GOOD MORNING PRAGOBOTS! We hope you’re enjoying your weekend!
We conclude this week’s look at Blacks In Ballroom with…
STANLEY MCCALLA
Stanley McCalla is a national & World Class Adjudicator and highly sought-after coach. He has been on the Fred Astaire National Dance Board since 1997. Stanley is also a dance board examiner for FADS and the official coach for New York University and Columbia University. He holds the highest levels of accreditation from both FADS and the ISTD. As a competitor he was four-times United States Amateur Champions with his wife Jennifer McCalla and represented the US in Latin, Standard, and 10-Dance Championships. As professional he was a US 10 dance finalist. He is undefeated Fred Astaire National Champions in Smooth from 1995-1997 and won many Rising Star Championship Titles at Eastern US in Standard, Latin, and Smooth, along with Smooth Rising Star Titles at Ohio Star, Breakers, and the Texas Challenge. Stanley also appeared in the movie Dance with me. Together with his wife Jennifer, they were assistant choreographers for Adams Family II, and credited as ballroom consultants in the late movie the Stepford wives.
(Bio courtesy of NYU Ballroom and Latin Dance Team)
Here’s a clip of Mr. McCalla teaching a student a tango routine:
In this clip, Mr. McCalla explains the health benefits of ballroom dancing, and gives a little demonstration: