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Peter Mant
2006 City of Roses Top Teacher -Third Place
2005 Oregon Fall Festival Top Teacher -First Place
Certified Instructor, Competitor and Championship Certified Judge with Terpsichore National Dance Council
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Certified International Associate in Standard & Latin with the United Kingdom Assc. since 1990
Certified International Style Member with The United Kingdom Alliance of Dance Teachers since 1994
Certified to the Member Level in International and American Style Ballroom and Latin Dance with The Terpsichorean Society Of Teachers of Dance since 1999
Registered Championship Level Professional Judge with The National Dance Council of America since 1999
Official Judge for USABDA Northwest Regionals 2002
2004 Quest for The Best USABDA
Original Co-organizer of The Oregon Fall Festival - 10 years ,October 18 ,19 ,2002, 10Th Year Anniversary.
United States Professional Competitive Achievements
Trained In the US with - Chris Morris, Brian McDonald, Wendy Johnson, Nadia Eftedal, Meryeam Pearson, Ron Montez, Ken & Sheila Sloan, Pierre Allaire, Mireille Viellieux, Shirley Ballas,
1988-1992
with partner Ava Kaye
American Rhythm Finalists- Southwest Regionals-SanDiego
Rising Star International &
Open International Latin Finalists -Southwest Regionals,
Galaxy Dance Festival,California Star Ball, International Grand Ball- San Francisco, Florida State Challenge,
Challenge of Champions-Las Vegas, Heritage Dance Classic-North Carolina, Embassy Ball, Emerald Ball- Los Angeles
Semifinalists Rising Star Latin at Ohio Star Ball (PBS televised event)
Amateur Competitive Achievements
Trained as a youth with Bill & Sylvia Mitchell, Peggy Spencer, Lorna Lee, Stephen & Lindsey Hillier, John Wood, Michael & Vicki Barr, Geoffrey Clapham, Len Armstrong.
Competed in England, Holland, Belgium,Austria,Yugaslovia & Italy
England Squad Training Team member coached by Geoffrey Hearns and Donnie Burns
Blackpool England, nbsp;made top 48 round out of 490 couples in Open Amateur Standard in 1987 with partner Sue Tuck
Top 24 in the Closed British at Blackpool 1987 International Standard with partner Sue Tuck.
Feature Dance Performers on Royal Caribbean cruise ship "Sovereign of the Seas" until moving to Atlanta and then Seattle.
Dance Director at Washington Dance Club before going solo in 1993
1993-present DanceSport International.
2003 United States PRO/AM DanceSport Championships, Ranked 8th overall in Open INT. Latin Ladies B with Anne Shapira,
4th Place Embassy Ball
Semi-Finalist in Open American Style Ballroom with Leslie Peterson
2000-2003 Influential Training received from Professionals and special thanks owed to
James & Janna Kunitz, Bob Powers & Julia Gorchakova, Eddie Simon, Beth Knoll, Olga Foraponova
and my wife Shannon Knauss-Mant .
2002 United States DanceSport Championships Winner Pro-Am Bronze & Silver Latin Freestyles with student Anne Shapira .
2002 Latin Scholarship money winner at Nevada Star Ball, Southwest Regional, Sunshine State Open, Embassy Ball, City Of Roses, Oregon Fall Festival, Colorado Star Ball
2000-2002-Open Pro/Am Int. Standard Scholarship Money Finalist at Emerald Ball, Holiday Dance Classic, Nevada Star Ball, Embassy Ball, International Grand Ball, Hawaii Star Ball with student Betsy Tinney
Latin Scholarship Money winner or finalist at 2002-2003 California Open and Holiday Classic Las Vegas, Emerald Ball Caliph, Ohio Star Ball, Southwest Regionals San Diego, Empire State Classic, Heritage Dance Classic, student Anne Shapira.
Proud Father of Jason Shay, avid golfer & huge sports fan, especially the Atlanta Braves!
Peter Mant can be contacted directly by going to our 'Contact Center' page.