{"id":220,"date":"2024-07-30T14:03:23","date_gmt":"2024-07-30T14:03:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fredastaire.com\/franchising\/?post_type=dance_council&#038;p=220"},"modified":"2024-07-30T14:03:23","modified_gmt":"2024-07-30T14:03:23","slug":"mark-corky-ballas","status":"publish","type":"dance_council","link":"https:\/\/www.fredastaire.com\/franchising\/dance-council\/mark-corky-ballas\/","title":{"rendered":"Mark &#8220;Corky&#8221; Ballas"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul>\n<li>International Dance Council Member<\/li>\n<li>With Fred Astaire Dance Studios for over 20 years<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>BIO<\/h2>\n<p>Mark \u201cCorky\u201d Ballas began dancing at age six, and has been part of the Fred Astaire Dance Studios\u2019 family for his entire life (his father, George Ballas, was associated with FADS since the 1960\u2019s). Corky has danced Pro\/Am American Style and Flamenco, and is the only American to have won a U.S. Pro\/Am Championship as a juvenile, pre-teen and amateur; and to then go on to win a U.S. Open Professional Latin title\u2026 thus completing a full competitive circle from Pro\/Am champion to Professional Champion. He\u2019s danced professionally on Dancing with the Stars, has appeared in a Super Bowl Diet Pepsi commercial, is an author of several dance books, has collaborated on numerous instructional videos, as well as ISTD and IOC dance &amp; figure skating syllabi. Corky is also currently working with FADS Corporate to implement streaming &amp; digital media into our studios.<\/p>\n<h2>ACHIEVEMENTS<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>10-Time United States Champion<\/li>\n<li>3-Time Open to The World Professional Latin Champion<\/li>\n<li>3-Time British Champion<\/li>\n<li>3-Time International \u2013 United Kingdom \u2013 European<\/li>\n<li>6-Time World Formation Team Coach<\/li>\n<li><em>\u00a0Dual of the Giants<\/em>\u00a0Champion<\/li>\n<li>Dancing with the Stars Professional (Season 11, 2010)<\/li>\n<li>Diet Pepsi Super Bowl Commercial<\/li>\n<li>Created over 100 Instructional Dance Streams<\/li>\n<li>Produced 3 Latin\/Ballroom CDs<\/li>\n<li>Fellow and Examiner with ISTD U.K. and DVIDA U.S.A.<\/li>\n<li>Author of ISTD UK Syllabus<\/li>\n<li>Author of \u201cSee IT and Do It\u201d<\/li>\n<li>Author of \u201c<em>Chloe goes to London<\/em>\u201d (Children\u2019s dance book)<\/li>\n<li>Author of Figure Ice Skating Syllabus \u2013 IOC<\/li>\n<li>Latin Syllabus with DWTS Karina Smirnoff and Slavik Krylyvvy<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>AREAS OF EXPERTISE<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>American Smooth<\/li>\n<li>American Rhythm<\/li>\n<li>International Ballroom<\/li>\n<li>International Latin<\/li>\n<li>Professional Certification<\/li>\n<li>Show Dance<\/li>\n<li>Theatre Arts<\/li>\n<li>Creative Choreography<\/li>\n<li>Music editing<\/li>\n<li>Easy Instruction from Novice to Professional Level<\/li>\n<li>Teaching Man Lead \u2013 Lady Follow \u2013 Systematic Method<\/li>\n<li>Redefine Your Look and Style<\/li>\n<li>Teaching \/ Training Children (5+ years old)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Mark \u201cCorky\u201d Ballas is part of the prestigious\u00a0<a title=\"Fred Astaire Dance Studios International Dance Council\" href=\"\/fred-astaire-dance-studios-dance-council\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" aria-label=\"Click here to go to Fred Astaire Dance Studios Dance Council page - open in a new tab\" data-uw-rm-brl=\"PR\" data-uw-original-href=\"https:\/\/staging-fadsmarketingsite.kinsta.cloud\/fred-astaire-dance-studios-dance-council\" data-uw-rm-ext-link=\"\">Fred Astaire Dance Studios International Dance Council<\/a>, which oversees Dance Instructor training and certification, judges (Professional, Amateur, Pro\/Am) at Regional, National &amp; International Fred Astaire Dance Studio Dance Competition events, actively coaches our Students &amp; Instructors in dance studio locations across our network, and continuously reviews our proprietary dance curriculum to ensure only the finest, most up-to-date programs for our Students. For more information on the Fred Astaire International Dance Council or any of its members, please\u00a0<a title=\"Contact us\" href=\"\/contact\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" aria-label=\"Contact us - open in a new tab\" data-uw-rm-brl=\"PR\" data-uw-original-href=\"https:\/\/staging-fadsmarketingsite.kinsta.cloud\/contact\/\" data-uw-rm-ext-link=\"\">contact us<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":301,"template":"","class_list":["post-220","dance_council","type-dance_council","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fredastaire.com\/franchising\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/dance_council\/220","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fredastaire.com\/franchising\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/dance_council"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fredastaire.com\/franchising\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/dance_council"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fredastaire.com\/franchising\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/301"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fredastaire.com\/franchising\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=220"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}