Last victory of the 14th Summer Dance Festival goes to Latvia
Karols Junelis/Natalia Szypulska from Latvia won the last WDSF tournament of the 14th Summer Dance Festival, the Youth A Latin. Beside them, three German, one Hungarian and one Russian couple were in the final. 1. Karols Junelis/Natalia Szypulska (LAT) 2. Nikita Tabachkov/Ekaterina Kostochinka (RUS) 3. Benjamin Becker/Josefin Dinger (TSZ Gera) 4. Daniel Buschmann/Katarina Bauer (TSC Dortmund) 5. ...
WDSF AGM in Berlin - no banning for couples and adjudicators
The colorful design of the Berlin Buddy Bear symbolizes the diversity of the world organization and the bridge between Berlin and Barcelona, DTV and WDSF. With this gift to WDSF President Carlos Freitag, presented by DTV Vice President Heidi Estler, DTV President Franz Allert welcomes the presidium and the delegates of the General Meeting in Berlin. 65 nations are represented. First in the agenda...
Dragos Ana/Janette Kaiser win WDSF Open Junior II B Standard
41 couples were lined up early in the morning for the WDSF Open Junior II B Standard tournament. Winning all dances, Dragos Ana/Janette Kaiser prevailed. The only foreign couple, Mikhail Chernavin/Julie Frese from Denmark, was the clear runner-up. As with the WDSF Open Junior II B Latin, David Ovsievitch/Maria Sedin reached the 3rd place. 1. Dragos Ana/Janette Kaiser (Schwarz-Weiß-Club Pforzheim)...
WDSF distinction for Prof. Dr. Helmut Roland
Launched last year, the prize of the World Dance Sport Federation (WDSF) was again awarded at the beginning of the Annual General Meeting (AGM WDSF) in Berlin. WDSF-President Carlos Freitag honored Prof. Dr. Helmut Roland from Germany with the "WDSF Long and Distinguished Service Award." He thanked him for his dedication to the WDSF especially in the field of media relations.
Buschmann/Bauer win WDSF Open Youth A Standard
Also in the second WDSF tournament of the Summer Dance Festival, the victory went to Germany, this time to the couple Daniel Buschmann/Katarina Bauer from Dortmund. They celebrated Katarina's 18th birthday today. Tomas Fainsil/Patricija Santaka (Lithuania) reached the second place ahead of Maciej Mikrzak/Martyna Michalik from Warsaw. The second German couple in the final, Alexandru Ionel/Cordula-P...
Victory of WDSF Open Junior II B Latin goes to Nuremberg
61 couples started in the morning for the first tournament of the 14th WDSF Summer Dance Festival in Berlin's Max-Schmeling-Halle. In the final with seven couples, six German and one Czech couple competed. The victory went to Nuremberg to the German champions Igor Bodyagin & Anastasiya Bodyagina. Dragos Ana/Janette Kaiser (Schwarz-Weiß-Club Pforzheim) reached the second place ahed of David Ovsievi...
WDSF Open Forum in Berlin
The Open Forum traditionally takes place the day before the General Meeting of the WDSF. The delegates of member organizations have the opportunity to inform themselves about various topics of the agenda and to exchange views. First on the agenda are the proposed changes to the statutes: the Athletes '/ Adjudicators' Code of Conduct, the Standards of Ethics and the Code of the WDSF Disciplinary C...
Joachim Llambi is new Sports Director of WDSF PD
The first official meeting of the AGM weekend was the meeting of the Professional Division on Saturday morning. After some organizational delays regarding the voting weights of the member federations, the meeting finished without any problems. Marco Sietas stepped back from his tasks in the PD. Joachim Llambi from Germany was proposed to follow him. He is Director of the DTV PD since January. He w...
WDSF AGM in Berlin
Since Wednesday, members of presidiums and delegates arrive in Berlin for the Annual General Meeting of the WDSF. Because of the 100-year anniversary of dance sport in Germany, the presidium of the DTV successfully applied to host the AGM. On Friday, the member organizations met to informally discuss current topics. During this exchange, Timo Kulczak, former Chair of the Athletes Commission of th...
GOC - registration deadline
Information for all competitors: The registration deadline for all competitions is 10 July 2012.
by Tobias Hock