About Us: Darryl Adams

Darryl has taught in the Washington, D.C. area for the past 25 years and is an accomplished dancer and instructor in all styles of ballroom dance, including the "minor" dances such as Argentine tango, West Coast Swing, and hustle. The four styles of ballroom dance are the Latin, Rhythm, Standard, and Smooth dances. The Latin and Rhythm styles comprise respectively the International version of the cha cha, samba, rumba, paso doble, and jive (the Latin dances) and the American version of the cha cha, swing, rumba, bolero, and mambo (the Rhythm dances.) The Standard and Smooth styles comprise respectively the International version of the waltz, tango, Viennese waltz, foxtrot, and quickstep (the Standard dances) and the American version of the waltz, tango, foxtrot, and Viennese waltz (the Smooth dances.)

Darryl is also an advocate of the Luigi jazz technique. Luigi, born Eugene Louis Faccuito, is the innovator of the world’s first jazz dance technique. Darryl teaches this jazz technique to his students and applies the technique to the Latin, Rhythm, and American Smooth dances. He has worked with many renowned coaches over the years, David Kloss, Ian Gillett, Bob Long, Bonita Vanderzell, and Beverley Rees to name a few but has worked most extensively with Frank Regan and Connie Paley.

Darryl received his Associate level degree, with honors, in the International Standard from the ISTD, the Imperial Society of Teachers of Dancing, in 2001 and received both his Licentiate degree in American Rhythm and his Licentiate degree in American Smooth in 2009. The ISTD is the world's leading dance examinations board.