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2015 Arthur Murray Spring Freestyles photos released

Columbia, MD Arthur Murray at Spring Freestyles in Tysons, VA ©TimeLine Media
Columbia, MD Arthur Murray at Spring Freestyles in Tysons, VA ©TimeLine Media
Gaithersburg, MD Arthur Murray at Spring Freestyles in Tysons, VA ©TimeLine Media
Gaithersburg, MD Arthur Murray at Spring Freestyles in Tysons, VA ©TimeLine Media

Tysons, Virginia

We covered another gathering of dancers for the Arthur Murray 2015 Spring Freestyles last week at the McLean Hilton in Tysons. With all of the students in one ballroom throughout the entire weekend, the crowd was LOUD! They were enthusiastically supportive of their dance friends as they danced through heats Friday afternoon to Saturday evening.

Judges at the Arthur Murray Spring Freestyles ©TimeLine Media
Judges at the Arthur Murray 2015 Spring Freestyles ©TimeLine Media

The craziest part of the event made for the best photos. That was the hotly contested Potomac Cup Team Match. In these heats, students from different schools will dance with students from other schools at their same level. Most will have never danced with each other before. But because of the core syllabus that is taught at all Arthur Murray studios, they can dance their figures together. The competition is between the schools from Virginia – Alexandria, Ashburn, Tysons Corner, and Virginia Beach – against the Maryland studios of Chevy Chase, Columbia, Gaithersburg, Silver Spring.

Potomac Cup

Presenting the Potomac Cup at the Arthur Murray Spring Freestyles ©TimeLine Media
Presenting the Potomac Cup at the Arthur Murray Spring Freestyles ©TimeLine Media
Virginia wins the Potomac Cup at the Spring Freestyles event in Tysons, VA ©TimeLine Media
Virginia wins the Potomac Cup at the Spring Freestyles event in Tysons, VA ©TimeLine Media

There was a theme to the teams as well. Virginia came in their best cowboy Western gear, while Maryland dressed as fairy tale characters. This is a big departure from the ballroom gowns and suits all of the other heats! In the end, Virginia was judged to take the Potomac Cup this time!

Arthur Murray Virginia Beach, VA studio at Spring Freestyles ©TimeLine Media
Arthur Murray Virginia Beach, VA studio at Spring Freestyles ©TimeLine Media

During dinner on Saturday, I was asked by some of the studios to get some group photos. It is always nice to see their happy faces after having all of their hard work pay off. Everyone is much more relaxed, and ready to enjoy some social dancing and professional shows!

Virginia Beach, Virginia Arthur Murray at Spring Freestyles in Tysons, VA ©TimeLine Media
Virginia Beach, Virginia Arthur Murray at Spring Freestyles in Tysons, VA ©TimeLine Media

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Maryland Dancesport Championships sale ending

Baltimore, Maryland

I extended the sale for the Maryland Dancesport Championships a few days. Since I did not properly give notice on the blog or on the social networks it, I added some days. The new deadline in FRIDAY March 6, 2015 for the early-bird discounts at the TimeLine Media proofing site:

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Maryland Dancesport Championships - ©TimeLine Media
Maryland Dancesport Championships – ©TimeLine Media

The photos from this competition were excellent all-around. We had a great group of photographers that helped us cover the action on the dance floor! I am just disappointed that I have not had the time to properly blog about the experience at this competition with awesome new owners, Amanda and Ilya Reyzin. We were so happy that they invited us to photograph another of their events, and we had a great time over the 3 days in Baltimore.

Maryland Dancesport Championships - ©TimeLine Media
Maryland Dancesport Championships – ©TimeLine Media

Ballroom Dance Venue

They always decorate the ballroom so nicely, but they add in a bit of modern technology with each competition. This time, they had a huge 4K screen as a backdrop to the dais above the floor. The photographers really used this to their advantage to make for some different image compositions.

Maryland Dancesport Championships - ©TimeLine Media
Maryland Dancesport Championships – ©TimeLine Media

We had a great time visiting with so many local dancers since it was so close to home. We made sure to reconnect, and of course, get their new figures in the can as they have been working hard on new moves and new costumes since they last time we saw them. The professional competitive heats were really exceptional to watch. This was the one time I was thankful that I did not have to photograph as much so that I could enjoy seeing the action without being stuck in the viewfinder!

Maryland Dancesport Championships - ©TimeLine Media
Maryland Dancesport Championships – ©TimeLine Media

Professional Competition

This is the second competition where I had the opportunity to do so, and it is hard for me to decide which I enjoy more – enjoying the dancing live, or revisiting the action in photos after the fact. I do love reviewing the photos, but being in the room with the music blasting, and the dresses whizzing across the floor right in front of you – it is an awesome experience that is impossible to replicate in stills or video. The photos are still excellent, but I have to admit, I have enjoyed both and cannot wait until the next opportunity to see dancers on the floor!

Maryland Dancesport Championships - ©TimeLine Media
Open Professional Dance competitors – Maryland Dancesport Championships – ©TimeLine Media
Maryland Dancesport Championships - ©TimeLine Media
Maryland Dancesport Championships – ©TimeLine Media

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2014 DC Dance Challenge photos expiring

Washington, DC

We are well into the 2015 season of ballroom dance events! Last week we released the photos from the 2015 Maryland Dancesport Championships. I was overall very pleased with those images. As can be seen, it was great to make a new set of awesome images from the dance floor. With the new images coming online, it is time for some of last year’s collections to expire. Today is the last day to view and purchase photos from the 2014 DC Dance Challenge. To see the photos one final time, you can visit the TimeLine Media proofing site here:

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2014 DC Dance Challenge
Competitors at the DC Dance Challenge

This was second year that the event was held in the Atrium Ballroom of the Ronald Reagan Building and International Trade Center. If you have never seen this amazing structure, you need to pay it a visit! Located in the heart of Federal Buildings in downtown Washington, DC, it is a perfect setting for an event with “DC” in the name. Right on Pennsylvania Avenue, the dancers were set in a large ballroom that projected the strength and grandness associated with city.

2014 DC Dance Challenge
Pro – Am dancers at the DC Dance Challenge

For this one-day competition we saw a lot of familiar faces. Being local to the DC area, it was great to see friends out on the dance floor to show off their new dance loops, costumes, and what they have been working on over the past year. Jennifer and Fabio Bonini, the organizers of the competition, ran it very smoothly. We ran on time and had great accommodations throughout the day. There were no stops in the action, and the decorations for the evening, really set it apart for the Showcase competition and Professional exhibition.

2014 DC Dance Challenge
Pro – Am dancers at the DC Dance Challenge

Professional Show

2014 DC Dance Challenge
Professional show at the DC Dance Challenge

I personally grabbed a lot of images that I am keeping in my portfolio. It is a different looking ballroom from most that we cover. It does mean that there are some changes that have to be made to the lighting setup, but it is a nice challenge to work through. I like having photos that are still my style in terms of how the dancers look towards the camera, but having a little different light falling on them just to give the eye something different to see. I hope you enjoy these, and will come back for more events that are on the schedule soon!

2014 DC Dance Challenge
Professional dance show at the DC Dance Challenge

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