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Relive Day Two!
It was a memorable Governor's Cup in 2018, with many great competitions held over three days at the Yunost Sports Palace in Chelyabinsk, RUS. Top billing went to the Professional Division World Cup STD...
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BAYOG Rules and Regulations
Breaking Rules - something which does sound like a contradiction in terms - have now been released by the World DanceSport Federation - WDSF.Several authors have worked over several months to come up...
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FDSARR Thinking BIG
On 7 and 8 April, the All Russian Federation of DanceSport and Acrobatic Rock 'n' Roll (FDSARR) had two mega events taking place at separate locations which are 2,000 km apart. An air bridge was...
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SportAccord in Bangkok
This year's edition of SportAccord will be held from 15 – 20 April at the Centara Grand and at the Convention Centre in Bangkok, Thailand. Its focus will be on "Uniting A Global Audience: Marketing and...
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IWGA Executive Committee
World DanceSport Federation President Lukas Hinder was elected to what will be his sixth term on the board of the International World Games Association(IWGA) at the latter's Annual General Meeting held...
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Day One in Bangkok
My day started very early as I arrived with a direct flight from Copenhagen at 6 am and the Annual General Meeting of the International World Games Association started at 8 am!This was the highlight...
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Day Two in Bangkok
We started the day by attending the ASOIF (Association of Summer Olympic International Federations) AGM. We, of course, have only observer status, but it was interesting to listen in on their...
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Bangkok | Day Three
Ashli Williamson, WDSF Athltetes' Commission chair since 2015, continues to report from Bangkok, THA. This time on a workshop held jointly between the IOC and the Association of IOC Regognised...
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The Fourth Day
Day four in Bangkok, THA, was as busy as the previous ones for the WDSF delegation made up of President Lukas Hinder, General Manager Guillaume Felli, Athletes' Commission chair Ashli Williamson an...
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2018 WDSF GrandSlam Taipei City
First it was scheduled to take place in Seoul, KOR, but after the organisers had to back out of their commitment to host it there in spring for the next five years, a new search was started. A number...
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Robert Wota| 2018 GrandSlam Helsinki Adjudicator
WDSF Adjudicators' Commission Chairman Cor van der Stroet debriefs Robert Wota, one of the adjudicators who judged the 2018 GrandSlam Standard Helsinki in a one-on-one session held the day after it was...
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Robert Wota | 2018 GS Helsinki Adjudicator
WDSF Adjudicators' Commission Chairman Cor van der Stroet debriefs Robert Wota, one of the adjudicators who judged the 2018 GrandSlam Standard Helsinki, in a one-on-one session held the day after it...
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Frederic Mosa | 2018 GS Helsinki Adjudicator
WDSF Adjudicators' Commission Chairman Cor van der Stroet debriefs Frederic Mosa, who officiated at the 2018 GrandSlam Standard Helsinki on 3 March, in a one-on-one session held on the day following...
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FDSARR
The World DanceSport Federation communicated the Presidium's decision to up the status to full member in writing to the President of the All Russian Federation of DanceSport and Acrobatic Rock 'n' Roll...
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The One and Only
"Stand up straight and look good!" That was Peter Maxwell's basic advice to Olympians of the likes of figure skater Tonya Harding and luger Chris Mazdzer, who are among the several athletes contesting...
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Peter Maxwell
Everybody knows Peter Maxwell as a highly articulate advocate for the concept of dance as a fair sport. This was just one of Peter's traits that had WDSF to appoint him as the "Honorary Advisor" to its...
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Shijiazhuang City
Shijiazhuang City has hosted several national events in the past. With the weekend's line-up of a PD World Championship and two World Opens it breaks into the a different league: high-profile and...
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Goffredo - Matus | Professional Champions
In their first year as professionals and in only their third outing in international PD competition, Moldovans Gabriele Goffredo and Anna Matus won the World Championship Latin title. They did so in...
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The Interview
WDSF Communications team member Helmut Roland travelled to Shijiazhuang, CHN, on Friday 4 May and returned on Sunday 6 May. The little time he was actually in the city, which is a three-hour train ride...
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2017 World DanceSport GS Series
USA Dance, WDSF's National Member Body for the United States, has commissioned American Public Television to distribute a slightly abridged and customised version of the 2017 GrandSlam Series to...
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