With the remarkable performances from the previous day still fresh in our minds, we were eagerly anticipating the European Championship Solo Latin Female Youth.
29/05/2024 read more ...The vibrant city of Zagreb, Croatia, is currently hosting the exciting Zagreb Grand Prix from the 24th to the 26th of May, a prestigious event in the DanceSport calendar.
25/05/2024 read more ...The Breaking competition in the Olympic Qualifier Series (OQS) kicked off with an electrifying start in Shanghai, setting the stage for the world's top B-boys and B-girls to compete for a coveted spot in the Paris 2024 Olympic Games.
19/05/2024 read more ...This is your chance to witness the best B-boys and B-girls from around the world as they battle it out for a spot in the upcoming Olympic Games.
17/05/2024 read more ...Following a comprehensive proposal by the WDSF Sports Commission, a decision has been made to adopt a new allocation of base points for each participating couple in WDSF World Ranking Tournaments.
06/05/2024 read more ...As the final notes faded away and the applause subsided, the young dancers stood proud, knowing that they had given their all and left everything on the dancefloor.
05/05/2024 read more ...In face of the earthquake, the tsunami and the mounting threat of a nuclear disaster, everyone in DanceSport expresses deep solidarity with the people in Japan. All the more so since IDSF athletes and officials were there when nature unleashed its most devastating powers on 11 March.
Three days later, nearly all of them have been able to at least start on their journeys back from Tokyo. The German contingent has safely returned already (here). Franz Allert, President of the German DanceSport Federation, posted on the IDSF facebook wall yesterday.
"We all watched the distressing events in Japan and I hope that all couples and officials returned in the meantime save and well."
Franz Allert
Many of the Tokyo Grand Slam participants had to cope with massive delays of their flights, and some had to take alternative routes after their flights had been cancelled. IDSF Vice-President Lukas Hinder, who was able to return to Switzerland yesterday, reports that it took him and Daniele Tondon twelve hours to get from their downtown hotel to the Narita airport.
IDSF President Carlos Freitag and Sports Director Marco Sietas could still be in Tokyo, after they held the Adjudicators' Congress there on Saturday, 12 March. An e-mail message from President Freitag confirms that they, too, are now setting out to fly back to Spain.
IDSF urges all visitors to worlddancesport.org to donate to the Red Cross relief efforts in Japan (here).
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