Glenn Weiss

Glenn Weiss is a Danish ballroom dancer and coach whose competitive partnership with Gillian Thickett produced consecutive World Amateur Modern/Standard championships in 1984 and 1985. His early trajectory through Denmark's competitive system was unusually rapid: he began dancing at six and won his first Danish championship at eight, followed by a European International Standard title at sixteen. These results established him as an elite amateur dancer while still in his teens.

Weiss and Thickett's 1984 and 1985 world titles, achieved while representing Denmark, remain the cornerstone of his competitive record. Beyond the world championships, his biography credits him with honors at Blackpool, International, European, and UK competitions, though the specific years and divisions of these titles require verification against contemporary result books. After the amateur peak, Weiss transitioned into professional competition, where specialist sources describe him as a World Professional Modern finalist.

Following his performing career, Weiss built a substantial second life as a coach, choreographer, adjudicator, and instructor. He worked with competitive dancers across multiple levels and served as an adjudicator for the World DanceSport Federation, licensed to evaluate Standard, Latin, Ten Dance, and their Professional Division equivalents. In 2017 he became president of USA Dance, holding the position through 2018. His pedagogical work extended beyond elite competitors; a recorded session at Oregon State University shows him teaching international tango to a mixed group of competitive and community dancers, demonstrating how championship-level principles translate into accessible instruction.