Breaking at the Camp

The Friendship Camp, which is organised by the WDSF Athletes' Commission in the Netherlands this July, is all about dance! Virtually any dance! The line-up of teachers and lecturers will also include a name for Hip Hop and Breaking.

25/05/2017 read more ...

DanceSport | University Sport

The decision of the International University Sports Federation to grant DanceSport recognition makes it eligible (as an optional sport) for the programme of the Universiade. Many top-level dancers are also university students. Great!

23/05/2017 read more ...

A Matter Of Principle

Every National Olympic Committee is aware of the general "Qualification System Principles" upon which the sport-specific system is based. They are: universality, performance, host country representation and gender equality.

22/05/2017 read more ...

The Friendship Camp

The WDSF Athletes' Commission is proud to announce the line-up of teachers and lecturers for its upcoming training camp. The "Friendship Camp" takes place in Papendahl, NED, from 11 to 13 July. Sign up for the only not-for-profit!

22/05/2017 read more ...

Olympic Qualifying

The World DanceSport Federation points out to the National Member Bodies that the first stage of qualifying for the 2018 Youth Olympic Games must be open to all breakers and without any restrictions other than the age range.

20/05/2017 read more ...

Live From Olomouc, CZE

The countdown is on for the 2017 European DanceSport Championship Standard tomorrow. As always, we provide you with "nearly" real-time coverage that allows you to keep up with what is happening in Olomouc, CZE.

18/05/2017 read more ...

#Sochi2014 05/02/2014

126th IOC Session © IOC While the big story for DanceSport is still two days away, when it will feature in the Olympic Opening Ceremony on Friday 7 February (16:00 UTC/GMT), today's news coming out of Sochi were very positive already.

The 126th IOC Session kicked off today in Sochi with the full IOC membership involved in lively discussions on ideas that will eventually form a strategic roadmap for the future of the Olympic Movement, the so-called Olympic Agenda 2020.

What is most positive for DanceSport as well as other sports aspiring to be part of future Games is a line of text about IOC's intention to "introduce flexibility in the Olympic programme to balance tradition and modernity while containing costs." We suggest you look at slide # 19 of the IOC PowerPoint presentation "Olympic Agenda 2020" ...