Dance
Career Highlights
Won
All Ireland Under-16 Latin Championships three times at ages
13,14, & 15
Won All Ireland Amateur Latin Championships at age 16, distinguishing
himself by being the youngest winner of this Championship.
Won, with a new partner, European Under-21 Amateur Latin Championships
in 1982.
Won United States Open Amateur Latin Championships in 1987.
Finalist in Amateur Latin Division of the United Kingdom,
International, and European Championships in 1988 and in 1989.
Finalist in British Open Championships at Blackpool in 1989.
Made Dancesport history in 1989 as first British couple to
sign a major commercial sponsorship deal in an agreement with
British Aerospace.
Appeared on television’s British Come Dancing series
22 times in 1982-92.
Won, with new partner, Finnish Amateur Latin Championships
in 1992, following which he turned professional.
Moved to Boston, America, to work for Fred Astaire Dance Studios
in 1993.
Acquired the Boston franchise for Fred Astaire Dance Studios
in 1994.
Danced
for the prestigious, New York City-based American Ballroom
Theater Company in 1997, broadening his dance expertise by
giving exhibition dances in the ballroom theater style of
exhibition dance.
Trained and competed with three first-place winners in Pro-Am
Latin at the 1997 Ohio Star Championships, America’s
biggest and most publicized ballroom championship.
Formed, in 1998, SuperShag Productions to expand proven record
of dance training, dance business management, and entertainment
production to extend well beyond the established and highly
successful franchised studio customer base.
In June 2005 Chris and his student Joan Goddard won the Inaugural
Blackpool Pro/Am Challenge in Rhythm and Latin.
In 2005 Chris became the official Latin dance coach for Harvard
University of Boston, MA.
In
August 2005, Chris and his student Joan Goddard became the
Inaugural World Pro/Am Rhythm Champions this was followed
by wins in the Pro/Am Rhythm and Latin Championships at the
Ohio Star Ball in November of 2005.
Professional
Credentials
Mr.
Johnston was named “World Class Adjudicator” by
the National Dance Council of America in 2003. Mr. Johnston
is also qualified to teach and to adjudicate standard and
Latin dance by the United Kingdom Alliance Ballroom Dance
Society, and to teach and adjudicate American style smooth
and rhythm dance by the National Dance Council of America.
Currently he is qualified as; National Judge, World Class
Judge, World Dance & DanceSport Council Registered (WD&DSC)
Adjudicator #43 - 2004.
