Julia Gorchakova Powers | |
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Born | Russia |
Occupation | Choreographer |
Spouse |
Bob Powers (m. 1993) |
Julia Powers (née Gorchakova) is a ballroom dance champion and fitness program creator.
Biography
Julia Powers is a Russian-American ballroom dancer, and was born in St. Petersburg, Russia. She received dance instruction from her mother as a child, and danced in Japan and in East Russia as a young woman. In 1991, she moved to Arizona to develop a dance partnership with Bob Powers; they married in 1993.
Awards
Television
They have been featured on PBS's Championship Ballroom Dancing, GTV DanceSport, as well as The Heritage Classic hosted by Cyd Charisse.[5]
Current Projects
Powers is an adjudicator with the National Dance Council of America[6] member of the World Dance Arts Foundation, and co-organizer of the Sunburst Ball.
Adjudication Qualifications |
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International Style Standard |
International Style Latin |
American Smooth |
American Rhythm |
Theatrical Style |
Powers's latest endeavor is Core Rhythms, which she co-created with another ballroom champion, Jaana Kunitz.[7] Core Rhythms is a Latin-dance-based fitness program, that has been featured on infomercials and QVC, and included endorsements from Mary Murphy of So You Think You Can Dance and Len Goodman & Tony Dovolani of Dancing with the Stars.
The program is led in-person at the Champion Ballroom Academy, in San Diego, California.[8]
Powers is also a clothing designer, creating custom dancewear.[9]
In 2007, Powers returned to the competition floor to compete with Emmanuel Pierre-Antoine.[10]
See also
References
- ↑ Coaching – Never Enough Ballroom
- ↑ juliagorchakova : Julia Gorchakova
- ↑ Dance Camp Los Angeles at the Emerald Ball :: Instructors :: Mastery Camps
- ↑ "Previous Winners". Archived from the original on 2006-06-16. Retrieved 2006-11-18.
- ↑ Instructors :: Bob Powers & Julia Gorchakova :: DanceVision.com
- ↑ Directory - The National Dance Council of America (NDCA) Archived 2007-09-29 at the Wayback Machine
- ↑ Core Rhythms / Home
- ↑ Champion Ballroom Academy - Ballroom, Latin, Salsa, Swing Dance Lessons in San Diego Archived 2007-06-20 at the Wayback Machine
- ↑ Home
- ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2007-10-08. Retrieved 2007-09-09.
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: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) 2007 National Results, shown with Emmanuel Pierre-Antoine
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