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Danzfest – ProAm Ballroom & Latin Dance Showcase

Hawthorne, NY

Danzfest Pro-Am ballroom and Latin dance showcase collage.

All-Levels

Spectators Free

Join us for Danzfest! A ProAm showcase event featuring multi-dance rounds, solo performances, and team shows.

Danzfest is a seasonal showcase and community celebration of our students’ growth and achievements in Ballroom & Latin dancing at Danznik Studios. Sign up to dance with one of our instructors, or bring your own teacher.

Choose Your Performance

Dance in your chosen category alongside other students in a friendly multi-dance format, or take the spotlight with a solo performance.

Multi-Dance Challenges

Each category includes the syllabus dances which will be danced as rounds on the floor. You may choose to dance as many or as few dances in a round as you’d like.

American Smooth: Waltz, Foxtrot, Tango, Viennese Waltz
International Standard: Waltz, Foxtrot, Tango, Viennese Waltz, Quickstep
Argentine Tango Challenge: Argentine Tango, Milonga, Vals
American Rhythm: Cha Cha, Rumba, Swing, Bolero, Mambo
International Latin: Cha Cha, Rumba, Samba, Paso Doble, Jive

Teacher note: If a student is not prepared for a particular dance, they may step off the floor for that portion of their heat. We recommend preparing students to dance in at least 3 dances (Bronze Level), with the additional dances as optional.

Solo Performances

Present a solo routine in any dance of your choice! Dance with a professional with a choreographed routine to your chosen dance style and song.

Teacher note: Students are welcome to perform any dance they would like to showcase. Each student may perform up to one solo per style category.

Purchase Your Package

Packages are eligible to purchase up to 30 days before the showcase.

ProAm Multi-Dance Package: $3,000

Eligible for 1 teacher in 1 dance style category.

18 lessons + 2 coaching sessions
Entry to Danzfest for you and your teacher
1-month Unlimited Practice card

ProAm Solo Package: $1,800

Eligible for 1 teacher in 1 single dance as a solo performance.

8 lessons + 2 coaching sessions
Entry to Danzfest for you and your teacher

À la Carte: Performance + Admission Fees

For students of Danznik instructors. Lesson packages are purchased separately.

Rounds entry$800
Solo entry$500

À la Carte: Admission Only

For students of independent instructors. Lessons and performance fees are purchased separately with your teacher.

Rounds entry$300
Solo entry$200

Rounds are per dance style category for 3 dances, with the option to dance up to 5 dances (depending on the category). Each student may dance up to 2x per dance in their category.

Solo is per routine or for a single dance, which will be danced on the open floor with no other dancers.

Event Highlights

Everyone’s Welcome: Wherever you are in your dance journey, Danzfest is a supportive space to perform and shine on the floor.
Personalized Feedback: Receive feedback on your performances from our champion guest adjudicators to help you grow and develop as a dancer.
Community Event: Free for spectators! Invite friends and family to cheer you on and enjoy the performances.

What to Expect

Two Featured Adjudicators: Offering personalized, professional-level feedback.
Professional Videographer for Solo Performances: Optional to purchase.
On-Site Beauty Vendor: Hair and makeup services available with Maria, optional to book.
Appointments recommended: (516) 993-8771.

Tentative Schedule

2 PM – 3:30 PMBallroom / Smooth / Argentine Tango (Multi-Dance Challenges)
3:30 PM – 4 PMSolo Spotlight Performances
4 PM – 4:30 PMIntermission / Break
4:30 PM – 5 PMSolo Spotlight Performances
5 PM – 6:30 PMRhythm / Latin (Multi-Dance Rounds)
6:30 PM – 7 PMGroup Spotlight Routines

Venue & Transportation

We’re hosting Danzfest at our Westchester, NY location, a short train ride from NYC.

Metro-North Hawthorne stop is right beside the studio
Free limited parking on-site
Free commuter parking around the corner by the park

Photos / Videos

Photography from Spring Danzfest 2026
Guests are welcome to take photos and video.
If you post, tag us @danznikstudios and use #danzfest!

Next Date

Sunday, Apr 25, 2027

2:30 PM –⁠ 8 PM

More Dates

Partner required

Questions? Email, WhatsApp, or call/text (212) 500-1064

Location

Map of Danznik Studios Westchester at 26 Broadway, Hawthorne

26 Broadway
Hawthorne, NY 10532

Call (212) 500-1064 or send a message

Mon–Fri, 10 AM – 10 PM
Sat–Sun, 9 AM – 10 PM, unless noted on the Studio Closures calendar.

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Meet the Hosts

Nikolai Shpakov

Ballroom & Latin Instructor

Born in Kazakhstan, Nikolai Shpakov grew up in the Russian city of Chelyabinsk, in the Ural mountain region, the only child of an architect father and an attorney mother. He started dancing “before I learned how to walk,” he says, first Russian folk dancing, then jazz, and finally ballroom when he was 10 years old (both Latin and Standard). After college, Nikolai was inspired to study law by his mother, a nurse who went back to school to become a lawyer. He thought that dance would be a “serious hobby.” But it was in his blood, and he and his female dance partner, Yana, competed successfully in the Ural/Siberian region for several years. In his third year of school, he and Yana were offered the chance to come to New York City to teach ballroom. He decided to follow his heart, and he and Yana emigrated to America in late 1998.

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