{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"Bob Powers On Standardizing Professional American Rhythm","description":"Bob Powers Standardizing Professional American Rhythm Todd Combs & Taras Denysenko episode 005 12 Times United States Rhythm Champions 3 Times World Professional Mambo Champion Bob & Julia are recipients of the 2012 DanceSport Hall of Fame Award Finalist in the World Showdance Championships Member of the World Dance Arts Foundation Certified adjudicator with the National Dance Council of America * Certified with the World Dance Council Arthur Murray Dance Studio, Owner in Mesa Arizona Julia & Bob are creators & owners of the Latin Dance Fitness Program \u201cCore Rhythms\u201d _________________________________________________   What exactly is this project you are doing?  Is it like a \u201crule book\u201d, or a guideline manual?  Please let us know what it is.   Bob Powers:  The group is called Rhythm Champions and our mission is to promote American Style Rhythm dancing worldwide.  The American Smooth has had great success lately and we have discovered that the reason the Rhythm has lagged behind is the fact that there\u2019s a belief that there are too many differences in the techniques.  So one of the goals of the group is to come to a consensus on each dance.   We are in the process of developing a technique book, not a syllabus but strictly body, hip, leg and foot action description.  So if you can imagine 15 former US Champions coming together to agree on a specific technique and how it should be expressed verbally.      Who is involved?  Is there a person or persons in charge of organizing this?  What are different persons' roles? Bob Powers:  Every US Champion since the inception of the Pro Rhythm division.   I can list them if you want. 1984             Charles & Jean Penatello  1985-1987    Joe Lozano & Jan Mattingly  1988-1992    Forrest Vance & Susie Thompson 1991-2003    Bob Powers & Julia Gorchakova 2004             Tony Dovolani & Inna Ivanenko 2005-2006    Tony Dovolani & Elena Grinenko 2007-2010    Jose DeCamps & Joanna Zacharewicz 2011-2013    Decho Kraev & Bree Watson 2014-2015    Emmanuel Pierre-Antoine & Liana Churilova 2016-2018    Nazar Norov & Irina Kudryashova 2019             Andre Paramonov & Natalie Paramonov    What is your role? Bob Powers: We are all equally involved and contribute to the technique as well as promotion and online classes to promote it.    How did this come about? Bob Powers:  During the Coronavirus stay at home order one of the guys came up with the idea and asked who would be interested.  We all responded.    What stage is this currently in? Bob Powers:  Definitely developmental.  It's taken us 9 weeks to do the Rumba Box.  But the great thing is it just keeps getting better.  We have such an amazing group of great dancers, teachers and musically gifted individuals that it can\u2019t help but be a success.  _________________________________________________ ","author_name":"All About Ballroom Dancing","author_url":"http:\/\/ballroomdancing.libsyn.com\/website","html":"