boston, and is the Standard Coach for the
Harvard Ballroom Team.
Ruta and Emil Ioukhnikov
Emil and Ruta are the co-owners and teachers of Dance Fever studios. They began
their dancing careers in Lithuania. After they became partners they attended and
won major competitions throughout all of Europe. Upon moving from Lithuania
to Israel they opened their own studio, and began training and coaching children
and youth dance pairs, who later became winners and finalists of major European
competitions in Germany, Holland, France, England, and Italy. On numerous
occasions their dance couples became national champions and represented Israel at the World and European Championships. Shortly after arrival to United
States they opened their own dance studio that has grown tremendously and
become the biggest junior dance studio in New England. By virtue of having
satisfactorily passed the Examinations required by the Council of the United
Kingdom Alliance of Professional Teachers of Dancing and Lithuanian Union of
Dance Sport Professionals Emil and Ruta were granted the Distinctive Member
Title in Ballroom and Latin American Dancing.
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Adjudicators, Cont’d
Russell Jackson
Russell, a native of Manchester, England, has been dancing since the age of five
and was brought up among a long line of ballroom dancers. Russell was a Youth
Latin Finalist, a Junior United Kingdom Formation Champion, and performed
in the Royal Variety Show for Princess Margaret and Prince Henry. He appeared
in the television show ‘Come Dancing’ and many other United Kingdom TV
shows. He is a United Kingdom, European, and World Showdance Finalist and
has trained United Kingdom, European, and World Showdance couples and
Formation Champions. Russell is known for his choreography and has produced
professional shows at prestigious competitions across the United States. Since
coming to the United States in 1996, Russell has trained the United States Lindy
Hop Champions, worked at Fred Astaire Dance Studio, co-founded Supershag
Productions, worked with Supershag Mega Dance Complex, and coached the
Brandeis Ballroom Dance Team for two years. Russell is qualified to teach and
adjudicate all four styles of ballroom dance. He is a member of the United
Kingdom Alliance of Teachers of Dance (UKA), the National Dance Council of
America (NDCA). He is currently training social and competitive dance couples,
amateur formation and showdance teams, and working with and alongside
predominant dance studios within the United States and England.
Julius Kaiser
Julius, long time head coach for the Harvard Ballroom Team, is an inductee to
the U.S.Dancesport Hall of Fame, a Fellow in ISTD Modern, a Licentiate in
ISTD Latin, a Four-Time Recipient of Life Achievement Awards, and an Honorary Board Member of the ISTD. He is also an Honorary Lifetime Member of
Harvard Ballroom.
Armin Kappacher
Armin is a former North American Professional Latin Rising Star Champion. He
placed seventh at the U.S. Professional Championships and fourth in the Rising
Star. Armin is the owner and director of the Fred Astaire Dance Studio Boston.
Tibor Kerekes
Tibor Kerekes is brings over 20 years of dance experience to his dance instruction. He is passionate about helping people express themselves through dance.
He is certified in International Standard, International Latin, American Smooth,
American Rhythm and Theater Arts. Students say that his zeal inspires them
to overcome their inhibitions and become better dancers. A Hungarian native,
The 17th Annual Harvard Invitational Ballroom Dance Competition
Adjudicators, Cont’d
before coming to America to work at the Fred Astaire Dance Studio, Tibor was
a member of Hungary’s prestigious National Formation Team, which led him
to seek a career in professional ballroom dance. Tibor was a three-time finalist
in the Hungarian Grand Prix, a semi-finalist in the 10-Dance World Cup, and
a three-time third place finalist in the Hungarian 10-Dance Championship. A
choreographer and a seasoned dance professional with a focus on Ballroom and
Latin dance, Tibor is also accomplished in theater arts and acrobatics, including
lifts and aerials. Tibor is co-owner of SuperShag Mega Dance Complex.
Olga Kinnard
Olga started her training at the age of five as a Rhythmic gymnast in St. Petersburg, Russia. She was selected from a hundreds of girls to become a part of a
very special training team designed to produce the Future Olympic Athletes.
Olga started dancing Latin after moving to US. During that time she graduated
Magna Cum Laude from Tufts University. She moved to New York City to train
intensively in Latin American Dancing. Among her accomplishments are the
following: World Professional South American Show dance finalist, Canadian
Professional Latin Vice Champion, UK and US Rising Star Professional Latin finalist, North American Professional Rising Star Latin Champion, Ohio Star Ball
Professional Latin Rising Star Champion. She is the co-founder of the Dance
Republic LLC.
Jennifer and Stanley McCalla
Jennifer and Stanley McCalla are both national & World Class Adjudicators and
highly sought-after coaches. They both have been on the Fred Astaire National
Dance Board since 1997. Stanley is also a dance board examiner for FADS and
the official coach for New York University, Columbia University, and Renssealer
Polytechnique Institute. They each hold the highest levels of accreditation from
both FADS and the ISTD. As competitors they were four-times United States
Amateur Champions and represented the US in Latin, Standard, and 10-Dance
Championships. They were undefeated Fred Astaire National Champions in
Smooth from 1995-1997 and won many Rising Star Championship Titles at
Eastern US in Standard, Latin, and Smooth, along with Smooth Rising Star
Titles at Ohio Star, Breakers, and the Texas Challenge. Stanley & Jennifer also
appeared in the movie Dance with me. They were assistant choreographers for
Adams Family II, and credited as ballroom consultants in the late movie the
Stepford wives.
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Adjudicators, Cont’d
Larinda McRaven
Larinda, originally from Jefferson City, Missouri, was introduced to ballroom
dancing when she attended college at Southwest Missouri State, eventually obtaining a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Theatre and Stage Performance. Although the
university did not have a ballroom program, a local studio provided her with
training and inspired her to pursue dancing as a career. Larinda McRaven was
the 2004 North American Smooth Champion, and a four time Open United
States Finalist and Ohio Star Ball Finalist, with over 150 championship and
competition wins and titles. She holds extensive certifications from the ISTD
and Terpsichore. She now co-owns Avanti Ballroom in Newton Massachusetts
and travels to coach and judge around the U.S.
Russell Monk
Russell Monk is a former British and Scottish Closed Champion, finalist in the
World, European, UK, and International Championships. Russell is a world-class
adjudicator in International Latin.
Johnny Nigro
Johnny has been a three-time Standard Champion at Classique de Quebec, a
Championship Standard Champion at the Heritage Classic, and a Championship
Standard Finalist at the United States DanceSport Championships. He has been
inspired by some of ballroom’s greats, including his current coaches Luana Conte
and Charlotte Jorgenson. His role models have motivated him to teach and to
share his enthusiasm, passion and understanding of dance. In addition to teaching
at Studio 665, John is involved with MASSabda/USA Dance and has served
as the former President of Board of Directors of the Northeast Winter Dance
Camp. Johnny continues to compete in pro-am competitions throughout the
United States and Canada. He is available for Ballroom instruction, showcase,
and competitive dance choreography. Johnny particularly enjoys working with
competitive ballroom and new dance students. His competitive dance titles include: Classique de Quebec, Montreal, Canada: Three-time Standard Champion, Heritage Classic, Ashville, NC: Championship Standard Champion, United
States DanceSport Championships, Miami, FL: Champion Standard Finalist.
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R1
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R2
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R2
R2
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R3
R3
R3
R3
R1
R1
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LAT I N
R1
R1
R1
R2
R2
R2
R1
R1
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Q
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Time
( C O N T I N U E D)
Round
OPEN
Event
Doors Open
Line-Up for Event 1
01 - Bronze - CC
02 - Bronze - RU
03 - Bronze - SW
01 - Bronze - CC
02 - Bronze - RU
03 - Bronze - SW
04 - Silver - CC/RU
05 - Silver - SW
01 - Bronze - CC
02 - Bronze - RU
03 - Bronze - SW
04 - Silver - CC/RU
05 - Silver - SW
01 - Bronze - CC
02 - Bronze - RU
03 - Bronze - SW
04 - Silver - CC/RU
05 - Silver - SW
06 - Gold - CC/RU/SW
07 - Gold - BO/MB
01 - Bronze - CC
02 - Bronze - RU
03 - Bronze - SW
04 - Silver - CC/RU
05 - Silver - SW
06 - Gold - CC/RU/SW
07 - Gold - BO/MB
Rhythm Awards
08 - Bronze - CC
09 - Bronze - SM
10 - Bronze - RU
11 - Bronze - JI
08 - Bronze - CC
09 - Bronze - SM
10 - Bronze - RU
11 - Bronze - JI
12 - Silver - CC/RU
13 - Silver - SM/JI
14 - Silver - PD
12 - Silver - CC/RU
13 - Silver - SM/JI
14 - Silver - PD
08 - Bronze - CC
09 - Bronze - SM
10 - Bronze - RU
11 - Bronze - JI
15 - Gold - CC/RU
16 - Gold - SM/JI
17 - Gold - PD
08 - Bronze - CC
09 - Bronze - SM
10 - Bronze - RU
11 - Bronze - JI
12 - Silver - CC/RU
1:42 PM
1:50 PM
1:54 PM
2:02 PM
2:10 PM
2:12 PM
2:14 PM
2:16 PM
2:18 PM
2:22 PM
2:26 PM
2:28 PM
2:32 PM
2:36 PM
2:40 PM
2:42 PM
2:58 PM
3:00 PM
3:02 PM
3:04 PM
3:06 PM
3:14 PM
3:16 PM
3:20 PM
3:24 PM
3:26 PM
3:36 PM
3:40 PM
3:44 PM
3:46 PM
4:11 PM
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4:31 PM
4:35 PM
4:55 PM
5:05 PM
5:23 PM
5:13 PM
5:25 PM
5:35 PM
BALL
LAT I N
RHYTHM
Time
7:00 AM
7:50 AM
8:00 AM
8:10 AM
8:20 AM
8:30 AM
8:36 AM
8:42 AM
8:48 AM
9:00 AM
9:06 AM
9:10 AM
9:14 AM
9:18 AM
9:26 AM
9:30 AM
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9:34 AM
9:36 AM
9:40 AM
9:42 AM
9:42 AM
9:46 AM
9:48 AM
9:50 AM
9:52 AM
9:56 AM
9:58 AM
10:04 AM
10:08 AM
10:24 AM
10:36 AM
10:46 AM
10:58 AM
11:08 AM
11:14 AM
11:20 AM
11:26 AM
11:32 AM
11:52 AM
12:12 PM
12:20 PM
12:32 PM
12:44 PM
12:52 PM
12:56 PM
1:00 PM
1:04 PM
1:08 PM
1:16 PM
1:24 PM
1:26 PM
1:28 PM
1:30 PM
1:32 PM
1:34 PM
6:30 PM
7:00 PM
7:14 PM
7:16 PM
7:32 PM
8:08 PM
8:09 PM
8:23 PM
8:25 PM
8:49 PM
9:05 PM
9:20 PM
10:00 PM
10:25 PM
12:00 AM
Event
13 - Silver - SM/JI
14 - Silver - PD
15 - Gold - CC/RU
16 - Gold - SM/JI
08 - Bronze - CC
09 - Bronze - SM
10 - Bronze - RU
11 - Bronze - JI
12 - Silver - CC/RU
13 - Silver - SM/JI
14 - Silver - PD
Open Latin Warmup
15 - Gold - CC/RU
16 - Gold - SM/JI
17 - Gold - PD
18 - Pre-Champ - CC/SM/RU/JI
08 - Bronze - CC
09 - Bronze - SM
10 - Bronze - RU
11 - Bronze - JI
18 - Pre-Champ - CC/SM/RU/JI
19 - Pre-Champ - PD
12 - Silver - CC/RU
13 - Silver - SM/JI
14 - Silver - PD
20 - Champ - CC/SM/RU/PD/JI
15 - Gold - CC/RU
16 - Gold - SM/JI
17 - Gold - PD
Latin Awards
Open Standard Warmup
22 - Pre-Champ - WA/TA/FT/QS
23 - Pre-Champ - VW
24 - Champ - WA/TA/VW/FT/QS
Fun Dance
22 - Pre-Champ - WA/TA/FT/QS
23 - Pre-Champ - VW
24 - Champ - WA/TA/VW/FT/QS
Presentation of Finalists
Dinner Break
Doors Open for Hanlon-Ford Ball
22 - Pre-Champ - WA/TA/FT/QS
23 - Pre-Champ - VW
21 - Open - CC/RU/SW/BO/MB
24 - Champ - WA/TA/VW/FT/QS
Formation Team Competition
18 - Pre-Champ - CC/SM/RU/JI
19 - Pre-Champ - PD
25 - Open - WA/TA/FT/VW
20 - Champ - CC/SM/RU/PD/JI
Open Awards
General Dancing
Ieva & Linas!
General Dancing
Good Night!
Times are Approximate. Please be in the ballroom ready to dance at least 45 minutes prior to your Event.
Round
Q
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Q
S
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S
S
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Q
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Time
NEWCOMER
Event
Doors Open
Line-Up for Event 26
26 - Bronze - WA
27 - Bronze - TA
28 - Bronze - FT
29 - Bronze - QS
26 - Bronze - WA
27 - Bronze - TA
28 - Bronze - FT
29 - Bronze - QS
30 - Silver - WA/QS
31 - Silver - FT/TA
32 - Silver - VW
30 - Silver - WA/QS
31 - Silver - FT/TA
32 - Silver - VW
26 - Bronze - WA
27 - Bronze - TA
28 - Bronze - FT
29 - Bronze - QS
33 - Gold - WA/QS
34 - Gold - FT/TA
35 - Gold - VW
26 - Bronze - WA
27 - Bronze - TA
28 - Bronze - FT
29 - Bronze - QS
30 - Silver - WA/QS
31 - Silver - FT/TA
32 - Silver - VW
33 - Gold - WA/QS
34 - Gold - FT/TA
35 - Gold - VW
26 - Bronze - WA
27 - Bronze - TA
28 - Bronze - FT
29 - Bronze - QS
30 - Silver - WA/QS
31 - Silver - FT/TA
32 - Silver - VW
33 - Gold - WA/QS
34 - Gold - FT/TA
35 - Gold - VW
26 - Bronze - WA
27 - Bronze - TA
28 - Bronze - FT
29 - Bronze - QS
30 - Silver - WA/QS
31 - Silver - FT/TA
32 - Silver - VW
33 - Gold - WA/QS
34 - Gold - FT/TA
35 - Gold - VW
SMOOTH
STAN DAR D
Time
8:00 AM
8:50 AM
9:00 AM
9:12 AM
9:22 AM
9:34 AM
9:44 AM
9:52 AM
9:58 AM
10:04 AM
10:10 AM
10:30 AM
10:50 AM
11:00 AM
11:12 AM
11:24 AM
11:30 AM
11:34 AM
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39 - Newcomer - SW
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45 - Gold - WA/TA/FT/VW
40 - Bronze - WA
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42 - Bronze - FT
43 - Silver - WA/TA
44 - Silver - FT
45 - Gold - WA/TA/FT/VW
Smooth Awards
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The 17th Annual Harvard Invitational Ballroom Dance Competition
Adjudicators, Cont’d
Mark & Dawna Nocera
Mark and Dawna have achieved outstanding success in both National and
International Professional Dancesport competitions. They have been North
American Champions, United States Vice-Champions, Semi-finalists at the
World Professional 10-Dance Championships, and United Kingdom 10-Dance
Finalists. Retired now from professional competition, Mark and Dawna serve as
members of the Dance Teachers Club of Boston, North American Dance Teachers
Association, and the World Dance and Dance Sport Council. Furthermore,
both Mark and Dawna have attained the National Dance Council of America’s
classification as World Class Adjudicators. Since 1984, Mark and Dawna have
been owners of Studio 665 in Woburn, MA, where they coach competitive
amateur and professional dancers. Their students have placed among the top
three in the U.S. National Championships. Also, they are head coaches of the
Tufts University Ballroom Dance Team, which is among the best collegiate
dance teams in New England. In addition to their active involvement with the
dance community, they co-organize Boston ’s Eastern United States Dancesport
Championships debuting February 8-10th 2008.
Gail Rundlett
Gail Rundlett, director of Tempo Dance Center, is a former New England
Professional Champion and holds a BS in Physical Education, as well as Associate
& Licentiate degrees in both Ballroom and Latin from the Imperial Society of
Teachers of Dance.
Helle Rusholt
Helle started dancing at the age of 3 in Denmark. She trained in Ballroom,
Tap, Ballet and Jazz. At the age of 17 she joined the performing group at her
dancing school and did her first big tour in Thailand. Since then she has toured
3 times in Thailand, Kenya and across Europe. In 1994 she moved to London to
concentrate purely on Latin dancing and trained with some of the best coaches
in the world. In 1998 she turned Professional. Her results include: South of
England Champion, Danish Championship Finalist, UK Rising Star Finalist,
Celtic Classic Finalist, Danish Representative in the Worlds and European
Championship, and Quarterfinalist at the International Championships. In May
2000, she moved to Boston to teach Ballroom dancing. She taught at a local
dance studio, at MIT and at Harvard. In January 2002 Helle joined Burn The
Floor and went on tour in USA, Australia and Japan. Helle is the Co-Owner,
Artistic Director and Master Instructor of Extreme Dancesport. In addition,
Helle currently coaches the Boston University Ballroom Dance Team, UCONN
Ballroom Dance Team, and the Tufts Ballroom Dance Team.
The 17th Annual Harvard Invitational Ballroom Dance Competition
Adjudicators, Cont’d
Mark Sheldon
Mark, with his partner Didi von Deck, has represented the United States at 7
World Championships and at the 2001 World Games. His titles include 5-time
undefeated US Senior Ballroom Champion, North American Senior Champion,
Northeast US Amateur and Senior Champion, Belgian Open Senior Champion,
US National Amateur finalist, 3-time British Open (Blackpool) Senior finalist, International Senior finalist, Rising Star finalist. In addition to being a
dance coach, Mark has a PhD in Computer Science from MIT and is a visiting
professor at Wellesley College.
Andrè Strinadko
Andrè started dancing and competing at the age of six. He was a finalist and a
winner in all major Ukrainian Championships. After moving to New York City
at the age of 15, he began studying Latin, ballet and contemporary dance with
some of the best coaches in the world. Before turning professional, Andrè was a
finalist and a winner of some of the most prestigious competitions in the USA
including US National Championships and Ohio Star Ball. He performed in
several Broadway shows including Louis Van Amstel’s “Latin Fusion”. Andrè is
actively competing in the Professional Latin, South American Showdance and
Cabaret divisions. He is a co-founder of Dance Republic, LLC.
The Harvard Ballroom Dance Team
thanks
Eiko Onagi,
Amanda Ashcraft, &
Larinda McRaven
for their generous donation of
scholarship prizes
GOOD LUCK
UMASS LOWELL
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The 17th Annual Harvard Invitational Ballroom Dance Competition
The 17th Annual Harvard Invitational Ballroom Dance Competition
History OF PROFESSIONAL PERFORMANCES
2007 Peter & Kristina Stokkebroe (Latin)
2006 Mariko Cantley, Russell Jackson, Tibor Kerekes,
Vivian Lessa, Larinda McRaven, Peter Walker, &
Rachel Whitney (Choreographed by Diana
Macdonald, Gary Macdonald, Paul Holmes, &
Marianne Nicole)
2005 Rachel Whitney, Tibor Kerekes, & Peter
Walker (Tango)
2004 Andrej Skufca & Katarina Venturini (Latin)
2003 Louis Van Amstel & Katarzyna Kozak (Latin)
2002 James & Janna Kunitz (Latin)
Alex Chalkevitch & Larissa Korbel (Standard)
John Ford & Marguerite Hanlon (Ballroom)
2001 Paul Ru Bao & Jennifer Zhu Zheng (Latin)
Diego Di Falco & Carolina Zolaski (Tango)
2000 Alan & Donna Shingler (Standard)
Eugene Katsevman & Maria Manusova (Latin)
1999 Janathan Wilkins & Katusha Demidova (Standard)
Zach Kholstoy & Victoria Sevastyanova (Latin)
Max Kholstoy & Sonya Beletsky
1998 Alex Fung & Jennifer Fung (Standard)
Ferenc Nemeth & Gabriella Takacs (Latin)
1997 Victor Fung & Tiffany Fung (Standard)
Eugene Katsevman & Maria Manusova (Latin)
1996 Tom Keller & Evelyn Lafferty (Standard)
1995 Peter Collins & Amy Cousing (Standard)
Ferenc Nemeth & Gabrialla Takacs (Latin)
1994 Greg Dudda & Peggy Sheehan (Latin)
1993 John & Ellie McKey (Standard)
John Ford & Marguerite Hanlon (Ballroom)
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The 17th Annual Harvard Invitational Ballroom Dance Competition
LIST OF COMPETITORS
101 (MIT) Dmitry Abanin & Kateryna Kukuruza
102 (Champions Studio) Tim Abbott & Melissa Salpietra
103 (U Mass-Amherst) Ashik Abdul & Katherine Lewis
104 (Harvard) Michael Ahs & Jessica Rossi & Patrice Scipio
105 (BU) Erik Akhtar & Dana Gannon
106 (Brown) Andrea Allgood & Julia Perez
107 (UC Berkeley) Argel Almaguer & Stacy Javellana
108 (MIT) Wei An & Olga Rostapshova & Yaa-Lirng Tu
109 (U Mass-Lowell) Mary Angeleri & Sarah Beals
110 (Yale) Jie Bai & Amy Liao & Yihong Zhu
111 (Brown) Derek Bangle & Shan Che & Margaret Puelle
112 (Harvard) Alexander Barabanschikov & Ilona Budapesti
113 (MIT) Alexandra Barry & Martin Couturier
114 (Harvard) Eric Batchelor & Nina Baier & Patrice Scipio
115 (Harvard) Konrad Binienda & Jenny Chen
116 (RIC) Aleksandr Biyevetskiy & Kristin Bianco
117 (Seacoast) John Blanchette & Marie Demicco
118 Kara Blaney & Jaimie Reed
119 Andy Boothe & Laura Blackburn (UT Austin)
120 (Tufts) Zachary Bordonaro & Vicki Gilbert
121 (NYU) Milen Bourilkov & Linda Chen & Erin Fiorey &
Bernadette Malpaya
122 (Harvard) Uri Braun & Maria Artunduaga & Ekaterina
Maslova
123 (NYU) Jackson Brebnor & Joy Finerson & Sophia
Saunders-Jones & Catherine Zhu
124 (UT Austin) Josh Brewster & Lindsay LeBlanc
125 Chris Broderick & Quinn Burgess
126 (Holy Cross) Aaron Brosnan & Lyndsey Boekenkamp
127 (RPI) John Brucker & Allison Keefe
128 (U Mass-Amherst) Jon Bruso & Jessica Eaton
129 (Dance Fever) David Burakovsky & Michelle Ostrovsky
130 Jackie Callander
131 (URI) Brent Calvin
132 (UVA) Tyler Carbone & Claire Le Goues
133 (Harvard) Suneel Chakravorty & Elyse Kelley
134 (Harvard) Ilya Chalik & Jiao Guo & Vasiliki Katsarou
135 (UT Austin) Jenson Chan & Victoria Xu
136 Kenny Chan (MIT) & Bella Pindrus (Avanti)
137 (MIT) Steve Chan & Anna Miao & Sabrina Spencer
138 (NYU) Dhruva Chandramohan & Mimi Liu &
Catherine Zhu
139 Vikram Chandrasekhar (MIT) & Eileen Depakakibo
(MIT) & Bella Pindrus (Avanti)
140 Sean Changlai & Jackie Callander
141 (Extreme Dancesport) Aaron Chase & Katie Hinkle
142 (Tufts) Brian Chau & Natalie Koo & Janet Yeung
143 (Harvard) Albert Chen & Emily Fifer
144 (Olin) Kevin Cheng & Shannon Taylor
145 (U Mass-Lowell) Justin Chin & Mary Angeleri
146 (Yale) Ho Ming Chiu & Betty Li
147 Derek Chock & Laura Morrissey
148 (Harvard) Andy Choi & Vasiliki Katsarou & Fon
Wiruchnipawan
149 (MIT) Royson Chong & Ella Chan
150 (UC Berkeley) Jacob Chrisman & Wenjing Zheng
151 (UC Berkeley) Phillip Chung & Yaroslava Ryazanova
152 (Harvard) Jazahn Clevenger & Jiao Guo & Michelle
Seslar & Wei Zhong
153 (UT Austin) Andrew Coleman & Elaine Wang
154 (UConn Ballroom) George Cometa & Erin Townsend
155 (Colby) David Connick & Jordan Schoonover
156 Mike Creeden & Jessica Spink
157 (Bates) Daryn Daniluk & Margot Garnick & Alessandra
Guimaraes
158 (Harvard) Taylor Davidson & Shanshan Li & Jess Rossi
159 (WPI) Derrick DeConti & Genevieve Desaulniers
160 (MIT) Daniel Denis & Cicely Chen
161 Joseph Desloge & Elizabeth Wiellette
162 (MIT) Arun Devabhaktuni & Jacinda Zhong
163 (MIT) Andriy Didovyk &Yaa-Lirng Tu & Theresa Vallese
164 (Tufts) Don Dinh & Caroline Lovett
165 (UMassAmhrst)Kira Disen&Vanessa Ramirez&Lin Zhou
166 (Bates) John Downs & Margot Garnick
167 (MIT) Benedict Dsilva
168 (MIT) Mihai Duduta & Lauren Acker
169 (Bates) Kyle Enman & Erin Bonney
170 (Come Dancing) Tulga Ersal & Ilkin Ersal
171 (Brown) Ken Estrellas & Lusine Ovanesyan
172 (RLJ) Matthew Everitt & Emily Martin
173 Steven Everitt (RLJ) & April Geyer (Johnson & Wales
University)
174 (Tufts) Edward Fan & Jenny Zhang
175 (Harvard) Jonathan Fan & Anna Wagner
176 (Tufts) Justin Fan & Emily Newman
177 Mark Fan (Dance Republic) & Julia Gudish (Harvard)
178 (Yale) Yuhan Fang & Allison Robinson
179 Michael Fenton & Sandy Chen
180 (U Mass-Lowell) John Fertitta & Amy Lefavour
181 (NYU) Cesar Francia & Nataliz Jimenez & Alice Li &
Daniela Roda
182 (UC Berkeley) Dan Frank & Sharla Roberts
183 (WPI) Paul Freitas & Rashida Krigger
184 (MIT) Robin Friedman & Brittany Low
185 (Badger Ballroom) Samuel Friedman & Alina Jesien
186 (Hartwick)Michael Fueston&Mariel Glover&Erin Huber
187 (Tufts) Yung Fung & Yilun Li & Gina Sultan
188 (Dance Fever) Ron Garber & Sofiya Zaytseva
189 (Olin) David Gardner & Rachael Stedman
190 (Bates) Margot Garnick & Erin Faulder
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191 (NYU) Ilya Geldman & Cyndie-Dominique Massilon
192 Peter Gelzhinsky & Mila Burdan
193 (Dance Fever) Yuriy Gerzon & Lisa Lokshin
194 (Harvard) Zachary Gober & Shanshan Li & Jun Liu &
Chelsea Sloane
195 (NYU) Michael Gonzalez & Christina Li & Diana
Perdomo & Rachelle Reznikova
196 (Brandeis) Georgi Gospodinov & Veronica Peschansky
197 (MIT) Rebecca Graber & Kara Feilich
198 (UT Austin) Chris Green & Samantha Peters
199 (RPI) Jeff Green & Emily Meissen
200 (Harvard) Ben Greenburger & Jenny Chen
201 (UConn Ballroom) Justin Grego & Dongnhu Truong
202 (Harvard) Jim Griffeth & Wendy Morsberger
203 (UC Berkeley) Kevin Guan & Alison Ostendorf
204 (Stepping Out Studios) Justin Guerber & Toshiko Odaira
205 (UT Austin) Nathaniel Gulick & Serena Loftus
206 (UC Berkeley) Elijah Guo & Katrina Hong
207 (Harvard) George Guo & Tobyn Aaron & Victoria
Chernow & Elizabeth Guo
208 (Harvard) Daniel Haas & Aleksandra Kuczmarska
209 (Brown) Daniel Hackney & Andrea Allgood & Olga
Koshevaya & Cansu Ocak & Julia Perez
210 (UMass-Amherst) Jeff Hajibandeh & Marjan Hajibandeh
211 (NYU)Khan Hannan&Alina Koltunova&Alissa Saoutina
212 (Harvard) Jan Haubrich & Irina Danilova
213 (Hartwick) Andrew Haverly & Sarabeth Henderson &
Emma Jacobson & Jennifer Ray
214 David Hayes & Felicia Hayes
215 (Harvard) Matthew Hegreness & Trang Nguyen
216 (Hartwick) Sarabeth Henderson & Jennifer Ray
217 (UC Berkeley) Aaron Ho & Mio Katayama
218 (Champions Dance Center) Valentine Hodgman &
Melodie Crawford
219 (MIT) Ron Hoffmann & Tharathorn Rimchala
220 (RPI) Jeffrey Honan & Olivia Lau
221 (NYU) Chih Hong Wang
222 (NYU) Zachariah Horan & Jamie Schiffer
223 Mo-Han Hsieh (MIT) & Melissa Towler (SuperShag)
224 (MIT) Carl Hu & Olga Shevnyuk
225 (Bates) Kyle Hutton & Mimi Sanada
226 (U Mass-Amherst) Bodhi Hwang & Kelly Donohue
227 (UC Berkeley) Michael Hwang & Megan Hsu
228 Filip Ilievski (MIT) & Adriana Tajonar (Extreme)
229 (Harvard) Alexander Isakov & Julia Fifer
230 (Harvard) Chris Jackson & Madison Shelton
231 (Hartwick) Emma Jacobson&Erin Huber & Jennifer Ray
232 (U Mass-Lowell) Ed Jahngen & Pam Jahngen
233 (RLJ) Edson Jeune & Cristina Pacheco
234 (U Mass-Lowell) Xiaolu Jing & Niva Kallus & Lei Zhao
235 (MIT) Maxim Kalashnikov & Darya Nachinkina
236 (U Mass-Lowell) Niva Kallus & Heather Sweeney
237 (Harvard) Raymond Kam & Debbie Chang
238 (U Bridgeport) Nick Karter & Dieudonnee Agbemabiese
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249 (UC Berkeley) Alex Kovacic & Jessica Park
250 (U Mass-Amherst) Jesse Kowak
251 (MIT) Anthony Kozloff & Aura Shoval
252 (Dance Fever) Phillip Kudryavtsev & Jessica Shrayber
253 (Harvard) Karl Kuryla & Sara Ewbank
254 (Yale) Kiet Lam & Jie Zhang
255 (Harvard) Billy Lau & Michelle Seslar
256 (Brown) Jensen Law & Shan Che & Hilary Johnson
257 (NYU) Brian Lawton & Michelle Pomeroy & Sarah
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258 (Tufts) Ben Leatham & Julia Wagner
259 Josh Lee (NYU) & Danielle Rayzberg (Syracuse)
260 (NYU) Kenny Lee & Erin Fiorey & Alice Li & Maryam
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261 (Yale) Rachel Lee & Yuhan Fang
262 (MIT) Adam Lerer & Zhao Chen
263 (RPI) Biyu Li & Jennifer Rubel
264 (MIT) Jing Li & Yangfang Wang
265 (U Mass-Lowell) Xiaopeng Li & Shuwen Liu
266 Kani Liao & Anna Chaldysheva
267 (MIT) William Liteplo & Efrosyni Iosiphidis
268 (MIT) John Liu
269 (Harvard) Victoria Liu & Thomas Miller
270 Yuen-Jong Liu (Yale) & Eileen Depakakibo (MIT) & Theresa Vallese (MIT)
271 (UConn Ballroom) Elizabeth Lombard & Tracey Friss &
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272 (UConn Ballroom) Christopher Lovell & Victoria Baczek
273 (MIT) Brad Lowe & Ada Lipkin
274 (UC Berkeley) Ben Luber & Rose Whitson
275 Arthur Lue (Harvard/MIT) & Ekaterina Lesnaia (MIT)
276 Robert Lychev & Diana Jaunzeikare
277 (UC Berkeley) Magnus Magnusson & Alina Goldenberg
278 (Ballroom off Fifth) Vasyl Makarov & Grace Fu
279 (Tufts) Allistair Mallillin & Yilun Li & Janet Yeung
280 (NYU) Jayson Mamaclay & Micki Balder & Angela Zhu
281 (Champions Dance Studio) Zaur Mamedov & Olessia
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282 (U Mass-Amherst) Jennifer Marks & Katherine Person
283 (NYU) Charles Mathis & Meagan Otoole
284 (UC Berkeley) Nicholas Matlis & Casey Palmer
285 Andrew Maury (Johnson & Wales University) & Mary
Amirault (RIC)
286 (MIT) Jeff McCollum & Theu Dinh & Josie Lee & YaaLirng Tu & Xiumin Zeng
287 (MIT) Jedediah McProud & Kristin Glab
288 (Bates) Anna Meader & Leigh Krueger
289 (MIT) Bjorn Millard & Esther Rheinbay
290 (Harvard) Thomas Miller & Julia Fifer
291 (Dance Fever) Jean-Philippe Milot & Laurence Bolduc
292 Michael Mintz & Laura Dipietro (MIT) & Marie Le
Clair (MIT)
293 (NYU) Leroy Mobley & Elizabeth Gingrich & Sarah
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294 Angelo Mondragon & Samantha Hernandez
295 (MIT) Daniel Montana & Kristie D’Ambrosio &
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296 (MIT) Brad Morrison & Esther Kalashnikova
297 (MIT) Ben Moss & Jing Wang
298 (Harvard) Colin Motley & Kim Freiler
299 (Stepping Out Studios) Eiichiro Nagahama & Michiyo
Nagahama
300 (RLJ) Alex Nemiroski & Ilana Keselman
301 Louis Neveux & Kelsey White
302 (Yale) Yauchung Ng & Ting Ting Yan
303 (Columbia) Key Nguyen & Valenrina Soo
304 (UConn Ballroom) DJ Niedober & Timea Mate
305 (MIT) Daniyar Nurgaliev & Helen Wu
306 (U Bridgeport) Emeka Nwajagu & Emi Koyama &
Farida Kwaji & Subrina Thompson
307 (U Mass-Amherst) Matt O’Donnell & Roberta Dezousa
308 Michael Obara & Jayne Pawasauskas
309 (Brown) Cansu Ocak & Olga Koshevaya
310 Gabe Odess & Jessica Cucco & Jaimie Reed
311 Stephen Ogletree & Jill Kuzniarek
312 Muyiwa Ogunnika (MIT) & Tracey Friss (UConn) &
Patricia Hao (MIT) & Shannon McArdel (MIT)
313 Eiko Onagi
314 (U Mass-Amherst) P.J. Ouma & Hannah Kenna
315 (U Mass-Amherst) Jose Pacheco & Lena Harwood
316 (UConn Ballroom) James Palmer & Abby Lund
317 (U Bridgeport) Gregory Panas & Kathleen Engelmann
318 (U Bridgeport) Shalin Pandya & Dieudonnee
Agbemabiese & Emi Koyama
319 (Bentley) Anton Panov & Sonia Sedova
320 (Bates) Claire Parker & Katherine Taylor
321 (U Mass-Amherst) Anthony Partensky & Susanne Feld
322 (UConn Ballroom) Adam Peacock & Lauren DellaFera
& Andrea Raynor & Laura Rowley
323 (Brown) Julia Perez & Cansu Ocak
324 (MIT) Marco Perez & Sophia Yuditskaya
325 (WPI) Matthew Perrone & Roxanne Skowran
326 (Brown) William Pfaff & Andrea Allgood & Olga
Koshevaya & Cansu Ocak & Julia Perez
327 (Harvard)Alexander Pfannenberg & Henrike Bangemann
328 (MIT) Tuan Phan & Angie Chen
329 Kelvin Pho & Michelle Hsieh (UT Austin)
330 (Bates) Cameron Picton & Dana Burgard
331 (MIT) Grigore Pintilie & Josie Lee & Amanda Shing
332 (Dance Fever) Jeff Plotkin & Louisa Gorbatov
333 (U Mass-Amherst) Keais Pope & Julia Schechter
334 (Harvard) Eric Portales & Tracey Shi
335 (U Mass-Amherst) Banu Prihartonio & Anna Margolin
336 (Harvard) Harrison Pugh & Tsotso Ablorh
337 Angeline Punwani & Kika Piazza Cecilie Pope
338 (Yale) Yelin Qiu & Amy Liao & Yihong Zhu
339 (Harvard) Victor Quiroz & Maria Artunduaga & Eylem
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340 Jaimie Reed & Kara Blaney
341 (UConn Ballroom) Brian Remmers
342 (Yale) Yuan Ren & Yana Asenova
343 (U Mass-Lowell) Charlette Renault-Caragianes &
Christine Gakuya
344 (Tufts)Christopher Rice&Kate Cassidy & Nina De Britto
345 (NYU) Ryan Rockomore & Mary-Grace Papatheodorou
& Courtney Pease
346 (Tufts) Thomas Rodda & Lisa Cerrone
347 (UConn Ballroom) Jonathan Rosen & Deborah Chesser
& Laura Rowley
348 (Studio665) David Roxe & Angela Shi439 (U MassAmherst) Greg schwartz & Mitali Biswas
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349 (Harvard) Jung Sakong & Lijuan Feng
350 (NYU) Alex Salcianu
351 (Tufts) James Sampson & Carolyn Kwa & Caroline
Woodruff
352 (Harvard) Adrian Sanborn & Victoria Chernow & Lu
Wang & Lauren Weiss
353 (Olin) Roberto Santana & Carisa Leal
354 (NYU) Sophia Saunders-Jones & Alex Salcianu
355 (Yale) William Schmidt & Cecelia Chen
356 (Tufts) Ben Schneider&Noriko Aizawa & Iris Dupanovic
357 (MIT) Miriam Schoenfield & Xavier Rios
358 (NYU) Eugene Schwartz & Frances Felske & Daniela
Roda & Vicki Zaretsky
359 (UConn) Jason Seabury & Courtney Delmonico
360 (Harvard) Matt Setless & Ashley Grand
361 (U Mass-Lowell) Mark Sherman & Heather Martin
362 (UC Berkeley) David Shis & Stephanie Yang
363 (Dance Fever) Myron Shneider & Marina Shkuratov
364 (Hatwick) Matthew Shoudy & Mariel Glover & Sarabeth
Henderson & Erin Huber
365 (U Mass-Lowell) Anshuman Shrivastava & Parisa
Mohajeri
366 Kareem Shuman & Rose Yan (Harvard)
367 (Dance Fever) Ariel Shvartsman & Valentina Barboy
368 (Tufts) Charles Skold & Paige Haverstock
369 (Harvard) Chelsea Sloane & Billy Lau
370 (Syracuse University) Rachel Slotnick & Samantha Logue
371 (Brandeis) Caleb Smith & Carolyn Burns
372 (Come Dancing) Jason Smith & Yelena Kleyman-Smith
373 (NC State University) Robert Snyder & Keeley Stevens
374 Emily Sokolosky & May Petrov
375 (U Mass-Lowell) William Sokolowsky & Katherine
Bancroft
376 (Tufts) Jon Soriano & Lumay Wang
377 Matt Sorrentino & Sharon Kuhn
378 Timothy Sorrentino (URI) & Yan Zhao (MIT)
379 Alexander Spencer & Katarzyna Herink
380 (Brown) Hans Sprecher & Hilary Johnson & Savonya
McAllister
381 (U Bridgeport) Brandon Stark & Dieudonnee
Agbemabiese & Subrina Thompson & Catherine York
382 (UC Berkeley) Lev Stefanovich & Sabrina David
383 (MIT) Benedikt Stein & Nika McManus & Emily Pace
384 Arkadiy Stepanchuk (Baruch College Dance Passion) &
Jacqueline Dikansky (Dance Passion)
385 (RPI) Thomas Strandbygaard & Courtney Moore
386 (MIT) Christopher Stratton & Li Lin
387 (UC Berkeley) Donovan Sung & Dianna Lee
388 (SuperShag) Satoru Toga & Ye Wu
389 (RPI) Teddy Tablante & Rebecca Thakar
390 (Harvard) Shervin Tabrizi & Elizabeth Guo
391 (U Bridgeport) Rajendra Tadvi & Dieudonnee
Agbemabiese & Subrina Thompson & Catherine York
392 Ryan Taliaferro (Harvard) & Susan Smith (MIT)
393 LK Tam (Yale) & Miyako Igari (Brown)
394 (Tufts) Amit Tamba & Elena Murray
395 (Ilta Dance Studio) Bryan Tello & Alexa Rabin
396 (Harvard) Steve Teng & Lindsay Liles
397 Asher Tenn-McClellan (BU) & Cindy Ko (Extreme)
398 (Olin) Derek Thurmer & Julia Buck
400 (U Mass-Lowell) Bryan Tran & Nelly Vladimirsky
401 (Hatwick) Michael Trembacz & Nancy Andrist
402 (NYU) Olegik Tretyakoff & Lindsey Healey
403 (Tufts) Alyssa Trevelyan & Monica Wong
404 (Brown) Dina Tsukrov & Savonya McAllister
405 (MIT) Victor Tu
406 (URI) Kevin Turco & Lauren Poston
407 (UT Austin) Vinod Valsalam & Laura Yonemoto
408 (MIT) Donny Van & Dayna Chow
409 (MIT) James Vanzo & Shannon McArdel
410 (MIT) Siarhei Vaurynovich & Willa Chen
411 (Tufts) Andrew Vincent & Sonia Petecka
412 (MIT) Milan Vit & Amanda Davis
413 (Harvard) Andrew Vitvitsky & Ekaterina Maslova
414 (RPI) Rich Wadland & Katherine Southard
415 (Yale) Howard Wang
416 (U Bridgeport) Milind Wankhede & Emi Koyama &
Farida Kwaji
417 (Colby) David Way & Maria Ramrath
418 (MIT) Jeffrey Wei & Yun-Han Huang
419 (UC Berkeley) Alex Williams & Malia Javier
420 (UConn Ballroom) Alan Wong & Amy Friss & Tracey
Friss & Andrea Raynor
421 (Tufts) Monica Wong & Alyssa Trevelyan
422 (Harvard) Victor Wong & Ariana Park
423 (Extreme Dancesport) Emil Wyss & Arie Wyss
424 (Columbia) Jeremy Xia & Catherine Woo
425 (Yale) Yu Xia & Ifigeneia Derekli
426 (MIT) David Xie & Esther Kalashnikova
427 (UConn) Chester Yazwinski III & Yasmin Spiegel
428 Cecily Yeager
429 (UC Berkeley) Gabriel Yeganyan & Kristin Hornick
430 (MIT) Ran Yi & Olga Rostapshova
431 Carlton Young (RLJ) & Brittany Falconer (BU)
432 (Colby) Zach Zalinger & Alexandra Desaulniers
433 (MIT) Chang Zhang & Pavithra Rajagopalan
434 (NYU) George Zhang
435 (Columbia) Jason Zhang & Teresa Lii
436 (Harvard) Weiqi Zhang & Lauren Weiss
437 (Harvard) Steven Zhu & Nina Baier & Jun Liu
438 (UConn Ballroom) Mark Zipadelli & Sara Winar
435 (Columbia) Jason Zhang & Teresa Lii
436 (Harvard) Weiqi Zhang & Lauren Weiss
437 (Harvard) Steven Zhu & Nina Baier & Jun Liu
438 (UConn Ballroom) Mark Zipadelli & Sara Winar
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AFFILIATIONS
Avanti
Badger Ballroom Dance Team
Ballroom off Fifth
Baruch College Dance Passion
Bates College
Bentley
Boston University
Brandeis Ballroom Dance Team
Brown Ballroom
Cal Ballroom Dance
Champions Dance Center
Champions Dance Studio
Colby College
Columbia University
Come Dancing
Dance Fever Studio
Dance Passion
Dance Republic
Extreme Dancesport
Hartwick College
Harvard University
Holy Cross
Ilta Dance Studio
Ithaca College
Johnson & Wales University
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
NC State University
New York University
Olin College
RLJ
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Rhode Island College
Seacoast Ballroom
Stepping Out Studios
Studio665
SuperShag Mega Dance Complex
Syracuse University
Tufts University
UConn Ballroom
University of Bridgeport
University of Massachusetts, Amherst
University of Massachusetts, Lowell
University of Rhode Island
University of Texas at Austin
University of Virginia
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Yale University
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Team
Executive Board
President
Captain
Competition Coordinator
Vice-President
Rookie Captain
Treasurer
Assistant Treasurer
Secretary
At Large
Robert Sinnot
Debbie Chang
Tzu-Ying Chuang
Katherine Evans
Rose Yan
Rose Yan
Lev Shaket
Steve Teng
Karl Kuryla
Competition Committee
Competition Coordinators
Directors of Logistics
Director of Business
Director of Publicity
Program & Poster Designers
Judge’s Liaison
VIP Liaison
Housing Coordinator
Registrar
Webmaster
Tzu-Ying Chuang
Katarzyna Razynska
Vera Mucaj
Ashley Grand
Eleanor Birrell
Aleksandra Kuczmarska
Hannah Chung
Victoria Chernow
Masha Maystrovskaya
Irina Danilova
Lindsay Liles
Rose Yan
Maulik Shah
Team Members
Tobyn Aaron
Tsotso Ablorh
Michael Ahs
Gil Alterovitz
Lars Anders
Maria Artunduaga
Nina Baier
Henrike Bangemann
Alexander Barabanschikov
Eric Batchelor
Konrad Binienda
Uri Braun
Jannis Brea
Ilona Budapesti
Suneel Chakravorty
Ilya Chalik
Debbie Chang
Albert Chen
Haiwen Chen
Cicely Chen
Jenny Chen
Victoria Chernow
Andy Choi
Tzu-Ying Chuang
Jazahn Clevenger
Rain Cui
Irina Danilova
Taylor Davidson
Esra Eczacibasi
Teddy Eleevia
Kathy Evans
Sara Ewbank
Jonathan Fan
Lijuan Feng
Julia Fifer
Emily Fifer
Guy Fish
Kim Fish
Elena Fradkov
Kim Freiler
Linda Ge
Lisa Gingold
Eugene Gladyshev
Zachary Gober
Radha Gowda
Ashley Grand
Ben Greenberger
Jim Griffeth
Erin Griffin
Yuliya Gudish
George Guo
Elizabeth Guo
Jiao Guo
Daniel Haas
Jan Haubrich
Matt Hegreness
Bill Huang
Alexander Isakov
Chris Jackson
Vasiliki Katsarou
Sally Keibdaj
Elyse Kelley
Julian Kolev
Aleksandra Kuczmarska
Karl Kuryla
Billy Lau
Shanshan Li
Lindsay Liles
Lidan Liu
Victoria Liu
Jun Liu
Ekaterina Maslova
Masha Maystrovskaya
Tommy Miller
Gibran Minero
Reva Minkoff
Wendy Morsberger
Colin Motley
Vera Mucaj
Ann Nee
Trang Nguyen
Eylem Ozaltun
Ariana Park
Alex Pfannenberg
Sieglinde Pommer
Eric Portales
Harrison Pugh
Victor Quiroz
Kasia Razynska
Brad Rosen
Jessica Rossi
Dmitry Ruzmetov
Jung Sakong
Adrian Sanborn
Patrice Scipio
Michelle Seslar
Matt Setless
Madison Shelton
Tracey Shi
Rob Sinnott
Chelsea Sloane
Shervin Tabrizi
Ryan Taliaferro
Steve Teng
Alexandre Tokovinine
Andrew Vitvitsky
Anna Wagner
Lu Wang
Albert Wang
Cat Watts-FitzGerald
Lauren Weiss
Fon Wiruchnipawan
Victor Wong
Rose Yan
Felicia Yen
Taylor Yi
Weiqi Zhang
Wei Zhong
Steven Zhu
The 17th Annual Harvard Invitational Ballroom Dance Competition
Acknowledgments
We are very grateful to the following people
for making Harvard Ballroom possible
Faculty Advisors
Team Coaches
Team Founder
Harvard University Dean’s Office
Director of Club Sports
Director of Recreation
Malkin Athletic Center Directors
Office for the Arts at Harvard
Adams House Masters
Pforzheimer House Masters
Prof. Harry Lewis
Prof. Stephen Rosen
Istvan Cserven
Olga Kinnard
Julius Kaiser
Dean Judith Kidd
Dean Paul McLoughlin
Claire Goggin
Jake Olkkola
Wendy Healy
Jana Micomonaco
Julie Schroeder
Susan Larson
Sean and Judith Palfrey
Jim and Sue McCarthy
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