Dance your way. With a partner who gets it.
DanceSport is for everyone, regardless of who you bring to the floor. Same-gender pro-am partnerships are an officially recognised category, and I'm one of the few coaches in Singapore actively offering this. Whether you don't have a male partner, prefer to train with a female professional, or simply want to compete your way, we can make it happen.
How it works
You partner with a female professional, me, to train, prepare, and compete together. I lead, you follow. The rules are the same, the categories are the same, the floor is the same. Only you are judged.
Costumes are the same too. We both wear Latin or Ballroom attire, and nobody is expected to dress the part of a man.
It sits inside the same pro-am pathway as every other student: an assessment, foundation training, choreography, competition day, and feedback from an adjudicator.
Four reasons women choose it
This isn't second best, and it isn't a statement. For a lot of women it is simply the better way to compete.
Your partner is already found
The hardest part of competing as an adult isn't the dancing. It's finding someone at your level, with your schedule and your ambition, who will still be there next season. In pro-am that search disappears on day one. Your partner is your coach.
A coach who dances your role
I compete as a Latin woman. When I teach the follower's part I'm not describing it from the outside, I'm showing you what I do on the floor myself, from the weight through a rumba walk to where the turn actually begins. That is something a male teacher can explain, but cannot demonstrate in your body.
The partnership lasts
Amateur couples split, move country, or lose interest, and the dancer left behind usually stops competing. A pro-am partnership is stable. You keep your partner, and everything you've built with them, for as long as you want to dance.
The floor is less frightening
Plenty of women, especially adult beginners and returning dancers, simply feel steadier learning and competing with a woman. That's a good enough reason on its own, and it often turns into the confidence to attempt things you would not have tried otherwise.
Is it real competition?
Yes, and not as a special case. Since September 2019 the National Dance Council of America has defined a couple as a leader and a follower, without regard to the sex or gender of the dancer, and that definition covers pro-am student competitors explicitly. USA Dance approved same-sex divisions back in 2014.
The NDCA also runs a national ranking for the top female pro-am Latin teacher, with a cash award and recognition at its annual gala. A woman coaching and competing with a woman isn't a fringe activity. It is a tracked, rewarded part of the mainstream circuit.
Rules still vary by organiser, and not every competition in this region has caught up, so we choose your events together and I'll tell you honestly where the doors are open.
Who it's for
- Women with no partner. The most common situation by far, and nothing to do with identity. You want to compete and there is simply no one to dance with.
- Women who prefer a female coach. For comfort, for confidence, or because the teaching lands better.
- Women who already train with me. If you're in a class now and the competition floor has started to look interesting, this is the shortest route to it.
- Anyone who wants to compete their own way. You belong on that floor whoever you bring to it.
Here in Singapore there is no visible same-gender pro-am scene yet. I'd like to help build one, and I'd be glad for you to be part of it.
Your first step is a conversation. No commitment, no pressure.
Tell me about your dance background and what you'd love to achieve. I'll tell you honestly what the route looks like, and which competitions are open to us.