Prior to the final of the European Standard in Aarhus, Martino Zanibellato and Michelle Abildtrup, admired Latin dancers who have recently turned professionals, performed their show to "Excusas A Lola" by Mayte Martin.
Salvatore Todaro - Violeta Yaneva, BUL, dance the third round Quickstep at the 2013 WDSF European DanceSport Championship Standard in Aarhus, DEN, on 20 April.
Bjorn Bitsch - Ashli Williamson, DEN, dance the third round Viennese Waltz at the 2013 WDSF European DanceSport Championship Standard in Aarhus, DEN, on 20 April.
After the 2013 European Standard in Aarhus, DEN, the WDSF Communications team works off the backlog of photographs and videos that it was not able to publish on Saturday or Sunday.
Here's a selection of pictures taken by Helmut Roland of the awards ceremony where the colours red and white prevailed. The last championship videos and that of a memorable Latin performance by Martino Zanibellato - Michelle Abildtrup will go up here soon.
More pictures in the Gallery!
Last night's live webcasts of semi-final and final ran considerably behind schedule and included some very long "beauty shots." The recordings have now been trimmed down to the essential. Unfortunately, they will remain blocked for viewers calling them up from Denmark.
The two webcasts were the first ones streamed live with a 720 p setting. Viewers with sufficient bandwidth should have been able to fully appreciate the difference. Except, of course, for the viewers in Germany, where the live stream was once more blocked because of YouTube's fears over legal action by the German performing rights organisation GEMA. Unfounded in this case: WDSF had all the rights for the music cleared for worldwide broadcasting.
Recording of the live webcast of the Semi-Final at the 2013 WDSF European DanceSport Championship Standard in Aarhus, DEN, on 20 April.
Heidi Goetz interviews the 2013 European Champions Standard: Emanuel Valeri - Tania Kehlet, DEN.
Heidi Goetz interviews the first runners-up of the 2013 European Standard: Simone Segatori - Annette Sudol, GER.
First: Emanuel Valeri - Tania Kehlet, DEN | Second: Simone Segatori - Annette Sudol, GER | Third: Sergei Konovaltsev - Olga Konovaltseva, RUS
Finalists are the couples # 210 - 213 - 229 - 235 - 245 - 247! And this is your player for the live webcast of the Final that will undoubtedly start with a delay of several minutes!
Your live player for the Semi-Final of the 2013 European Standard. The live signal is produced by Danish broadcaster dk 4 SPORT. After it was transmitted live, the programme will be blocked for viewing in Denmark until after dk4 SPORT has aired the show on 27 April. Enjoy!
Another player will be embedded in the subsequent post for the Final!
Emanuel Valeri - Tania Kehlet, DEN, dance the third round Quickstep at the 2013 WDSF European DanceSport Championship Standard in Aarhus, DEN, on 20 April.
Simone Segatori - Annette Sudol, GER, dance the third round Slow Foxtrotat the 2013 WDSF European DanceSport Championship Standard in Aarhus, DEN, on 20 April.