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2017 World Latin Adjudicators @ Roland

In his address during the Opening Ceremony to the 2017 World Latin, the President of the World DanceSport Federation, Lukas Hinder, referred to the "Adjudicators' Debrief," a concept that will premiere right after the conclusion of the championship.

"Whatever their ambitions," he said of the 2000 dancers competing at the Multiversum in Vienna - Schwechat this year, "all of them concur in the pursuit of the gratification one can derive from getting a very personal performance evaluated properly.

"All dancers deserve to be judged with attention, with expertise as well as with the independent and unbiased authority that our adjudicators bring to their assignment.

"Over the years, we have tried out novel concepts at World Championships and Cups held in this city of dance. None quite as revolutionary as the one which we will put to its first test tomorrow. Overnight, we will process the recordings of the World Championship Latin final in a way that some of the performances can be reviewed and commented on by the twelve judges in a one-on-on debriefing session with our Sports Director and the Chairman of the Adjudicators’ Committee. This process should become the link between the numeric feedback, that every judge provides through his score, and an important footnote that puts everything into perspective."