Competition results from Vienna
Vienna Dance Concourse
Full attention was drawn by the dance sport world to the capital of Austria, where the Vienna Dance Concourse took place with many World Ranking List events. High temperatures made the couples sweat a lot in the wonderful atmosphere of the ballroom inside the Vienna City Hall. Besides the unchangeable weather conditions, the organizers enabled a smooth competition weekend. The spe...
by Peter Chen
Valentin and Renata Lusin win Hessen tanzt
The Ranking List Competition of Adult S Standard always enjoy a special treatment: all floors have a break so that the final of the S class can be enjoyed by the whole audience. Couples and judges from the other floors joined to create a great atmosphere at every corner. The couples rewarded the audience with an attractive and high class final, which was won by Valentin and Re...
by Peter Chen
Nikita and Elisabeth Yatsun clear winners of Junior Standard
With only 31 couples the Ranking List Competition Junior Standard, only four to five couples had to dance in one heat and therefore had a lot of place on their floor, while the neighbouring floor of Senior II was pretty packed, despite the doubled amount of space. As expected, Nikita and Elisabeth Yatsun were well ahead of their competitors and only dropped few first places to the r...
by Peter Chen
Gert Faustmann / Alexandra Kley: Winners of Senior II
Ranking List competition Hessen tanzt
On Saturday, the competition with the largest number of entries was also the number with the highest number of excused couples. Out of 142 couples of Senior II S Standard, 129 finally danced. Two of the couples who had to withdraw were also finalists the year before: last years' winners Michael and Beate Lindner (Senior III) came to watch the competition. Despite the high number of ...
by Peter Chen
Artur Balandin and Anna Salita made the final in Moscow
A total of 164 couples, including nine couples exempted from the first round, danced the World Open Latin competition in Moscow. Artur Balandin / Anna Salita made it into the final and finished sixth. 1. Timur Yusupov - Sofia Kharina, Russia 2. Fedor Poliansky - Dina Akhmetgareeva, Russia 3. Egor Petrov - Anna Argun, Russia 4. Alexandr Makarov - Julia Remizova, Russia 5. Adam Vasina ...
by Peter Chen
Mikael Tatarkin / Nicole Wirt win Youth Latin
Followed by the three Ranking List Standard Competitions in the afternoon, the Latin couples excited the crowds in the Eissporthalle Frankfurt in the evening. 74 couples of the Ranking List Youth Latin were enthusiastically cheered for. Even during the final in the late evening, the atmosphere was still great. All couples soaked that in and all showed a great performance. German C...
by Peter Chen
Clear win for Stöckl / Belz in Youth Standard
This year, the Youth A 10 Dance couples could sleep one hour longer before coming to Hessen tanzt. They opened their Standard competition next to the first round of the other competitions. Due to the closed marking system, the audience couldn't see how close the placings were. Dominik Stöckl / Katharina Belz (Tanzsportzentrum Stuttgart-Feuerbach) danced their second final at Hessen ...
by Peter Chen
Thorsten Zirm / Sonja Schwarz dominate Sen. I Standard
49 couples opened the Ranking List Senior I Standard Sunday morning. 12 couples were given exemptions for the first round. Two of those couples without a star made their way into the final: Thorsten Zirm / Sonja Schwarz (Blau-Gold-Casino Darmstadt) outstandingly won by only dropping one first placing. The majority of the seven judges placed Klaus Genterczewsky / Julia Quinot (TSC Ne...
by Peter Chen
Late entry and win: Timur Imametdinov / Nina Bezzubova
Adult Latin at Hessen tanzt
Sometimes, late entries can be a good thing as well: with every late entry to the Ranking List Adult Latin, the competition listing became longer and more attractive. Finally, 37 couples were dancing. Following their success at Riga, Timur Imametdinov / Nina Bezzubova entered and won their first Ranking List together. For both, it was the first time to dance at Hessen tanzt. Kirill ...
by Peter Chen
Second win for Nikita and Elisabeth Yatsun
Hessen tanzt – Ranking list Junior Latin
Nikita and Elisabeth Yatsun gave another proof of their currently outstanding position by another victory. The ranking list Junior Latin was their third ranking list competition at the Hessen tanzt competition weekend. The second place went to Steven Korn / Katrin Domme, thus repeating the double victory for the couples representing Neustadt from their German Championship. Also the ...
by Peter Chen