Donnie Burns
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Hometown: Hamilton, Scotland
Early career: 1968
Current status:
- President of the World Dance Council
- Instructor
- Adjudicator
- Lecturer
- Choreographer
- Entrepreneur
Overview
When Donnie was ten years old, he was dancing with Sylvia Cameron represented Great Britain at international tournament. Two years later they won Open Championship in Scotland.Sammy Stopford, the famous dancer of that time. It is he who will bring with Donnie Gaynor Fairweather . With her, he reached the super professional skill level.Donnie and Gaynor few years will be to work with the Stopford. However, over time, they decide to move to London and continue to learn the skill of dance there. In London, Donnie and acquire, without exaggeration, a best teacher - Walter Laird
He and his former partner Gaynor Fairweather were 14-time World Professional Latin champions: this is by some way the record for this title. They were also eleven times International Latin American Dance champions, and this is also a record. On their competitive retirement both were honored by appointment as MBE. Donnie was undefeated in any competitive dance contest for nearly 20 years of continuous competition, a record in any major category of ballroom dance; this is now in the Guinness Book of Records. During this period he won major titles in countries throughout the world.
He is now President of the World Dance Council. He is a winner of the Carl Alan Award for outstanding services to dance and is widely considered the "Michael Jordan" of ballroom dancing.
Burns was the hero of the character Mr. Aoki in the 1996 Japanese film Shall We Dance?.
Burns also appeared during week 7 of the 12th season of Dancing with the Stars.
Accomplishments
- 14-time World Professional International Latin Champions
- 11- times International Latin American Dance Champions
- President and Chairman of the DanceSport Committee of the World Dance & DanceSport Council
- Over 35 years of Dance experience, today known to be one of the best Teachers and Choreographers in the world
- Adjudicator in the television program Dancing with the Stars.
Dance Partners
Instructors
Students
- Paul Killick
- Carmen Vincelj
- Allan Tornsberg
- Dmitry Timokhin
- Anna Bezikova
- Slavik Kryklyvyy
- Sergey Ryupin
- Elena Khvorova
- Hans Galke
- Bianka Schreiber
Professional Career
- President of the World Dance Council
- Instructor, Adjudicator
- Adjudicator in the television program Dancing with the Stars
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