Christopher Dumond is a dancer most known for his West Coast Swing dancing which he started 16 years ago.He first starting dancing in Hip Hop and Ballet when he was 10. Once he moved to the Schwimmer’s studio at 13, he began training in Contemporary, Jazz, Ballroom, Latin, Tap, Night Club, West Coast Swing, etc. Chris has been doing routines since 2008 with his first appearance at the US Open that year. In 2012 and 2013 he won in the Young Adult Division at the US Open. Once he moved up to Classic he has made finals every year he has entered at the Open and even placed 5th in 2016. He has won numerous JnJ’s, Strictly’s, and Routine divisions at multiple events around the world. Chris is also a self-taught musician and has been playing guitar since he was 16. He has been able to transfer some of that to music editing for routines that he has performed. Christopher was partners with Nicole Ramirez. They first started dancing together in 2009 and concluded in 2015. At the 2012 and 2013 US Open they won the Young Adult Routine Division. When they competed at Liberty Swing 2014 in the Classic Division they came in 3rd place only after Jordan and Tatiana, and Kyle and Sarah, it was jump into the big time. Chris and Tara Trafzer formed a partnership and danced together from late 2015 to 2018. They decided to dance their first Open just three weeks before the event! With this first time out they made finals in the Classic Division and people still recognize the hair from ‘2 Heads’. The next year as a partnership they did ‘Rise’ and placed 5th at the US Open! Chris and Tara’s third routine was met with the same success as their previous two by going on to win multiple times during each routines respective competitive season. In 2019, after taking a small break from the Classic floor. Chantelle Pianetta and Christopher started their partnership mid April. Chris and Chantelle debuted their Classic routine at Swingtacular to an overwhelming reaction from the audience. After making many alterations to that Swingtacular performance to meet the new guidelines for Swing Content, they were met with a Finals spot at the 2019 Open. 2024 marks 16 years Chris has been doing West Coast Swing. He dances in the Champions Division on the regular and has won many contests spanning Jack & Jill’s, Strictly’s, and Routines with Chantelle. Chris is excited for what the future holds for the years to come for his West Coast Swing career as well as try his best to better himself and his dancing.
Accomplishments
-Won The Open Young Adult division 2012, 2013 with Nicole Ramirez – Made it to Champions Level in JnJ at 18 years old -Won multiple NASDE Classic Divisions with 3 different routines with Tara Trafzer -Won Champions JnJ in my first ever appearance with Sarah Van Drake.
https://youtu.be/mUKnq2w7YwU Christopher & Chantelle
https://youtu.be/h0cD6TBoL_ Christopher & Bryn
https://youtu.be/GPwHdS4AvS4 Christopher & Cameo