11-12 WDSF Final Grand Slam 2011 Standard and Latin – Salou / Spain

Six competitions belong to an annual run. In standard section the couples had to start in Seoul / Korea. Next station was Chengdu in China followed by Stuttgart / Germany and Aarhus / Denmark. Last chance for winning a ticket to the Final Grand Slam in Salou was in St. Petersburg / Russia. In latin section the couples started in Copenhagen / Denmark. Next competition was held in Chengdu followed by Stuttgart and Aarhus. Last chance for the latin couples to win a ticket to the Final Grand Slam was in Ostrava / Czech Republic.

In latin section the couples started in Copenhagen / Denmark. Next competition was held in Chengdu followed by Stuttgart and Aarhus. Last chance for the latin couples to win a ticket to the Final Grand Slam was in Ostrava / Czech Republic.

You can expect to see some hundreds of couples coming to join the Grand Slam competitions all over the world. In Stuttgart, for example, 334 couples started in standard section and 336 couples started in latin section. For the Final Grand Slam only twelve couples in standard and latin section, who had been ranked best at Grand Slam competitions during the year, were invited to join the final competition in Salou.

There are some more specifics at this tournament. The final rounds of the Grand Slam have to be completed with five solo dances by each finalist. The adjudicators don`t have to rank the couples into places by the well known skating system, but they have to evaluate the performance of each dance of the finalists by a new system.

Read more about the new scoring system in DanceBeatWorld
Edition 0212-1 page 6.

See the interviews with Marco Sietas, Sports Director of WDSF, and with Simone Segatori / Annette Sudol, Germany, and Emanuel Valeri / Tania Kehlet, Denmark, due to the new scoring system …

Back to the floor we saw two rounds of standard dancing at its best. All couples gave their very best from the beginning. At the end six couples had been qualified for the finals of the Final Grand Slam.

Asis Khadjeh-Nouri, a well know professional, was at the location. As he was not on duty as WDSF adjudicator in Salou, he gave a couples critique from the final. Thank you so much, Asis!