News and Blog of the World DanceSport Games Kaohsiung 2013

Formation is said to be totally different from the other disciplines as it takes the smallest and most common team in DanceSport – a couple – and puts it in the context of a much bigger team: eight couples performing in perfect synchronicity. Not an easy task in a sport where strong individualism is considered a virtue. Three of the top four finishers at last year’s World Championship Formation Standard in Ludwigsburg, GER, have made it to Kaohsiung.  Reigning World Champion TSC Braunschweig, GER, and the runners-up Vera Tyumen, RUS, are the two formations with the best prospects to be among the four A finalists here. After the first round, 4 out of the 7 formations qualify for the A Final, 3 have to content themselves with the B Final.

Showdance is a discipline with many particularities. Here the dancers are given the opportunity to express themselves through a highly personal performance that they create together with their choreographer. They choose the music, they select the moves, the costumes, and they put together a four-minute routine that is capable of transmitting moods and telling stories. All the while showing great dancing with perfect technique and loads of artistry! The WDSG 2013 Showdance Latin pitches the recently crowned World Champions , against the winners in 2012, Vladimir Karpov - Mariya Tzaptashvilli, RUS. The Russian couple has turned professional at the beginning of the year. The clash between two divisions will be quite interesting to follow. Charles and Elena are coming off the best week of their career: World Champions Showdance plus a second place at the GrandSlam Latin Beijing. Vladimir and Mariya recently took second at the WDSF Super GrandPrix Latin in Stuttgart.