The 2012 World Championship Freestyle Standard was being held on September 22nd in Beijing. It was one of the four highlights of this year`s Beijing International DanceSport Open.
The new sections “Freestyle Standard” and “Freestyle Latin” were started last year. For this year`s competition fourteen couples had registered. Following the rules a minimum of three out of the five standard dances have to be shown during 75 % of the time, which is between 3:30 and 4:00 minutes. Elements of the other dances may be included up to 25 % time of the show.
Titel holder Simone Segatori – Annette Sudol from Germany had come again to Beijing to stick up for the title of World Champion Freestyle Standard for a second time. And they succeeded to win again in a superior manner. Congratulations to Simone & Annette.
Anton Belyayev – Antoaneta Popva from Canada inspired with their racy show and achieved 2nd place.
Dmitry Stoborov – Ekaterina Krysanova from Russian Federation demonstrated the impact of “Champagne” in their wonderful show. Dmitry & Ekaterina attained 3rd place.
The first two WDSF videos are taken with two cameras by Ferran Castaner and Helmut Roland. Ferran cut the film. The other videos are taken by Helmut Roland.
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See more photos from the competition at the gallery …
