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Breaking News | An Update
Right after the announcement of Breakdance making it onto the programme of the 2018 Youth Olympic Games in Buenos Aires, ARG, questions started coming in from the media, WDSF National Member Bodies and...
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No Problem At All!
And not just the great dancing! They will also remember that there were major technical hiccups on both days of the "Final Showdown in Shanghai."Well, Pedro Toro, the editor of the Vimeo on Demand...
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Vimeo on Demand
Like every year, the 12 top couples in the GrandSlam Latin Ranking that had entered minimum four of the five regular legs making up the Series were invited to Shanghai, CHN, to contest the last major...
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Vimeo on Demand
The Series-ending GrandSlam Finals provide the world's best dancers with one more opportunity to make their final statement for the year and to bring good prize money back from their trip to China.As...
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Merry X-Mas, Dancers
The Presidium and the staff of the World DanceSport Federation wishes the dancers around the world a Merry X-mas.Le Présidium et toute l'équipe de la Fédération Mondiale de la Danse Sportive souhaitent...
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Shanghai Star Singers
It's Christmas Eve and you don't have a gift for a friend who loves dancing? Well, we have the solution! Have him or her join Vimeo - membership is free - and once he or she has joined, you rent the...
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The Powers of Social Media
The powers of social media: the "Mannequin Challenge" video with a Christmas message attached raked in the numbers since it was posted on 23 December.It reached 230 K people, generated some 80 K views,...
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In The U.S. Press
More than 70% of all public television channels in the USA have carried the 6-part World DanceSport GrandSlam Series. That's quite a promotion for WDSF brand DanceSport and its Member Body USA Dance....
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A Happy And Prosperous 2017
"It may take some time before we are able to look back at 2016 and say with unqualified conviction that it was a great year for DanceSport," Hinder starts his message. "What can be said at this point...
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Thank You
Countless messages with thanks and wishes for 2017 were received from around the world in reply to President Hinder's New Year's message sent out yesterday. The World DanceSport Federation thanks all...
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Live from Madrid
The Spanish public broadcaster RTVE streams nearly ten hours on different WDSF Opens that are held as part of the 2017 DanceSport Cup in Madrid over the coming weekend. The stream will be available for...
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Addressing The Issue
At the beginning of December 2016, Flemming Riis, the President of the Danish DanceSport Federation, wrote on behalf of the ten National Member Bodies in attendance at the 2016 North European...
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Back After Four Years
WDSF became a tenant at the House of International Sport in Lausanne, SUI, in September 2016, opened the staffed office on the premises in October and celebrated the housewarming party in early...
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Cast Your Vote At Double Value!
For the fourth year already, two athletes representing DanceSport are among those put on the ballot for the "Athlete(s) of the Year" vote called for by the International World Games Association (IWGA)....
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Still Calibrating
It's not just the Championships and GrandSlams that are ajudicated with the Judging System 2.1 (JUDSYS) this year, all World Opens will also be assessed with JUDSYS.The first results are in and those...
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Vote Every Day | At Double Value | On All Platforms
#gabrieleandannaontop ... Did you vote for Gabriele and Anna today? Does your vote count double (because you have signed up for the newsletter)? Did you cast a second (double) vote from your tablet or...
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Beyond Ballroom
The addition of breakin’ as a discipline of DanceSport to the programme of the 2018 Youth Olympic Games in Buenos Aires, ARG, generated media coverage everywhere. Mainstream media such as CNN or the...
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DS In WDSF
With WDSF still too often cast as a "ballroom" organisation by people without proper insights and grasp, it is appropriate to look back at the World DanceSport Games in Kaohsiung, TPE, once more. These...
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Let Your Dreams Take Flight!
For one month already, WDSF is in close contact with a number of organisations in competitive breaking – event organisers and others – collaborating with them to ensure that as many constituents as...
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2017 GrandSlam Helsinki
Not that there is plenty of activity planned between now and 17 March, the day we roll out the "Live from Helsinki" blog with coverage on the GrandSlam Standard (18 March) and Latin (19 March), but...
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