About EUSDC
The Eastern United States Dancesport Championships is one of the longest running competitions in the United States having run since 1968. EUSDC is one of the three original Championship events organized by the United States Imperial Society of Teachers of Dance (USISTD).
Current and former Eastern United States Champions include Iaroslav & Lilia Bieliei, Dmitry & Olena Nikishkin, Artur Tarnavskyy & Anastasiya Danilova, Ilya Abdullin & Anastasia Jerjomina, Jonas Kazlauskas and Kathleen Ilo, Mazen Hamza & Izabella Jundzill, Corky & Shirley Ballas, Jim Donaghey & Judi Hatton, Brian & Christine McDonald, Rufus Dustin & Marianne Nicole, Edward Simon & Katharina Marks, Wayne & Donna Eng, Diana McDonald, Alain Doucet & Anik Jolicoeur, Denis Tremblay & Mireille Veilleux, Joe & Nancy Jenkins, Ilya & Amanda Reyzin, Bill Davies & Amy Block, Frank & Victoria Regan, and Larry & Betty Silvers. A complete list of former Eastern United States Champions can be found here.
In 2008, EUSDC moved from Cherry Hill, New Jersey to Boston, Massachusetts. Since then, it has become of one of the premier competitions in the country for Pro/Am, Amateur, and Professional competitors who attend the competition each year from across the country to compete for the prestigious title of Eastern United States Champions. In 2025, EUSDC moved back to New Jersey, where it all began!
Meet The Organizers
Diana McDonald
Diana McDonald started dancing at a very early age (6 years old) and came from a dancing family where she was an only child. Her parents ran a dance school.
In April 1991, Diana established a competitive partnership with Gary McDonald and quickly became very successful. Diana became 10-time undefeated United States 10-Dance Champion, 1997 U.S. Latin Champion, 2-time U.S. South American Show Dance Champion, 2002 U.S. Classic Show Dance Champion and 1997 World 10-Dance Champion, where she became the first ever couple from North America to ever win a world title. She calls it the biggest honor of her life. She has also had the honor of representing the United States in 24 World Championship Events.
Diana has hosted and performed at dance competitions televised on NBC, ESPN, A&E and PBS. She has been joined by such celebrities as Debbie Allen and Suzanne Sommers.
After her retirement from competitive dancing, she decided to focus on raising her daughter Shayna as well as instructing, adjudicating and organizing various DanceSport events.
Diana is a co-owner of Rogers Dance Center in Fairfield, New Jersey, where she spends most of her time when she is not on the road. She is also co-organizer of the Manhattan DanceSport Championships held annually in New York. Diana is also currently an examiner for the United States Terpsichore Association. Diana is a highly qualified instructor and adjudicator in all styles of dance.
Mark Nocera
Mark Nocera is a former North American Champion, United States Vice-Champion, and Semi-Finalist at the World 10 Dance Championships. Mark's dance studio, Studio 665, became one of the largest and longest running studios in Boston, operating for over 33 years.
Mark is a World Class Adjudicator with the National Dance Council of America and the World Dance Council and a former National Examiner in all styles with Dance Vision. He is also the organizer of the Eastern United States Dancesport Championship, the Boston Tea Party Dancesport Championships, the Boca Ballroom Dancesport Competition and the Naples Star Ball, which make up the Triple Crown Dancesport Series.
Max Greenhouse
Max Greenhouse is a professional Ballroom and Latin dancer, teacher, adjudicator, entrepreneur, and organizer based in New York City. He is a Highly Commended Dual Fellow in Ballroom & Latin with the United States Terpsichore Association, a licensed adjudicator with the National Dance Council of America, and the Founder & Director of MRG Dance Productions, the nation’s leading event planning and management company for dancesport competitions.