Andrew & Michelle Tate -- Dancesport Professionals

Andrew and Michelle Tate are professional Latin & Ballroom (Ten Dance) Dancesport competitors. Their accomplishments include 2007-2009 US Professional National Ten Dance finalists, USA Dancesport representatives to the 2005 World Games, and 2003 US Amateur National Ten Dance Champions. Ten Dance is the decathlon of dancesport, combining 5 Latin dances - Cha Cha, Samba, Rumba, Paso Doble, Jive - and 5 Standard (or ballroom) dances - Slow Waltz, Tango, Viennese Waltz, Foxtrot and Quickstep.

Andrew & Michelle began dancing together in 1997. The pair met through the ballroom dance club at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, where Andrew completed his Ph.D. in Neuroscience, and Michelle earned her M.B.A. As professional dancers, they have attained Member level certification for Teaching/Judging with the North American Dance Teachers Association. Currently, Andrew is an IT architect in the department of Information Technology at Purdue University; Michelle is a full-time professional Dancesport instructor.