danceComp 2012: WDSF PD Open Adult Latin
The first PD tournament belonged to the Latin section. DTV PD and WDSF PD Sports Director Joachim Llambi guided the 8 participating couples through the tournament. Three nations were represented in the final: Italy (3 couples), Russia (2 couples) and Luxembourg (1 couple). The first place went to Mikhail Solovyev/Kristina Tsvetkova from Russia. Guy Rosen/Anastasija Gorbachenko (Luxembourg) finishe...
by Tobias Hock
danceComp 2012: WDSF Open Rising Star Adult Latin
Andrey Chumachenko/Alexandra Busheva won the Rising Star Latin tournament. Artur Balandin/Anna Salita narrowly missed out on the victory and were ranked on the second place. The bronze medal went to Germany as well: Gregor Bronstein/Aigulim Gerich reached the third place. 1. Andrey Chumachenko/Alexandra Busheva, Russia 2. Artur Balandin/Anna Salita, Germany 3. Gregor Bronstein/Aigulim Gerich, Ger...
by Tobias Hock
danceComp 2012: WDSF Open Senior II Standard
179 couples participated in the Senior II Standard tournament, including the current World Champions, the runners-up to the World Champions, and the German Champions. The adjudicators confirmed the international result from the World Championship: Aurelia and Heinz-Josef Bickers received the winners' medal, followed by Carlo Wilmer Righero/Manuela Traversi from Italy and the current German Champio...
by Tobias Hock
danceComp 2012: WDSF Open Senior I Latin
47 couples participated in the Senior I Latin tournament, which was slightly more than in 2011. Master of Ceremony, Thomas Kokott, attested "outstanding performances" to all competitors. The final consisted of seven couples from four nations. The German Champions Andreas Hoffmann/Isabel Krüger showed high-class Latin dancing; however, they had to leave the first place to Sergey Makarenko/Tatiana N...
by Tobias Hock
danceComp 2012: WDSF Open Senior II Latin
Only two nations were represented in the final of the Senior II Latin tournament: Germany (five couples) and Japan (one couple). Susanne Schantora/Georg Böcker won the tournament with all five dances. After a thrilling duel in the Jive, Heike Glaubitz/Eugen Gal came out on top against Jun and Hinako Shimizu from Japan and finished second. 1. Georg Bröker/Susanne Schantora, Germany 2. Eugen Gal/He...
by Tobias Hock
danceComp 2012: WDSF Open Rising Star Adult Standard
A firework of high-class dancing could be seen in the Rising Star Adult Standard tournament. With 84 competing couples, the number of participants has increased significantly compared to last year. 16 nations were represented in the tournament; the final consisted of six couples from five nations. Anastasia Koler/Evgeny Mushtukov were in top form from the beginning and won the competition with all...
by Tobias Hock
danceComp 2012: WDSF Open Senior III Standard
The first WDSF tournament of the dC 2012 started at 4.15 p.m. and concluded with the winners' ceremony at 1.10 a.m. at night. The Slovenians Vitam and Barbara Kodelja put themselves supremely well on top of the 108 participating couples. The second place went to Wolfgang Walter and Ilse von Beyer from Germany, followed by Giacomo Guglielmi and Manola Priori from Italy. 1. Vitam and Barbara Kodelj...
by Tobias Hock
EuroGames in Budapest
For the first time in their history the EuroGames were granted to an East European country. In contrast to the last GayGames 2010, which took place in Germany (Cologne), the organizers of the Budapest EuroGames have to get along without communal help. However, the Hungarian dancesport enthusiasts received valuable support from the ESSDA (European Same-Sex Dance Association), under the auspices of ...
by Tobias Hock
Results from Alassio
Several German couples took part in tournaments in Alassio the last weekend. Here are two results: WDSF Senior II Standard (24 couples) 1. Heinz-Josef & Aurelia Bickers Adults Standard (61 couples) 12. Michael Wenger/Jekaterina Peredereieva (semi final with 14 couples)
Skuratov/Uehlin win in Slovenia
Anton Skuratov/Alena Uehlin report from Slovenia that they have won the WDSF Open Standard tournament in Krsko. 38 couples took part.