World Ballroom Dance Champions Council" (WD&DSC), and renamed again as the WDC. The Professional Ballroom section (occasionally called Professional Modern in British tradition) of DanceSport) covers the dances waltz, foxtrot, quickstep, tango and Viennese waltz. World Ballroom Dance Champions This page lists the official World Champions – Professional Ballroom of the World Dance Council (WDC), and its historical predecessors. The championships are authorized and organized under the auspices of the WDC. The designation "Ballroom" replaces the previously used "Modern" or "Standard" in WDC terminology; it does not include the latin dances. World Championships of a sort have been held in ballroom dancing since 1909
BYU Ballroom Dance Company in the competitive arena. Since 1982, the team has annually won the NDCA title of United States National Formation Dance Champions. Since 1971, the company has competed at the highly esteemed British Open ballroom competition every three years, most often placing first in both Latin and Standard formation categories. The BYU Ballroom Dance Company are the first Americans to win the highly esteemed British Formation Championships, and they have done so ten times. The BYU Ballroom Dance Company touring team has been touring since 1971; visiting many countries and cities throughout the world. The BYU Ballroom Dance Company annually presents