PUP Radicals Dancesport Team

The PUP Radicals Dancesport Team proudly competed at the Manila Open Dancesport Competition & PDSFI Grandslam NCR Leg 2026, giving their best in every performance. Every result reflects the hard work, discipline, and commitment our dancers have poured into their training.

Congratulations to our competing couples:

🥇 Jhon Levi U. Calupas & Kris Cassandra A. Maghanoy

* Champion – Inter Collegiate A Latin
* Champion – Rising Star Latin Grandslam

🥈 Glen E. Tuyay & Venice Edver T. Joson

* Silver – Inter Collegiate A Latin
* Champion – Grade C Latin

🥈 Vince Laurence D. Macalanda & Jasper N. Dumaan

* Silver – Same S*x C Standard

🥇 James Khristopher Castillo & Dennae Marteina J. Morilla

* Champion – Youth D2 Standard (WQ)
* Silver – Youth D1 Standard (WT)

🥇 Januel P. Sanchez & Michaela Jane B. Sanchez

* Champion – Grade E Standard Waltz
* Champion – Grade E Standard Tango
* 6th Place – Inter Collegiate A Standard

🥉 Carl Denzel G. Huerto & Arianne Mae J. Fernando

* Bronze – Inter Collegiate A Latin
* Bronze – Grade B Latin

✨ Timothy John P. Vasquez & Evelyn M. Manayaga

* 7th Place – Inter Collegiate A Standard
* 5th Place – Inter Collegiate B Standard

✨ Ken Z. Tropicales & Princess Mezzie Tulbo

* 4th Place – Inter Collegiate A Standard

✨ Calvin James Cabotaje & Manelle V. Singh

* 6th Place – Youth D1 Latin (CR)

✨ Darene Kirschner Gayeta & Dennae Marteina J. Morilla

* 5th Place - Youth D1 Latin (CR)

✨ Vince Laurence D. Macalanda & Manelle V. Singh

* 4th Place - Grade D1 (WT)

Thank you to our coaches, supporters, and everyone who continues to believe in the team. Your guidance and encouragement make every competition worthwhile.

Congratulations, Radicals! We’ll keep learning, improving, and proudly representing PUP—one dance at a time.❤️

Today, the spotlight is not on the dance floor—it is on the man who helps champions find their stage. ✨🏆

Happy Birthday, 𝑺𝒊𝒓 𝑹𝒐𝒏 𝑯𝒖𝒃𝒃𝒂𝒓𝒅🎉🎊🎂🎁
Your leadership, unwavering support, and commitment to sports development continue to inspire athletes to train harder, dream bigger, and represent PUP with pride.

May your special day be filled with the same energy, victories, and unforgettable moments that you help create for others. Here’s to good health, lasting happiness, and many more milestones ahead!

𝐘𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐯𝐢𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐩𝐢𝐫𝐞𝐬 𝐮𝐬. 𝐘𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐬𝐮𝐩𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭 𝐞𝐦𝐩𝐨𝐰𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐮𝐬. 𝐘𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐩 𝐦𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐬 𝐮𝐬.

Warm greetings from the 𝓟𝓤𝓟 𝓡𝓪𝓭𝓲𝓬𝓪𝓵𝓼 𝓓𝓪𝓷𝓬𝓮𝓼𝓹𝓸𝓻𝓽 𝓣𝓮𝓪𝓶! 🔥💃🕺

𝐎𝐧𝐞 𝐓𝐞𝐚𝐦. 𝐎𝐧𝐞 𝐅𝐢𝐫𝐞. 𝐎𝐧𝐞 𝐑𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐑𝐡𝐲𝐭𝐡𝐦.

𝑫𝒐𝒏’𝒕 𝒘𝒂𝒊𝒕 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒄𝒐𝒎𝒑𝒆𝒕𝒊𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝒅𝒂𝒚 𝒕𝒐 𝒔𝒕𝒂𝒓𝒕 “𝒑𝒆𝒓𝒇𝒐𝒓𝒎𝒊𝒏𝒈.” 𝑩𝒚 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒏, 𝒊𝒕’𝒔 𝒂𝒍𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒅𝒚 𝒕𝒐𝒐 𝒍𝒂𝒕𝒆.
🔥💃🕺

During the pre-competition phase, athletes should train more than steps, stamina, and technique. They must also practise how to 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐚 𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐲 —clearly enough for the judges to see it and strongly enough for the audience to feel it.

Every run-through should answer two questions:

👁️ “𝓒𝓪𝓷 𝓽𝓱𝓮𝔂 𝓼𝓮𝓮 𝔀𝓱𝓪𝓽 𝓘 𝓼𝓮𝓮?”
Show a clear intention through your focus, body line, direction, timing, and reaction to your partner.

❤️ “𝓒𝓪𝓷 𝓽𝓱𝓮𝔂 𝓯𝓮𝓮𝓵 𝔀𝓱𝓪𝓽 𝓘 𝓯𝓮𝓮𝓵?”
Let emotion influence your breathing, movement quality, musicality, energy, and connection—not just your facial expression.

Include these ideas in full-round simulations, stamina practices, and competition-pressure drills. Decide the intention of every section, make your partner’s actions affect you, and finish every movement as though someone is watching—because soon, someone will be.

𝑻𝒆𝒄𝒉𝒏𝒊𝒒𝒖𝒆 𝒎𝒂𝒌𝒆𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒅𝒂𝒏𝒄𝒆 𝒄𝒐𝒓𝒓𝒆𝒄𝒕. 𝑪𝒐𝒎𝒎𝒖𝒏𝒊𝒄𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝒎𝒂𝒌𝒆𝒔 𝒊𝒕 𝒄𝒐𝒏𝒗𝒊𝒏𝒄𝒊𝒏𝒈. 𝑭𝒆𝒆𝒍𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒎𝒂𝒌𝒆𝒔 𝒊𝒕 𝒖𝒏𝒇𝒐𝒓𝒈𝒆𝒕𝒕𝒂𝒃𝒍𝒆.

So before the upcoming competition, do not simply ask:

“𝐃𝐢𝐝 𝐰𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐥𝐞𝐭𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐞?

Ask:

“𝐃𝐢𝐝 𝐰𝐞 𝐦𝐚𝐤𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐦 𝐬𝐞𝐞 𝐢𝐭? 𝐃𝐢𝐝 𝐰𝐞 𝐦𝐚𝐤𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐦 𝐟𝐞𝐞𝐥
𝐢𝐭?”

Train the steps. Build the stamina. Sharpen the technique. But most importantly—𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐲.🏆🔥

𝑻𝒓𝒂𝒊𝒏 𝒔𝒎𝒂𝒓𝒕, 𝒏𝒐𝒕 𝒋𝒖𝒔𝒕 𝒉𝒂𝒓𝒅. 🧠💃🕺**

Not every practice should leave you breathless—and not every correction should wait until you’re already exhausted.

𝐂𝐨𝐫𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐏𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐞 is where you slow down, identify the problem, and rebuild the movement with better timing, balance, posture, connection, and control.

𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐚 𝐏𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐞 is where you test whether that corrected movement can survive full rounds, pressure, and fatigue—without losing technique, musicality, expression, or confidence.

The right order matters:

𝗪𝗮𝗿𝗺 𝘂𝗽. 𝗖𝗼𝗿𝗿𝗲𝗰𝘁. 𝗥𝗲𝗳𝗶𝗻𝗲. 𝗣𝗲𝗿𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗺. 𝗘𝗻𝗱𝘂𝗿𝗲. 𝗥𝗲𝗰𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿.

Because repeating a mistake for five full rounds does not make it stronger—it only makes it harder to correct.

𝑪𝒐𝒓𝒓𝒆𝒄𝒕𝒊𝒗𝒆 𝒑𝒓𝒂𝒄𝒕𝒊𝒄𝒆 𝒄𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒕𝒆𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒓𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕 𝒎𝒐𝒗𝒆𝒎𝒆𝒏𝒕. 𝑺𝒕𝒂𝒎𝒊𝒏𝒂 𝒑𝒓𝒂𝒄𝒕𝒊𝒄𝒆 𝒑𝒓𝒐𝒗𝒆𝒔 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒄𝒂𝒏 𝒎𝒂𝒊𝒏𝒕𝒂𝒊𝒏 𝒊𝒕 𝒘𝒉𝒆𝒏 𝒚𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒃𝒐𝒅𝒚 𝒘𝒂𝒏𝒕𝒔 𝒕𝒐 𝒒𝒖𝒊𝒕.

Fix it while fresh. Test it when tired. Perform it when it counts. 🔥

𝑳𝒐𝒐𝒌𝒔 𝒄𝒂𝒏 𝒘𝒊𝒏 𝒂𝒕𝒕𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏—𝒃𝒖𝒕 𝒕𝒆𝒄𝒉𝒏𝒊𝒒𝒖𝒆 𝒘𝒊𝒏𝒔 𝒄𝒐𝒏𝒔𝒊𝒔𝒕𝒆𝒏𝒄𝒚.

A movement may look stunning, feel powerful, and even earn applause… yet still be technically wrong underneath.

That does not mean the beauty is fake. It means the mechanism still needs work.

In dancesport, we must learn to separate what is:

𝐂𝐨𝐫𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐭 — built on sound technique, timing, balance, and partnership.
𝐄𝐟𝐟𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞 — creates the desired visual, musical, and emotional impact.
𝐀𝐜𝐜𝐞𝐩𝐭𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞 — good enough for the current level, even if it is not yet ideal.

The real goal is not to remove the beauty. It is to refine what produces it.

Because “𝐠𝐨𝐨𝐝 𝐞𝐧𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡” 𝐦𝐚𝐲 𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐯𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞—𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐜𝐨𝐫𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐭 𝐭𝐞𝐜𝐡𝐧𝐢𝐪𝐮𝐞 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐯𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐞, 𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐞𝐝, 𝐟𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐠𝐮𝐞, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐫𝐞𝐩𝐞𝐭𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧.

𝑲𝒆𝒆𝒑 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒃𝒆𝒂𝒖𝒕𝒚. 𝑰𝒎𝒑𝒓𝒐𝒗𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒎𝒆𝒄𝒉𝒂𝒏𝒊𝒔𝒎. 𝑴𝒂𝒌𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒄𝒐𝒓𝒓𝒆𝒄𝒕 𝒎𝒐𝒗𝒆𝒎𝒆𝒏𝒕 𝒖𝒏𝒇𝒐𝒓𝒈𝒆𝒕𝒕𝒂𝒃𝒍𝒆.

Great dancers don’t just “move”—they understand 𝐡𝐨𝐰 𝐦𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐤𝐬. 💃🕺

In dancesport, every step, turn, line, and transition is built on one powerful idea: 𝒌𝒊𝒏𝒆𝒎𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒄𝒔—the study of how the body moves.

When dancers understand the difference between 𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐬𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 and 𝐫𝐨𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧, between 𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞 and 𝐩𝐚𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐯𝐞 movement, and between 𝐜𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐨𝐟 𝐦𝐚𝐬𝐬 and 𝐜𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐨𝐟 𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐯𝐢𝐭𝐲, training becomes clearer, smarter, and safer.

Because sometimes, the problem is not effort.
Sometimes, the problem is not talent.
Sometimes, the problem is simply not knowing 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐛𝐨𝐝𝐲 𝐢𝐬 𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐮𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐝𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐠.

Learn how the body moves, and every correction makes more sense.
Understand the movement, and every performance becomes more intentional.

𝐌𝐨𝐯𝐞 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐩𝐮𝐫𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐞. 𝐃𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠.
𝑷𝑼𝑷 𝑹𝒂𝒅𝒊𝒄𝒂𝒍𝒔 𝑫𝒂𝒏𝒄𝒆𝒔𝒑𝒐𝒓𝒕 𝑻𝒆𝒂𝒎 🔥

We don’t just follow the beat—we rise, fight, and become stronger with it. 🔥

From the practice floor to the competition spotlight, every step is built with discipline, every move is driven by passion, and every performance carries our purpose.

We are the PUP Radicals Dancesport Team—where every beat fuels courage, every step tells a story, and every dancer grows stronger as one.

𝑶𝒏𝒆 𝑻𝒆𝒂𝒎. 𝑶𝒏𝒆 𝑭𝒊𝒓𝒆. 𝑶𝒏𝒆 𝑹𝑨𝑫𝑰𝑪𝑨𝑳 𝑹𝒉𝒚𝒕𝒉𝒎.❤️‍🔥

Happy Birthday, Coach John John Roman! 🎉

Wishing you a wonderful day filled with happiness and blessings. Thank you for your dedication, guidance, and support to the team throughout every competition and training. May you continue to inspire and lead with passion in the years ahead. Enjoy your special day, Coach!❤️🎉🎊🎂

Lights on, music up, nerves kicking in—and still, the PUP Radicals Dancesport Team proudly showcased their talent at the OLA BAYLE 2026 Ballroom Competition held at the University of Santo Tomas. ❤️🔥

The competition was filled with unforgettable moments, challenging rounds, and performances that showed the team’s dedication to the craft. Every couple brought their own energy and style, proving that passion and hard work always shine through.

🥇 Jhon Levi U. Calupas & Kris Cassandra A. Maghanoy
* 1st Place – Grade A Latin
* 5th Place – Grade B Latin
* 4th Place – Grade C Latin

🥉 Carl Denzel G. Huerto & Arianne Mae J. Fernando
* Bronze – Grade A Latin
* Bronze – Grade B Latin
* Bronze – Grade C Latin

✨ Glen E. Tuyay & Venice Edver T. Joson
* 4th Place – Grade A Latin
* 6th Place – Grade B Latin

✨ Timothy John P. Vasquez & Evelyn M. Manayaga
* 5th Place – Grade A Standard
* 5th Place – Grade B Standard
* 4th Place – Grade C Standard

To Coach John John P. Roman & Coach Jessel C. Yaun, thank you for constantly believing in the team and helping every dancer grow stronger with every competition.

This journey is built on teamwork, discipline, and love for the sport—and the Radicals will continue carrying that spirit wherever the dance floor takes us next. 💃🕺

𝐏𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐩𝐩𝐢𝐧𝐞 𝐒𝐮𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐬 𝐎𝐩𝐞𝐧 𝐃𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐅𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐚𝐥 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟔

The PUP Radicals Dancesport Team once again proves that hard work speaks loudest on the dance floor.

Behind every performance is discipline, long hours of training, and the courage to step under the spotlight and give it your all—and this team did exactly that.

🏅Carl Denzel Huerto & Arianne Mae J. Fernando
• Champion - Grade C Latin
• Silver - Inter Collegiate A Latin

🏅John Levi U. Calupas & Kris Cassandra A. Maghanoy
* Champion - Inter Collegiate A Latin

🥉 Glen E. Tuyay & Venice Edver T. Joson
• Bronze – Grade C Latin
• Bronze – Inter Collegiate A Latin

🏅Januel P. Sanchez & Jasper N. Dumaan
• Champion – Same S*x C Standard

✨Januel P. Sanchez & Michaela Jane B. Sanchez
• 5th Place - Under 21 C Standard
• 5th Place - Inter Collegiate A Standard

✨ Timothy John P. Vasquez & Evelyn M. Manayaga
• Semi-Finalist – Under 21 C Standard
• 6th Place – Inter Collegiate A Standard

From powerful Latin routines to graceful Standard movements, every performance showed precision, passion, and true teamwork.

Big appreciation to Coach John John P. Roman & Coach Jessel C. Yaun who continuously guide and shape these athletes—not just as dancers, but as competitors with heart and resilience. ❤️

Each result tells a story of growth, effort, and determination. And with performances like these, one thing is clear—the Radicals are just getting started. ❤️🔥