Winter Showcase 2022
Welcome to the Winter Showcase for 2022! We cannot wait to see everyone in person. For those who cannot make it in person, we are happy to announce we will be live-streaming our Winter Showcase again! We have embedded the livestream link above if you would like to watch but are unable to celebrate with […]
Student Spotlight on Bobbie Childers
There are some people in life who are truly “connectors”; these are people who have a magical ability to bring everyone around them together. Team Aria competitor Bobbie Childers is one such connector. She has the uncanny ability to find anyone, talk to anyone, and make everyone feel welcome. And as such an integral part […]
Success at the Summit!
Two weeks ago marked the 9th year Aria Ballroom participated at the Summit Dancesport Competition, formerly known as the Seattle Star Ball. And, yet again, Aria Ballroom brought home the gold! Once more Aria Ballroom was crowned Top Studio. And our very own Lukas Spisak was second place Top Teacher, just barely missing out on […]
Student Spotlight on Caroline Mao
Every year in the United States there are two National Championships: one only for amateur couples, and the other for professional couples and pro/am couples. The second national championships, known as the United States Dancesport Championships or the USDC, just took place in Orlando, FL last week. Besides one of our teachers, Lukas Spisak, going […]
Student Spotlight on John and Jeanne Stray
Sometimes the dancing bug bites at a young age, and sometimes the bug takes a while to find its way to someone. For this month’s student spotlight article, we changed it up a bit by talking to a couple who met via dancing. Their backgrounds are so completely different and yet a shared passion for […]
Student Spotlight on Vlada Denysovets
One of the programs that we are most proud of here at Aria Ballroom is our competitive youth program that we call “Youth Dance Lab”. Last fall in one of our Student Spotlight articles we featured the male half of our top Preteen (Under 12) couple, Leo Liu. You can read about him here. But […]
Student Spotlight on Sue Dills
Competitive ballroom dancing is often seen as only for the young and vivacious. It may come as a surprise to know that many of our older students enjoy competitive dancing as well. One such esteemed competitor is Suzanne Dills. If you happen to frequent the studio during our daytime hours, you surely have seen Sue! […]
Student Spotlight on Paul Rood
Social dancing, competition dancing, lessons and formation teams. Everyone has their preferences when it comes to ballroom dancing, but few can say they’ve tried it all. One of those exceptions is Paul Rood, a student who has been with Aria Ballroom since the very beginning… and with Simeon and Kora even longer! So we wanted […]
Aria Ballroom 10th Anniversary Showcase
We are so excited to celebrate the 10th Anniversary of Aria Ballroom, and are so thankful to everyone who has helped make the studio what it is today. We have embedded the livestream link above if you would like to watch but are unable to celebrate with us in person. Thank you all! Aria […]
2022 US National Amateur DanceSport Championships
US National Amateur DanceSport Championships Every March, nearly 15,000 spectators along with 26 national judges fill the Marriott Center in Provo Utah to watch over 3,000 couples and teams vie for National Championship Titles. This competition is the biggest one our amateur dancers attend, and Aria Ballroom was well represented on this fierce floor! The […]