December 1, 2007: Viva Dance’s Andre & Natalie Paramonov have won the 2007 World Latin American Showdance Competition in the Netherlands. They are now the 2007 World Latin/American Showdance Champions. This feat was achieved in a competition field of 28

As part of Orientation Week celebrations, more than 600 Ryerson University students danced into the Guinness Book of  World Records for the largest dance class, held in Yonge-Dundas Square on Thursday August 30, 2007. Approximately 663 students, staff, parents and

Every summer in the last week of May, all manner of ballroom dancers flock to the seaside town of Blackpool, England, to partake in the world’s most prestigious dancesport competition.  The eight-day Blackpool Dance Festival is the world’s first and

A major study added to the growing evidence that stimulating one’s mind can ward off Alzheimer’s disease and other dementia, much as physical exercise can keep the body fit. Almost no physical activity studied seems to offer any protection against

Dancesport instructors Andrei and Natale Paramonov, Amateur Latin champions Kamil Studenny and Katya Trubina, and Junior 10-dance champions Winson Tam and Anna Kus, all from Toronto, participated in the recently televised American’s Ballroom Challenge 2007. Andrei and Natale placed an astounding third place out of hundreds of couples in both the

A new film portraying the life of Pierre Dulane, a true-to-life dance teacher who takes a class of young Hip Hop dancers in New York and transforms them through ballroom dancing, is currently filming in Toronto. Anna Dorosh from Viva Dance is

  Marilyn Hotchkiss’ Ballroom Dancing and Charm School to be released in theatres soon! Right now the film is releasing in about 54 cities with more to come! You and your friends will love the movie- an inspiring tale, with

Nick Lazzarini wins “So You Think You Can Dance” Wednesday Oct. 8, 2005 FOX teamed up with the creators of AMERICAN IDOL and the producers of “The American Music Awards” and “American Bandstand” on the ultimate search for the nation’s

TLC gives viewers an inside look into ballroom dancing  and the sweat, rigor and personal determination necessary for success in BALLROOM BOOTCAMP, premiering Friday, October 7, 2005 at 10 PM (ET/PT). In this series, filmed at Danceland Studio in Hollywood, California,