This chapter deals with the hidden realities behind the seemingly glamorous façade of DanceSport. It explores the service-based economy of ballroom dance in North America, where the dancers’ bodies are sold for profit by franchised dance studios to a public hungry for human contact of any form. It explores the history of “taxi dancing” in American society and its current resurgence through the Pro-Am industry in ballroom dance. This chapter continues by discussing the historical roots of Slavic dancers in North American culture and presents their role as unofficial diplomats between the East and the West. It discusses the illusions and political propaganda behind nationalist sentiments and gives perspectives on the current conflict between Ukraine and Russia outside of the mainstream narrative promoted by news outlets such as ABC, FOX news, or CBC. It looks at how dance in the USA continues to develop and grow as multifarious and decentralized institution and concludes by describing the state of various post-Soviet dance communities as they deal with the political shifts in their countries.