Our Mississauga Dance Studio Calendar

Dmytro Gurkov & Snow Urbin Win 3rd in First Ever Open Pro Rhythm Championship at Blackpool Dance Festival

Dmytro and Snow have taken their winning partnership to England by invitation and came away with a third place win. The event started with 80 couples, so just making it to the final was quite an accomplishment. We are so very proud that they finished this prestigious event in third, making them one of the top 3 Rhythm couples in the world by many standards.

Earlier the same week they captured first at the Killick Royale in London, England against some of the same competitors.

Alicia Wins Smooth Scholarship at Blackpool Dance Festival in U. K.

Our student Alicia Hawryluk won Ladies Smooth Scholarship at the Blackpool Dance Festival earlier this month. This is the first time that American style dancing has been invited at Blackpool, so Alicia will forever be the first ladies scholarship winner. We are very proud of her.

2015 Embassy Ballroom Championships

Arthur Murray® Franchised Dance Studios in Mississauga are proud to announce that our owner Dmytro Gurkov and his dance partner Betty Attia are the first Canadian couple the world ballroom championship – the 2015 Embassy Ballroom Championships in Irvine, California.

Our international rising stars Dmytro and Betty placed in two championships:

• Fifth place in the 2015 World Professional Rhythm Ballroom Championship, Dmytro Gurkov with dance partner Betty Attia
• Second place in the 2015 Embassy Ballroom Professional Rising Star Rhythm Championship, Dmytro Gurkov with dance partner Betty Attia

Two of our staff have recently had some amazing accomplishments in the capacity of competing Professionals. The partnership of Dmytro Gurkov & Snow Urbin - less than 6 months old at the time of their first competition, has already got 3 significant wins under their belt.

• August 2016 - Northstar Dance O Rama - Chicago, IL First Place Open Professional Rhythm 
• October 2016 - Rocky Mountain Dancesport - Calgary, AB First Place Open Professional Rhythm - Canadian Open
• Professional Champions October 2016 - Superama - Las Vegas, NV First Place - Open Professional Rhythm - Arthur Murray Open Professional Rhythm Champions.

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