Dmitry Zharkov - Olga Kulikova, RUS, after winning the 2013 GrandSlam Standard in Moscow, RUS.
Dmitry Zharkov - Olga Kulikova, RUS, dance the Waltz in the Final of the 2013 WDSF GrandSlam Standard in Moscow, RUS.
Sergei Konovaltsev - Olga Konovaltseva, RUS, dance the Waltz in the Final of the 2013 WDSF GrandSlam Standard in Moscow, RUS.
Alexey Glukhov - Anastasia Glazunova, RUS, dance the Waltz in the Final of the 2013 WDSF GrandSlam Standard in Moscow, RUS.
Vadim Shurin - Anastasia Meshkova, RUS, dance the Quickstep in round 6 of the 2013 WDSF GrandSlam Standard in Moscow, RUS.
Nikolay Darin - Natalia Seredina, MDA, dance the Slow Foxtrot in round 6 of the 2013 WDSF GrandSlam Standard in Moscow, RUS.
Alexey Glukhov - Anastasia Glazunova, RUS, dance the Viennese Waltz in round 6 of the 2013 WDSF GrandSlam Standard in Moscow, RUS.
Bjorn Bitsch - Ashli Williamson, DEN, dance the Viennese Waltz in round 5 of the 2013 WDSF GrandSlam Standard in Moscow, RUS.
Dmitry Zharkov - Olga Kulikova, RUS, dance the Tango in round 5 of the 2013 WDSF GrandSlam Standard in Moscow, RUS.
Leonid Khokhlov - Alexandra Shoshneva, RUS, dance the Tango in round 5 of the 2013 WDSF GrandSlam Standard in Moscow, RUS.
Evgeny Nikitin - Dana Spitsyna, RUS, dance the Slow Foxtrot in round 4 of the 2013 WDSF GrandSlam Standard in Moscow, RUS.
Sergei Konovaltsev - Olga Konovaltseva, RUS, dance the Viennese Waltz in round 4 of the 2013 WDSF GrandSlam Standard in Moscow, RUS.
WDSF Communications on 30 October 2013 00:30
I am finding it upsetting that the teachers and judges encourage rather than penalize some ridiculous head positions from the male dancers. The back of dmitry's head is close to parallel to the floor in some cases. in my opinion it looks very very bad. He used to be one of my favourite up and comers to watch . Some of the sway and shapes are beautiful but more isn't the answer to make it better. It isn't a flexibility contest and i feel this head weighting idea is being overdone by many couples with the neck bending on its own and not an extension of the spine. Every shape looks better coming from the ground up... not the waist up.
The next generation will copy this if the coaches and judges don't send a message... or maybe they like it and i am off base
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