Our editors are about to wrap up the post-production of the Vimeo on Demand programme covering the 2016 European DanceSport Championship Standard in Wroclaw, POL.
We are confident that the 90-minute programme will be available for rental (US$ 3.75 for a 3-month streaming period) through Vimeo on Demand by tonight.
Here is the trailer for the show that features the full-length semi-final and final - plus interviews and behind-the-scene pieces. It is set to "Rendez-Vous" by Kelly Joyce (The Ballroom Mix 9 - Casa musica).
Another preview of what the public can expect from DanceSport in The World Games 2017 was provided when the Italian Salsa Champions Daniel Chiuselli - Giada Chiuselli put on their shows during the 2016 European Championship Standard.
Here are the two Rock 'n' Roll shows that Jacek Tarczylo - Anna Miadzielec, POL, performed during the 2016 European Standard in Wroclaw, POL.
An interview with Jacek should make it abundantly clear, the couple returns after the one-year sabbatical with a mission: that of winning the gold for Poland in The World Games 2017.
Watching them in their high-flying routines whets our appetite for more Rock 'n' Roll in Wroclaw next year!
It was a most convincing statement that the 59 couples taking part in the 2016 European Standard made in Wroclaw, POL, on Saturday 14 May in promoting the DanceSport events of The World Games held here from 20 to 30 July 2017. But what put the whole thing into its proper perspective was the Rock 'n' Roll exhibition by Jacek Tarczyło and Anna Miadzielec, POL. The couple is a solid prospect for a Polish gold medal in Acrobatic Rock 'n' Roll in 2017 ...
Come back to the blog tomorrow! We will show you the performance of Jacek and Anna as it was aired live last Saturday on Polsat Sport Extra! And we will also upload an exclusive interview we made with the couple ... Above all with Jacek!
It is with great consternation that we have to inform you of the passing of Dr Johannes Biba. The circumstances of his untimely death are not yet known.
Johannes was an avid dancer from 1980, competing internationally through 1992. After his active career he started to dedicate much of his time as media liaison to the Austrian DanceSport Federation. In this capacity he soon became the country's "Voice of DanceSport" as commentator of the many DanceSport programmes aired by public broadcaster ORF and other channels.
From 2000 through 2008 Johannes served the World DanceSport Federation as Communications Director and as editor-in-chief of the "DanceSport Today" magazine.
On behalf of the Presidium and the entire WDSF, President Lukas Hinder expresses condolences to Dr Biba's family: "Our thoughts are with you in this time of tragic loss. Johannes will always be remembered by a big and international community of people who shared his passion for dance as sport."
The morning after the 2016 European Standard in Wroclaw, POL, Ashli Williamson, the chair of the Athletes' Commission, met with Lukas Hinder to record a pilot of what will become a series of regular exchanges between her and the President. Asking him ten questions about his person and his goals, Ashli tries to bring her constituents up and close with the new leader of the World DanceSport Federation.
More exchanges will be scheduled at regular intervals throughout the year. They will forthwith take place on Skype to avoid incurring any costs.
Look for the first exchange to become available on this website by the end of the week.
What a night it turned out to be. Great dancing throughout and six finalists that went all out in their quests to show their best stuff to a sizeable crowd at the Centennial Hall and to the 12 adjudicators.
With Dmitry Zharkov and Olga Kulikova we have two new European Champions and right behind them two Lithuanian couples that each achieved their best career result in a major championship.
Full results are available. More videos and photos will get uploaded tomorrow.
Here are the 12 semi-finalist couples. They are to dance the round in but a few minutes. You tell us whether you can make out any surprises. We could! For reference, look at the standing from 13th place in the LIVE RESULTS section.
Madis Abel - Aleksandra Galkina, EST
Bjorn Bitsch - Ashli Williamson, DEN
Paolo Campigotto - Petre Alina, ROU
Nikolay Darin - Natalia Seredina, MDA
Francesco Galuppo - Debora Pacini, ITA
Vaidotas Lacitis - Veronika Golodneva, LTU
Giuseppe Longarini - Katarzyna Kapral, POL
Volodymyr Lyatov - Veronika Myshko, UKR
Vadim Shurin - Anastasia Meshkova, RUS
Anton Skuratov - Alena Uehlin, GER
Evaldas Sodeika - Ieva Zukauskaite, LTU
Dmitry Zharkov - Olga Kulikova, RUS