GIANNI CALIANDRO AND ARIANNA ESPOSITO
Gianni Caliandro and Arianna Esposito have been dancing together from 2008 representing Italy. Gianni wears the 6692P shoe whilst Arianna wears the Purity court shoe.
Career Highlights- 1st in Open Professional Ballroom at the Washington Open DanceSport Competition (USA)
- Top 13 in Professional Ballroom at the UK Open Dance Festival 2024 (Bournemouth)
- 1st Place in Professional Ballroom at the American Dance Production (Texas)
- 5th Place in WDO Professional Ballroom World Championships at Naples Open Dance Festival 2023 (Naples)
- Top 15 in International Professional Ballroom at the International Championships 2023 (Gillingham, Kent)
- 3rd Place in WDO Ranking Professional Ballroom at Warsaw International Dance Championships & Gala 2023 (Poland)
- 2nd Place in WDO World Professional Showdance Ballroom Championships at Warsaw International Dance Championships & Gala 2023 (Poland)
- 1st in Professional Ballroom at Houston Texas Dance Competition World Dance Promotion (Texas)
- 2nd in Professional Ballroom at the Vilnius Dance Festival 2023 (Lithuania)
Gianni started his adventure with Ballroom dancing at 7 years old, switching between many dance partners. At the age of 15, he began to travel outside of his home country (Italy) and started competing internationally. In 2006 he achieved great results, being semi-finalist in all Under 21 Major competitions: Blackpool Dance Festival, German Open, International Championships. Arianna began to dance at the age of 5, starting with Ballet. After a few years she switched to Ballroom, dancing with her brother, they were a competition winning 10 Dance couple.
Gianni and Arianna first met in 2008 and they decided to compete together in the Amateur Ballroom division. They made the jump to Professional status in 2011 and have been competing at this level ever since!
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