Julia Powers

Julia Powers (née Gorchakova) is a ballroom dance champion and fitness program creator.

Julia Gorchakova Powers
Born
Russia
OccupationChoreographer
Spouse
Bob Powers
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(m. 1993)​

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
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
  1. Coaching – Never Enough Ballroom
  2. juliagorchakova : Julia Gorchakova
  3. Dance Camp Los Angeles at the Emerald Ball :: Instructors :: Mastery Camps
  4. "Previous Winners". Archived from the original on 2006-06-16. Retrieved 2006-11-18.
  5. Instructors :: Bob Powers & Julia Gorchakova :: DanceVision.com
  6. Directory - The National Dance Council of America (NDCA) Archived 2007-09-29 at the Wayback Machine
  7. Core Rhythms / Home
  8. Champion Ballroom Academy - Ballroom, Latin, Salsa, Swing Dance Lessons in San Diego Archived 2007-06-20 at the Wayback Machine
  9. Home
  10. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2007-10-08. Retrieved 2007-09-09.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) 2007 National Results, shown with Emmanuel Pierre-Antoine


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