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🎉 ONE WEEK TO GO! 🎉
The countdown is on! In just ONE WEEK, dancers, spectators, family, and friends will gather for the @fadswisconsin Inter-regional Dance Competition & Event: Wisconsin Grand Championships! 💃🕺
Get ready for an unforgettable weekend filled with incredible performances, exciting competition, and memories that will last a lifetime. Whether you`re taking the floor, cheering from the audience, or joining us for the spectacular professional show, there`s something for everyone to enjoy!
✨ Don`t miss the highlight of the weekend—our dazzling professional dance show, "Marilyn Monroe: The Blonde," on Saturday evening!
Pack up those dancing shoes and get ready to celebrate the passion, talent, and excitement that make the Wisconsin Grand Championships so special.
We can`t wait to welcome everyone next week—let the countdown begin! ❤️
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🚨 Calling All Professionals! 🚨
The countdown is on! Entries for the @fadswisconsin Wisconsin Grand Championships are due Wednesday, August 12th at 5:00 PM.
🏆 Who will rise to the top and take home the $5,000 Top Overall Teacher Grand Prize?
If you`ve got 400+ entries, you`re in the running for our biggest Top Overall Teacher payout yet!
Get those final entries in—we can`t wait to see who will claim the title! 💃🕺🔥
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✨ We are just 20 days away! Have you visited our Wisconsin Grand Championships event webpage lately? ✨
We`re adding new information regularly to help you prepare for an unforgettable championship weekend!
From event updates and schedules to vendor information, themed evenings, professional show details, FAQs, and more, our webpage is your go-to resource for everything Wisconsin Grand Championships.
Be sure to check back often—you won`t want to miss what`s new! Start planning your championship experience - we can`t wait to welcome you to Wisconsin!🔗https://www.fredastaire.com/wisconsin/event/inter-regional-competitions/wisconsin-grand-championships/
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DON`T FORGET TO MAKE PLANS AND JOIN IS FOR OUR SATURDAY EVENING PROFESSIONAL SHOW! 👏👏
Taking place on the evening of Saturday, August 15th, this is the event grand finale you won`t want to miss! This year`s theme? MARILYN MONROE: THE BLONDE. (Check out this preview 👇)
Get ready for an evening of show-stopping performances inspired by the iconic Marilyn Monroe! The show will begin at approximately 9pm. (Please
note: we recommend arriving about 20 minutes early, as the schedule may adjust slightly.)
Tickets can be purchased at the door upon your arrival or on our website by visiting that link in our bio! https://www.fredastaire.com/wisconsin/event/inter-regional-competitions/wisconsin-grand-championships/
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Event Countdown
Registration & Entry Forms Due: Tuesday, July 14th
Hotel Reservation Deadline: Tuesday, July 21st
THANK YOU FROM OUR REGIONAL DIRECTORS
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
Event Information
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/
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.*
Meet Our
Judges & Officials
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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