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Clyde C. Harris

Clyde is a Professional Ballroom and Latin Competitor and business professional who lives to change peoples’ lives. Clyde has been Singing, dancing, acting and modeling since the age of 5. He has won several pageants and has gained some national titles in modeling, as well as national and world titles in dancing. His lead role as “Hud” in a production of “Hair” and lead role as Mack ‘the knife’ in Three Penney Opera were his finest moments in his career as an actor.

Clyde started teaching private lessons for National Dance Clubs in July 2001 until July 2008 where he then went to Teach and become a Training Manager for Dance With Me USA in NYC until 2013 at the time owned and operated by The Chmerkovskiy and Volynets family. Maksim and Valentin competed on DWTS on ABC and Clyde was invited to dance on seven episodes for DWTS on Good morning America. Moving to World Champion Productions, where he became the Regional Dance Director he started dancing with Summer Black Elkin in a category called Cabaret Exhibition/Theater Arts in April of 2013. He is a Four time United States National finalist for Open Theater Arts, Four time USDC World finalists for Open Theater Arts, UCWDC World Cabaret Exhibition Champions 2016 and Second Place in 2017. He is also a Blackpool British Finalist placing 6th in 2017. Clyde now resides in Nashville TN, where he hopes to further his ambitions in TV, Film and print.

photo by Morgan Graham

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