Joshua K. Adams is an Australian Dancesport

DanceSport

Dancesport denotes competitive ballroom dancing, as contrasted to social or exhibition dancing. It is wheelchair dancesport where at least one of the dancers is in a wheelchair....

 competitor. Son of Kevin and Donna Adams, Adams also has two older brothers, Paul and Michael who were successful Ballroom Dancers.

Personal life

Adams was born in Sydney

Sydney

Sydney is the most populous city in Australia and the state capital of New South Wales. Sydney is located on Australia's south-east coast of the Tasman Sea. As of June 2010, the greater metropolitan area had an approximate population of 4.6 million people...

, New South Wales

New South Wales

New South Wales is a state of :Australia, located in the east of the country. It is bordered by Queensland, Victoria and South Australia to the north, south and west respectively. To the east, the state is bordered by the Tasman Sea, which forms part of the Pacific Ocean. New South Wales...

. Adams Currently lives in Brisbane and studies Law at The Queensland University of Technology.

Career

Adams started Dancing at the age of 12 learning to dance at a local Parramatta RSL. He was convinced to watch a local dance school train by his cousins. With very little training Adams went onto win the NSW state championship in the beginner level. This created his passion for dance, which would only increase after his family moved interstate where Adams joined a local Dancesport Teacher Michael Bishop, which would be his mentor in the coming years. Bishop introduced Adams to his long time dance partner Jessica Reid, who Adams would have most of his dancing success with. With Bishop and Reid, Adams would go onto win Two National championships, three state championships and three South Pacific Championships.

Comeback

After four years away from the dance floor, Adams commenced a new partnership with Lauren Kavanagh a successful Queensland dancer. After limited preparation, both Adams and Kavanagh made a successful return to the competition floor regaining the title as the number one Queensland level four new vogue dancers in the state. Adams and Kavanagh went onto win the South Pacific Championship in Sydney in 2010 in their first year together. Adams and Kavanagh successfully started 2011 by making the final at the Crown international championship in Melbourne, Victoria placing 6th.

External links

• http://www.dancesport.org.au/