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Julia Powers (née Gorchakova) is a ballroom dance champion and fitness program creator.
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
=12 Times United States Rhythm Champions.
3 Times World Professional Mambo Champions
Finalists, World Latin-American Showdance Championships
Can-Am Open Professional American Rhythm Champions
= Television
=They have been featured on PBS's Championship Ballroom Dancing, GTV DanceSport, as well as The Heritage Classic hosted by Cyd Charisse.
= Current Projects
=Powers is an adjudicator with the National Dance Council of America
member of the World Dance Arts Foundation, and co-organizer of the Sunburst Ball.
Powers's latest endeavor is Core Rhythms, which she co-created with another ballroom champion, Jaana Kunitz. 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.
Powers is also a clothing designer, creating custom dancewear.
In 2007, Powers returned to the competition floor to compete with Emmanuel Pierre-Antoine.
See also
U.S. National Dancesport Champions (Professional Rhythm)
Champion Ballroom Academy
References
External links
World Dance Arts Web Site
The Sunburst Ball Website