Troels Bager & Ina Jeliazkova
Troels Bager & Ina Jeliazkova
Andrei Kazlouski & Asta Sigvaldadottir
Andrei Kazlouski & Asta Sigvaldadottir
Open Pro Latin
Open Pro Latin
https://dancebeat.com/m-blogs-en/item/1738-sfo19#sigProId7f3eee75b2
Hans Galke will have a report on this division
Open Pro Smooth
Open Pro Smooth
Nick Cheremukhin & Viktorija
Nick Cheremukhin & Viktorija
Yegor Novikov & Alexandra Smirnova
Yegor Novikov & Alexandra Smirnova
https://dancebeat.com/m-blogs-en/item/1738-sfo19#sigProId580a07897b
Maria Hansen will comment on this division for Dance Beat.
https://dancebeat.com/m-blogs-en/item/1738-sfo19#sigProId6a0bdce473
Open PA Ballroom A
Open PA Ballroom A
Open PA Ballroom B
Open PA Ballroom B
Open PA Ballroom C
Open PA Ballroom C
Open PA Ballroom S1
Open PA Ballroom S1
https://dancebeat.com/m-blogs-en/item/1738-sfo19#sigProId58677eb82b
The afternoon saw a large uptick in junior entries with some excellent dancing in all categories.
https://dancebeat.com/m-blogs-en/item/1738-sfo19#sigProId8810f7fa90
Ballroom at the “Ball”
On Saturday night the Pro Ballroom headlined the Ball with 3 US finalists in attendance.
https://dancebeat.com/m-blogs-en/item/1738-sfo19#sigProId8095b55562
Rudy Homm & Katya Kanevskaya
Rudy Homm & Katya Kanevskaya
Vladislav Shakhov & Ekaterina Popova
Vladislav Shakhov & Ekaterina Popova
https://dancebeat.com/m-blogs-en/item/1738-sfo19#sigProId3bb038d8b3
Radu Sterban & Xenia Cletova were 4th with strong scores of 4,3,4,4,3. Rising Star winners, Oreste Alitto & Valeriia Belozerova were 5th in this final 5,4,5,5,5 and newcomers Mikhail Babenko & Kateryna Iaritenko were 6th in all dances.
Marat Gimaev will have a full report on this division later in Dance Beat
Danas Jaksevicius & Yuki Haraguchi
Danas Jaksevicius & Yuki Haraguchi
Open Pro Rhythm
Open Pro Rhythm
https://dancebeat.com/m-blogs-en/item/1738-sfo19#sigProId521f8c9c85
Bill Sparks has the full review on this division.
https://dancebeat.com/m-blogs-en/item/1738-sfo19#sigProId060e26538f
Open Amateur Latin
Open Amateur Latin
Joel Lopez & Kristina Bespechnova
Joel Lopez & Kristina Bespechnova
Nikolai Tarasov & Sarah Nolan
Nikolai Tarasov & Sarah Nolan
Ewoud Fidom & Melanie Weiler
Ewoud Fidom & Melanie Weiler
https://dancebeat.com/m-blogs-en/item/1738-sfo19#sigProId2b5cb72632
Darina Jeleva will have a full report on this division.
https://dancebeat.com/m-blogs-en/item/1738-sfo19#sigProId6e4afdd13b
https://dancebeat.com/m-blogs-en/item/1738-sfo19#sigProIdde3a1ebb30
Stay tuned for more from The Ball at SFO as the results become available.
The Ball is Rising!
Last night it was all about the Pro Rising Star Divisions at “The Ball at San Francisco Open.”
We saw all 4 styles last night, all were finals. The judges were fairly decided in the Smooth and Rhythm categories, but less so in the Ballroom and Latin.
https://dancebeat.com/m-blogs-en/item/1738-sfo19#sigProId991acfb88e
https://dancebeat.com/m-blogs-en/item/1738-sfo19#sigProId032849fcb8
https://dancebeat.com/m-blogs-en/item/1738-sfo19#sigProId2a240c0cc1
https://dancebeat.com/m-blogs-en/item/1738-sfo19#sigProId2fa70e1d3f
Stay tuned for more from SFO tomorrow.