John Elsbury

DANCE HISTORY

· Eighteen years competitive experience representing England as a competitor around the World

· All England Professional Champion

· Selected English judge at 7 IDSF World Championships, 2 European Championships and 5 World Cups plus many IDSF World Ranking competitions and National Championships World-wide

· Fellow and Examiner and honorary life member of the United Kingdom Alliance of Professional Teachers of Dancing

· Examiner of DVIDA Rhythm, Smooth and International Ballroom and Latin branches

· Coach for three years to the British Junior and Juvenile teams at Blackpool

· Lecturer in 26 countries around the World

· Member of the World Dance Council (World Professional body)

· Past executive member of the IDSF (World Amateur body)

· Member of Board of Governors of the National Dance Council of America

· International organizer of major competitions (World and European Championships included)

· Selected to appear before H.M. Queen Elizabeth 11 at the Victory in Japan centenary in 1995 on the River Thames

· Dance advisor to the British Youth Theatre from 1993 to 1996

· Coach to the Cambridge University Dance Team 1992 /1994