Daniel & Yuehwern (Faculty Advisor) Professional American Rhythm Competitors Daniel and Yuehwern have EACH been dancing ballroom about 14 years, receiving coaching from Dan & Nicole for most of that time.  As head coaches, besides teaching occasionally, their primary job is to establish and maintain relationships with top professional instructors, encouraging them to visit the team. Daniel is a Purdue CS alumni, and Yuehwern is our faculty advisor from the IE department.  Before ballroom, Yuehwern danced Ballet and Daniel was dabbling in hip hop and breakdance and competing as a stage magician.  They met on the Purdue Dance Team in 98, and after a few years, partnership turned to marriage, and they have been dancing together since. At the 2009 U.S. National competition, they took 2nd place in the Open American Rhythm Championships, after which they declared Pro Status in June 2009.  They are currently competing around the country in the Professional American Rhythm Events.  Check out their Youtube Page
Dan Rutherford and Nicole Carroll U.S. Champions of Professional American Rhythm. Dan Rutherford and Nicole Carroll have danced competitively together for ten years. Combined, they have won every major championship in the United States including the title of top overall professional couple. They have been featured performers on "America's Ballroom Challenge" as seen on PBS in February 2007 and most recently, they have been invited to perform in the results show for this season's "Dancing with the Stars". Dan and Nicole train many of the top professional and amateur couples in United States in the American Rhythm and International Latin divisions. They each hold their fellowship degrees in all 4 styles of dance, are members of DVIDA, the North American Dance Teachers Association, and Fred Astaire's national dance board. Individually, Dan's background also consists of jazz and Latin dancing while Nicole's background included gymnastics prior to ballroom and Latin dancing.  http://www.indyballroom.com
Chris Ford Master of the Core. Purdue Alumnus.  Chris Ford is a certified adjudicator with the National Dance Council of America and has 27 years of experience as a teacher and competitor. Chris is a finalist in the United States in American Smooth and winner of several championships across the country. http://www.indyballroom.com
Gert Roslender Gert and Kirsti Roslender began their ballroom dancing career over twenty years ago, starting as young teens in Estonia, ultimately representing their home country in European and World Chanpionships five times. The Roslenders came to the United States in 1998, where they continued their professional careers by participating in more than 100 competitions, becoming United States Rising Star Standard Champions and Open Standard Grand Finalists. They are certified by the Imperial Society of Teachers of Dancing (ISTD), North American Teachers Association (NATA) and the National Dance Coucil of America (NDCA), placing them in an elite category of ballroom dance instructors worldwide who have attained these designations. Gert and Kirsti are fulltime ballroom dance instructors who also perform professional dance shows.  Their students are top-ranked competitors, both nationally and regionally. http://www.roslender-ballroom.com