Joan Cayuela, a Spanish trainer working on behalf of the World DanceSport Federation, held a series of lectures and workshops in the Bolivian capital La Paz. The objective was to educate local trainers and to raise the dancers' performance levels further.
20 trainers in Latin and 40 dancers in Standard attended his courses spread over a period of five days.
On Saturday 1 March, the dancers had then the opportunity to apply their newly acquired knowhow in the first DanceSport competition ever held in Bolivia. The number of entries was spectacular - as was the attendance by the general public.
The city's sporting authorities were present too. La Paz Sports Director Janet Ferrufino awarded the first medals to winners in DanceSport competition.
Videos of the final of last week's WDSF PD World Cup Standard Show Dance in Vilnius, LTU, are now available. Seven highly visual performances!
25/05/2013 read more ...From Sant Cugat, the Catalan town near Barcelona where the WDSF offices are located, something BIG will get launched in the not too distant future!
24/05/2013 read more ...The GrandSlam Standard Semi-Final in Hong Kong with all ten heats is now available too. This reel fills the last gap in the comprensive coverage on the event.
24/05/2013 read more ...The "Semi-Final Reel" of the 2013 WDSF GrandSlam Latin in Hong Kong is now available. All ten heats danced by the top 12 couples on 11 May.
23/05/2013 read more ...WDSF President Carlos Freitag stands as candidate in the presidential elections of the Association of IOC Recognised International Sports Federations.
22/05/2013 read more ...Still the only show in town! The 2013 Crystal Palace Cup was held last weekend in London. It continues as the only WDSF competition in England.
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