Desert Sol Dancesport plans to have an incredible event that truly captures the magic of the Sonoran Desert. We want each and every one of our competitors, professionals, officials and vendors to feel welcome and heard. If you have any questions, comments or concerns please do not hesitate to contact us!
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Decho Kraev
3x United States Professional Rhythm Champion
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Natalie Crandall
United States Professional 9-Dance Champion Natalie Crandall was an amateur competitive ballroom dancer for 16 years before making the leap to becoming a professional. Throughout her career as an Amateur Student, Natalie traveled the United States as well as internationally to achieve titles at the highest level and become a decorated champion.
Natalie won multiple World and National titles with her teacher Decho Kraev and in 2017 she became the first ever Blackpool British Open Pro/Am American Smooth Champion. In 2017 Natalie began dancing professionally with her partner Oleksiy Pigotskyy in American Style 9-Dance. Together they achieved many titles at both the Professional Rising Star level as well as Open Professional. In just one year together, Natalie and Oleksiy became the 2018 United States Open Professional American Style 9-Dance Champions as well as the 2018 United States Professional Rising Star Rhythm Champions and United States Rising Star Smooth Champions. Natalie's passion for ballroom dancing started at age 6 and it has only grown since. She continuously seeks out new and unique ways to push the industry forward and is excited to make her mark as a professional dancer and competition owner/organizer. |