Ballroom dancing dreams of Olympics
Source: www.usadance.org
Topic: Ballroom
Sort Desciption: The timing has never been better for ballroom dancing, which has only recently caught ... competitors in a two-minute ballroom dance were equal to those of ...
Content Inside: Article published Dec 25, 2007 More photos Ballroom dancing dreams of Olympics BY SUZETTE LABOY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS MIAMI -Evgeny Dyachenko and Inna Ivanenko spend hours in the gym lifting weights. For five to six days a week, they practice at the ballet bar to keep their legs and backs strong, squeezing in yoga or pilates classes to help with their stretching. Their schedule may sound like the strict regimen of a tennis champion or even an NFL player, but Dyachenko, 25, and Ivanenko, 34, a married couple originally from Russia, are training for what could be the next big Olympic sport: ballroom dancing. People think that you can learn how to be like beautiful in one week, which is not realistic, said Ivanenko, who rehearses routines ...
