As promised, some more photographs taken by Prof Helmut Roland.
The razzle-dazzle of costuming for Latin!
The second part of "The Semi-Final Reel"! The Rumba, Paso Doble and Jive performed by the 14 couples in the semi-final of the 2012 WDSF European DanceSport Championship Latin in Cambrils, ESP.
What is left? Another encore: more of the outstanding photography by Prof Helmut Roland is still to go up here!
You have been more active than ever in commenting on our posts here as well as on the videos that went up on DanceSport Total, our YouTube channel.
There were some comments that had to be removed for the simple reason that they did not comply with our basic rules (no foul language, no insults). There were others made by visitors who had an opinion different from that of the majority of the nine WDSF Adjudicators. Of those, some were rather impolite, even going towards offensive ... But we left them anyhow. Of all the comments we had to monitor over the past five days (close to 2,000), the best one (we think) was left by shadypinesmusic on YouTube.
This is the encore: the first part of THE SEMI-FINAL REEL! The Samba and the Cha Cha Cha performed by the 14 couples in the semi-final of the 2012 WDSF European DanceSport Championship Latin in Cambrils, ESP. Plus a look behind the scene: Latin dancers in their natural habitat!
Emotional moments after the last dance of the final at the 2012 WDSF European DanceSport Championship Latin in Cambrils, ESP. Awards, dance of honour and winners' interview!
The third part of THE FINAL REEL with the Paso Doble performed solo and in the group by the six finalists at the 2012 WDSF European DanceSport Championship Latin in Cambrils, ESP: Aniello Langella & Khrystyna Moshenska, ITA; Andrey Zaytsev & Anna Kuzminskaya, RUS; Martino Zanibellato & Michelle Abildtrup, DEN; Gabriele Goffredo & Ana Matus, MDA; Timur Imametdinov & Ekaterina Nikolaeva, RUS; Marius-Andrei Balan & Nina Bezzubova, GER.
The second part of THE FINAL REEL with the Samba, Cha Cha Cha and Jive performed in the group by the six finalists at the 2012 WDSF European DanceSport Championship Latin in Cambrils, ESP: Aniello Langella & Khrystyna Moshenska, ITA; Andrey Zaytsev & Anna Kuzminskaya, RUS; Martino Zanibellato & Michelle Abildtrup, DEN; Gabriele Goffredo & Ana Matus, MDA; Timur Imametdinov & Ekaterina Nikolaeva, RUS; Marius-Andrei Balan & Nina Bezzubova, GER.
It has taken time to have this edition of The Final Reel compiled. But all of us at WDSF Communications believe that it was worth the effort. As we are reading through your many comments on the adjudicating, the novel way of incorporating the results into these reels could help for a better understanding of the process.
The first part of THE FINAL REEL with the Rumba performed as solo and in the group by the six finalists at the 2012 WDSF European DanceSport Championship Latin in Cambrils, ESP: Aniello Langella & Khrystyna Moshenska, ITA; Andrey Zaytsev & Anna Kuzminskaya, RUS; Martino Zanibellato & Michelle Abildtrup, DEN; Gabriele Goffredo & Ana Matus, MDA; Timur Imametdinov & Ekaterina Nikolaeva, RUS; Marius-Andrei Balan & Nina Bezzubova, GER.
While you are still waiting for the first FINAL REEL to be completed and uploaded here, we recommend that you watch another episode of the "The Coach's Corner" series.
Heidi Goetz of WDSF Communications interviews the French trainer Frédéric Mosa ahead of the Final at the 2012 WDSF European DanceSport Championship in Cambrils, ESP.
"Live from Cambrils" registered the highest traffic of any blog so far. The same goes for DanceSport Total, the WDSF YouTube channel. The previous standout was the "Live from Singapore" coverage on the 2011 World Latin.
And the best is still to come: THE FINAL REEL(s) with the decisive stages of the 2012 European Latin are nearly ready and should go up here later today.
Obviously, this championship had all the right ingredients to make for compelling viewing. Great dancing, charismatic couples, suspense - plus a very "Latin" atmosphere at the venue. In the three Final Reels we tried to capture them all and to add essential information as well ... To tie our visitors over until the reels are available here, we have added Prof Helmut Roland's angle on the group Paso Doble. Enjoy!
WDSF Communications thanks the visitors to this blog, to the YouTube channel - as well as to the WDSF facebook and twitter - for following this championship in record numbers.
Aniello Langella - Khrystyna Moshenska, ITA, dance the solo Paso Doble in the final of the 2012 WDSF European DanceSport Championship Latin in Cambrils, ESP.
Andrey Zaytsev - Anna Kuzminskaya, RUS, dance the solo Paso Doble in the final of the 2012 WDSF European DanceSport Championship Latin in Cambrils, ESP.
Martino Zanibellato - Michelle Abildtrup, DEN, dance the solo Paso Doble in the final of the 2012 WDSF European DanceSport Championship Latin in Cambrils, ESP.
Sophia on 02 August 2013 22:41
Ii really love the rumba music in the final real when each couples perform greatly in their way!!!
Can you tell me the name of that song with a female vocal please?
Regard
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