The organisers of the WDSF World DanceSport Games 2013 Kaohsiung are stepping up efforts to promote dance and sport in the host city. The Taike dance is a "Kaohsiung Original" ... From the official WDSG 2013 website:
Our city has the honour of hosting the World DanceSport Games 2013, an event to take place from Monday September 16 to Friday September 20 2013 – a five-day series of international DanceSport competitions to be held at Kaohsiung’s K-Arena
Kaohsiung will take advantage of this international exchange to promote an indigenous Taiwanese dance: the Taike dance! By special arrangement for the September 16 Opening Ceremony, Mayor Chen will lead 150 Kaohsiung residents and high school students in a techno-music accompanied performance of a Three Prince Taike dance, revealing the youthful vitality of Kaohsiung, and Taiwan's folk culture to the world.
The two finals of last year's European Ten Dance were shown live on this website. Since all blogs are permanently archived here, having another look at the performances by the six finalist couples in Aarhus' NRGi Arena is always an option ...
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By WDSF Communications on
06 June 2013 14:27
The number of starters in this year's European Ten Dance is down by one from the 2012 edition that was held in Aarhus. Only a few couples entered by the National Member Bodies for Szombathely, HUN, have danced last year in Denmark already.
Starting List
1
Markus HACKL
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Stefanie KRAUSZ
AUT
2
Sebastian MUREDDU
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Melissa FERRARO
BEL
3
Dario HRABAR
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Andrea BREKALO
BIH
4
Stanimir STOYANOV
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Polina KIMOVA
BUL
5
Viktor SZABO
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Vanja VUJIC
CRO
6
David ODSTRCIL
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Tara BOHAK
CZE
7
Nikolaj LUND
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Marta KOCIK
DEN
8
Nick WILLIAMS
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Charmaine CHAN
England
9
Konstantin GORODILOV
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Dominika BERGMANOVA
EST
10
Jaak VAINOMAA
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Taina SAVIKURKI
FIN
11
Alexis BERGEON
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Johanna RIVIER
FRA
12
Anton SKURATOV
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Alena UEHLIN
GER
13
Bertalan János HEGYES
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Violetta KIS
HUN
14
Sigurdur Mar ATLASON
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Sara Ros JAKOBSDOTTIR
ISL
15
Maurizio BENENATO CONO
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Tatiana VESELKINA
ITA
16
Marts PUNINS
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Dana JAKOBSONE
LAT
17
Gabrielius SASNAUSKAS
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Jurga GUSTAITE
LTU
18
Ion SIMBOTEANU
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Natalia LUCHIV
MDA
19
Mohsen ASKAR
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Femke BOONSTRA
NED
20
Janick LØWE
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Pia LØWE
NOR
21
Oskar DZIEDZIC
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Klaudia IWANSKA
POL
22
Sergio COSTA
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Ana Rita ALMEIDA
POR
23
Tibor Csaba TOTH
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Valentina DOBRILA
ROU
24
Daniil ULANOV
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Irina GOGOLADZE
RUS
25
Ivan KNEZEVIC
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Violeta JOVANOVIC
SRB
26
Lukás SPISÁK
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Eva TIBENSKA
SVK
27
Miha VODICAR
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Nadiya BYCHKOVA
SLO
28
Adrian ESPERON
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Patricia MARTINEZ
ESP
29
Yvo EUSSEN
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Elisabeth NOVOTNY
SWE
30
David BÜCHEL
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Flavia LANDOLFI
SUI
31
Volodymyr LYATOV
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Veronika MYSHKO
UKR
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By WDSF Communications on
06 June 2013 13:52
After Bjorn Bitsch and Ashli Williamson, DEN, vacated their place at the top of the international Ten Dance hierarchy, the fight for succession is about to start.
After winning three world and two European titles in Ten Dance, Bjorn Bitsch and Ashli Williamson, DEN, announced that they would concentrate 100% on Standard from this year. Thus bringing their three-year reign in the DanceSport decathlon to a conclusion, they leave the 2013 European title up for grabs.
31 couples have entered this weekend's Championship in Szombathely, HUN. WDSF Communications will report live on the fight for succession to the European Ten Dance throne on a dedicated blog.
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By WDSF Communications on
06 June 2013 13:21
Ricardo Duarte on 08 June 2013 11:51
Will there be a live transmission?
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