Helmut Roland
April 5th was the date of 2014 European Championship Latin. Aarhus Sportdanserforening had prepared NRGi Park Stadion hall for this competition. 60 couples had come to compete for the title. Aniello Langella - Khystyna Moshenska from Italy won the title winning all dances ahead of Gabriele Goffredo - Anna Matus from Moldova, who attained runners-up position.
This year`s WDSF European Championship Standard was held in Moscow on March 29th. 56 couples had come to Moscow to compete for the title. Winners are Emanuel Valeri - Tania Kehlet from Denmark. Emanuel and Tania declared, this was their last championship as amateurs.
48th Savaria Dance Festival set the stage for this year´s European Championship Ten Dance. 31 European countries presented their national champions to compete for the title. Chairman Markus Sónyi and his team of adjudicators and organizers cared for a wonderful event for the couples and the audience in AGORA Hall in Szombathely / Hungary.
This year, a successor had to be found for Bjorn Bitch – Ashli Williamson from Denmark, who finished their career in ten dance section after winning the title of world champion ten dance for the third time in Oslo last year. So it was most exciting who would be able to persuade the nine adjudicators …
Klaipeda University formation team “Zuvedra 1” from Lithuania win the title at Siemens Arena in Vilnius / Lithuania on Mai 18th 2013. 16 teams had come to Vilnius this weekend to compete at WDSF European Championship Latin.
All the teams and the coaches were very excited during the last rehearsals on Friday evening and Saturday morning. Which team could realize the best performance during the championship. See the the videos of the final rounds and the pictures of the teams.
1st place: Klaipeda Zuvedra Team 1 / Lithuania
Emanuel Valeri – Tania Kehlet from Denmark won the title (5 points). Congratulations to the new European Champions Standard! Again NGRI Arena in Aarhus set the stage for a major competition on April 20th. About 2,000 spectators followed the competition during the evening session. 61 couples from 34 European countries had come to Aarhus to find the champion in standard section. Emanuel & Tania later during an interview with WDSF Presidium member Heidi Götz said that it was very special for them to win the title in their homeland.
Andrey Zaytsev – Anna Kuzminskaya from Russian Federation win the European Championship Latin. Congratulations!
Aniello Langella – Khrystyna Moshenska from Italy, who became the World Champions Latin in Vienna last November, achieved runners-up position. The two favourite couples in latin dancing changed the places. Andrey and Anna won Rumba, Paso Doble and Jive while Aniello and Khrystyna achieved 1st places in Samba and Cha Cha Cha. The final score was 7 points for the winner and 8 points for the runners up couple.
Dominykas Granskas and Kotryna Petrosiute from Lithuania win the title.
VII D. O. World Dancesport Cambrils 2013 set the stage for this year`s WDSF European Championship Youth Standard. 55 couples from 30 countries had come to join the competition. After 4 rounds six couples had been qualified for the final.
The results are …
1st place: Dominykas Granskas – Kotryna Petrosiute / Lithuania
2nd place: Alexey Barkov – Anna Grishchenko / Russian Federation
3rd place: Madis Abel – Aleksandra Galkina / Estonia
This years European Championship Standard was held on April 28th in Koblenz. Organizer 1. TGC Redoute Koblenz + Neuwied had prepared the Sports Hall Oberwerth for this exciting dance sport event. 66 couples from 37 European countries had come to compete for the title. Under the chairmanship of WDSF Sports Director Marco Sietas nine adjudicators from nine different countries had to find out the champion. Master of Ceremony was Franz Allert, DTV President from Germany.
Happy Easter! The sun shines bright at the coast of Catalonia on April 8th in Cabrils / Spain this morning. 71 couples from 39 countries are attending the European Championship Latin 2012. Andrey Zaytsev – Anna Kuzminskaya from Russian Fedderation belong to the candidates of the title. Andrey and Anna had won the Final Grand Slam Latin in Salou in December 2011. Will they succeed again today? What about their competitors?
