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We could call this weekend a dance marathon because our dancers never stop! 🔥🥰🎉
Great party at WGC as always! 🎉 The wobble line dance is always a must! 🔥
🏆 PLACEMENTS & SCORESHEETS ARE NOW AVAILABLE! 🏆
The results are in! 🎉 The placements and scoresheets from the @fadswisconsin 2026 Wisconsin Grand Championships are now available on our event webpage.
Whether you`re looking back on your performances, celebrating your accomplishments, or simply curious to see the results, you can now access all of the details in one convenient place. 💃🕺✨
📋 View the placements and scoresheets today!
👉 https://www.fredastaire.com/wisconsin/event/inter-regional-competitions/wisconsin-grand-championships/
Congratulations to all of our incredible dancers, and thank you again to everyone who made this year`s event so memorable! ❤️🏆
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✨ THANK YOU FOR JOINING US! ✨
What an incredible weekend at the 2026 @fadswisconsin Wisconsin Grand Championships! 🏆💃🕺
To all of our amazing dancers, professionals, families, friends, spectators, judges, vendors, and everyone who helped make this event so special—THANK YOU! ❤️
Your passion, energy, talent, and enthusiasm filled the ballroom and made this year’s Wisconsin Grand Championships truly unforgettable. From the first dance to the final performance, we loved celebrating the joy of dance with all of you!
🎭 And what a spectacular way to cap off the weekend with “MARILYN MONROE: THE BLONDE”!
We’re already looking forward to the next time we can come together on the dance floor. Until then, keep dancing, keep shining, and keep making memories! ✨
Thank you for being part of the 2026 Wisconsin Grand Championships! ❤️
With Love,
@haykarshakian @rossrlund and the Wisconsin Regional Office Team
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Event Countdown
Event Livestream
Registration & Entry Forms Due: TBA
Hotel Reservation Deadline: TBA
2026 COMPETITION & COMPETITOR INFORMATION
*PLEASE NOTE: PROGRAM & HEAT LISTS ARE SUBJECT TO CHANGE DURING EVENT AND WILL BE UPDATED
VIA THE LIVE EVENT PROGRAM & HEAT LISTS LINK ABOVE.*
THANK YOU FOR JOINING US AT THE 2026 WISCONSIN GRAND CHAMPIONSHIPS!
What an incredible weekend at the 2026 Wisconsin Grand Championships!
On behalf of Hayk Arshakian, Ross Lund, and the entire Wisconsin Regional Team we extend our heartfelt thanks to all of the amazing dancers, professionals, families, friends, spectators, judges, vendors, and everyone who helped make this year’s event so special. Your passion, energy, talent, and enthusiasm filled the ballroom and made the Wisconsin Grand Championships truly unforgettable.
From the first dance to the final performance, it was a privilege to celebrate the joy of dance with all of you. We hope you enjoyed every moment as much as we did—including the spectacular professional show, “MARILYN MONROE: THE BLONDE.”
Thank you for being part of the 2026 Wisconsin Grand Championships and for helping us create memories that will last a lifetime. We look forward to welcoming you back to the dance floor for another incredible event!
Until then, keep dancing, keep shining, and keep making memories!
ABOUT OUR EVENT
The Fred Astaire Dance Studios – Wisconsin Regional Office invites you to save the dates for the Wisconsin Grand Championships, an Inter-regional dance competition & event! Join our Wisconsin studios, and fellow studios from around the country, as they take the dance floor by storm August 13th through the 15th – at the Brookfield Conference Center!
This event is part of the Fred Astaire Dance Studios World Cup Series! You know what that means…you can compete and earn points for your entries to win cash prizes at the end of the year!
Stay tuned for more information heading your way very soon! Interested in becoming a competitor, or simply spectating and cheering on your favorites? Be sure to reach out to your studio representatives to plan ahead for August 2026!
SATURDAY EVENING PROFESSIONAL DANCE SHOW
Our 2026 professional show, concluding our event on Saturday evening, August 15th, is sure to wow the crowd! You won’t want to miss it!
The theme you ask? MARILYN MONROE: THE BLONDE!
We invite you to get your tickets right here online, before they sell out, to sit back, relax, and enjoy a dance show complete with the beauty and glamour of Marilyn Monroe herself!
Show starts at approximately 9:00pm!
(Please note: we do suggest arriving about 20 minutes before show time due to the possibility of small schedule changes)
Enjoy this special preview of our 2024 show and what you can expect at show time!
Get Directions to the Event!
Venue: Brookfield Conference Center
Address: 325 S Moorland Rd, Brookfield, WI 53005
Get Directions to the Event!
Venue: Brookfield Conference Center
Address: 325 S Moorland Rd, Brookfield, WI 53005
HOTEL & VENUE INFORMATION
Brookfield Conference Center/Hilton Garden Inn
Event Information (TBA 2027)
MIX AND MATCH EVENT
Join us on Friday evening, August 14th, at approximately 7:00pm, and enjoy the chance to dance for a great cause!
Here’s how it works:
- All are welcome to participate (that includes all of you spectators too!)
- Purchase your dance entries, for a great discounted rate, at the event registration desk, to dance with anyone – and we mean ANYONE – any professional, or team member, from your studio or others – don’t forget those judges!
- 100% of the proceeds from entries purchased will go to the Misericordia Heart of Mercy! Find out more about them here – https://www.misericordia.com/
Meet Our
Judges & Officials (TBA 2027)
MASTER OF CEREMONIES
World Professional Open American Rhythm Champion
Professional Open American Rhythm United States Finalist 9 consecutive years
Voted United States Overall Top Professional Couple of the Year 2 consecutive years
Featured on Good Life TV, PBS’ Championship Ballroom Dancing and Dancing with the Stars Disney Christmas Parade
13-Time Fred Astaire Theatrical Champion
5-Time Fred Astaire Rhythm Champion
7-Time United States Theatrical Champion
3-Time World Professional Invitational Champion
3-Time Blackpool Cabaret Champion
2-Time Canadian Exhibition Champion
6-Time Ohio Star Ball Theatrical Champion
9-Time USDSC Theatrical Champion
Open British Professional Latin Champion
U.K. Professional Latin Champion
Twice European Latin Champion
U.S. Open Professional Latin Champion
Winners of the Super Japan Cup
German Open Latin Championship
French Latin Masters
Russian Invitational Latin Championship
5-Time Silver Medalist World Professional Latin Championship
Russian National Youth Standard Champion
US Pro Latin Finalist, World Cup Pro Latin Runner-Up
North American Pro Latin Champion
Blackpool, International and UK Rising Star Finalist
6-Time Fred Astaire National Champion
US PRO Latin Finalist
World Cup Runner-Up
World Masters Champion
Blackpool, International and UK Rising Star Finalist
6-Time Fred Astaire National Champion
North American Show Dance Champion
10-Time Fred Astaire Open American Rhythm Champion
2-Time United States Open American Rhythm Finalist
3rd Place Open American Rhythm – Ohio Star Ball
World Mambo Vice-Champion
Ohio Star Ball Rising Start Rhythm Champion
FADS Open American Smooth Champion
United States and Ohio Star Ball Rising Star American Rhythm Champion and American Smooth Finalist
United States and Ohio Star Ball 9 Dance Vice Champion
FADS American Rhythm and American Smooth Rising star Champion
FADS Open American Rhythm Vice champion
6-Time Fred Astaire Open American Rhythm Champion
3-Time USDSC Open American Rhythm Finalist
USDSC Theatrical Finalist
USDSC Rising Star Theatrical Champion
International Dance Council Member
International Examiner
Wisconsin Regional Trainer
Two time Fred Astaire Rising Star Rhythm Champion
Former World Professional Rhythm Champion
United States Finalist 9 consecutive years
United States OVERALL Top Professional Couple
Featured performers on: Good Life TV, PBS Championship Ballroom Dancing, Dancing with the Stars
Member organizations: Fred Astaire National Dance Board, North American Dance Teachers Association, DVIDA, National Dance Council of America, World Dance Council Adjudicator
Sponsorships & Vendors
Thank You to Our 2026 Participating Studios
STUDIO DIRECTORS
NICHOLAS & MELINDA PLANTE
STUDIO DIRECTOR
MONICA GERE
STUDIO DIRECTOR
ANNA TOMASINI
STUDIO DIRECTOR
BILL DAVY, ADRIAN & NICOLE NEDELCU
STUDIO DIRECTORS
DAN & NICOLE CARROLL- RUTHERFORD
STUDIO DIRECTORS
LAWRENCE & LYNDSY AGUIRRE
STUDIO DIRECTOR
PHILIP GUTIERREZ
STUDIO DIRECTORS
DMITRY KARABANOV, DARIA EMELIANOVA, OLEKSANDR ANTONETS, & ALINA ANTONETS
STUDIO DIRECTOR
PATRIC DIDIER
STUDIO DIRECTOR
PHILIP GUTIERREZ, ALEXANDRA DANE, & MIHALY MESZAROS
STUDIO DIRECTORS
VLADYSLAV BABENKO & NASTYA SHYNKAROVA
STUDIO DIRECTORS
SASHA TSYHANKOV & ALOSHA ANATOLIY
STUDIO DIRECTOR
DYMYTRII GONCHAROV
STUDIO DIRECTORS
DAN RUTHERFORD & NICOLE CARROLL-RUTHERFORD
STUDIO DIRECTORS
AARON & JESSE DESOTO
STUDIO DIRECTOR
TETIANA LUTSENKO
STUDIO DIRECTORS
HAYK ARSHAKIAN & ROSS LUND
STUDIO DIRECTORS
HAYK ARSHAKIAN & ROSS LUND
STUDIO DIRECTORS
ANNA TOMASINI & NIKOLAY KARCHEV
STUDIO DIRECTORS
VASILII & IRINA PLATONOV
STUDIO DIRECTORS
ALEKSANDR KOZHUKHAR & RACHEL SAYOTOVICH
STUDIO DIRECTORS
KHARYTON & ANASTASIYA KHOMENKO
STUDIO DIRECTORS
MYKYTA SERDYUK & ANNA KRASNOSHAPKA
STUDIO DIRECTORS
HANNAH DYDYNSKI
STUDIO DIRECTORS
HAYK ARSHAKIAN & ROSS LUND
STUDIO DIRECTORS
MYKYTA SERDYUK & ANNA KRASNOSHAPKA
STUDIO DIRECTORS
THOMAS & IZABELLA LEWANDOWSKI
STUDIO DIRECTOR
BILL DAVY
STUDIO DIRECTORS
EUGENE & KIMBERLY BUBYR
STUDIO DIRECTORS
RAFAEL TORRES & ELLIE HOMAN
Meet OUR
Directors & Support Team
Regional Competition Directors
Registrar/Scrutineer
Regional Competition Organizer
Regional Marketing Director
Competition Registration
Competition Registration
Competition Registration
Deck Captain
Music Manager
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