12-02 WDSF Open Ten Dance
Saxonian Dance Classics 2012

Visitors of Saxonian Dance Classics 2012 lived to see another highlight this weekend in Coswig-Dresden. 34 couples from 13 countries had come to compete at WDSF Open Ten Dance. Supervisor Sibille Vinzenz and her “crew” did an excellent job under the chairmanship of Andreas Neuhaus. It took the nine adjudicators from seven countries three rounds to identify the six finalists of this competition. The photo  shoes Petra Matschullat-Horn judging the ten dance competition.

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12-02 WDSF Open Senior I Standard
Saxonian Dance Classics 2012

Tassilo & Sabine Lax superior won the competition with all twenty-five 1st places!

From February 25th – 26th “Tanzsportzentrum Dresden” had invited for the 3rd Saxonian Dance Classics. More than 400 couples started this weekend to compare their dancing skills in eight classes. Major events on Saturday were WDSF Open Ten Dance and WDSF Senior I Standard.

Tassilo and Sabine Lax from Germany, who had become World Champions Senior I Standard at Antwerp three weeks before for the second time won the competition with all forty-five 1st places of the nine adjudicators.

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12-02 DTV Leistungsstarke 66
Saxonian Dance Classics 2012

Saxonian Dance Classics set the stage for this years start of DTV Leistungsstarke 66. The 1st qualification took place on 26th February 2012 in Coswig near Dresden. Armin & Ute Walendzik from TSC Brühl in BTV 1879 achieved 1st place ahead of Hans-Georg & Barbara Strunk from VTG Grün-Gold Recklinghausen, who attained 2nd place, followed by Joachim and Gisela Götze from TSG Bremerhaven (3rd place) and Helmut Lembke / Eleonore Roland (4th place) from Tanzklub Blau-WEiß Celle. The final round was completed by Klaus & Werner Hanne from TC Wieste TV Sottrum (5th place) and Andreas & Susanne Nolopp from STK Impuls Leipzig (6th place).

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12-02 WDSF Grand Slam Latin
12th Antwerp Stars Cup / Belgium

Andrey Zaytsev / Anna Kuzminskaya, Russian Federation

On February 4th the new series of grand slam latin competitions 2012 started in Antwerp / Belgium. 75 couples had come from 18 European countries to join the tournament. Hubert De Maeschschalck guided the competition as master of ceremony under the chairmanship  of Marco Sietas, Sportsdirector of WDSF.

Many experienced adjudicators are needed to run international championships. They usually judge from dawn to dusk on several days. Couples should be aware that they also “perform” excellently till the end of the competition.

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12-02 WDSF World Championship Senior I STD – 12th Antwerp Stars Cup / Belgium

12 th Antwerp Stars Cup from 3rd – 5th February 2012 set the stage for the WDSF World Championship Senior I Standard on 5th February. Organizer and master of ceremony Hubert de Maesschalck from Stars DanceSportClub was happy to salute couples, adjudicators and guests with finest weather and degrees around -20 ° C (- 4°  F) and a wonderful white layer of snow. Certainly, there were some problems to get to the Sporthal Extra Time in time on Friday evening, because there was nearly no more traffic running at the airports, train stations and on the streets.

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12-02 WDSF World Open Standard
12th Antwerp Stars Club / Belgium

They are back again! Claudia and Benedetto started their first competition in Antwerp on February 4th 2012 after the World Championship Standard in November last year in Moscow, where they were set on 2nd place behind Emanuel Valeri and Tania Kehlet from Denmark.They are back again! Claudia and Benedetto started their first competition in Antwerp on February 4th 2012 after the World Championship Standard in November last year in Moscow, where they were set on 2nd place behind Emanuel Valeri and Tania Kehlet from Denmark.

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