Arianna Esposito

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Born: November 25th 1985
Hometown: Manduria, Italy
Lives in: Bethesda, Maryland
Current status:

Professional Dancer
Adjudicator
Instructor
Lecturer
Choreographer
Dance Studio Owner
National Coach of DanceSport Federation (DSF)

Arianna Esposito - is a former Professional Ballroom dancer, WDO World Championships Finalist in Ballroom and Showdance, The Open Worlds Finalist in 2022, Winner of RS Pro at the UK Open Championships 2017. Together with her husband and dance partner Gianni Caliandro they became the only couple in the history who dance over 300 competitions in Professional Division of DanceSport. Dance instructor, lecturer, choreographer, dance studio owner, national coach of DanceSport Federation (DSF).

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1. Overview
2. Accomplishments
3. Dance Partners
4. Photo Gallery
5. Video Gallery
6. References

Overview

Arianna Esposito started dancing at five years old with ballet. She did ballet for four years and then started Ballroom dance and Arianna's first partner was her brother. with whom she danced together for many years, before she met Gianni.

Gianni and Arianna met in 2008, at first they were together in romantic relationships and week later decided to move together and to dance together. Since 2008 they competed in hundreds of competitions and accomplished the highest level.

As Amateurs Gianni Caliandro & Arianna became European Championships finalists in 2010.

2011 Gianni and Arianna moved to America and made a decision to continue their dancing career in Professional Division of DanceSport. Since that time they accomplished to become one of the most experienced Professional dancers based on amount of competition they have competed in Pro division.

They made finals in all major events in USA, 2017 RS Professional Ballroom Champions at the UK Open, Vice Champions at the Blackpool Dance Festival RS Pro, 2017 World Championships Finalist in ShowDance, 2023 WDO World Professional Ballroom Finalist in Naples, Italy.

Accomplishments

2024 Asian Open 2024 7th Place in Japan - Tokyo

UK Open Dance Festival 2024 Professional Ballroom - top 13
American Dance Championships (Houston, TX) Professional Ballroom Champions
WDO Professional Ballroom World Championships - 5th place
2023 The International Championship 2023 top 15
Warsaw International Dance Championships & Gala Ball 2023 - 3d Place
Vilnius Dance Festival Professional Ballroom 2nd Place
Blackpool Dance Festival 2023 Professional Ballroom top 19
The Open Worlds 2023 Professional Ballroom top 11
2023 WDO World Professional Ballroom Championships top 7
2022 The International Championship Professional Ballroom Championships 10th place
2022 Blackpool Dance Festival Professional Ballroom Finalists 6th place
2017 UK Open RS Professional Ballroom Champions

Dance Partners

Gianni Caliandro

Photo Gallery

Video Gallery

References

Arianna Esposito

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