29.3.2011 - WDC World Professional Latin Championship 2011 !

WDC World Professional Latin Championship 2011 !
Pressrelease from the WDC - www.wdcdance.com

WDC World Professional Latin Championship 2011

All eyes will turn to Moscow, Russia on Saturday 16th April, as the dance world eagerly awaits the first of the major 2011 championships. What an exciting prospect lies ahead.

The WDC professional World Latin Championship will take place in the magnificent splendour of the historical centre of the Kremlin in Moscow, A wonderful setting indeed and a fitting venue for a dance championship so important.

There is no doubt that Mr Stanislav Popov, and his magnificent supporting team will arrange a spectacular unforgettable event befitting of this great Championship and which will make every person who loves competitive dance proud.

The ticket sales have been fantastic and the event is almost "sold out". Many famous dancers of the past and present along with many famous Russian personalities, Politicians, Actors, Singers, and stars of the Russian version of Strictly Come Dancing/Dancing with the Stars etc will be present to witness the most exciting event. The many exciting duals anticipated between the stars of Lain dancing whet the appetites of all those who will be present and those who love competitive dance. Added spice, especially for aficionados of dance, will be the basic dance which will part of every round.

In an evening of many highlights, there will be the show dance performances by Ballroom Champions, Pro/AM champions and other great shows.

This year with the WDC Wild Card system being used , Russia will have 4 couples participating, but the field of competitors reads like the Who is Who of the Professional Latin Dancers worldwide, and proves undeniably that the WDC World Championship truly delivers a competition of the best of the best to become the World Professional Latin Champion of 2011!

The Adjudicators, nominated by their national members, and who will have a most difficult task are
France - Barbieri Marc
Germany - Rudolf Trautz
Italy - Gianluca Fanni
Japan - Akira Hojo
Norway - Tone Nyhagen
Poland - Wojciech Przemieniecki
Russia - Viktor Popov
Scotland - Nicole Burns-Hansen
Slovenia - Daniela Skovic-Novak
Ukraine - Svytoslav Vlokh
USA - Vibeke Toft



The current List of entries with 54 couples from 30 countries is as follows:


Australia : Igor Boev & Karina Schembri
David Byrnes & Karla Gerbes

Austria : Thomas Kraml & Lenka Marosiova
Florian Gschaider & Manuela Stoeckl

Belgium : Arman Eranosjan & Leila Akcelik

Bulgaria : Plamen Danailov & Radostina Gerova
Christian Millette & Denitsa Ikonomova

China : Keqiang Shao & Na Yang

Canada : Maurizio Vescovo & Andra Vaidilaite
.Kamil Studenniy & Ekaterina Tribuna

Chinese Taipei : Charles Wang & Janet Hsiao
Lewis & Andrea Lin ( Wen Yih Lin & Ya-Ling Lin)

Denmark : Kristian Vellejus & Lotte Rodenberg

Finland : Markku Hyvarinen & Disa Kortelainen
Mikko Kaasalainen & Adrienn Fitori

France : Cedric & Angelik Meyer
Christophe Licata & Coralie Anfray

Germany : Franco Formica & Oxana Lebedew
Markus Homm & Ksenia Kasper

Greece : Danko Tanaskonic & Kiki Mattheou ( Grammatiki Koufogianni)
George Kranis & Marie Georganta

Great Britain : Gregor Rebula & Rachael Heron
Oleksii Ivanets & Lisa Bellinger-Ivanets

Hungary : Robert Marko & Mara Gattanella

Hong Kong : Ilya Borovskiy & Veronika Klyushina
Evgeny Evseev & Kristina Dinovets

Japan : Keiji Oda & Satoko Watanabe
Kosuke Matsumoto & Nozomi Kato

Israel : Andrew Lobankoff & Liana Koroleva
Alex Wasserman & Evgeniya Baskov

Italy : Emanuele Soldi & Elisa Nasato
Alessandro Camerotto & Nancy Berti

Lithuania : Justinas Duknauskas & Anna Melnikova-Duknauske
Andrius Kandelis & Elena Zverevshchikova

Moldova : Dmitry Taruta & Elena Parshukova

Norway : Rachid Malki & Anna Suprun

Netherlands : Aerjen Mooijweer & Monique Broekmeulen
Boyan Kirchev & Julie Lere Pland

Poland : Michal Malitowski & Joanna Leunis
Andrej Mosejcuk & Kamila Kajak

Portugal : Carlos Custodia & Elena Plescenco
Edgar Branco & Milene Matias

Slovakia : Lenny Gouwerok & Laura Zmajkovicova

Slovenia : Andrej Skufca & Melinda Torokgyorgy

South Africa : Thapelo Ramatlhape & Nombulelo Hlathi

Ukraine : Igor Volkov & Ella Ivanova
Roman Myrkin & Natalia Biedniagina

USA : Riccardo Cocchi & Yulia Zagoruychenko
Roman Kutskyy & Anna Kovalova

Russia : Sergey Surkov & Melia
Evgeniy Ryupin & Yana Pokrovskaya
Evgeniy Smagin & Polina Kazatchenko
Vlad Borodinov & Irina Garus



We take this opportunity to wish the organisers and every competitors success but even more important memories to last a life time from a wonderful experience

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News - 30.03.2011

I believe the event is being shown on NTV+ Sporta top Russian Sport Satelite channel. Would be great to see