Belinda Adora
Instructor
Belinda has over 35 years of professional Latin and ballroom dance experience plus extensive experience in related dance fields such as folk dance, jazz, and ballet. She is a choreographer, coach and dancesport adjudicator. Belinda took gold at the 2005 Asian Games and is 10-time Undefeated National Dancesport Champion in the Philippines.
Belinda has a strong desire to give back to her community and to the dancesport world. In 2006, she formed an organization called “The Belinda Adora Ensemble”, which provides the opportunity for underprivileged street children in the Philippines to improve their lives. Belinda’s group encourages the kids to focus on dance as a way of keeping away from vices and as a tool for having a better future.
The group earned the nickname, “Belinda Adora’s Step Kids”, as a play on words connoting dance and her role as a mother figure to the children. Since then, the Belinda Adora Ensemble has won many prestigious dance competitions and some dancers have been awarded educational scholarships through their involvement with the group. Now that she lives in the U.S., Belinda continues to organize fundraisers to support the kids involvement in dance.
Belinda is thrilled to be teaching and coaching at Elegant Dancing. She is making a big contribution to the quality of Latin dancing in the DC area.
Award Highlights
2005 Gold Medalist 23rd Southeast Asian Games, Dancesports
2008 Champion US Open Pro-Am Championship
Best Coach Award: 16th Come Dancing Cup Hongkong
Best Teacher Award, Philippine Starball
2009 Unsung Women Heroes Award
US Open Pro-am Champion
Singapore Pro-am Latin Champion
2010 to 2016 MVP Olympics Dancesport Commissioner
2012 Centro Escolar University Alumni Achiever Award
10 times Undefeated National Dancesport Champion
Licenses
National Adjudicator Level A – Latin and Standard
International Dance Teachers Association, Associate and Licentiate – Latin and Standard United
Kingdom Alliance, Licentiate and Fellowship - Latin and Standard
World DanceSport Federation International Adjudicator – Latin and Standard
World Dance Council International Adjudicator - Latin and Standard
Global Dance Sport Council – Examiner
Education
Cora Doloroso Career Center: Fashion Designer 1990
College: BS Accountancy, Centro Escolar University, 2007
Masters of Business Administration: Centro Escolar University 2015
