Independence Day Ball -- Instructors

Championship Dance Camps offers world class instructors, including US, UK and World Champions as well as Blackpool finalists and semi-finalists.

Below are SOME of the instructors for 2008 Independence Day Ball. There are several more exiciting names that will be teaching at the camp. Please be sure to check back.

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Ron Bennett
	Two time U.S. Representative to the World Latin Championships Former Member of the Olympic Coaching Staff for Ice Dancing Licentiate, I.S.T.D. H.C. Organizer of the Yuletide Ball Championships and owner of Chevy Chase Ballroom and DanceSport Center
Todd Borzych
	Founder DanceSport Endurance (tm), a workout designed to improve strength, flexibility, technique, rhythm, and endurance in Dance Sport Athletes
Dan Calloway
	Asian-Pacific Professional 10-Dance Grand Finalist U.S. Professional 10-Dance Grand Finalist Dual Fellow of the Imperial Society of Teachers of Dancing (ISTD) Co-organizer with Wendi Davies of Chesapeake DanceSport Classic Chair of Judges at many competitions including Manhattan Amateur Classic, Pittsburgh DanceSport Championships, and International Dance Festival
Victor Fung
	Blackpool Professional Standard Finalist U.S. Professional Runner Up 2004 U.K. Open Professional Rising Star Champion 2004 Blackpool Professional Rising Star Champion 8 time U.S. Amateur Champion Performer on ABC's "Dancing With The Stars"
Garry Gekhman
	2006 U.S. Professional Classic Show Dance Champion 2006 U.S. Professional Standard Finalist 2005 Blackpool Rising Star Finalist 2004 Second runners up in the U.K. Championships Rising Star Seven time undefeated Israeli Ballroom, Latin, 10-dance, and Show Dance Champion
Rita Gekhman
	2006 U.S. Professional Classic Show Dance Champion 2006 U.S. Professional Standard Finalist 2005 Blackpool Rising Star Finalist 2004 Second runners up in the U.K. Championships Rising Star Seven time undefeated Israeli Ballroom, Latin, 10-dance, and Show Dance Champion
Marcus Johnson
	2007 Ohio Star Ball Rising Star Champion 2008 U.S. Open to the World Rising Star Finalist 2008 U.S. National Rising Star Runner Up U.S. Professional Latin Semi-Finalist
Wendy Johnson
	New Zealand Ballroom & Latin Champion Three time winner of Choreographer of the Year, North America (2002-2004) Choreographer and coach for Tony Dovolani, Alec Mazo and Edyta Sliwinska, Cheryl Burke, Nick Kosovich, and many U.S. and World Champions Co-organizer of the San Diego DanceSport Championships and the Holiday Dance Classic
Victor Kanevsky
	Two time North American Champion Two time Ohio Star Ball Champion U.S. Representative to the World Championships Coach for: 11 time U.S. Champions and top ranked Amateur Latin Couple in the world: Euguene Katesevman and Maria Manusova Karina Smirnoff Beata Onefater Max Chemerkovsky and many more Amateur and Professional Champions
Anna Mikhed
	Blackpool Professional Standard Finalist U.S. Professional Runner Up 2004 U.K. Open Professional Rising Star Champion 2004 Blackpool Professional Rising Star Champion Performer on ABC's "Dancing With The Stars"
Andrew Phillips
	Ranked 2 in the United States and 7 in the World in 2003 Blackpool Rising Star Champion United States World Rising Star Championship Ohio Star Ball Champion Japan Open Invitational Champion Northeast Open Invitational Champion Featured dancer on 2008 Academy Awards
Polina Pilipenchuk
	U.K. Open 10-Dance Champion U.S. Professional 10-Dance Champion U.S. National Standard Finalist Top U.S. Standard Couple 2001
Ariel Rad
	Ranked 38 in the world at British Professional Latin Championships Runner up at Dutch Grand Prix Championships Trained with former world champions Peter Maxwell, Vibeke Toft, and Corky Ballas at Semley Studio in London, England Plastic Surgeon, The Johns Hopkins Hospital
Frank Regan
	British Professional Latin Finalist U.S. Latin Champion U.S. 10-Dance Champion Five time Canadian Ballroom and Latin Champion Three time North American Ten Dance Champion
Sharon Savoy
	Three time World Exhibition Dance Champion Four time Blackpool winner Five time Star Search winner
Karina Smirnoff
	2005 Blackpool Professional Latin Runner Up 2005 U.K Open Champion 2004 Blackpool Professional Latin Runner Up 2003 U.K Open Champion U.S. Professional Latin Champion Professional on ABC's "Dancing With The Stars"
Nonci Tirado
	US Professional Rising Star Latin Champion North American & Eastern US Professional Latin Champion Open Professional U.S. Latin Finalist Appearances in "Avalon" and "Dance With Me" Ballet dancer for the Washington, Indianapolis, Richmond, Arizona Ballet Companies and the Washington National Opera Company
Glenn Weiss
	Two time World Champion Blackpool Champion International Champion European Champion U.K. Champion
Oksana Zolotarevskaya
	2008 British National Professional Champion 2007, 2008 Dutch National Professional Latin Champion 2007, 2008 UK Professional RS Latin Finalist 2008 International Professional RS Latin Finalist 2003 United States National Mambo Champion