Janzen/Litvinova 13th at the European Championship - Updated
European Championship Youth 10-Dance in Moscow
"Jan and Viktoria were dancing very well, especially in Latin", Ralf Müller stated from Moscow. However, they were missing a little bit of luck and one cross to reach the next round of the WDSF European Championship Youth 10-Dance. In the end, the couple finished 13th. On the next day they participated at the WDSF Open Youth Latin tournament. In a field of 57 couples they reached the final and had...
by Sonja Schäufler
27th Superkombi Congress in Enzklösterle
Stilness and Silence
On Friday afternoon, TBW training director Michael Grether welcomed about 350 participants at the festival hall of the contemplative location Enzklösterle in the Black Forest. For three days, the participants listened to explanations and suggestions regarding this year's topic "Stillness and Silence". The German national coaches Martina Weßel-Therhorn and Horst Beer gave interesting and entertaini...
by Sonja Schäufler
Celebration is the New DTV Dance of the Year 2014
Elected at the Superkombi congress in Enzklösterle
Accompanied by DJ Bobo's track of the same name, the choreography of Melanie Löffler and Claudia Tischler (TSG Rubin Zwickau) won the final of the DTV dance of the year 2014. With this election the ladies repeated their success of 2011, when they won the competition for the first time. Three candidatures reached the final and were allowed to present and teach their choreographies in the scope of t...
by Sonja Schäufler
Successful Mallorca Tournaments
The Balearic Island Mallorca is not only one of the favourite German vacation destinations, but also an excellent location for dancing tournaments. At the competitions of the Mallorca Dance Sport Challenge in Calvià, numerous great results for the couples of the DTV were celebrated: Andrzej Cibis/Victoria Kleinfelder reached the final of the WDSF International Open Latin tournament and finished 4t...
by Sonja Schäufler
Runner-up to the Final
Bogdan Ianosi/Stefanie Pavelic took part in the WDSF World Open Standard tournament in Banja Luka, Bosnia-Herzegovina. As the only German couple in this competition, they just missed the final and finished as runner-up with the 7th place.
by Sonja Schäufler
WDSF Open Under 21 Standard in Verona
The WDSF Open Under 21 Standard tournament in Valeggio sul Mincio (Verona) last weekend saw predominantly Italian participants with 14 of 18 couples, but also Grigorij Gelfond/Isabel Tinnis (TC Blau-Orange Wiesbaden) participated. The couple ranked 3rd in this competition. 44 couples participated in the Rising Stars tournament, also a WDSF Open event, Gelfond/Tinnis shared the runner-up to the fin...
by Sonja Schäufler
First World Championship Senior IV Standard
104 couples took part in the first World Championship Senior IV Standard, with 48 couples coming from Germany. Only Ronald and Ellen Stiegert made it to the semi final and finished 13th. Five couples made it to the round of the last 26: Joachim and Gisela Goetze (shared 17th place), Karl-Heinz and Gabriele Haugut, Hans-Wolfgang and Angelika Scheuer, Fiedhelm and Rose-Maria Bender (all shared 22th ...
by Sonja Schäufler
European Championship Formations Latin – Free Live Stream
TV-Tip: Next Saturday, 3rd May 2014, the European Championship Formations Latin will take place in Düren. For everybody who is not able to personally attend the event, DTV partner multibc offers a free live stream on the internet. For all spontaneous visitors the box office opens from 10:00-14:00 and 16:30-9:30. For more information:
by Sonja Schäufler
Three Finalists in Bucharest
At the Romanian Open in Bucharest, three couples of the German federation were very successful. All three got into their Latin finals: David Ovisievitch/Elisabeth Wormsbecher came second at the WDSF Youth Latin competition. In the final of the WDSF International Open Latin Evgeny Vinokurov/Christina Luft came fourth and Artur Baladin/Anna Salita came fifth.
by Kristina Scibor
German Federation with a New President
Standing Ovations for Franz Allert Lasted Several Minutes
The conference of the German federation was marked by personnel changes. With lots words of praise, personal gifts and standing ovations that lasted several minutes the delegates bid farewell to Franz Allert. Vice president Rudolf Meindl had also announced he would not stand for re-election and Boris Exeler's successor Sandra Bähr had already been elected at the last youth convention and therefore...
by Kristina Scibor