German Open Championships 2010: Detailed Results/Score sheets


German Open Championships

The official German Open Championships site has posted detailed results along with complete score sheets here.

If you click on “Total Results” in IDSF Grand Slam Latin, this is what you see.

German Open

You can see Alexei Silde and Anna Firstova’s first place is really solid. After Alexei/Anna and Zoran/Tatiana, there seem to be a break and the third place (ndrey Zaitsev/Anna Kuzminskaya) and the fourth place (Martino Zanibellato & Michelle Abildstrup) are very close. Quite interesting.

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German Open Championships 2010


German Open Championships

German Open Championships results are in!

Professional Latin
1 Franco Formica & Oxana Lebedew Germany
2 Andrej Skufca & Melinda Torokgyorgy Slovenia
3 Markus Homm & Ksenia Kasper Germany
4 Maurizio Vescovo & Andra Vaidilaite Italy
5 Emanuele Soldi & Elisa Nasato Italy
6 Przemek Lowicki & Asta Sigvaldadottir Poland

Professional Rising Star Latin
1 Daniele Gozzi & Cecilia Giovacchini USA
2 Alessandro Camerotto & Nancy Berti Italy
3 Markku Hyvarinen & Disa Kortelainen Finland
4 Massimo Sinato & Tanja Kuschill Germany
5 Katsuya Tateishi & Hiromi Tateishi Japan
6 Christophe Licata & Coralie Anfray France

Amateur Latin

Final
1 Alexei Silde & Anna Firstova Russia
2 Zoran Plohl & Tatsiana Lahvinovich Croatia
3 Andrei Zaitsev & Anna Kuzminskaja Russia
4 Martino Zanibellato & Michelle Abildtrup Denmark
5 Nino Langella & Kristina Moshenskaya Italy
6 Timur Imametdinov & Ekaterina Nikolaeva Russia

Semi Final
7 Marius Balan & Nina Bezzubova Germany
8 Andrey Gusev & Elizaveta Cherevichnaya Russia
8 Pavel Pasechnik & Francesca Berardi Italy
10 Charles-guillaume Schmidt & Elena Salikhova France
11 Stanislav Nikolaev & Alexandra Nelyubina Russia
12 Nikita Brovko & Anastasiya Melnikova Russia
13 Valentin Voronov & Alina Imrekova Russia

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Competition: Nevada Star Ball Dancesport Championships


This comp has just started today. I’ll update the contents when I get more info.

Nevada Star Ball
Dates
Aug. 19th (Thurs) – Aug. 22nd (Sun), 2010

Location
Las Vegas, Nevada @Green Valley Ranch Resort

Website
Official Website

Size of the Competition
Mid-size to large, based on the heatlist.

Winner’s Circle, Heatlist, Scoresheet
Heatlist posted (2009).
Scoresheet posted (2009.)

Entry Fees for 2010

  • Pro-am single dances — $30 w/package, $35 w/o package
  • Pro-am multi dances — $80 w/package, $95 w/o package
  • Scholarships — $90 w/package, $115 w/o package

International Latin
Thursday (2010)

From Dance Forum
Nevada Star Ball 2009

Other Info
From this page,

  • Nice hotel, good pool
  • Decent turnout

From the official website,

  • DVIDA closed scholarships

Organizers
Brian and Susan Puttock, Hilda

Pro Latin Results (2009)
1. Terziev/Deltcheva
2. Paramonov/Paramonov
3. Kurakin/Kurakina
4. Podolskiy/Kushnirenko
5. Novikov/Zakharoff
6. Gozzi/Giovacchini
7. Barsuk/Barantseva

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World Superstars Dance Festival 2010


WSSDF

The World Superstars Dance Festival was held just a few days ago (Aug. 14th and 15th) in Tokyo. According to the Festival’s official videographer, Segu Dance Vision, the 2010 DVD will go on sale in late September or early October. According to the Segu website, this year’s lineup was:

Standard

  • Arunas Bizokas & Katusha Demidova (4 dances)
  • Mirko Gozzoli & Edita Daniute (4 dances)
  • Victor Fung & Anastasia Muravyeva (4 dances)
  • Domenico Soale & Gioia Cerasoli (4 dances)
  • Sascha Karabey & Natascha Karabey (4 dances)
  • Jonathan Wilkins & Hazel Newberry (4 dances)

(The Legend Show)

  • Luca Baricchi & Loraine Baricchi (3 dances)
  • Andrew Sinkinson & Charlotte Jorgensen (2 dances)
  • Hirofumi Amano & Kyoko Amano (2 dances)

Latin American

  • Michael Malitowski & Joanna Leunis (5 dances)
  • Riccardo Cocchi & Yulia Zagoruychenko (5 dances)
  • Franco Formica & Oxana Lebedew (5 dances)
  • Sergey Surkov & Melia (5 dances)
  • Slavik Kryklyvyy & Anna Melnikova (5 dances)
  • Markus Homm & Ksenia Kasper (5 dances)

Interesting. Instead of Andrej Skufca and Melinda Torokgyorgy, the organizer chose Markus Homm & Ksenia Kasper.

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Competition: Florida State DanceSport Championships


Florida State DanceSport Championships
I have been looking for detailed info about pro-am competitions and realized that there’s not much out there on the internet other than various competitions’ official websites. In order to choose a competition to go to, I’d like to know more about each competition before committing going there.

So, this is my first post of the competition series. This year’s Florida State DanceSport Championships were held in early August.

Dates
August 3 (Tues.) – August 8 (Sun.), 2010

Location
Sarasota, FL, @ The Ritz-Carlton

Website
Official Website

Size of the Competition
Small, based on the heatlist posted.

Winners Circle
Posted.

Entry Fees
I couldn’t find them on the website…. I need to look more.

International Latin
On Saturday.

From Dance Forums
Florida State Dancesport Championships (2009)

Other Info
From this page,

  • classy event
  • gracious and welcoming host
  • great time/good vacation

Part of the Triple Crown Dancesport Event.

Orginizers
Larry and Dianne Dean

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Massage for Dancers


Massage

Ever since I read an article on dancesport.ru with a little help from Google translate, I was curious about Chinese foot massage. So, when I heard about a Chinese foot massage place in town, I couldn’t resist. According to my friends who told me about the place, it’s a different kind of massage. You don’t need to take off your clothes and they don’t use oil. They do massage your body over your clothings.. Intriguing, I thought.

So, after coming back from a competition, I headed to the place. I’m telling you. They did a marvelous job to my stiff shoulders. I had a mild shoulder injury long time ago, and my right shoulder had been very tight ever since. They untangled my shoulder muscles. It hurt a bit, for sure. It was a sign of tightness being fixed. When they finished, I could feel my range of motions of the arms significantly improved.

I was just hoping to relax and thought massage might help. What I got was much more. I am thinking of getting Chinese massage BEFORE a competition next time.

I don’t know what I got was the same thing as described in the article but here’s a snippet of the translated article. The title of the article is “Massage for dancers! To be or not to be?”

On the pages of our portal, we have repeatedly discussed the highly topical theme – the need to massage for the dancers, in fact, this procedure is the salvation after long training and performances at competitions. Of course, you can find many suggestions in this direction, but to find the best among them is extremely difficult.

Therefore, we want to share with you finding a great option – the center of Chinese massage “Stop Massage”, in which we managed to get on the recommendation of the dancers.

“Stop-Massage” opened not long ago and specializes in Chinese traditional massage practices. Calling Card Center, as the name implies, is a foot massage – the most vulnerable part of the body of any dancer. Who was in China – knows: there is no more effective way to restore vitality. So we decided to explore this type of massage and to share with you my impressions.

First of all, may seem surprising that the foot massage begins with a massage … hands! After it leaves the initial tension, and you will simply not be able to not sit in a comfortable chair, just to enjoy going on. Here, you can join the beautiful and unobtrusive watch a film about wildlife. Meanwhile, a specialist center is not to neglect any one centimeter of your tired feet – with every movement he made on his heels and tired of constant loads feet like a re-start flow of vital energy.

And it is not surprising – on the feet take their roots 6 of the 12 energy channels in our body and are 66 points. This procedure will eliminate heaviness in the legs, pass and overall fatigue. We ask that you use this service after a major event or training.

[Center of Chinese massage "Stop Massage"]

The center employs highly qualified specialists from China, their hands work wonders – you forget what a pain in his back, legs, headaches. Here you can also make other types of massage: back, head, general, etc., that will allow you to unload the “score” the muscles and significantly improve the dance endurance. From problems with the neck, which is very prone to dancers performing European program, will help a special neck massage.

Traditional Chinese massage is based on the theory of balance of two energies in the body, Yin – Yang, and the channels through which vital energy circulates. Thus, by acting on specific energy points of true professionals will help you stay healthy, to get maximum pleasure, to achieve inner harmony and just a good time.

For more information about the center you can find on the website www.stop-m.ru.

And finally, there can be a great time for a cup of excellent Chinese tea and chat with colleagues on “dance workshop.

And their impressions of the Chinese massage shared with us some notorious people you do:

Zaharin Alex: “I’m ecstatic!” At last in Moscow an opportunity to do high-quality massage without going to China. ”

Novozhilov Nastya: “Chinese massage – the most effective because it is based on the experience of many thousands of Chinese medicine. Necessary procedures for the dancer you want to do at least once a week.”

Nezdoyminoga Yura: “Very comfortable, do not want to leave. A real, professional massage. Especially valuable for me to massage the feet, head – a pleasure. Massage center – a godsend for dancers, something that everybody has long been needed.”

Trofimova Kate: “It helped to throw off all the tension of previous training and performances, and I’m ready for a new stage in the preparation of” Dancing with the Stars. ”

Pletnev, Leonid: “It’s like a massage. We’re going to walk regularly and cooperate in the system” Curtsey.

Novikov, Ivan: “Fast recuperate after a hard day, resulted in muscle tone. Pleasant surprise was the fact that such a fragile girl makes a good massage!”.

Write your impressions on the forum will be happy to discuss. There you can offer other interesting options – we will be glad to check them. Good luck and less injuries!

Author: Julia Ruban
Category: Health and psychology
Source: www.dancesport.ru

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Blackpool 2010 Professional Latin Scoresheet


I know it’s been a while since my last post. Today, I just wanted put a link to the Blackpool 2010 Scoresheet. As you can see, Michael and Joanna got the first in all dances except Jive. Ricardo and Yulia got the first in Jive. Franco/Oksana and Sergey/Melia’s scores are interesting also.

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