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2017 WDSF GrandSlam Standard

The 2017 GrandSlam Standard Wuhan is bound to go down in history for several reasons. The quality of dancing was outstanding and the scores were exceptionally tight from the quarterfinal. The Judging System 3.0 was used for the second time with 0.25 increments making the 1 - 10 scale even more suitable for finer distinction between the couples' performances. And yet it produced a perfect tie between Dmitry Zharkov - Olga Kulikova, RUS, and Simone Segatori - Annette Sudol, GER, in the round of 24: 192.917 vs 192.917! Hard to imagine, considering the many assessments that were made by the 12 adjudicators before the system computed the scores! Would a final standing have been established after the semi-final, the runners-up in the final would have been the winners. But even more importantly, having a margin as negligible as 0.04 deciding over the final outcome of this GrandSlam Standard makes it virtually impossible to speak of victors and runners-up in the traditional sense of the word. This final could have gone either way - and the two top couples know it perfectly well. The third-placed couple, Evaldas Sodeika - Ieva Zukauskaite, LTU, danced their first leg in Wuhan after skipping the one in Helsinki. They also ha a stellar performance in the final on 9 April. In the interview that follows the awards presentation they tell you what they will change with a view to this year's GrandSlam Series and the other top competitions. A 7-camera production in High Definition covering the decisive stages of the GrandSlam Latin Wuhan. The programme is made up of four parts: the Viennese Waltz, Slow Fox and Quickstep of the semi-final, interviews with the finalists, the full-length final and interviews with the medallists. Produced by the WDSF Communications team in collaboration with the host broadcaster Hubei TV and the Chinese DanceSport Federation.

Sep 17, 2018, Pro

2017 WDSF European Latin

Armen Tsaturyan and Svetlana Gudyno, RUS, were crowned European Champions for the second time in their career. After winning the 2015 European Latin in Aarhus, DEN, they surprised many by narrowly defeating their direct opponents and considered the favourites for the 2017 title, Gabriele Goffredo and Anna Matus, MDA, in a dramatic final. Relive this extraordinary final that came down to the wire and that saw the powers shift, however minimally, for the first time in nearly two years. In fact, it required scores of 39 points and more in the Paso Doble and in the Jive to come from behind and stage the upset by nine decimal points. Since their third place in the 2015 GrandSlam Latin Stuttgart, which was won by the Russians too, the Moldovans remained undefeated in two World and one European Championships plus altogether eight successive GrandSlams. Armen and Svetlana, on the other hand, had to content themselves with two victories in GrandSlams - Moscow 2015 and Platja d'Aro 2016 - where Gabriele and Anna did not dance. The 6-camera production in High Definition covers the decisive stages of the 2017 European Latin, with full graphics but without commentary. The programme is made up of four parts: the full-length semi-final, interviews with the finalists, the full-length final and interviews with the medallists. Produced by the WDSF Communications team in collaboration with the host broadcaster High TV and the organiser Publiolimpia. All rights reserved © 2017! Music by Casa musica: dancesport.box.com/s/oqmptxn0khgteuvv2513996ssqx45bv2

Sep 17, 2018, Pro

2017 WDSF GrandSlam Latin Helsinki

If it wouldn't have been for a change of date that the GrandSlam organisers had to announce in order to keep their event in sync with GoExpo, the sports trade show that it is embedded in, all Latin couples in the top ten of the World Raking would have been able to make it to Helsinki, FIN. But with the German Championship Latin scheduled almost concurrently, two high-profile couples were a priori missing: Marius-Andrei Balan and Khrystyna Moshenska and Timur Imametdinov - Nina Bezzubova danced in Siegburg, GER, until very late on 18 March. Marius-Andrei and Khrystyna made a valiant effort to be in Helsinki for the inaugural leg of the 2017 GrandSlam Series. They arrived at the Messukeskus Hall 4 just 90 minutes prior to round two, danced the five dances and then they informed the chairman Drago Sulek of their decision to drop out of the competition ... But what a competition it turned out to be: particularly the final. Not only the dancing by the six finalists was at an incredibly high level, the emotions, too, appeared to be heightened. The outcome itself was almost of lesser importance, with all six couples radiant over what they had achieved. You will hear statements made by the dancers prior to and after the final. They will surprise you! An 8-camera production in High Definition covering the decisive stages of the GrandSlam Standard Helsinki. With full graphics but without commentary. The programme is made up of four parts: the full-length semi-final, interviews with the finalists, the full-length final and interviews with the medallists. Approximately 90-minutes running time. Produced by the WDSF Communications team in collaboration with the host broadcaster YLE and the Finnish DanceSport Federation.

Sep 17, 2018, Pro

2017 WDSF GrandSlam Standard Wuhan _ Promo

The 2017 GrandSlam Standard Wuhan is bound to go down in history for several reasons. The quality of dancing was outstanding and the scores were exceptionally tight from the quarterfinal. The Judging System 3.0 was used for the second time with 0.25 increments making the 1 - 10 scale even more suitable for finer distinction between the couples' performances. And yet it produced a perfect tie between Dmitry Zharkov - Olga Kulikova, RUS, and Simone Segatori - Annette Sudol, GER, in the round of 24: 192.917 vs 192.917! Hard to imagine, considering the many assessments that were made by the 12 adjudicators before the system computed the scores! Would a final standing have been established after the semi-final, the runners-up in the final would have been the winners. But even more importantly, having a margin as negligible as 0.04 deciding over the final outcome of this GrandSlam Standard makes it virtually impossible to speak of victors and runners-up in the traditional sense of the word. This final could have gone either way - and the two top couples know it perfectly well. The third-placed couple, Evaldas Sodeika - Ieva Zukauskaite, LTU, danced their first leg in Wuhan after skipping the one in Helsinki. They also ha a stellar performance in the final on 9 April. In the interview that follows the awards presentation they tell you what they will change with a view to this year's GrandSlam Series and the other top competitions. A 7-camera production in High Definition covering the decisive stages of the GrandSlam Latin Wuhan. The programme is made up of four parts: the Viennese Waltz, Slow Fox and Quickstep of the semi-final, interviews with the finalists, the full-length final and interviews with the medallists. Produced by the WDSF Communications team in collaboration with the host broadcaster Hubei TV and the Chinese DanceSport Federation.

Sep 17, 2018, Pro

2017 WDSF GrandSlam Latin Hong Kong

The 2017 GrandSlam Latin legs in Helsinki, FIN, and in Wuhan, CHN, went to Gabriele Goffredo and Anna Matus, MDA, with the Russians Armen Tsaturyan and Svetlana Gudyno as the runners-up on both occasions. It looked as if the dominators in Latin would continue their winning streak well into 2017, even with the realistic chance to stay undefeated for another year. That’s when the upset came – suddenly and unexpectedly: Armen and Svetlana claimed the title at the European Championship in Cambrils, ESP. It was their second after 2015. Gabriele and Anna were relegated to second place and disappointed. But not for long. Just six weeks later in Faenza, ITA, the Moldovans were living up to Gabriele’s life motto of “Born to win!” once more as they were able to take their revenge and defeat the Russians in an International Open. Would Juventus have done the same with Real Madrid in the Champions League Final in Cardiff, GBR, one week later, the power of everything would have been in perfect balance again for Gabriele and Anna, both ardent "tifosi" of the Vecchia Signora. But everybody knows how that final ended. With virtually all top Latin couples present here in Hong Kong, we can look forward to lots of exceptional dancing at the Queen Elizabeth Stadium on Saturday 8 July. For those who don’t know: 8 July is the birthday of Armen Tsaturyan. And birthdays seem to go well with victories: Gabriele found out about it last year. He won the GrandSlam Helsinki on his. But let’s not think that there are only these two couples in contention for the top echelon on the Hong Kong podium: Germans Marius-Andrei Balan - Khrystyna Moshenska and Timur Imametdinov - Nina Bezzubova stand poised to take over at any time, should the two favourites not be inspired. Marius-Andrei and Khrystyna, so the unconfirmed rumours, have also gone south to expand their horizons. Training on a daily basis together with most of the others who will likely dance in today’s final should take the surprises out of the equation. Together with the host broadcaster TVB, the members of the WDSF Communications team will bring you the best Latin dancing there is in full HD. 6-camera production with full graphics, a few behind-the-scene pieces plus interviews with the protagonists! The programme is made up of four parts: the full-length semi-final, interviews with the finalists, the full-length final, the interviews with the medallist couples. The full-length quarterfinal is the bonus feature! © 2017 World DanceSport Federation - WDSF | All Rights Reserved
Produced by the WDSF Communications team in collaboration with host broadcaster TVB and the Hong Kong DanceSport Association. Music by Casa musica > dancesport.box.com/s/xsy1p03i6rtb5v4k5qf0f2tny91qyap9

Sep 17, 2018, Pro

2016 WDSF World Standard _ Promo

It was two years ago in Vienna, AUT, when Simone Segatori and Annettee Sudol, GER, won their first World Champion title. More than other couples who ever get to this level in their careers, they had to put their patience to a test, waiting their turn in a hierarchy that seemed to last an eternity. Finally, after Vienna in 2014, Simone and Annette were able to embark on their run, winning one GrandSlam after another, claiming the European title, being the ones to dominate and completely at the top of their game ... Until December last year in Vilnius, LTU, when they came in as runners-up to Dmitry Zharkov and Olga Kulikova, RUS, the new and current World Champions. While that first upset had come as a surprise to some, the Russians put it into perspective by getting onto a winning streak afterwards. That lasted for six months, until the 2016 GrandSlam Hong Kong, when Simone and Annette defeated Dmitry and Olga by a narrow margin in a memorable final. That was at the end of June! Since then the two couples have gone their separate ways, never coinciding in a GrandSlam - but each winning one. That brings us to Aarhus, DEN, and the 2016 World Champioship that is danced on 12 November at the Ceres Arena. Who will walk away as a double world champion? Or could it be that the time of Evaldas Sodeika - Ieva Zukauskaite, LTU, has come already? 6-camera production in High Definition covering the decisive stages of the 2016 World Standard. With full graphics. The programme is made up of four parts: the full-length semi-final, interviews with the finalists, the full-length final and interviews with the medallists. Produced by the WDSF Communications team and the organisers of the Aarhus International Dance Festival. All rights reserved © 2016!

Sep 17, 2018, Pro

2016 WDSF GrandSlam Latin Final _ Promo

Like every year, the 12 top couples in the GrandSlam Latin Ranking that have entered minimum four of the five regular legs making up the Series are invited to Shanghai, CHN, to contest the last major title and the highest purse. That of the GrandSlam Final Champion! They are all here. Well, almost! Marius-Andrei Balan and Khrystyna Moshenska, GER, have met the qualification criteria with 3999 points total, four entries and a third position in the ranking. But unfortunately they could not make it to the "Final Showdown in Shanghai." Marius-Andrei came down with a high fever and was unable to travel. Watch the semi-finalists and finalists burn the floor at the Luwan Stadium! STARRING Armen Tsaturyan - Svetlana Gudyno, RUS Andrea Silvestri - Martina Varadi, HUN Andrey Gusev - Vera Bondareva, RUS Umberto Gaudino - Louise Heise, DEN Giacomo Lazzarini - Roberta Benedetti, ITA Anton Aldaev - Natalia Polukhina, RUS Gabriele Goffredo - Anna Matus, MDA Timur Imametdinov - Nina Bezzubova, GER Charles-Guillaume Schmitt - Elena Salikhova, FRA An 8-camera production in High Definition covering the decisive stages of the GrandSlam Latin Final. With full graphics but without commentary. The programme is made up of four parts: the full-length semi-final, interviews with the finalists, the full-length final and interviews with the medallists. Approximately 90-minutes running time.
Produced by the WDSF Communications team in collaboration with the host broadcaster and the Chinese DanceSport Federation.
Music by casa-musica.de

Sep 17, 2018, Pro

2016 WDSF World Standard

It was two years ago in Vienna, AUT, when Simone Segatori and Annettee Sudol, GER, won their first World Champion title. More than other couples who ever get to this level in their careers, they had to put their patience to a test, waiting their turn in a hierarchy that seemed to last an eternity. Finally, after Vienna in 2014, Simone and Annette were able to embark on their run, winning one GrandSlam after another, claiming the European title, being the ones to dominate and completely at the top of their game ... Until December last year in Vilnius, LTU, when they came in as runners-up to Dmitry Zharkov and Olga Kulikova, RUS, the new and current World Champions. While that first upset had come as a surprise to some, the Russians put it into perspective by getting onto a winning streak afterwards. That lasted for six months, until the 2016 GrandSlam Hong Kong, when Simone and Annette defeated Dmitry and Olga by a narrow margin in a memorable final. That was at the end of June! Since then the two couples have gone their separate ways, never coinciding in a GrandSlam - but each winning one. That brings us to Aarhus, DEN, and the 2016 World Champioship that is danced on 12 November at the Ceres Arena. Who will walk away as a double world champion? Or could it be that the time of Evaldas Sodeika - Ieva Zukauskaite, LTU, has come already? 6-camera production in High Definition covering the decisive stages of the 2016 World Standard. With full graphics. The programme is made up of four parts: the full-length semi-final, interviews with the finalists, the full-length final and interviews with the medallists. Produced by the WDSF Communications team and the organisers of the Aarhus International Dance Festival. All rights reserved © 2016!

Sep 17, 2018, Pro

2017 WDSF GrandSlam Latin Helsinki _ Promo

If it wouldn't have been for a change of date that the GrandSlam organisers had to announce in order to keep their event in sync with GoExpo, the sports trade show that it is embedded in, all Latin couples in the top ten of the World Raking would have been able to make it to Helsinki, FIN. But with the German Championship Latin scheduled almost concurrently, two high-profile couples were a priori missing: Marius-Andrei Balan and Khrystyna Moshenska and Timur Imametdinov - Nina Bezzubova danced in Siegburg, GER, until very late on 18 March. Marius-Andrei and Khrystyna made a valiant effort to be in Helsinki for the inaugural leg of the 2017 GrandSlam Series. They arrived at the Messukeskus Hall 4 just 90 minutes prior to round two, danced the five dances and then they informed the chairman Drago Sulek of their decision to drop out of the competition ... But what a competition it turned out to be: particularly the final. Not only the dancing by the six finalists was at an incredibly high level, the emotions, too, appeared to be heightened. The outcome itself was almost of lesser importance, with all six couples radiant over what they had achieved. You will hear statements made by the dancers prior to and after the final. They will surprise you! An 8-camera production in High Definition covering the decisive stages of the GrandSlam Standard Helsinki. With full graphics but without commentary. The programme is made up of four parts: the full-length semi-final, interviews with the finalists, the full-length final and interviews with the medallists. Approximately 90-minutes running time. Produced by the WDSF Communications team in collaboration with the host broadcaster YLE and the Finnish DanceSport Federation.

Sep 17, 2018, Pro

2016 WDSF GrandSlam Standard Final

The top 12 couples in the GrandSlam Standard Ranking that had accrued minimum four results in the regular legs of the 2016 Series got their invitation to dance the "Final Showdown in Shanghai." The season-ending GrandSlam Finals provide the world's best dancers with one more opportunity to make their final statement for the year and to bring good prize money back from their trip to China. As far as the statements go, most eagerly awaited were those of the 2016 World Champions Dmitry Zharkov - Olga Kulikova, RUS, and of the 2014 World Champions Simone Segatori - Annette Sudol, GER. These two couples have fought hard over supremacy in Standard for the past three years, with their fortunes swaying back and forth. Maybe the Russians had a slight advantage in the ongoing duel during the 2016 Series: of the three legs where both couples danced they had won two. Overall, they had a total of three wins - Helsinki, Wuhan, Platja d'Aro - against the Germans' two: Hong Kong and Stuttgart. But the other couples wanted a say in this Shanghai Showdown too. Watch the semi-finalists and finalists make it on the floor of the Luwan Stadium! STARRING Francesco Galuppo - Debora Pacini, ITA Bjorn Bitsch - Ashli Williamson, DEN Vadim Shurin - Anastasia Meshkova, RUS Dmitry Zharkov - Olga Kulikova, RUS Evaldas Sodeika - Ieva Zukauskaite, LTU Vaidotas Lacitis - Veronika Golodneva, LTU Evgeny Moshenin - Dana Spitsyna, RUS Simone Segatori - Annette Sudol, GER Anton Skutarov - Alena Uehlin, GER An 8-camera production in High Definition covering the decisive stages of the GrandSlam Standard Final. With full graphics but without commentary. The programme is made up of four parts: the full-length semi-final, interviews with the finalists, the full-length final and interviews with the medallists. Approximately 90-minutes running time. Produced by the WDSF Communications team in collaboration with the host broadcaster and the Chinese DanceSport Federation. Music by casa-musica.de

Sep 17, 2018, Pro

2017 WDSF GrandSlam Standard Helsinki _ Promo

The 2017 GrandSlam Standard Helsinki will do what it always does: it establishes the first reference for the year. Three months have passed since the top couples had all entered into one and the same competition. It was the GrandSlam Standard Final in Shanghai on 12 December 2016. Since then, most of them have competed very selectively at the international level - and in avoidance of having to go up against whom they consider their main opponents in the World and GrandSlam Rankings. In the case of the top two in last year's rakings, Dmitry Zharkov - Olga Kulikova, RUS, and Simone Segatori - Annette Sudol, GER, come off convincing wins at World Opens in Antwerp, BEL, and Tokyo, JPN, respectively. In Tokyo, Simone and Annette were assessed by adjudicators using the new Judging System Version 3.0 that brings significant improvements to the judging process, at the request of the Competition Manipulation Task Force, making it much more resistant to attempts of collusion than its predecessor 2.1. This will be the first GrandSlam ever judged with JuDSys 3.0 and the results should be revealing in many ways. An 8-camera production in High Definition covering the decisive stages of the GrandSlam Standard Helsinki. With full graphics but without commentary. The programme is made up of four parts: the full-length semi-final, interviews with the finalists, the full-length final and interviews with the medallists. Approximately 90-minutes running time. Produced by the WDSF Communications team in collaboration with the host broadcaster YLE and the Finnish DanceSport Federation.

Sep 17, 2018, Pro

2016 WDSF World U21 STD | The Semi-Final and Final Reel

The full-length semi-final and final of the 2016 World DanceSport Championship U-21 Standard danced on 29 October in Platja d'Aro, ESP.

Sep 17, 2018, Pro

2016 WDSF GrandSlam Latin Platja d'Aro I The Quarterfinal

While a GrandSlam Standard leg was held in Platja d’Aro as recently as 2012, one needs to look back to 2009, and the month of May of that year, to find the last GrandSlam Latin on record for this location. Alexey Silde and Anna Firstova, RUS, the dominators at the time, won it ahead of Vladimir Karpov - Mariya Tzaptashvilli, RUS. Third was a young and talented Italian dancing together with his sister Antonia. Yes, you got it right: Gabriele Goffredo, by now a Moldovan, a two-time World Champion and a dominator himself – together with his current partner Anna Matus – made his first ever GrandSlam podium right here – over seven years ago, at the age of 21. It would be nice to raise the questions, “Let’s see how he fares this time around – will he and Anna extend their winning streak to five out of five for the year?” But unfortunately we cannot do that. Gabriele and Anna are not here in Catalonia but far more to the south, in Andalucia, Spain, where Gabriele’s brother gets married over this weekend. As a consequence, we are bound to see two new winners in the 2016 GrandSlam Series Latin. Who will they be? Armen Tsaturyan and Svetlana Gudyno, RUS, are the # 2 in the World and GrandSlam Rankings and also the last couple to beat Gabriele and Anna at the 2015 GrandSlam Stuttgart, some 14 months ago. What was still a rumour in Chengdu, CHN, during the 2016 World Championships there in September, has long been confirmed: Armen and Svetlana are now stable mates – if that is indeed the appropriate expression – with Gabriele and Anna. How about the Russians taking the Moldovans' customary place on the highest echelon of the podium just to keep the stable owners happy? But there are very strong German opponents on location at the “Palau de Congressos i d’Esports” too: Marius-Andrei Balan - Khrystyna Moshenska and Timur Imametdinov - Nina Bezzubova need a fourth result to qualify for the “Showdown in Shanghai,” the series-ending Final in December, and it may as well be a good one. In the GrandSlam Stuttgart they both defeated Armen and Svetlana. And at the Chengdu World Latin, the point spread between all three couples was less than four points. This bodes well for a heated contest, with Charles-Guillaume Schmitt - Elena Salikhova, FRA, also highly motivated to bounce back from a disappointing sixth-place finish in China. The 6-camera production in High Definition covers the decisive stages of the 2016 GrandSlam Latin Platja d'Aro, with full graphics but without commentary. The programme is made up of four parts: the full-length semi-final, interviews with the finalists, the full-length final and interviews with the medallists. The full-length quarterfinal may be added as a bonus feature. Produced by the WDSF Communications team in collaboration with the host broadcaster High TV and the organiser Publiolimpia. All rights reserved © 2016! Music by Casa musica: casa-musica.de

Sep 17, 2018, Pro

2016 WDSF GransSlam Standard Platja d'Aro I The Quarterfinal

Four GrandSlam legs have been danced in Standard this year, two went to the 2015 World and the 2016 European Champions, Dmitry Zharkov and Olga Kulikova, RUS, and two went to Simone Segatori and Annette Sudol, GER, who had held the same titles one year earlier. The Russians had extended their winning streak from November 2015 through June 2016, more than six months, until they had to succumb narrowly to the Germans in the Hong Kong leg. Maybe it was that loss that had Dmitry and Olga decide to stay away from the fourth leg of the 2016 Series in Stuttgart, GER, and to try to regroup in Russia. Despite their policy to “dance anywhere at any time” that they adhered to in the past. Now that we have Dmitry and Olga here with us in Platja d’Aro, their opponents, Simone and Annette, have chosen to take a short sabbatical after their last win in the Boston World Open at the beginning of the month. From what we hear, they have travelled to China to train dancers there. Something we can hardly blame them for, because teaching and training others is an important aspect of gaining one’s livelihood in top-level DanceSport: the prize money alone would definitely not be enough. At the same time we are also aware that “avoidance” is the name of the game frequently played ahead of a World Championship. Couples steering clear of one another during the weeks and even months leading up to the pinnacle championship is one way of building up drama – and it also helps to avoid that one couple could get cast as a runner-up too soon. The World Championship Standard in Aarhus, DEN, is exactly two weeks away In any case, virtually all the top Standard couples are present and ready to dance for the win in the last regular leg of the Series that was scheduled to take place in Moscow, RUS, on 29 October. But ill-guided Russian officials cancelled it. That all these couples, including the entire elite from Russia, have made it to Catalonia in northeastern Spain is an achievement in itself, as the relocation was decided on less than two weeks ago. A 6-camera production in High Definition covering the decisive stages of the 2016 GrandSlam Standard Platja d'Aro. With full graphics but without commentary. The programme is made up of four parts: the full-length semi-final, interviews with the finalists, the full-length final and interviews with the medallists. Produced by the WDSF Communications team in collaboration with host broadcaster High TV and the organiser Publiolimpia. All rights reserved © 2016! Music: Casa musica casa-musica.de

Sep 17, 2018, Pro

2016 WDSF GrandSlam Latin Platja d'Aro

While a GrandSlam Standard leg was held in Platja d’Aro as recently as 2012, one needs to look back to 2009, and the month of May of that year, to find the last GrandSlam Latin on record for this location. Alexey Silde and Anna Firstova, RUS, the dominators at the time, won it ahead of Vladimir Karpov - Mariya Tzaptashvilli, RUS. Third was a young and talented Italian dancing together with his sister Antonia. Yes, you got it right: Gabriele Goffredo, by now a Moldovan, a two-time World Champion and a dominator himself – together with his current partner Anna Matus – made his first ever GrandSlam podium right here – over seven years ago, at the age of 21. It would be nice to raise the questions, “Let’s see how he fares this time around – will he and Anna extend their winning streak to five out of five for the year?” But unfortunately we cannot do that. Gabriele and Anna are not here in Catalonia but far more to the south, in Andalucia, Spain, where Gabriele’s brother gets married over this weekend. As a consequence, we are bound to see two new winners in the 2016 GrandSlam Series Latin. Who will they be? Armen Tsaturyan and Svetlana Gudyno, RUS, are the # 2 in the World and GrandSlam Rankings and also the last couple to beat Gabriele and Anna at the 2015 GrandSlam Stuttgart, some 14 months ago. What was still a rumour in Chengdu, CHN, during the 2016 World Championships there in September, has long been confirmed: Armen and Svetlana are now stable mates – if that is indeed the appropriate expression – with Gabriele and Anna. How about the Russians taking the Moldovans' customary place on the highest echelon of the podium just to keep the stable owners happy? But there are very strong German opponents on location at the “Palau de Congressos i d’Esports” too: Marius-Andrei Balan - Khrystyna Moshenska and Timur Imametdinov - Nina Bezzubova need a fourth result to qualify for the “Showdown in Shanghai,” the series-ending Final in December, and it may as well be a good one. In the GrandSlam Stuttgart they both defeated Armen and Svetlana. And at the Chengdu World Latin, the point spread between all three couples was less than four points. This bodes well for a heated contest, with Charles-Guillaume Schmitt - Elena Salikhova, FRA, also highly motivated to bounce back from a disappointing sixth-place finish in China. The 6-camera production in High Definition covers the decisive stages of the 2016 GrandSlam Latin Platja d'Aro, with full graphics but without commentary. The programme is made up of four parts: the full-length semi-final, interviews with the finalists, the full-length final and interviews with the medallists. The full-length quarterfinal may be added as a bonus feature. Produced by the WDSF Communications team in collaboration with the host broadcaster High TV and the organiser Publiolimpia. All rights reserved © 2016! Music by Casa musica: casa-musica.de

Sep 17, 2018, Pro

2016 WDSF GrandSlam Standard Final _ Promo

The top 12 couples in the GrandSlam Standard Ranking that had accrued minimum four results in the regular legs of the 2016 Series got their invitation to dance the "Final Showdown in Shanghai." The season-ending GrandSlam Finals provide the world's best dancers with one more opportunity to make their final statement for the year and to bring good prize money back from their trip to China. As far as the statements go, most eagerly awaited were those of the 2016 World Champions Dmitry Zharkov - Olga Kulikova, RUS, and of the 2014 World Champions Simone Segatori - Annette Sudol, GER. These two couples have fought hard over supremacy in Standard for the past three years, with their fortunes swaying back and forth. Maybe the Russians had a slight advantage in the ongoing duel during the 2016 Series: of the three legs where both couples danced they had won two. Overall, they had a total of three wins - Helsinki, Wuhan, Platja d'Aro - against the Germans' two: Hong Kong and Stuttgart. But the other couples wanted a say in this Shanghai Showdown too. Watch the semi-finalists and finalists make it on the floor of the Luwan Stadium! STARRING Francesco Galuppo - Debora Pacini, ITA Bjorn Bitsch - Ashli Williamson, DEN Vadim Shurin - Anastasia Meshkova, RUS Dmitry Zharkov - Olga Kulikova, RUS Evaldas Sodeika - Ieva Zukauskaite, LTU Vaidotas Lacitis - Veronika Golodneva, LTU Evgeny Moshenin - Dana Spitsyna, RUS Simone Segatori - Annette Sudol, GER Anton Skutarov - Alena Uehlin, GER An 8-camera production in High Definition covering the decisive stages of the GrandSlam Standard Final. With full graphics but without commentary. The programme is made up of four parts: the full-length semi-final, interviews with the finalists, the full-length final and interviews with the medallists. Approximately 90-minutes running time. Produced by the WDSF Communications team in collaboration with the host broadcaster and the Chinese DanceSport Federation. Music by casa-musica.de

Sep 17, 2018, Pro

2016 WDSF GrandSlam Latin Final

Like every year, the 12 top couples in the GrandSlam Latin Ranking that have entered minimum four of the five regular legs making up the Series are invited to Shanghai, CHN, to contest the last major title and the highest purse. That of the GrandSlam Final Champion! They are all here. Well, almost! Marius-Andrei Balan and Khrystyna Moshenska, GER, have met the qualification criteria with 3999 points total, four entries and a third position in the ranking. But unfortunately they could not make it to the "Final Showdown in Shanghai." Marius-Andrei came down with a high fever and was unable to travel. Watch the semi-finalists and finalists burn the floor at the Luwan Stadium! STARRING Armen Tsaturyan - Svetlana Gudyno, RUS Andrea Silvestri - Martina Varadi, HUN Andrey Gusev - Vera Bondareva, RUS Umberto Gaudino - Louise Heise, DEN Giacomo Lazzarini - Roberta Benedetti, ITA Anton Aldaev - Natalia Polukhina, RUS Gabriele Goffredo - Anna Matus, MDA Timur Imametdinov - Nina Bezzubova, GER Charles-Guillaume Schmitt - Elena Salikhova, FRA An 8-camera production in High Definition covering the decisive stages of the GrandSlam Latin Final. With full graphics but without commentary. The programme is made up of four parts: the full-length semi-final, interviews with the finalists, the full-length final and interviews with the medallists. Approximately 90-minutes running time.
Produced by the WDSF Communications team in collaboration with the host broadcaster and the Chinese DanceSport Federation.
Music by casa-musica.de

Sep 17, 2018, Pro

2016 WDSF PD World Standard

They are all here - for a change - and ready to do battle! All the top professional couples that have marked Standard dancing over the past two years, ever since the retirement of Mirko Gozzoli - Edita Daniute, LTU, following the 2014 PD World Championship in Nanjing, CHN, should be dancing in the 2016 edition of the WDSF PD World DanceSport Championship Standard in Aarhus, DEN. That is what everybody thought until the day of the championship. The 2015 World Champions Benedetto Ferruggia - Claudia Koehler, GER, didn't show to go head-to-head with the 2016 European Champions Emanuel Valeri - Tania Kehlet, DEN. The couples had avoided each other in championships after the 2015 European in Copenhagen, DEN, but they both danced the 2016 PD Super GrandPrix in Stuttgart, GER. And what a closely fought battle that turned out to be! Ferruggia - Koehler won three dances, but Valeri - Kehlet got just as much applause from the expert public at the Beethoven Hall as did the Germans - plus they claimed the Tango and Quickstep very convincingly. As in last year's PD World Standard in Leipzig, GER, the Judging System 2.1 will again be used to determine the winners. If we take the total score of Ferruggia - Koehler in 2015 as a reference - 194.4 points out of a possible 200 - we will see where the journey goes this time around. The third couple that will also fight for the title are Donatas Vezelis - Lina Chatkeviciute, LTU, who had been runners-up in both the recent World and the European. It is without precedent in the history of WDSF: the World Championship Standard for the professionals coincides in time and place with the normal World Championship Standard. Well, almost. A 4-camera production in High Definition covering the decisive stages of the 2016 PD World Standard. With full graphics but without commentary. The programme is made up of four parts: the full-length semi-final, a Latin show by Peter and Kristina Stokkebroe, the full-length final and an in-depth interview with Emanuel Valeri and Tania Kehlet. Produced by the WDSF Communications team. All rights reserved © 2016!

Sep 17, 2018, Pro

2016 WDSF World Ten Dance _ Promo

The last time that the world title in DanceSport’s decathlon was contested was in Chengdu, CHN, in September of 2015. Much has happened since then! For the World Champions, Miha Vodicar and Nadiya Bychkova, SLO, Chengdu was not only their second consecutive win, it also turned out to be their second to last competition together. Just one week later, they retired as a couple. The question about who their successors would be was answered for the first time in Copenhagen, DEN, when Konstantin Gorodilov - Dominika Bergmannova, EST, won the 2016 European title ahead of former European Champions Jaak Vainomaa - Taina Savikurki, FIN, and second runners-up Dumitru Doga - Sarah Ertmer, GER. But one couple was missing from the starting list in February: Daniil Ulanov - Kateryna Isakovych. After the runners-up in the 2014 and 2015 World Ten Dance had opted to dance for Cyprus instead of the Ukraine, they were not eligible to enter any championships for a period of one year. Well, that year is up and Daniil and Kateryna are here in Vienna, AUT, ready to take another shot at a victory that has eluded them for quite some time. But their main opponents from Estonia, Finland and Germany are also keen on taking first here at the Multiversum. 6-camera production in High Definition covering the decisive stages of the 2016 World Ten Dance. With full graphics. The programme is made up of six parts: the full-length semi-finals, interviews with the finalists, the full-length finals and interviews with the medallists. All music by casa-musica.de Produced by the WDSF Communications team and the organisers of the World Ten Dance and the host broadcaster ORF. All rights reserved © 2016!

Sep 17, 2018, Pro

2017 WDSF GrandSlam Standard Helsinki

The 2017 GrandSlam Standard Helsinki will do what it always does: it establishes the first reference for the year. Three months have passed since the top couples had all entered into one and the same competition. It was the GrandSlam Standard Final in Shanghai on 12 December 2016. Since then, most of them have competed very selectively at the international level - and in avoidance of having to go up against whom they consider their main opponents in the World and GrandSlam Rankings. In the case of the top two in last year's rakings, Dmitry Zharkov - Olga Kulikova, RUS, and Simone Segatori - Annette Sudol, GER, come off convincing wins at World Opens in Antwerp, BEL, and Tokyo, JPN, respectively. In Tokyo, Simone and Annette were assessed by adjudicators using the new Judging System Version 3.0 that brings significant improvements to the judging process, at the request of the Competition Manipulation Task Force, making it much more resistant to attempts of collusion than its predecessor 2.1. This will be the first GrandSlam ever judged with JuDSys 3.0 and the results should be revealing in many ways. An 8-camera production in High Definition covering the decisive stages of the GrandSlam Standard Helsinki. With full graphics but without commentary. The programme is made up of four parts: the full-length semi-final, interviews with the finalists, the full-length final and interviews with the medallists. Approximately 90-minutes running time. Produced by the WDSF Communications team in collaboration with the host broadcaster YLE and the Finnish DanceSport Federation.

Sep 17, 2018, Pro

2016 WDSF PD World Standard _ Promo

They are all here - for a change - and ready to do battle! All the top professional couples that have marked Standard dancing over the past two years, ever since the retirement of Mirko Gozzoli - Edita Daniute, LTU, following the 2014 PD World Championship in Nanjing, CHN, should be dancing in the 2016 edition of the WDSF PD World DanceSport Championship Standard in Aarhus, DEN. That is what everybody thought until the day of the championship. The 2015 World Champions Benedetto Ferruggia - Claudia Koehler, GER, didn't show to go head-to-head with the 2016 European Champions Emanuel Valeri - Tania Kehlet, DEN. The couples had avoided each other in championships after the 2015 European in Copenhagen, DEN, but they both danced the 2016 PD Super GrandPrix in Stuttgart, GER. And what a closely fought battle that turned out to be! Ferruggia - Koehler won three dances, but Valeri - Kehlet got just as much applause from the expert public at the Beethoven Hall as did the Germans - plus they claimed the Tango and Quickstep very convincingly. As in last year's PD World Standard in Leipzig, GER, the Judging System 2.1 will again be used to determine the winners. If we take the total score of Ferruggia - Koehler in 2015 as a reference - 194.4 points out of a possible 200 - we will see where the journey goes this time around. The third couple that will also fight for the title are Donatas Vezelis - Lina Chatkeviciute, LTU, who had been runners-up in both the recent World and the European. It is without precedent in the history of WDSF: the World Championship Standard for the professionals coincides in time and place with the normal World Championship Standard. Well, almost. A 4-camera production in High Definition covering the decisive stages of the 2016 PD World Standard. With full graphics but without commentary. The programme is made up of four parts: the full-length semi-final, a Latin show by Peter and Kristina Stokkebroe, the full-length final and an in-depth interview with Emanuel Valeri and Tania Kehlet. Produced by the WDSF Communications team. All rights reserved © 2016!

Sep 17, 2018, Pro

2016 WDSF World Ten Dance

The last time that the world title in DanceSport’s decathlon was contested was in Chengdu, CHN, in September of 2015. Much has happened since then! For the World Champions, Miha Vodicar and Nadiya Bychkova, SLO, Chengdu was not only their second consecutive win, it also turned out to be their second to last competition together. Just one week later, they retired as a couple. The question about who their successors would be was answered for the first time in Copenhagen, DEN, when Konstantin Gorodilov - Dominika Bergmannova, EST, won the 2016 European title ahead of former European Champions Jaak Vainomaa - Taina Savikurki, FIN, and second runners-up Dumitru Doga - Sarah Ertmer, GER. But one couple was missing from the starting list in February: Daniil Ulanov - Kateryna Isakovych. After the runners-up in the 2014 and 2015 World Ten Dance had opted to dance for Cyprus instead of the Ukraine, they were not eligible to enter any championships for a period of one year. Well, that year is up and Daniil and Kateryna are here in Vienna, AUT, ready to take another shot at a victory that has eluded them for quite some time. But their main opponents from Estonia, Finland and Germany are also keen on taking first here at the Multiversum. 6-camera production in High Definition covering the decisive stages of the 2016 World Ten Dance. With full graphics. The programme is made up of six parts: the full-length semi-finals, interviews with the finalists, the full-length finals and interviews with the medallists. All music by casa-musica.de Produced by the WDSF Communications team and the organisers of the World Ten Dance and the host broadcaster ORF. All rights reserved © 2016!

Sep 17, 2018, Pro

2016 WDSF GrandSlam Standard Platja d'Aro

Four GrandSlam legs have been danced in Standard this year, two went to the 2015 World and the 2016 European Champions, Dmitry Zharkov and Olga Kulikova, RUS, and two went to Simone Segatori and Annette Sudol, GER, who had held the same titles one year earlier. The Russians had extended their winning streak from November 2015 through June 2016, more than six months, until they had to succumb narrowly to the Germans in the Hong Kong leg. Maybe it was that loss that had Dmitry and Olga decide to stay away from the fourth leg of the 2016 Series in Stuttgart, GER, and to try to regroup in Russia. Despite their policy to “dance anywhere at any time” that they adhered to in the past. Now that we have Dmitry and Olga here with us in Platja d’Aro, their opponents, Simone and Annette, have chosen to take a short sabbatical after their last win in the Boston World Open at the beginning of the month. From what we hear, they have travelled to China to train dancers there. Something we can hardly blame them for, because teaching and training others is an important aspect of gaining one’s livelihood in top-level DanceSport: the prize money alone would definitely not be enough. At the same time we are also aware that “avoidance” is the name of the game frequently played ahead of a World Championship. Couples steering clear of one another during the weeks and even months leading up to the pinnacle championship is one way of building up drama – and it also helps to avoid that one couple could get cast as a runner-up too soon. The World Championship Standard in Aarhus, DEN, is exactly two weeks away In any case, virtually all the top Standard couples are present and ready to dance for the win in the last regular leg of the Series that was scheduled to take place in Moscow, RUS, on 29 October. But ill-guided Russian officials cancelled it. That all these couples, including the entire elite from Russia, have made it to Catalonia in northeastern Spain is an achievement in itself, as the relocation was decided on less than two weeks ago. A 6-camera production in High Definition covering the decisive stages of the 2016 GrandSlam Standard Platja d'Aro. With full graphics but without commentary. The programme is made up of four parts: the full-length semi-final, interviews with the finalists, the full-length final and interviews with the medallists. Produced by the WDSF Communications team in collaboration with host broadcaster High TV and the organiser Publiolimpia. All rights reserved © 2016! Music: Casa musica casa-musica.de

Sep 17, 2018, Pro

2016 WDSF GrandSlam Standard Stuttgart

Who doesn't remember last year's final round of the GrandSlam Standard Stuttgart. It started off with a closely fought battle between the dominant couple in the 2015 Series up to that point, Simone Segatori - Annette Sudol, GER, and their perennial opponents, Dmitry Zharkov - Olga Kulikova, RUS, in the Tango. The Russians scored two times 10 in the four components and won the first dance with four decimal points over the almost equally high-scoring Germans. The latter fought back immediately and went on to win the Stuttgart leg by just over for points. It was their last win for the year, however, as the Russians bounced back and won all other face-offs. Of the three GrandSlam legs held this year, two went to the Russians and one to the Germans. The atmosphere at the Beethoven Hall was not quite as electric this year as it was in 2015, when the finalist couples swept the spectators off their seats time after time. Maybe it was the absence of a closely fought battle at the top - like the one that made last year's final so memorable - that kept the public in the stands more subdued? The 2016 GrandSlam final was definitely marked by outstanding dancing. All six couples - two of them newcomers to the final in Stuttgart - outdid themselves in each and every dance. But the final lacked the drama of the one last year. One single couple keeping away from a competition can have this effect. The package covers full-length and multi-camera quarterfinal and semi-final, interviews with some finalists, full-length and multi-camera final, interviews with the medallists plus an additional in-depth interview with Simone and Annette (available as a free bonus feature)! © 2016 World DanceSport Federation - WDSF | All Rights Reserved
Produced by the WDSF Communications team in collaboration with the German DanceSport Federation - DTV and the German Open Championships - GOC. Music by the Boris Myagkov Big Band - most titles available through the WDSF Music Partner casa-musica-shop.de

Sep 17, 2018, Pro

2016 WDSF GrandSlam Standard Stuttgart | The Quarterfinal

Who doesn't remember last year's final round of the GrandSlam Standard Stuttgart. It started off with a closely fought battle between the dominant couple in the 2015 Series up to that point, Simone Segatori - Annette Sudol, GER, and their perennial opponents, Dmitry Zharkov - Olga Kulikova, RUS, in the Tango. The Russians scored two times 10 in the four components and won the first dance with four decimal points over the almost equally high-scoring Germans. The latter fought back immediately and went on to win the Stuttgart leg by just over for points. It was their last win for the year, however, as the Russians bounced back and won all other face-offs. Of the three GrandSlam legs held this year, two went to the Russians and one to the Germans. The atmosphere at the Beethoven Hall was not quite as electric this year as it was in 2015, when the finalist couples swept the spectators off their seats time after time. Maybe it was the absence of a closely fought battle at the top - like the one that made last year's final so memorable - that kept the public in the stands more subdued? The 2016 GrandSlam final was definitely marked by outstanding dancing. All six couples - two of them newcomers to the final in Stuttgart - outdid themselves in each and every dance. But the final lacked the drama of the one last year. One single couple keeping away from a competition can have this effect. The package covers full-length and multi-camera quarterfinal and semi-final, interviews with some finalists, full-length and multi-camera final, interviews with the medallists plus an additional in-depth interview with Simone and Annette (available as a free bonus feature)! © 2016 World DanceSport Federation - WDSF | All Rights Reserved
Produced by the WDSF Communications team in collaboration with the German DanceSport Federation - DTV and the German Open Championships - GOC. Music by the Boris Myagkov Big Band - most titles available through the WDSF Music Partner casa-musica-shop.de

Sep 17, 2018, Pro