Arūnas Bižokas (born 29 January 1978 in

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) is a professional Lithuanian

ballroom dancer Ballroom dance is a set of European partner dances, which are enjoyed both socially and competitively around the world, mostly because of its performance and entertainment aspects. Ballroom dancing is also widely enjoyed on stage, film, and tel ...

, who is currently representing the USA. Until 2007 he was competing with his partner Edita Daniūtė under the Lithuanian flag at

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recognized events, which is recognized as competitive dancing representing federation by the

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.Dance sport
/ref> In 2005 the couple won the

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. After 2007 Bižokas started to compete in the alternative

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rules events under the United States flag. His current partner is

Katusha Demidova Katusha Demidova is a Russian professional ballroom dancer and instructor, now residing in the USA. She is the 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017(?), 2018 Professional World Ballroom Dance Champion, and also the International Pr ...

. As a couple they have won the 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018 and 2019 Professional World Ballroom Dance Championships in Standard Ballroom. In 2013, Bižokas and his partner were ranked number one in the World Dance Council world ranking in the Professional Ballroom category. Arunas and Katusha retired from competitive dancing in 2019.

References

External links

Arunas and Katusha Website
Lithuanian ballroom dancers Living people Lithuanian male dancers Lithuanian dancers Dancers from Vilnius 1978 births World Games gold medalists for Lithuania World Games medalists in dancesport World Games bronze medalists for Lithuania Medalists at the 2001 World Games Medalists at the 2005 World Games {{Dance-bio-stub