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The "Live from Stuttgart" blog is up and running. It takes up the home page of our website - eventually - and brings you more coverage than ever on four events that will be held in the German city...
View ArticleAuf Wiedersehen
There were altogether four competitions that the "Live from Stuttgart" blog focused on over the five daus of the German Open.2014 WDSF PD Super GrandPrix Standard Stuttgart2014 WDSF PD Super GrandPrix...
View Article2014 GrandSlam Latin Stuttgart
Just four days after the event was danced in Stuttgart, GER, you are able to take in the decisive stages in full length through the WDSF on-demand service DanceSport Total Plus. The 90-minute programme...
View ArticleDanceSport Europe
Coinciding with the German Open Championships, about 30 European members of the World DanceSport Federation (WDSF) arranged to meet in Stuttgart and hold the founding assembly of "DanceSport...
View ArticleSanta Marta 2017
WDSF was recently informed by Dr Jorge Gutierrez, the President of the Ecuadorian DanceSport Federation, that DanceSport has been selected to feature in the next edition of the Bolivarian Games...
View Article2014 WDSF GrandSlam Standard Stuttgart
Exactly one week after the event was danced in Stuttgart, GER, you are able to take in the decisive stages of the 2014 GrandSlam Standard in full length through the WDSF on-demand service DanceSport...
View ArticleDanceSport Total Plus
The first five programmes are now available through the newly established video-on-demand service DanceSport Total Plus on Vimeo. A good time for a first appraisal of the acceptance the service is met...
View Article2014 GrandSlam Wuhan
Wuhan, a city with a population of 10 million that is located in central China, replaces the capital Beijing as a GrandSlam destination for the next four years.13 and 14 September are the dates for the...
View ArticleCompetition Rule E.8
An important amendment to the WDSF Competition Rules was made by the 2014 General Meeting (Rule E.8 Adjudication).The clauses addressing the “Revised Competition Format” and the “New Judging System”...
View ArticleNJS Components
Continuing with our look at Judging System 2.1, we focus on the four components that are assessed and awarded points on the scale from 1 to 10.Technical Quality - TQThe adjudicators grade the dancers'...
View ArticleWheelchair: New Events
The International Paralympic Committee (IPC) has changed its rulebook for Wheelchair DanceSport, with the new rules being implemented from 2014-2017.Coming into force on 1 August, the biggest change...
View ArticleWDSF Training Course in Vietnam
Earlier in August, Ivan Agnellini spent one week in Hanoi to teach Vietnamese adjudicators and trainers in virtually all aspects of modern DanceSport. The current rules, the new technique described in...
View ArticleTWG 2017: Four Medal Events
The International World Games Association announced the sports programme for the upcoming edition of The World Games 2017 today. Altogether 27 sports will feature in the multi-sport event that is...
View ArticleHolmqvist Siblings Do Boogie Woogie
The WDSF fee-based video-on-demand service is doing fine, thank you. Only with what we had expected to be the blockbuster are we off target still. That is why we talked to some of those who have seen...
View ArticleFirst Anniversary Coming Up
A first anniversary is coming up in ten days' time. The inaugural edition of the WDSF World DanceSport Games went underway on 16 September 2013 at the K-Arena in Kaohsiung, TPE.It's a perfect...
View Article2014 Champions' Cup
The 2014 Champions' Cup saw again six Standard couples - all of them reigning champions of their countries - compete in a spectacular open air setting in the midst of the Luszhinki Sports Centre. The...
View Article2014 GrandSlam Wuhan, CHN
Preparations for the upcoming GrandSlam are in full swing in the host city Wuhan, located in the Hubei province of Central China.Even though the city has not hosted any major DanceSport competitions...
View ArticleBangkok World Open Standard
This year the organisers in Thailand changed date for their competition. 4 times in a row it took place begin of August. This is a very busy time: lots of training camps, preparation camps for coming...
View ArticleAnother Live From ... Blog
Exactly one month after the memorable GrandSlam in Stuttgart, GER, quite a few of the couples dancing in the Latin and Standard there have travelled to China for the fourth leg of the 2014 Series. Not...
View ArticlePrague Open
Last weekend one of the most prestigious events in Czech Republic was held in Prague. It can look back to an eleven years lasting tradition.Hosting a WDSF World Open in Standard and Latin, as well as...
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