Mechta, RUS, performs its routine in the second round of the 2013 WDSF European DanceSport Championship Latin Formation in Vilnius, LTU, on 18 May.
LA CMG Junior, POL, performs its routine in the second round of the 2013 WDSF European DanceSport Championship Latin Formation in Vilnius, LTU, on 18 May.
HSV Zwölfaxing Team A, AUT, performs its routine in the second round of the 2013 WDSF European DanceSport Championship Latin Formation in Vilnius, LTU, on 18 May.
Double V - A Team, NED, performs its routine in the second round of the 2013 WDSF European DanceSport Championship Latin Formation in Vilnius, LTU, on 18 May.
"La grande dame" of the Lithuanian Formation DanceSport, Skaiste Idzeleviciene, can finally put all her worries aside. One of her Zuvedra teams managed to take advantage of the home field advantage and won the title ahead of Vera Tiumen, RUS, and Grün-Gold-Club Bremen, GER.
To say that it was against all odds - or a surprise win for that matter - does not do much justice to what certainly is one of the longer standing traditions that the home team (almost) always wins.
Zuvedra 2, LTU, performs its routine in the first round of the 2013 WDSF European DanceSport Championship Latin Formation in Vilnius, LTU, on 18 May.







Here are the 12 teams that made the second round of the 2013 European Latin Formation. Picture courtesy of
The first round of the 2013 WDSF European DanceSport Championship Latin Formation is in progress at the Siemens Arena in Vilnius, LTU. Dr Helmut Roland has forwarded the first photographs taken during that round.
On the left, the German formation Grün-Gold-Club Bremen, the current World Champions, ham it up.
The first videos will come through after the round is completed. Stay tuned!



Helmut Roland interviews Skaiste Idzeleviciene, the coach of the Lithuanian formations Zuvedra A and B, prior to the first round of the 2013 WDSF European DanceSport Championship Latin Formation in Vilnius, LTU, on 18 May.
Interpreter: Agne Vanagiene
Helmut Roland interviews Aleksey Litvinov, the coach of the Russian formation Vera Tiumen prior to the first round of the 2013 WDSF European DanceSport Championship Latin Formation in Vilnius, LTU, on 18 May.