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CA Open Scores on Busy Dance Week
Report by Keith Todd
Action Photos by Chris Hansen Photography
The second weekend of February is one of the USA’s busiest dancesport weekends with three NDCA Registered events (Superstars Dancesport and Eastern US Championships are the others), plus the ever-popular Classique du Quebec in Montreal, yet Debbie Avalos’ California Open always draws a big crowd.
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WDSF Final Grand Slam in Shanghai China
Report by Renata Shvarts
Every December for the past 5 years Shanghai graciously hosts the grandest and the most prestigious WDSF event in the world.
"Opportunity dances with those already on the dance floor."
The Final Grand Slam invites the top 12 couples based on their performance scores through the year at the other 5 Grand Slam events. In 2013 the 5 countries that had the honor of hosting Grand Slam competitions were: Spain, Hong Kong, Germany, Beijing and Moscow. The biggest difference between Grand Slam events and traditional competitions is the judging system. Created especially for Grand Slams, this system strives to take subjectivity out of judging. It is modeled after the system used in judging figure skating. The vision is of course is to perfect it in order to, one day, use it in The Olympic Games.
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Boston Cup Junior II Latin
Report by Bill Sparks
1st place couple Kristers Smite & Sophie Shvartsman - Good Winners. They danced everything quite well with nice chorography, and controlled body actions. I would have liked to see a bit more body dynamics and energy as well as finishing off their movements for an even stronger floor presence.
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DANCE LIFE COACHING
A Column To Help Dancers Journey In Life
By Susan Silva
“COPING WITH STRESS”
As I sit here and write this article, I am once again snowed in and cannot go out or do very much. I can choose to stress over this, since there are many things I needed to accomplish or just take a deep breath and let the stress go. As children most of us were happy when snow came, no school and we could play. But as adults with a busy life, especially in the Ballroom Dance Industry, snow is not good. For instance this weekend is a competition in Boston, where many people need to travel to, and may not make it because of the weather.
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UK Professional Latin Championship - Part 1
By all accounts the Pro Latin at this year's UK Championships was the headline event. So what did we do? We brought you two reports on it, by two legends of Latin, Paul Killick and Alan Tornsberg. The reports are as different as are the gentlemen. We hope you enjoy them!
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The Snow Ball 2014
Report by Chantal Leclerc,
Photos by Karin Lynn Photography
In the heart of the arctic freeze that gripped the nation in January, I had a trip scheduled to sunny... Minneapolis!! Why, would anybody leave the South in the middle of the winter? Excellent question! I'll give you two good reasons..........
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Nashville Starz - American Style Pro Smooth
Report by Jenell Maranto
Action Photos by Park West
David Hamilton put on a tremendous competition. The Nashville Starz had a very friendly and exciting atmosphere. The American Style Smooth had a large and very high-level attendance showing a great interest in a beautiful and expressive style.
Of the three rounds the six couples making the final were: