Earlier today, WDSF Communications had the opportunity to speak with the chief organiser of the 2011 WDSF World Latin in Singapore. And only very briefly through Skype! It was not easy since Shawn Tay runs on a very tight schedule this week. A record participation and the Singaporean ambition to deliver nothing short of excellence have Shawn up on his toes and tied up in efforts as different as arranging airport transfers to choosing the appropriate ingredients to cocktails.
Here is the schedule for the 2011 WDSF World DanceSport Championship Latin on 10 September. All times are local, Singapore time (SGT), which corresponds to UTC + 8 hours.
11:00 |
First Round |
12:55 |
Redance |
15:30 |
Second Round |
18:40 |
Quarterfinal |
19:15 |
Opening Ceremony |
21:45 |
Semi -Final |
22:45 |
Final |
23:15 |
Prize Presentation |
For reference: right now, in Singapore it is ...
The dancesport.ru website reports about the 2011 Champions Cup in Latin that has taken place yesterday in Moscow, RUS. In its sixth edition, the invitational event gathered six champion couples for a competition held under very special rules. The most basic requirement for couples to be invited by the Russian organisers: local, national, continental, world - anything - but champions they must be! Another rule specifies that a different attire must be worn for every dance. Overall, the event's format is certainly one deserving of the label "made for TV". 90 minutes and it's over, and the judges have to be seated in order to avoid conflict with the cameras!
Just one week prior to the World Latin in Singapore, three of the nominated couples had traveled to Russia to take part in the Champions Cup.
Aniello Langella |
Krystyna Mososhenka |
ITA |
Gabriele Pasquale Goffredo |
Anna Matus |
MDA |
Miha Vodicar |
Nadiya Bychkova |
SLO |
Courtesy of dancesport.ru here's a clip with all of them plus Imametdinov Timur - Nikolaeva Ekaterina, RUS, Kiselev Andrey - Selivanova Anastasia, RUS, and Makarov Alexandr - Balaeva Anastasia, KAZ, on the floor at the Luzhniki Sports Complex in Moscow. More on dancesport.ru!
The "Live from Singapore" blog serves WDSF Communications as the pilot project to improve the accessibility of its championship coverage. Less clicks for visitors to get to the information! While this blog is active, from today until Monday 12 September, it is placed prominently on the homepage. All the standard features of the website continue to be available during this time through the top and bottom menus as well as the calendar inserts on the right.
Following up a question raised on the WDSF facebook, ...
Pedro Antunes
Hello, can you tell me please if the World Latin Championship next week will be transmitted live on your YouTube channel? Thank You!
17 hours ago
WDSF Communications wishes to empasise here too that the ...
Extensive coverage on the upcoming World Latin in Singapore will be of the "nearly real-time" kind, with videos, photos, results and comments being posted on / as fast as the upstream capacity (2Mbps) of the optical fibre line at the Conrad allows. The videos will also be available on the WDSF YouTube channelDanceSport Total.
Marco Sietas, WDSF Sports Director and Chairman for the 2011 World Latin in Singapore, has just forwared the list of the nine Adjudicators who will line up around the floor next Saturday.
Sim, Sabrina |
SIN |
Saeborg, Knut |
SWE |
Arajs, Juris |
LAT |
Jagerska, Elena |
SVK |
Gozun, Svetlana |
MDA |
Milicija, Sergej |
BIH |
Zhang, Xiadong |
CHN |
Clark, Kerry |
AUS |
Juul, Kevin |
RSA |
2011 WDSF World Latin Chairman: Marco Sietas
After our earlier post on participation in the 2011 World Latin has apparently caused a stir, we now publish the starting list that the chief organiser Shawn Tay has forwarded to WDSF Communications earlier today. As all starting lists go, it is official and binding only from the moment the first round is called. No-shows, substitutitions, etc., there is still one week to go and much can change until then. We do apologise for any inconvenciences the "91 And Counting" post of 1 September may have caused.
In any case, 90 couples representing 51 nations could well be a new record participation. But only as long as there are no no-shows!
Bellavita Salvatore |
Marrotta Mariantoneta |
ALB |
Riccardo Morelli |
Maria Julia Miotti |
ARG |
Brodie Barden |
Lana Skrgic-de Fonseka |
AUS |
Zufar Zaripov |
Anna Ludwig-Tchemodourova |
AUT |
Sergiy Georgiyev |
Olena Khablenko |
AUT |
Yauheni Mazeika |
Xenia Kotochigova |
BLR |
Stefan Ciobutaru |
Isolde Van Daele |
BEL |
Sebastian Mureddu |
Melissa Ferraro |
BEL |
Anton Belyayev |
Antoaneta Popova |
CAN |
Jean-Philippe Milot |
Laurence Bolduc |
CAN |
Hou Yao |
Zhuang Ting |
CHN |
Wang RenZheng |
Song YuLin |
CHN |
Yen Peng |
Vicky Zi |
TPE |
Joey Yeh |
Doris Sun |
TPE |
Zoran Plohl |
Tatsiana Lahvinovich |
CRO |
Ales Petra'n |
Tatiana Dorina |
CZE |
Radek Mucha |
Vitalija Tyrnova |
CZE |
Martino Zanibellato |
Michelle Abildtrup |
DEN |
Troels Bager |
Ina Jeliazkova |
DEN |
Ivans Lubenko |
Helen Pearce |
England |
Ben Jones |
Kerry Dennehy |
England |
Manuel Frighetto |
Karin Rooba |
EST |
Konstantin Gorodilov |
Yulia Krepchuk |
EST |
Joonas Piippola |
Laura Wimmer |
FIN |
Jurijs Trosenko |
Kia Lehmuskoski |
FIN |
Charles-Guillaume Schmitt |
Elena Salikhova |
FRA |
Dario Pizzo |
Karen D'albundo |
FRA |
Sergey Tatarenko |
Viktoria Tatarenko |
GER |
Nikita Basev |
Marta Arndt |
GER |
Ng Sum Chun |
Lam Wai Yi |
HKG |
Andrea Silvestri |
Martina Váradi |
HUN |
Stefano Vidoni |
Orsolya Tóth |
HUN |
Sigurdur Thor Sigurdsson |
Hanna Run Oladottir |
ISL |
Sigurdur Mar Atason |
Sara Ros Jakobsdottir |
ISL |
Frans Satya Wijaya |
Nadia Lutvina Wijaya |
INA |
Vitaly Sevastianov |
Anna Stepunina |
IRL |
Julian Tocker |
Annalisa Zoanetti |
IRL |
Igal Ginzburg |
Sonia Savostianov |
ISR |
Yosef Laskin |
Yevgenya Libman |
ISR |
Aniello Langella |
Krystyna Mososhenka |
ITA |
Pavel Pasechnik |
Francesca Berardi |
ITA |
Yumiya Kubota |
Rara Kubota |
JPN |
Yuki Suzuki |
Kana Suzuki |
JPN |
Shim Young Eun |
Kim Songha |
KOR |
Jang Sejin |
Lee Haein |
KOR |
Vjaceslavs Visnakovs |
Tereza Kizlo |
LAT |
Marts Smolko |
Viktorija Puhovika |
LAT |
Jokubas Venckus |
Jomante Dapkeviciute |
LTU |
Gediminas Grigonis |
Sandra Kniazeviciute |
LTU |
Chua Zjen Fong |
Evon Chong |
MAS |
Lim Yee Hsien |
Pang Yin Qi |
MAS |
Gabriele Pasquale Goffredo |
Anna Matus |
MDA |
Niels Didden |
Gwyneth Van Rijn |
NED |
Ewoud Fidom |
Karin Lillemaa |
NED |
Mathew Nicholson |
Jenna Spyve |
NZL |
Lyo Ishizuka |
Camille Webb |
NZL |
Lars Olav Eltervaag |
Melanie Kegel |
NOR |
Gerald C. Jamili |
Cherry Clarice I. Parcon |
PHI |
Ronnie Steeve Vergara |
Charlea Y. Lagaras |
PHI |
Marek Fiksa |
Kinga Jurecka |
POL |
Krystian Radziejowski |
Sylwia Maczek |
POL |
Alexander Nabiullin |
Barbara Ribeiro |
POR |
Ricardo MARQUES |
Sandra SILVA |
POR |
Sergiu Luca |
Arces Maria Pia |
ROM |
Manole Razvan |
Olga Negoduico |
ROM |
Andrey Zaytsev |
Anna Kuzminskaya |
RUS |
Andrey Gusev |
Elizaveta Cherevichnaya |
RUS |
Lim Chong Aik |
Riane Low |
SIN |
Muhammad Azri |
Tan Li Fang |
SIN |
Jiri Hein |
Lucia Krncanova |
SVK |
Tomas Komenda |
Martina Manakova |
SVK |
Miha Vodicar |
Nadiya Bychkova |
SLO |
Damir Haluzan |
Anna Mashchyts |
SLO |
Joel Lopez |
Kristina Bespechnova |
ESP |
Guillem Pascual |
Rosa Carne |
ESP |
Stefano Oradei |
Veera Kinnunen |
SWE |
Yvo Eussen |
Elisabeth Novotny |
SWE |
Daniel Juvet |
Zuzana Sykorova |
SUI |
Theerawut Thommuangpak |
Phuthinat Khanitnusorn |
THA |
Sathaporn Raktoum |
Krittaporn Manasuth |
THA |
Aleksei Kibkalo |
Viktoriya Kachalko |
KRG |
Roman Ciflicli |
Ipek Yavuzer |
TUR |
Erhan Kus |
Seda Arigul |
TUR |
Salvtore Sinardi |
Anastasia Kuziera |
UKR |
Dmytro Rosenko |
Nataliia Granko |
UKR |
Ruslan Ayclaev |
Valeriya Kozharinova |
USA |
Pasha Pashkov |
Daniella Karagach |
USA |
Madjidoca Aziza Alisherovna |
Sultanoc Sultan Karimovich |
UZB |
Maksim Syleymanov |
Anastasiya Yugay |
UZB |
Ngo Minh Duc |
Cao Thi Van Diem |
VIE |
The blog on last year's World Latin was wrapped with a final post on the old and new Champions, on Alexey Silde and Anna Firstova, RUS. The video of their solo Paso Doble in New York concluded with "It was their night! Again!" and cautiously hinted at a sequel in 2011. Working title: "Again and again!" But as it turned out, it was their last appearance in a regular World Championship.
With the "Who's to follow?" question arising ahead of the World Latin in Singapore, this is as good a time as any to take another look at the Paso Doble by Alexey and Anna.
More of the dances that Alexey and Anna performed in New York can still be viewed on the 2010 World Latin blog. And chances are that you'll be able to watch their successors dancing in one of the other videos too.
Through the 2010 World Latin blog you can also access the posts for 2009 Maribor. Or you may want to have a look at the 2011 European Latin blog? One thing is certain: somewhere the couple whose night it will be on 10 September in Singapore is already dancing!
The final countdown to the 2011 WDSF World Latin is about to start. Not only for the organisers in Singapore, for the 88 couples representing 49 nations too.
While some countries will put in their World Latin premieres in Singapore, quite a few others seem prominently absent this year. Should just one additional WDSF member body decide on entering a single couple, the benchmarks of 89 couples and 50 nations in Maribor, SLO, in 2009 would get matched. Two additional countries and two couples and WDSF has itself a new record participation for a World Latin!
ARG |
Riccardo Morelli |
Maria Julia Miotti |
AUT |
Zufar Zaripov |
Anna Ludwig-Tchemodourova |
|
Sergiy Georgiyev |
Olena Khablenko |
ALB |
Bellavita Salvatore |
Marrotta Mariantoneta |
BLR |
Yauheni Mazeika |
Xenia Kotochigova |
BEL |
Stefan Ciubotaru |
Isolde Van Daele |
|
Sebastian Mureddu |
Melissa Ferraro |
CHN |
Hou Yao |
Zhuang Ting |
|
Wang RenZheng |
Song YuLin |
CAN |
Anton Belyayev |
Antoaneta Popova |
|
Jean-Philippe Milot |
Laurence Bolduc |
TPE |
Yen Peng |
Vicky Zi |
|
Joey Yeh |
Doris Sun |
CRO |
Zoran Plohl |
Tatsiana Lahvinovich |
CZE |
Ales Petran |
Tatiana Dorina |
|
Radek Mucha |
Vitalija Tyrnova |
DEN |
Martino Zanibellato |
Michelle Abildtrup |
|
Troels Bager |
Ina Jeliazkova |
England |
Ivans Lubenko |
Helen Pearce |
|
Ben Jones |
Kerry Dennehy |
EST |
Manuel Frighetto |
Karin Rooba |
|
Konstantin Gorodilov |
Yulia Krepchuk |
FIN |
Joonas Piippola |
Laura Wilmmer |
|
Jurijs Trosenko |
Kia Lehmuskoski |
FRA |
Charles-Guillaume Schmitt |
Elena Salikhova |
|
Dario Pizzo |
Karen D'Albundo |
GER |
Sergey Tatarenko |
Viktoria Tatarenko |
|
Nikita Basev |
Marta Arndt |
HKG |
Ng Sum Chun |
Lam Wai Yi |
HUN |
Andrea Silvestri |
Martina Varadi |
|
Stefano Vidoni |
Orsolya Toth |
ISL |
Sigurdur Thor Sigurdsson |
Hanna Run Oladottir |
|
Sigurdur Mar Atason |
Sara Ros Jakobsdottir |
INA |
Robby Tjhin |
Anita Tandy |
|
Frans Satya Wijaya |
Nadia Lutvina Wijaya |
IRL |
Vitaly Sevastianov |
Anna Stepunina |
ISR |
Igal Ginzburg |
Sonia Savostinov |
|
Yosef Laksin |
Yevgenya Libman |
ITA |
Aniello Langella |
Krystyna Mososhenka |
|
Pavel Pasechnik |
Francesca Berardi |
JPN |
Yumiya Kubota |
Rara Kubota |
|
Yuki Suzuki |
Kana Suzuki |
KOR |
Shim Young Eun |
Kim Songha |
|
Jang Sejin |
Lee Haein |
LAT |
Vjaceslavs Visnakovs |
Tereza Kizlo |
|
Marts Smolko |
Viktorija Puhovika |
LTU |
Jokubas Venckus |
Jomante Dapkeviciute |
|
Gediminas Grigonis |
Sandra Kniazeviciute |
MAS |
Chua Zjen Fong |
Evon Chong |
|
Lim Yee Hsien |
Pang Yin Qi |
MDA |
Gabriele Pasquale Goffredo |
Anna Matus |
|
Manole Razvan-Gabriel |
Negoduico Olga |
NED |
Niels Didden |
Gwyneth Van Rijn |
|
Ewoud Fidom |
Karin Lillemaa |
NZL |
Mathew Nicholson |
Jenna Spyve |
|
Lyo Ishizuka |
Camille Webb |
NOR |
Lars Olav Eltervaag |
Melanie Kegal |
POL |
Marek Fiksa |
Kinga Jurecka |
|
Krystian Radziejowski |
Sylwia Maczek |
POR |
Alexander Nabiullin |
Barbara Ribeiro |
|
Ricardo Marques |
Sandra Silva |
PHI |
Gerald C. Jamili |
Cherry Clarice I. Parcon |
|
Ronnie Steeve Vergara |
Charlea Y. Lagaras |
ROM |
Sergiu Luca |
Arces Maria Pia |
|
Manole Razvan |
Olga Negoduico |
RUS |
Andrey Zaytsev |
Anna Kuzminskaya |
|
Andrey Gusev |
Elizaveta Cherevichnaya |
SIN |
Lim Chong Aik |
Riane Low |
|
Muhammad Azri |
Tan Li Fang |
SVK |
Jiri Hein |
Lucia Krncanova |
|
Tomas Komenda |
Martina Manakova |
SLO |
Miha Vodicar |
Nadiya Bychkova |
|
Damir Haluzan |
Anna Mashchyts |
ESP |
Joel Lopez |
Kristina bespechnova |
|
Guillem Pascual |
Rosa Carne |
SWE |
Stefano Oradei |
Veera Kinnunen |
|
Yvo Eussen |
Elisabeth Novotny |
SUI |
Daniel Juvet |
Zuzana Sykorova |
THA |
Theerawut Thommuangpak |
Phuthinat Khanitnusorn |
|
Sathaporn Raktoum |
Krittaporn Manasuth |
KYR |
Aleksei Kibkalo |
Viktoriya Kachalko |
TUR |
Roman Ciflicli |
Ipek Yavuzer |
|
Erhan Kus |
Seda Arigul |
UKR |
Salvatore Sinardi |
Anatasiia Kuz'ieva |
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Dmytro Rosenko |
Nataliia Granko |
USA |
Ruslan Aydaev |
Valeriya Kozharinova |
UZB |
Madjidoca Aziza Alisherovna |
Sultanoc Sultan Karimovich |
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Maksim Syleymanov |
Anastasiya Yugay |
WDSF Communications on 03 September 2011 21:34
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