Blackpool - United Kingdom from 11/04/2025 to 13/04/2025

Contact and information

[email protected]

To enter the UK, you may be required to have either a Visa or an ETA (Electronic Travel Authorisation), depending on your passport nationality. Please check the requirements here: UK Visa Checker.

For Visa invitation letter, please contact the British DanceSport Federation at: [email protected]

To apply for electronic travel authorisation, please check this link: ETA

Name of the organiser: WDSF Vice-President for Sports Nenad Jeftic

Telephone number of the organiser: +381 60 0163120

Competition venue: Winter Garden, 97 Church St, Blackpool FY1 HL, United Kingdom

Airports:
Liverpool John Lennon Airport
Manchester Airport

The closing date for registration is 31st March, 2025, for all WDSF events within the 2025 WDSF DanceSport Festival.

To attend the event as a photographer or videographer, the acquisition of a Media License is required. This license will grant access to the Empress Ballroom and allow the creation of content about the event, with the corresponding commercial ownership reserved for the author.

You can access the acquisition platform here.

If you are attending as a representative of a media outlet for editorial purposes, please contact [email protected].

Timetable

WDSF DanceSport Festival 2025 – FRIDAY

WDSF DanceSport Festival 2025 – SATURDAY

WDSF DanceSport Festival 2025 – SUNDAY

Partners

We would like to extend our sincere thanks to all the brands whose presence and collaboration contribute to the success of the 2025 WDSF DanceSport Festival in Blackpool.

The following partners will be offering their products and/or services in the Arena Room, adjacent to the iconic Empress Ballroom:

• BD Dance
• Beauty Code
• DanceQueen Dance Wear
• Dongxin Dance
• DSI London
• Focus Dance
• FZS Dance
• IDS Dance Shoes
• Suren Studio

We are also grateful to our visibility and sponsorship partners, who will support the event through their valued presence:

• Lalafarjan
• NANA
• Sanshi Studio (Official WDSF Photographer)

We thank each and every one of our partners for their trust and support in making this festival a world-class celebration of DanceSport.

Star Couples

First Round exemptions („star couples”)

WDSF Open Senior III - STD FRIDAY

• Cannello Mario Bruno / Cecati Nicoletta ITALY
• Dottori Luca / Morgantini Marina ITALY
• Ferrini Massimiliano / Galilei Elisabetta ITALY
• Fortin Fiorenzo / Voltan Marianna ITALY
• Montandon Gilles / Montandon Marion FRANCE
• Munar Vidal Vicente / Garcia Perello Rosa Maria SPAIN
• Perretta Antimo / Lanna Teresa ITALY
• Retzer Horst / Retzer Birgit Eva GERMANY
• Schmiel Peter / Schmiel Sibylle GERMANY
• Staub Holger / Staub Birgit GERMANY
• Viel Luca / Piccin Cinzia ITALY
• Wasilewski Marek / Wasilewska Krystyna POLAND 

WDSF Rising Stars World Challenge Cup Rising Stars - LAT

• Anisimov Demid / Domingues Da Silva Giuliana GERMANY
• Brzozowski Grzegorz / Bilozor Sofia POLAND
• Crescenzi Emanuele / Tullio Arianna ITALY
• Faraco Alessandro / Leimer Charleen SWITZERLAND
• Fried Martin / Kosmakova Sarka CZECHIA
• He Yi / Ouyang Shan CHINA, PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA
• Karadzhov Steven / Ilieva Stefana BULGARIA
• Kurzawa Dawid / Anuszkiewicz Kamilla POLAND
• Martino Cristian / Gamberini Elena ITALY
• Tarach Kamil / Kujawa Karina POLAND
• Tygielski Kajetan / Menser Nicole POLAND
• Velotti Alfonso / Conte Irene ITALY 

WDSF GrandSlam STD SATURDAY

• Rares Cojoc & Andreea Matei
• Alexey Glukhov & Anastasia Glazunova
• Dariusz Mycka & Madara Freiberga
• Marco Bodini & Kristina Charitonovaite
• Shaoyang Yuan & Chongxuan Qi
• Dmitri Kolobov & Signe Busk
• Vladislav Kozhevnikov & Eleonora Metelitsa
• Kirill Pavlov & Kristina Shinkariuk
• Ilia Rotar & Silvia Susanne Barjabin
• Andrea Roccatti & Julia Mozayniewicz
• Bartlomiej Szkutnik & Agata Brychcy
• Simonas Seikauskas & Liucija Norusaite
• Pawel Subczynski & Aleksandra Kucharska
• Karolis Burneikis & Fabien Charlott Lax
• Emanuele Cannistraro & Anna Lubianetska
• Konrad Smolinski & Julia Bien

WDSF Open Latin Youth SATURDAY

• Alon Kaykov & Maayan Rier
• Dimitrii Kalistov & Luna Maria Albanese
• Dmitriy Tabachkov & Kira Unarokova
• Giacomo Lombardi & Sara Paredes
• Kristians Kalvans & Dana Lebedeva
• Kristupas Mlinskas & Liepa Rudnickaite
• Liu Mingda & Yin Heyin
• Martin Makarov & Regina Peik
• Maddox Loevenhardt & Sara Coman
• Richards Krivins & Alexandra Shamova
• Toni Cortes & Gabriela Derlatka
• Vakaris Bilcius & Urte Pabrezaite

WDSF Open Standard Senior II SATURDAY

• Ales Kaspar & Lenka Serakova
• Fabian Lohauss & Simone Braunschweig
• Jean-Hugues Henneghien & Elvira Beschi
• Miroslav Serak & Martina Grosupova
• Robrecht Krikilion & Nadia Schepens
• Roland Tines & Heidrun Puskas

 Rising Stars Standard SUNDAY

• Andrea Deleidi and Sara Iuri
• ⁠Brin Ravter and Monika Kocbek
• Carlo Rugi and Marta Lorenzini
• David Jodl and Audrey Habel
• Edoardo Rossi and Ugne Aleksandraviciute
• Gustav Ibsen Jensen and Victoria Mud
• Ionel Egor and Elisabeth Zbarashchuk
• Jakub Kazik and Katarina Hanuskova
• Matteo Cesaretti and Emily Matthies
• Olegs Berzins and Amanda Meinarte
• Samuele Pugliese and Federica Stavale
• Sean Aranar and Ana Nualla

GrandSlam Adult Latin SUNDAY

• ⁠Malthe Brinch Rohde and Sandra Sorensen
• Bangbang Yan and Yujun Du
• Charles-Guillaume Schmitt and Elena Salikhova
• Ionut Alexandru Miculescu and Andra Pacurar
• Winson Tam and Anastasia Novikova
• Konstantin Gorodilov and Polina Figurenko
• Jakub Lipowski and Tereza Kucerova
• ⁠Artur Balandin and Anna Salita
• Eric Testa and Federica Brezzo
• Vicenc Torremade and Megija Dana Morite
• ⁠Razvan Dumitrescu and Jacky Joos
• Daniel Dingis and Alessia-Allegra Gigli
• Bartosz Lewandowski and Anna Walachowska
• ⁠Guillem Pascual and Illes Diandra-Aniela
• Egor Kondratenko and Mie Lincke Funch
• ⁠Balazs Hidi and Violetta Kis