The Big Easy Dance Gala

Name: The Big Easy Dance Gala
Start: 2025-05-29T00:00:00+00:00
End: 2025-05-29T00:00:00+00:00
Location: Astor Crowne Plaza New Orleans French Quarter

May 29 – Jun 1, 2025New Orleans, LADonna Hamza +2

343

entries scored

divisions

styles

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SmoothRhythmLatinStandardscored at this edition

Results on file

Smooth
Brandon Keck / Jessica Mancini
Won the Open Pro Smooth final · 7 couples in the final
Season Form · 20251,809±47−42vs last season
Rhythm
Andrea Zegarra / Renzo Zegarra
Won the Championship Pro Rhythm final · 5 couples in the final
Season Form · 20251,986±35+6vs last season
Latin
Andrea Zegarra / Renzo Zegarra
Won the Silver Pro Latin final · 4 couples in the final
Season Form · 20251,671±198ProvisionalFirst comp
Standard
Volodymyr Barabash / Yulia Rudenco
Won the Silver Pro Standard final · 3 couples in the final
Season Form · 20251,859±126Provisional−18vs last season

Field strength · largest finals

Open Pro Smooth · 7 couples in the finalSeason Form of the final 1,759–1,997
Championship Pro Rhythm · 6 couples in the finalSeason Form of the final 1,754–1,986

Aggregated from public sources and counted toward Season Form (FilledCard's FC Score) — a community signal, not an official ranking.

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Pros who brought students

by pro-am entries danced at this edition

Amy Hanson12 entries · 1 student Ilya Reyzin10 entries · 4 students Jozsef Parragh10 entries · 1 student Tiffany Chancellor9 entries · 2 students Stephan Howard8 entries · 5 students Andrea Bradshaw8 entries · 4 students Todd Munson8 entries · 2 students Ricci-Lee Hotz8 entries · 1 student Devan McClish7 entries · 2 students Darian Chancellor6 entries · 2 students Jonah Calhoun6 entries · 2 students Elsa Lattimore6 entries · 1 student

Counted from pro-am results on file — the partner of a rated student in an adult or senior entry. Not a roster, an endorsement, or a claim of affiliation.

About this competition

Listed on the NDCA calendar

Organizer: Donna Hamza, Jan Blakeslee, and Jean-Paul Gronek
Venue: Astor Crowne Plaza New Orleans French Quarter, New Orleans, LA
Dates: May 29 – Jun 1, 2025
Official site: bigeasydancegala.com

Entry fees, prize money, and hotel details are published on the official site.

17 dancers are regulars at this competition — back for 2 of the last 3 editions.

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Judging panel

10 adjudicators · number beside each name = heats they judged, of 1,113 run at this edition

Martin Cawston800 heats
Eddie Stutts701 heats
Susan Thompson651 heats
David P Nyemchek552 heats
Chantal Leclerc549 heats
Sveta Daly531 heats
Donna Edelstein513 heats
Dennis Rogers506 heats
Ireneusz Mleczko402 heats
Daniel Messenger402 heats

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Entries scored per edition

17 dancers are regulars here — back for 2 of the last 3 editions.

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