13-07 IWGA World Games
Santiago di Cali / Colombia

DanceSport was part of the World Games 2013 in Santiago di Cali / Colombia with latin, ballroom and of course with salsa. Plaza de Toros, a bullfighting arena, set the stage for the paso double and the other latin american and ballroom dances and salsa. More than 17,000 spectators had come to the arena and some two thousand people were outside waiting for a place in vain.

Gabriele Goffredo – Anna Matus from Moldova danced for gold in latin section on Saturday evening.

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13-07 WDSF PD European Cup Standard
Wuppertal / Germany

Benedetto Ferruggia – Claudia Köhler from Germany win the European Cup Standard of the WDSF Professional Division. Congratulations! Joachim Llambi, Master of Ceremony, welcomed 24 WDSF Professional Division couples from 12 European countries joining the WDSF European Cup Standard, which was the highlight of the opening day of this year`s DanceComp in Wuppertal / Germany.

Benedetto Ferruggia - Clau

Benedetto and Claudia showed outstanding ballroom dancing and convinced the nine adjudicators. They won the European Cup with 45 first places!

Runner-up are Donatas Vezelis – Lina Chatkeviciute from Lithuania. We are very sorry not to have a nice picture of the couple. But look at the video of the final rounds to watch their performance.

Isaia Berardi - Cinzia Birarelli / ItalyPavel Eydinov - Tatiana Livatova / Russian Federation

3rd place was given to Isaia Berardi – Cinzia Birarelli from Italy ahead of Pavel Eydinov – Tatiana Livatova from Russian Federation, who achieved 4th place.

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13-06 WDSF PD European Cup Latin
Bad Pyrmont / Germany

Martino & Michelle from Denmark Win The Title …

First Open Air Competition in Germany!

The courtyard of the castle of Bad Pyrmont set the stage for the first open air competition being held in Germany on June 29th 2013. Motive for this event was the WDSF Professional Division European Cup Latin. 18 professional latin couples from 13 countries joined the European Cup Latin, which was moderated by Joachim Llambi from Germany and Stuart Saunders from Scotland. Seven female adjudicators from seven European countries were assigned to find this year`s winner of European Cup Latin under the chairmanship of Andreas Neuhaus from Germany.

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13-06 WDSF European Championship 10Dance – Szombathely / HUN

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 …

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13-05 WDSF European Championship Formation Latin Vilnius / Lithuania

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

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THE CAMP 2013 – Wuppertal / Germany


Historical town hall of Wuppertal for the sixth time set the stage for THE CAMP, which is the official international DTV trainings camp. More than 200 couples from 30 countries had come to Wuppertal to listen lectures and lessons in ballroom and latin american section by 34 dance sport trainers from May 8th – 10th. The attractiveness of this event is based on the high quality of trainers and couples and on the facility for both groups to communicate during the group and private lessons, Asis Khadjeh-Nouri expresses during an interview.

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13-04 WDSF European Championship Standard Aarhus / Denmark


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.

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13-04 WDSF European Championship Latin
Krasnodar / Russian Federation

Andrey Zaytsev – Anna Kuzminskaya from Russian Federation win the European Championship Latin. Congratulations!

Andrej Zaytsev - Anaa Kuzminskaya / Russian Federation

 

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.

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13-03 WDSF Grand Slam Latin – Cambrils / Spain


The 2013 WDSF Grand Slam Latin Series started in Cambrils / Spain on March 31st. 76 couples had come to Cambrils at this Easter Sunday, only one week before the European Championship Latin in Krasnodar / Russia. Only a few of the top couples were missing.

This Grand Slam Latin competition was the first one being held under the new judging system 2.0. The atmosphere was very good, the performance of the couples was excellent.

Aniello Langella - Khrystyna Moshenska / Italy Andrey Kiselev - Anastasia Balaeva / Russian Federation

The World Champions Latin, Aniello Langello – Khrystyna Moshenska from Italy won the competition with 196,76 points, followed by Andrey Kiselev – Anastasia Balaeva from Russian Federation ( 184,27 points).

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