The Next Generation
80 couples have entered the Championship, and by the end of the day they have left a mark in history books that will show their joy, commitment and determination for the quest of their own dreams....
View ArticleThe Young and the Talented
Out of the 79 young representatives of different nations the top six couples worked hard through five rounds of the competition and showed the Latvian crowd what the future will look like. You could...
View Article2018 PD World Ch ShowDance Std on Sunday
The DanceSport year 2018 will come to an spectacular end with 2018 PD World Championship ShowDance Standard in Riga, Latvia on Sunday. The timetable shows that the first round begins at 16:00 local...
View ArticlePD World Showdance Std in Riga
The themes of the total of thirteen ShowDance Standard performances varied somewhere between love, life circle, Mamma Mia, The Great Hunger, space and fiction. The performances, including the outfits...
View ArticleSeason's Greetings
In competitions, we have seen some reigning champions mastering the events in an impressive way. We have seen some new champions making their way to the top, step by step. We have seen some newcomers...
View ArticleDmitry and Olga nominated for AOTY voting
Their record is outstanding. Dmitry and Olga have won every single competition since the World Games 2017. Four World Championship titles, three European Championship titles, 20 GrandSlam wins...
View ArticleThank you, Roland!
Roland Hilfiker has provided a range of services to WDSF over the course of the past eleven years. Contracted initially to perform a communications audit and to define the communications strategy for...
View Article#WeAreDanceSport
The World DanceSport Federation coined the term DanceSport in the early 1980s. While the Sport in the composite aspires to be consistent with the generally accepted definitions, Dance is to remain the...
View ArticleVote for Dmitry and Olga
We are calling all dancers and DanceSport fans around the World to show support to Dmitry and Olga because they have shown everyone in our DanceSport community great example of determination,...
View ArticleWhat to expect in 2019
The WDSF Sports Commission has informed of the following:Solo dances in 2019 will be Cha Cha, Jive, Slow Foxtrot and Quickstep.AJS JS 3.0 should be used from the round of Semi-Final and Finals in all...
View ArticleThe competition year 2019 has started
The Benidorm event started with Adjudicators' Congress on Thursday, Jan 10th, and has continued with competitions in different age groups on Friday.WDSF World Open Standard and WDSF PD Open Latin will...
View ArticleLast moments to vote
It has been interesting two weeks. With a slow start Dmitry and Olga started climbing up the numbers and now they are really on the verge of continuing to top 10 - or to be the first ones to be cut...
View ArticleDmitry and Olga at AOTY2018 top ten
Over 150 000 votes were cast by January 15 in the World Games Athlete of the Year 2018 -vote. Of the 25 excellent candidates, the best of the best now continue the race until 31st January.A huge thank...
View ArticleWDSF Announces 2019 WDSF World Breaking Championship
Following fantastic and exciting Hip Hop and Breaking competitions in the 2013 World DanceSport Games in Kaohsiung (TPE), further to the 2018 World Youth Breaking Championship in Tokyo (JPN), and after...
View ArticleA New Communication Channel
We get lots of messages through different social media channels. Sometimes a comment in Facebook, a Messenger's mail, Instagram, Twitter, Youtube... Sometimes they include some really interesting...
View ArticleThe First Championship of the Year
These couples have been dancing for decades. Some have started as Juveniles or Juniors, and some of them might have become interested in DanceSport and competing during the adult age. Nevertheless,...
View ArticleAntwerp in a Nutshell
After three World titles in 2015-2017 and a silver medal in 2018, Luciano Ceruti - Rosa Nuccia Cappello (ITA) came back to Antwerp with such energy and determination, which made them reach the highest...
View ArticleDanceSport on TV
We are working hard to produce high quality programs for TV. “Best of DanceSport” or “The GrandSlam Series” are two examples: our best competitions with our best athletes appeal to all kind of...
View ArticleThe Duel format at 2019 WDSF PD Super GrandPrix
Just like before, six couples proceed to the final. From there on The Final Showdown will begin. Two couples at a time will share the dancefloor. They will boost and challenge each other to perform...
View ArticleSocial Media Regulations
The WDSF Presidium has approved the inclusion of Social Media Regulations to the Adjudicator’s Code of Conduct. Below is the new addition which will be included in the Chairperson’s briefing for all...
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