Inaugural Nashville Dance Congress to Welcome Over 34 World Champion Dancers This Weekend

The Nashville Dance Congress will welcome over 34 world champion dancers from nine different genres to the Millennium Maxwell House Hotel this weekend, May 5-7. Attendees can celebrate Cinco De Mayo weekend in style and enjoy world-renowned dancing, live music, daytime classes, an exclusive auction and social dancing. Award-winning dancers scheduled to appear include 2016 UCWDC World Cabaret Exhibition Champions Clyde Harris and Summer Elkin, who performed live yesterday on WSMV's Today in Nashville segment.

Also set to perform are U.S. Open Opus Showcase champions Benji Schwimmer and Nicole Clonch, NBC's World of Dance contestants Luka Wolf and Jenalyn Pacheco and many more. Featured dance genres include Salsa, Bachata, Ballroom Cabaret, West Coast Swing, Kizomba, Tango, Zouk, Lindy Hop and Balboa. Various special musical offerings will take place throughout the hotel over the course of the weekend and all classes are complimentary to attendees, as space permits. Friday and Saturday show tickets will be sold separately. Former Saturday Night Live cast member Victoria Jackson will host the Friday night world champion show.

Spotlighted on the three-day agenda is Friday night's Cinco de Mayo World Champion Dinner Show, which will be hosted by former Saturday Night Live cast member Victoria Jackson. With purchase of tickets to this event, guests will enjoy a formal three-course dinner prepared by world-class chef Kevin Randolph as well as access to the Global Fundraiser Auction and performances by the world's dance elite. Live and silent auction items will include VIP dance experiences, cosmetic services and lunches with international champion performers. Proceeds will benefit Nashville's Global Education Center, which seeks to embrace the oneness of all people through multicultural arts programming. To purchase tickets to a show or to view a detailed schedule of events and performances, visit https://www.nashvilledancecongress.com. Location: Millennium Maxwell House Hotel
2025 Rosa L. Parks Blvd Nashville, TN 37228

• May 3rd & 4th - Pre-parties at various locations
• May 5th, 6th & 7th - Daytime workshops from 11a.m. to 5p.m.
• May 5th & 6th - Parties, Socials, Milongas from 10p.m. to 4a.m.
• May 5th - Cinco de Mayo World Champion Dinner Show & Auction at 7:30p.m.
• May 6th - Saturday Night World Champion Spectacular at 8:30p.m.

About Nashville Dance Congress
The Nashville Dance Congress, aka Nashville Salsa Congress, is a nonprofit 501(c)3 with the mission to provide dance enthusiasts, regardless of their economic status, access to world champion, world-class and legendary dance performers, instructors, and musicians through live presentations and instruction in an atmosphere promoting ethnic diversity, social tolerance and equality. "I started hosting free dance classes almost seven years ago, because I was too broke to take dance lessons," notes Tonya Miller, President of the Nashville Dance Congress. "I got creative and figured out that if I could organize a free venue, teach whatever I knew for free and grow an audience, then other teachers would come share their dance love. That spark has grown into a massive blaze. This enormous endeavor began with our close-knit Salsa dance community and thankfully, the other dance communities accepted our invitation. Now, we'll reap the rewards of our combined efforts for the very first time in a world-class event." For more information, visit www.nashvilledancecongress.com.