Pre-championship interview with Alexey Silde, Anna Firstova as well as their trainer, Anastasia Titkova.
Here's the starting list again. In the end, three couples did not show. Finall tally therefore: 28 couples and 15 nations. Round one will be danced in 3 heats, 9 - 10 couples per heat. And we are starting now.
1 |
Kristian Vellejus |
Lotte Rodenburg |
DEN |
2 |
Artur Akautdinov |
Elena Pashkova |
RUS |
3 |
Dmitriy Evseev |
Darya Evseeva |
RUS |
4 |
Danut Gabriel Tepuru |
Crina Georgiana Bultean |
ROM |
7 |
Guy Rosen |
Anastasija Gorbachenko |
LUX |
8 |
Danilo Campisi |
Julia Burghardt |
AUT |
9 |
Wolfgang Stamm |
Jeanette Seydich |
AUT |
10 |
Jin Wenjie |
Zhang Anqi |
CHN |
11 |
Qi Jianru |
Jiang Mengjia |
CHN |
12 |
Luca De Vecchis |
Deborah Polliotto |
ITA |
13 |
Mikhail Solovyev |
Kristina Tsvetkova |
RUS |
14 |
Oleksandr Kazatynskyi |
Olena Sosedko |
UKR |
15 |
Roman Melnyk |
Ganna Melnyk |
UKR |
16 |
Takeshi Matsumoto |
Akiko Matsumoto |
JPN |
17 |
Nicolas García |
Adriana Torrabadella |
ESP |
18 |
Mikko Kaasalainen |
Adrienn Fitori |
FIN |
19 |
Daniel Curto Martin |
Monica Guirao Banque |
ESP |
20 |
Bruno Tomás |
Joanna Santos |
POR |
21 |
Stefano Santarelli |
Guendalina Pagnanelli |
ITA |
22 |
Fabio Scuderi |
Ornella Boccafoschi |
ITA |
23 |
Vladislav Silde |
Margarita Novitskaya |
RUS |
24 |
Alexey Silde |
Anna Firstova |
RUS |
25 |
Stefan Green |
Adriana Sigona |
NZL |
26 |
Andrey _Prosvirnin |
Julia Rogozina_ |
RUS |
27 |
Luca Bussoleti |
Tjaša Vulič |
SLO |
28 |
Saverio Loria |
Zeudi Zanetti |
ITA |
29 |
Marek Swetik |
Renata Dohnanska |
CZE |
30 |
Pavel Alexeersky |
Ekatarina Zhupleva |
RUS |
31 |
Mikhail Koloniets |
Alexandra Pakhmukova |
RUS |
5 |
Roman Prik |
Julia Aksenova |
RUS |
6 |
Michele Prioletti |
Sonia Stanzani |
ITA |
12 |
Luca De Vecchis |
Deborah Polliotto |
ITA |
Two additional couples from Russia have just accreddited for the IDSF PD World Championship. And we're only 45 minutes away from round one. Pavel Alexeersky - Ekatarina Zhupleva and Mikhail Koloniets - Alexandra Pakhmukova, both Russia, are the most recent additions to a growing field of participants.
Will there be more changes? Answer: yes! While we were writing the post, someone told us that couple
22 |
Fabio Scuderi |
Ornella Boccafoschi |
ITA |
is here and will compete!
One couple will not compete this afternoon. The organisers have just been advised that couple # 22, Fabio Scuderi and Ornella Boccafoschi, ITA, have withdrawn. And here is the new and amended starting list is.
1 |
Kristian Vellejus |
Lotte Rodenburg |
DEN |
2 |
Artur Akautdinov |
Elena Pashkova |
RUS |
3 |
Dmitriy Evseev |
Darya Evseeva |
RUS |
4 |
Danut Gabriel Tepuru |
Crina Georgiana Bultean |
ROM |
5 |
Roman Prik |
Julia Aksenova |
RUS |
6 |
Michele Prioletti |
Sonia Stanzani |
ITA |
7 |
Guy Rosen |
Anastasija Gorbachenko |
LUX |
8 |
Danilo Campisi |
Julia Burghardt |
AUT |
9 |
Wolfgang Stamm |
Jeanette Seydich |
AUT |
10 |
Jin Wenjie |
Zhang Anqi |
CHN |
11 |
Qi Jianru |
Jiang Mengjia |
CHN |
12 |
Luca De Vecchis |
Deborah Polliotto |
ITA |
13 |
Mikhail Solovyev |
Kristina Tsvetkova |
RUS |
14 |
Oleksandr Kazatynskyi |
Olena Sosedko |
UKR |
15 |
Roman Melnyk |
Ganna Melnyk |
UKR |
16 |
Takeshi Matsumoto |
Akiko Matsumoto |
JPN |
17 |
Nicolas García |
Adriana Torrabadella |
ESP |
18 |
Mikko Kaasalainen |
Adrienn Fitori |
FIN |
19 |
Daniel Curto Martin |
Monica Guirao Banque |
ESP |
20 |
Bruno Tomás |
Joanna Santos |
POR |
21 |
Stefano Santarelli |
Guendalina Pagnanelli |
ITA |
22 |
Fabio Scuderi |
Ornella Boccafoschi |
ITA |
23 |
Vladislav Silde |
Margarita Novitskaya |
RUS |
24 |
Alexey Silde |
Anna Firstova |
RUS |
25 |
Stefan Green |
Adriana Sigona |
NZL |
26 |
Andrey _Prosvirnin |
Julia Rogozina_ |
RUS |
27 |
Luca Bussoleti |
Tjaša Vulič |
SLO |
28 |
Saverio Loria |
Zeudi Zanetti |
ITA |
29 |
Marek Swetik |
Renata Dohnanska |
CZE |
In the title, we are not alluding to former International Monetary Fund leader Strauss-Kahn's transfer from jail to a Manhattan apartment, we only point out that a league play-off basketball game was played at the Atert Centre last night. After midnight the organisers started to completely change the configuration of the modern venue. Tables around the floor, additional lighting, new sponsor signage ... Well, not all of it. Last night's sponsors are still on the floor.
Just hours after putting up the post "29 Couples, 14 Nations!" with the list of entries in the 2011IDSF World Latin, the tally needed readjusting. 15 Nations are represented here in Luxembourg, and IDSF Communications has it from the best source possible!
Hello!
Congratulations on the website. We are very excited to be in Luxembourg for the World Championships, but we are representing NEW ZEALAND, NOT ITALY; so there are 15 nations now represented!
Yours sincerely,
Stefan Green and Adriana Sigona
We stand corrected and welcome Stefan and Adriana as Kiwis! The list below is now amneded!
Here are the 29 couples who have entered the 2011 IDSF PD World DanceSport Championship Latin in Luxembourg. They represent 14 nations, with the strongest contingents coming from Russia and Italy.
1 |
Kristian Vellejus |
Lotte Rodenburg |
DEN |
2 |
Artur Akautdinov |
Elena Pashkova |
RUS |
3 |
Dmitriy Evseev |
Darya Evseeva |
RUS |
4 |
Danut Gabriel Tepuru |
Crina Georgiana Bultean |
ROM |
5 |
Roman Prik |
Julia Aksenova |
RUS |
6 |
Michele Prioletti |
Sonia Stanzani |
ITA |
7 |
Guy Rosen |
Anastasija Gorbachenko |
LUX |
8 |
Danilo Campisi |
Julia Burghardt |
AUT |
9 |
Wolfgang Stamm |
Jeanette Seydich |
AUT |
10 |
Jin Wenjie |
Zhang Anqi |
CHN |
11 |
Qi Jianru |
Jiang Mengjia |
CHN |
12 |
Luca De Vecchis |
Deborah Polliotto |
ITA |
13 |
Mikhail Solovyev |
Kristina Tsvetkova |
RUS |
14 |
Oleksandr Kazatynskyi |
Olena Sosedko |
UKR |
15 |
Roman Melnyk |
Ganna Melnyk |
UKR |
16 |
Takeshi Matsumoto |
Akiko Matsumoto |
JPN |
17 |
Nicolas García |
Adriana Torrabadella |
ESP |
18 |
Mikko Kaasalainen |
Adrienn Fitori |
FIN |
19 |
Daniel Curto Martin |
Monica Guirao Banque |
ESP |
20 |
Bruno Tomás |
Joanna Santos |
POR |
21 |
Stefano Santarelli |
Guendalina Pagnanelli |
ITA |
22 |
Fabio Scuderi |
Ornella Boccafoschi |
ITA |
23 |
Vladislav Silde |
Margarita Novitskaya |
RUS |
24 |
Alexey Silde |
Anna Firstova |
RUS |
25 |
Stefan Green |
Adriana Sigona |
NZL |
26 |
Andrey _Prosvirnin |
Julia Rogozina_ |
RUS |
27 |
Luca Bussoleti |
Tjaša Vulič |
SLO |
28 |
Saverio Loria |
Zeudi Zanetti |
ITA |
29 |
Marek Swetik |
Renata Dohnanska |
CZE |
On Saturday 21 May, the DanceSport Federation Luxembourg celebrates its 50th Anniversary with a spectacular DanceSport Festival in Bertrange, just a few kilometers west of Luxembourg City. The highlight of the festival will be the IDSF PD World DanceSport Championship Latin.
The first World Latin to be held under the auspices of the newly established IDSF PD, it brings upwards of 30 top couples to the Atert Sports Centre. Among them Alexey Silde and Anna Firstova, RUS, who have turned pro at the beginning of the year!
Another couple standing poised to excel on Saturday: Guy Rosen and Anastasija Gorbachenko, the Professional Latin Champions of Luxembourg (left).
IDSF Communications will report on how they and the other couples fare through this blog. The blogging starts with interviews of some of the couples in Luxembourg from late Friday, early Saturday, and gets into full swing with the first round at 15:30 CEST.
IDSF Communications and ATA Productions produced comprehensive coverage on last year's Professional World Latin in Sitges, Spain, already. Check it out, all 52 minutes of it!