School Principal of Crystal Ballroom Dance School
Glen Brennan is the Executive Managing Director and School Principal of the Crystal Ballroom Dance School. He co-ordinates all the group classes at the Crystal Ballroom and teaches many of the classes personally.
Glen Brennan is a former Dancesport Competitor from Australia. He has danced since he was 10 years old, and competed both as an Amateur and a Professional for over 20 years, both in Latin and Standard. He has over 32 years of Ballroom dance experience.
Glen is a registered Canadian and World Dance Council Professional Adjudicator of both Amateur and Professional events world wide.
Accomplishments:
- Former Australasian (Australia and New Zealand) Professional Champion.
- In the top 48 at the British Open Championships Blackpool U.K.
- Australian Professional Rising Star Champion
- Western Australian Open Professional Champion
Glen is one of B.C.’s leading Dancesport coaches in both the Standard and Latin styles, having trained many B.C. Champions over his 9 years here in Canada.
His long list of coaching achievements include:
- Many Champions in North America in both Standard and Latin styles
- U.K. Open Ten Dance Champions 2000
- U.K. Open Ten Dance 3rd Place in 2000
- Triple World Gold Cup Junior Latin Champions U.K.
- Multi British Open Junior Latin Finalists U.K.
- Multi International Open Junior Latin Finalists
- Multi London Open Junior Latin Champions and Finalists
- Winners of various Australian major titles
- Multi B.C. Closed Champions
- Multi Seattle Star Ball Adult Open Latin Champions
- 2001 Canadian Professional Rhythm Champions
- Multi Under 21 Latin Champions at the U.K. Open Professional Ten Dance Championships
- U.K. Open Professional 10 Dance Finalists
- All England Adult Amateur Standard Finalists
- Warwickshire and Herefordshire Adult Latin Champions and finalists U.K.
- I.D.S.F. North West Adult Amateur Latin Champions. U.S.A.
- Western Australian Adult Open Standard and Latin Finalists
- Multi I.D.S.F. Snowball Classic Adult Latin Finalists
- Multi I.D.S.F. Snowball Classic Youth Latin Champions
- Multi B.C. Adult Open Latin Champions and Finalists
- 2008 Canadian Senior 2 World Championship Standard representatives
- 2008 Embassy Ball North American Senior 2 Standard Champions
- 2009 Adult Open Latin Championships finalists 4th Place
- 2009 I.D.S.F. Snowball Classic Youth Latin Runner up
- 2009 I.D.S.F. World Senior 3 Standard Semi Finalists
Some of Glen’s many Canadian and International Adjudicating appointments include:
- South Pacific, Australasian, Australian and Western Australian Open Championships (Australia)
- U.K. Open Amateur and Professional 10 Dance Championships (U.K.)
- World Junior Gold Cup (U.K.)
- E.A.D.A.Championship Adjudicator (U.K.)
- London Open Professional and Amateur Championships (U.K.)
- Herefordshire and Warwickshire Championships (U.K.)
- All England Championships (U.K.)
- Seattle Star Ball (U.S.A.)
- I.D.S.F. North West Championships (U.S.A.)
- I.D.S.F. Snowball Classic (Canada)
- W.D.C. World Dance Trophy (Canada)
- Canadian Professional Standard and Latin Championships (Canada)
- U.B.C. Gala Ball (Canada)
- The Grand Ball (Canada)
- B.C. Closed and Open Amateur Championships (Canada)