39th Dance Carousel “Blaues Band der Spree” (Blue Ribbon of the river Spree)
IDSF International Open Standard under German control: 1. Benedetto Ferruggia/Claudia Köhler, TSC Astoria Stuttgart 2. Simone Segatori/Annette Sudol, 1. TGC Redoute Koblenz + Neuwied 3. Valentin Lusin/Renata Busheeva, TD TSC Düsseldorf Rot-Weiß 4. Martin Dvorak/Suzanna Silhanova, Czech Republic 5. Paul Lorenz/Ekaterina Leonova, Art of Dance, Köln 6. Steffen Zoglauer/Sandra Koperski, Blau-Silber B...
by Tobias Hock
World Championship Senior I Ten Dance
Maybe due to the great distance, only 33 couples participated in the World Championship in Toronto, Canada (cf. 89 couple last year in Mallorca). Twelve couples came from Germany, ten of which reached the quarter final (25 couples). The semi final (13 couples) still consisted of 5 German couples. 1. Gwenaël Lavigne/Stéphanie Godet, France 2. Christian und Elena Bono, Italy 3. Jordi Mayral/Eva Agu...
by Tobias Hock
Lusin/Busheeva reach final of European Championship
Result from the European Championship Ten Dance in Moscow: 1. Timur Imametdinov/Ekaterina Nikolaeva, Russia 2. Bjorn Bitsch/Ashli Williamson, Denmark 3. Miha Vodicar/Nadiya Bychkova, Slovenia 4. Laszlo Csaba/Anna Mikes, Hungary 5. Janick Glud Lowe/Pia Engelberg Lundanes, Norway 6. Valentin Lusin/Renata Busheeva, Germany
by Tobias Hock
European Championship Adult Latin in Marseille: both German couples reach semi final
Both the German Champions Sergey and Viktoria Tatarenko from Berlin and the runners-up Nikita Bazev/Marta Arndt from Stuttgart appeared in top form and presented themselves in an athletic and elegant manner in front of the approx. 4000 spectators. 68 couples from 39 nations participated in total. Both German couples reached the semi final without much effort. However, the hoped-for move to the fin...
by Tobias Hock
World Championship Junior II Latin in Moscow
Nikita Schneider/Jacqueline Joos (Schwarz-Weiß Club Pforzheim) reached a good tenth place (out of 66 couples in total). The German runners-up, Mikael Tatarkin/Julia Viktoria Puchinin (TZ Heusenstamm), finished 30th.
by Tobias Hock
Horst Beer is the new federal coach Latin
Only few days after the nomination of the federal coach Standard, the new federal coach for the Latin section has also been chosen: Horst Beer is going to hold the position. Together with his wife Andrea, he was eight times German Master (6 x Latin; 2 x Ten Dance) in the years from 1981 to 1986. In 1985 they were European and World Champions in the Latin section. Afterwards, they continued their c...
by Tobias Hock
Martina Weßel-Therhorn is the new federal coach Standard
The presidium of the DTV has nominated Martina Weßel-Therhorn as new federal coach of the Standard section. Together with Oliver, she was World Champion Standard and Ten Dance in 1986 and 1987. Additionally, she was two times European Champion, six times German Champion and has won many titles at the Professionals. Martina has lived in Neuss since 1996, is 48 years old, married and has a five year...
by Tobias Hock
Saxonian Dance Classics 2011
German results of the IDSF tournaments: IDSF Open Senior III Standard (68 couples): 3. Wolfgang Walter/Ilse von Beyer 4. Oliver Luthardt/Brigitte Kessel-Döhle 6. Dieter Keppeler/Manuela Schraut-Keppeler -- 7. Wilfried and Annette Seidel 8. Marius and Barbara Torka 11. Hans-Wolfgang and Angelika Scheuer 12. Joachim and Marianne Dürr IDSF Open Senior I Latin (17 couples): 2. Andreas Hoffmann/Isabe...
by Tobias Hock
Tilburg Moves
"Tilburg Moves" is a large-scale event in the Netherlands including many IDSF tournaments. Of course, due to the geographical proximity many German couples took the chance to participate.
by Tobias Hock
Grand Slam Latin in Copenhagen
82 couples participated in the first Grand Slam tournament of the year. 1. Zoran Plohl/Tatsiana Lahvinovich, Croatia 2. Martino Zanibellato/Michelle Abildtrup, Denmark 3. Troels Bager/Ina Jeliazkova, Denmark 4. Ferdinando Iannacone/Yulia Musikhina, Germany 5. Vitaly Panteleev/Daria Glukova, Russia 6. Marius-Andrei Balan/Nina Bezzubova, Germany -- 10. (split) Nikita Bazev/Marta Arndt 16. (split)...
by Tobias Hock