European Commission
The WDSF European Commission composed of Antero Koponen (Finland), Chair, Franz Allert (Germany), Eva Bartunkova (Czech Republic), Flemming Riis (Denmark) and Sergio Rotaris (Italy) had a meeting with...
View ArticleCIS for Hong Kong
A Commentator Information System (CIS) provides the most up-to-date information, results and statistics for journalists in general - and in particular for those doing the commmentaries to a...
View Article2014 GrandSlam Hong Kong
The WDSF Communications team has arrived in Hong Kong, ready to start providing you with its trademark "nearly real-time" coverage on the two GrandSlams held here.It starts out with the GrandSlam Latin...
View ArticleThe Première
The eve of the 2014 GrandSlam Hong Kong was taken up with the briefing of the adjudicators and the pre-screening of "do your dance," the official film of the WDSF World DanceSport Games 2013...
View Article2014 Annual General Meeting
The Annual General Meeting (AGM) of the World DanceSport Federation is less than a week away. On Sunday 15 June, delegates representing 54 National Member Bodies plus 3 Associate Members will gather in...
View Article2014 WDSF PD European STD Showdance
The stage is set and dancing is in progress for the third consecutive day at the Vienna City Hall.But later today the traditional Vienna Dance Concourse concludes with the 2014 WDSF PD European...
View ArticleLive from Vienna, AUT
The first round of the 2014 PD European Standard Showdance is exactly that. A show that affords the adjudicators and the spectators a first look at the different routines!With only eight couples that...
View ArticleDonatas Vezelis - Lina Chatkeviciute, LTU
Donatas Vezelis - Lina Chatkeviciute, LTU, danced to the title with their performance of a sublime "Black Swan." They kept local favourites Vadim Garbuzov - Kathrin Menzinger, AUT, who gave their all...
View ArticleWDSF and IEC Partner Up - Again
The World DanceSport Federation (WDSF) has appointed IEC in Sports, the Stockholm based international sports agency, to exclusively distribute the international media rights for the WDSF GrandSlam...
View Article2014 AGM Bucharest
The members of the different bodies in the governmental structure of WDSF have arrived up to four days ahead of the 2014 Annual General Meeting that is scheduled on Sunday 15 June in Bucharest,...
View Article2014 AGM Bucharest I
The members of the different bodies in the governmental structure of WDSF have arrived up to four days ahead of the 2014 Annual General Meeting that is scheduled on Sunday 15 June in Bucharest,...
View Article2014 AGM Bucharest II
Over 50 countries will be in attance and another 15 will be represented by proxies when the 2014 Annual General Meeting gets underway at the Romanian Parliament building on Sunday 15 June.Add to this...
View Article2014 AGM Bucharest | Governance
Continental associations of WDSF Members have the potential to play an important role in strengthening and developing DanceSport in the continental areas. The Asian DanceSport Federation exemplifies...
View Article2014 AGM Bucharest | WDSF Membership
When President Carlos Freitag welccomed the delegates to the 2014 Annual General Meeting in the Nicolae Iorga Hall of the Romanian Parliament building in Bucharest, he was able to announce that four...
View Article2014 Forum | WDSG 2013 Documentary
With a duration of just over one hour, "Do your dance," the documentary on the inaugural edition of the 2013 WDSF World DanceSport Games Kaohsiung, had the audience with the eyes glued to one of the...
View ArticleAnnamária Somkuti †
The WDSF Presidium deeply regrets the loss of Mrs Annamária Somkuti, a former President of the Hungarian DanceSport Association as well as a good friend and colleague.Annamária was a founding member of...
View Article2014 AGM Bucharest | Sport
The 2014 General Meeting in Bucharest, ROU, approved a number of amendments to the Competition Rules. Here’s a summary of the ones considered to be most significant.Rule B.2 was amended to include a...
View ArticleNew DTV President
After ten years in office, Franz Allert chose not to stand for reelection to another term as President of the German DanceSport Federation - DTV, by far the largest national organisation in the...
View ArticleLeft to Discretion
An article on amendments to the Competition Rules published here last week failed to make reference to the fact that enforcement of the Rule B.2.3 is left to the discretion of each WDSF National Member...
View ArticleNot Until 2015
While all other amendments to the Competition Rules went into effect on the very day of their adoption by the Annual General Meeting in Bucharest, the changes to Rule H (Showdance Competitions) will...
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