private industry cultural entertainment founded san diego california united states 1990 headquarters san diego california united states key people mary murphy founder services ballroom dance instruction shows & exhibitions website http championballroom.com the champion ballroom academy founded april 1990 is a dance studio in san diego california . the studio s main specialties are social partner dancing competitive ballroom dance aka . dancesport and the latin dance based aerobic program called core rhythms . 1 the studio is also known for hosting weekly social dances open to the public along with other monthly events hosted by local dance and social organizations . 2 3 since founder mary murphy s casting as a judge of the fox tv series so you think you can dance 4 the studio has expanded its repertoire to include guest instructors of other dance styles including hip hop flamenco and contemporary dance . the studio also hosts at least two showcase parties per year which include judged dance contests professional exhibitions and special guest performances of ballroom and other dance styles . special guests and showcase highlights have included benji schwimmer winner of so you think you can dance anna trebunskaya louis van amstel professionals on dancing with the stars dmitry chaplin artem chigvintsev ryan conferido ashl dawson finalists of sytycd ron montez tony meredith melanie lapatin rick valenzuela latin dance champions michael mead toni redpath hunter & maria johnson smooth ballroom champions jaana kunitz julia gorchakova dance champions and creators of core rhythms see also edit mary murphy choreographer references edit http www.custompuzzlecraft.com sandiegodance sandiegodance.html champion dancing in san diego http www.sdsdwebsite.com our next social.html san diego smooth dancers society http www.sdchineseclub.org chinese club of san diego http www.usmagazine.com sytycd mary murphy weight loss dance workout usmagazine.com sytycd news external links edit champion ballroom academy website mary murphy retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title champion ballroom academy & oldid 743674541 categories ballroom dancedance schools in the united statesdance venues in the united statesdance in californiacompanies established in 1990companies based in san diegoballrooms in the united states navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 10 october 2016 at 17 33 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view