General meetings WDSF and WDSF-PD
Delegatee met in Spanish Granada
In Granada, Spain, the WDSF Annual General Meeting (AGM) took place on the cloudy and comfortable cool Sunday. The delegatee of Tanzsport Deutschland were president Heidi Estler and vice president Dr. Tim Rausche. National sports director Michael Eichert took part as second vice president of the WDSF. Besides some unproblematic alterations and supplements in the Rules as well as in anti-doping and...
by Sonja Schäufler
SuDaFe – WDSF Junior II Standard
Final without German participation
As the victory went to England the day before, Glenn-Richard Boyce/Kayleigh Andrews also went for the victory in the standard section of the Junior II B class. They dominated the competition and only conceded few ones to their rivals. In the final, that took place without German participation, next to two Lettish couples there were dancing each one couple from Lithuania, Denmark and the Czech Rebp...
by Sonja Schäufler
SuDaFe – WDSF Youth Latin
Victory for Tatarkin/Wirt
62 couples were taking part at 9 a.m. in the WDSF competition Youth A Latin, seven couples from four different nations were dancing in the final. Mikael Tatarkin/Nicole Wirt (Germany), last year 3rd, only had to concede the paso doble and got the victory. Place two and three was given to two Polish couples. Danila Telpukhovskiy/Oliwia Popek had an exciting duel with Daniel Schmuck/Veronika Obholz ...
by Sonja Schäufler
SuDaFe – WDSF Junior II Latin
Three German couples in the final
The competition of the Junior II B Latin class started in the afternoon with 71 couples, eleven more than last year. Here the victory went clearly to the English couple Glenn-Richard Boye/Kayleigh Andrews, who only had to concede the cha-cha to the later 3rd placed couple Ej Giovanni Cena/Enrica Di Maria. The siblings Yatsun this year could improve their result for one podium place. After the paso...
by Sonja Schäufler
SuDaFe – WDSF Youth Standard
Dominik Stöckl/Katharina Belz defending silver medal
51 couples took part in the first competition of the 17th Summer Dance Festival on Saturday morning. In the final six nations were represented. Two of them, Dominik Stöckl/Katharina Belz and Lauris Paegle/Jelizaveta Rukosujeva, had already been in the last years final. For Mateusz Brzozowski/Justiyna Mozdzonek (Poland) ist was a clear decision by winning all dances. As last year Dominik Stöckl/Kat...
by Sonja Schäufler
European Dance Sports Federation is establishing
DTV President Heidi Estler elected Vice President of Dancesport Europe
At their first general meeting in Spanish Granada the representatives from 31 member states of Dancesport Europe (DSE) elected their first Managing Committee. DTV President Heidi Estler stood for the position of the DSE Vice President and was elected concordantly without rival candidate. New president is the Spanish president Luis Vano. Last year the European federation was founded in the scope of...
by Sonja Schäufler
Andreas Sopov/Laura Beichel winner of the German National Cup A Latin
It was a hot day with high temperatures, inside as well as outside, when the 51 couples started their German National Cup A Latin in Königsbrunn, Bavaria. After five rounds the decision was made: Andreas Sopov/Laura Beichel won all five dances and, well-deserved, got the title. Exciting was the duel about silver medal that Benedikt Seigner/Sandra Schüssler could win with one place cipher ahead. Th...
by Sonja Schäufler
Marius Iepure/Otlile Mabuse 6th at World Championship Showdance
In Austrian Vienna Marius Iepure/Otlile Mabuse reached the 6th place in the final of nine couples. World Champion became the Austrian couple Vadim Garbuzov/Kathrin Menzinger. 15 couples from seven nations have been taking part.
by Sonja Schäufler
German couples successful in Bulgaria
International Open Latin – Pazardzhik/Bulgaria
A lot of different nationalities - from Greece to Australia - were meeting this weekend in Pazardzhik/Bulgaria. 50 couples were taking part in the International Open Latin competition, amoung them two couples from the DTV. Both couples could reach the semi-final. Kirill Ganapolsky/Kim Pätzug, TSC Saltatio Neustadt im TV Mußbach, finished 8th in front of Lars-Erik Pastor/Ecaterina Petrova, TC Seide...
by Sonja Schäufler
Philipp Hanus/Siri Kirchmann in the final
World Championship PD 10-dance
13 couples from seven nations came to the congress centre in Böblingen to choose the new world champion 10-dance of the Professional Division. In three rounds the couples showed their talent in both disciplines, in the evening event they were even dancing to live music within the scope of a festive ball. All couples and especially the final couples were supported outstandingly by the enthusiastic ...
by Sonja Schäufler