Bronze medal for Dumitru Doga and Sarah Ertmer
European Championship 10 Dance
The Palais du Sport in Megeve, France, staged the European Championship 10 Dance during the French Open. German representatives Dima Doga / Sarah Ertmer danced in top form and by being second in standard and fourth in latin, they finished third in total. The bronze medal confirms their result of the world championship at the end of last year in Riga, they were even able to move up o...
by Peter Chen
Choreography and presentation on the highest level
28th Superkombi Enzklösterle
A record number of participants were attending the 28 th Superkombi in Enzklösterle, according to TBW education director Michael Grether. 430 participants travelled to this small town in the black forest to focus on this years' motto 'choreography and presentation'. They were listening to the lectures by the national trainers Martina Wessel-Therhorn and Horst Beer, who present...
by Peter Chen
Further results from Megève
The following competition results are to add to the already published ones from last weekend from France: At the World Open Latin competition in Megève, France, Maxim Stepanov/Ksenya Rubyna reached the final and finshed 4th. Carsten and Alexandra Petsch were placed 5th at the Senior I Standard competition as well as Harald and Anja Dormann at the Senior II Latin competition.
by Sonja Schäufler
Pavel Pasechnik/Marta Arndt: Transition to PD
Recently they have been representing the German dance sports at the European Championship Latin as the German runners-up champions and were given the 7th place. Now they are switching to the Professional Division: Pavel Pasechnik/Marta Arndt, TSC Astoria Karlsruhe. In their writing to the DTV they are thanking "for the long lasting and unique support of the DTV, the TBW and our club Astoria Karlsr...
by Sonja Schäufler
International success
This weekend so many WDSF competitions took place that the couples had to decide in advance where to go. According to the manifold offer of competitions the participation was also widely spread, but still successful for the German dance sports: Eugen Plotnikov/Sophie Schütz won their first world ranking tournament. They participated in the Third Swiss Open in Lausanne, Switzerland, as the only Ger...
by Sonja Schäufler
Jan Janzen/Victoria Litvinova EC-Fourth
Mikael Tatarkin/Nicole Wirt on Place Nine
The German Youth Champions and Vice Champions danced to the semi final of the European Championship in harmony. There the national order turned: Jan Janzen/Victoria Litvinova qualified for the final, Mikael Tatarkin/Nicole Wirt reached a shared ninth place. "Russia on one and two ", was the result of the EC Youth Latin. The Rumanian couple joined them on the podium. Jan Janzen/Victoria Litvinova...
by Stephanie Krüger
Big Show At The Seniors
WDSF Open Seniors I Standard in Berlin
Unlike on the first day of the "Blaues Band" in Berlin there was no rival event for the WDSF Open Seniors I on Easter Sunday. From the last WC final the couples on places one, three and four were starting, from the last German Championship final also three couples, however not the top two. The semi final proved to be quite a bottleneck for the German couples: only two came through and had to join ...
by Stephanie Krüger
Segatori/Sudol win European Championship
Skuratov/Uehlin on Place Nine
The collection of titles is constantly growing: The world champions Simone Segatori/Annette Sudol are now also European Champions in Standard. In the Spanish Cambrils they put themselves in the forefront of the field of 57 couples. The order on the places one to five repeated the result of the World Championship in November 2014. On places six and seven there was a swap from WC to EC. Pleasant fro...
by Stephanie Krüger
Final in Cambrils, Spain
In the small town Cambrils not only the EC Standard and Youth Standard and Latin take place but also numerous WDSF tournaments of all classes. In the Seniors IV Standard Hans-Wolfgang and Angelika Scheuer danced to the final and reached sixth place. In the Seniors II Latin Rolf and Iris Pernat reached the final and second place.
by Stephanie Krüger
DTV-Dual Leadership in Berlin
WDSF International Open Standard at the „Blaues Band“
One can't really oppose a European Championship: The EC Standard on Easter Saturday in Spain meant that couples who don't stand in the spotlight at international tournaments, were able to show themselves at their best at the WDSF-Tournament in Berlin - Blaues Band. Not all couples of the German top level group took the opportunity, but for those who were there it was definitely worth while. In th...
by Stephanie Krüger