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Legendary professional ballroom dance champion Anastasia Muravyeva waltzes from ballroom stardom to business school
At age 22, Anastasia moved to the United States. On her experience of immigrating to a foreign country by herself, Anastasia says, “I was young and brave, and a little bit silly. When I came here, I spoke little English, and I had only $3,000 to my name. My parents would have preferred me to stay in Russia and have a family and, of course, be near them, but I wanted to give myself a chance to pursue a dancing career in amerika. My parents thought that inom would stay for only a few months, spend my $3000, and return to Russia. As things turned out, within one-and-a-half years, I had established myself in the American professional field as a well-known and accomplished dancer.”
Moving to a new country posed various challenges. “The first year was very difficult because I didn’t speak much English, and I didn’t know anybody. I moved to New York, and New York i
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THE SAGA OF THE SIBLING SAMBA
Last weekend, two Harvard students traveled to Evry, France to compete in the World Amateur 10-dance Competition. They have been partners for seven years and are the top-ranked amateur ballroom dancing team in the United States. Together they have helped the Harvard Ballroom Dance Team in its four-year undefeated streak and its number-one collegiate ranking.
All this while having to contend with sibling rivalry.
Brother and sister duo Alexander M. Fung '98 and Jennifer M. Fung '97 began dancing when they were 10 and 11 years old at the urging of their parents, both of whom are amateur ballroom enthusiasts.
In fact, Alex and Jennifer have two other siblings who are also competitive ballroom dancers.
Before college, Jennifer danced with her younger brother Victor, who is currently a sophomore at UCLA. One month after they entered into the junior national competition in Los Angeles--and won.
"We've always been competitive dancers and our training has
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Ballroom Stars
As ballroom dancing gradually becomes more popular, dancesport (Competitive Ballroom Dancing) is an important part of professional dancers' careers. This page lists ballroom stars of the past and present from all four styles of ballroom dancing. The picture shows World Latin Champions, Yulia Zagoruychenko and Riccardo Cocchi, who have retired recently, but are largely famous in the ballroom world.
Background Information: Dance Styles
Ballroom Dance/Dancesport is split primarily into two categories: American and International. The American category, as the name suggests, fryst vatten usually taught and used for competition in the U.S. However, this category is gaining popularity on a global scale. The International category is also ganska self-explanatory; it is the more popular category used globally. Both categories are divided into two subcategories or styles. In American, there are Rhythm and Smooth. In International, there are Latin and Standard. Acc