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world DanceSport magazine Issue #1 · June 2008 www.dancephotos.es Official Magazine of the International DanceSport Federation Official Magazine of the International DanceSport Federation 1 World DanceSport Magazine World DanceSport Magazine World DanceSport: the magazine! #1 international DanceSport federation Here it is: the World DanceSport Magazine (WDSM), the new media society must be accepted,” the IDSF Ambassador periodical of the International DanceSport Federation! As did at Large told the delegates in attendance. world its predecessor publication, DanceSport Today (DST), it aims 04 Campionissimi 22 Can It Work? Silvia Pitton and Paolo Bosco: Interview with WRRC President DanceSport at providing you with news and information on DanceSport. Based on the suggestions of J.A. Samaranch, we have two world number ones Mirjam Kerpan Izak been working hard on our ‘Vision 2012’ programme. Dance- magazine From 2003 DST kept a loyal readership abreast of what Sport’s world governing body is redefining its mission and 08 From the Sports Desk 24 Salou 2008 The WORLD DANCESPORT MAGAZINE is the happened on the competition scene, enlightened about developing the federalist structure which allows it to serve 2008 World Championships Vision becomes reality official periodical of the International Dance- federation policies, and generally in touch with the global as the umbrella organisation for all dancing performed as Youth Latin, Marseille Sport Federation – IDSF. It is published in print DanceSport community. sport from 2012. and electronically two times per year: 26 Salou 2008 in June and in December. 12 Headline DanceSport Sights and scenes WDSM – in spite of the first impression that radical chan- As an important part of our restructure, we have entered DanceSport tests skills and nerves Editors: Heidi Götz and Roland Hilfiker ges in design and layout may cause – will do much of the into an agreement with the International Professional Concept: Roland Hilfiker 28 Communicating Support Air International same. With a different publishing cycle, and with a shift in DanceSport Council (IPDSC). It provides for IDSF and Design & Layout: Sid publicitat the editorial focus, it aspires to inform about DanceSport. IPDSC to coordinate dates and other matters pertaining 14 Improving Dance- Printed in Barcelona, Spain, by Formato. First and foremost! to DanceSport competitions, and to work cooperatively in Change Sport for TV Campaign update International DanceSport Federation (IDSF) developing, implementing and enforcing competition, dis- Richard Bunn writes about the Host Carrer Orient 78 - 84 The new magazine serves as one of the pillars upon which ciplinary and other rules. Broadcasting Agreement 2nd Floor, Office 15 we build our future: the World DanceSport Federation. You 30 Results 08172 Sant Cugat, Barcelona SPAIN will read about Rock ‘n’ Roll and Wheelchair DanceSport in Negotiations with a number of other organisations are IDSF World and Continental 16 Wheelchair DanceSport Championships TEL: +34 93 544 23 92 #1. You will get to know other disciplines and their govern- at advanced stages too. The first decisive steps have FAX: +34 93 583 11 04 ing bodies in subsequent issues. Eventually, you end up ac- been taken. Much remains to be done over the coming DanceSport E-mail Office: [email protected] quainted with all constituents of the community which we months and years! Rehabilitation, Recreation, E-mail Editors: [email protected] assemble under one single brand: DanceSport. Fascination: Sport www.idsf.net WDSM and the two IDSF websites www.worlddancesportfederation.org When we held the 2007 IDSF Congress in Barcelona, Spain, • idsf.net 18 2008 IDSF Grand The editors and the undersigning contributors it was the IOC Honorary President for Life, HE Juan Anto- • worlddancesportfederation.org assume responsibility for the content of the nio Samaranch, who delivered the address on the occasion WORLD DANCESPORT MAGAZINE, which does Slam Series not necessarily reflect the opinions of the IDSF of our anniversary. The first fifty years had passed. will update you regularly on these and all other develop- Calendar and results Presidium or the IDSF Members. ments in DanceSport. Improving our communications, inter- “The IDSF is an organisation which has reached its ma- nal and external, is also an integral part of ‘Vision 2012’! IDSF is recognised by the International Olympic 20 We Will Rock You! Committee and member of the General Asso- turity. This requires sometimes changes. Criteria need to The World Rock ‘n’ Roll ciation of International Sports Federations and be updated, and the challenges imposed by an increasing IDSF President Carlos Freitag Confederation the International World Games Association. 2 World DanceSport: The Magazine! Index 3 World DanceSport Magazine World DanceSport Magazine Campionissimi Silvia Pitton and Paolo Bosco (ITA) 2007 World Champions and 2008 European Champions in Standard Heidi Götz, the IDSF Presidium Member in charge of com- too, everything started in 1998. Before, dancing was a pure after these competitions. Another exciting moment was WDSM: You go to many competitions every year. What are munications, caught up with the current world number ones hobby, never taken too seriously. winning the Blackpool Under 21. All this brought about a the criteria for choosing a competition in your training and and reigning world champions in Moscow, at the European great change in our career. From there everything was go- competition plan? Standard Championships, and later in Vienna. She inter- WDSM: So dancing was just for fun. Did the thought “I ing well until 2004. Then came the gap. The results went viewed Silvia and Paolo for World DanceSport Magazine. could be a world champion once!” ever cross your minds? down a little bit. It was also the moment when we began P: Actually, we never think too much about which competi- to think too much, and we actually got very close to giving tion we have to do. We do many competitions, nearly every WDSM: Silvia - Paolo, thank you very much for being here S: In the beginning I started with and preferred Latin. Of up and stopping right then. weekend. with me, telling me more about your dancing career as course, I was dreaming and watching all these videos. I well as your private life. You are one of the most charis- figured that dancing at the highest level would be exciting. WDSM: Really? S: We also go to many smaller competitions, we use them to matic and popular couples. Everyone enjoys your perform- But honestly, I never thought for once that this could come experiment or to assess the progress in our training. Certain ances on the competition floor. But we would all like to true, that it just might be possible. Mostly because dancing P: Honestly! Because everything was turning very bad! competitions we want to support – and in other competitions know what is behind the performance. We would like to well didn’t come easy for me. Yes! I must say that. I never we get good price money, which is also very important. talk about your thoughts, your ideas. We all want to know believed in something like this, it was only a dream. WDSM: What was your motivation to continue? more about Silvia and Paolo. Tell us about the beginning WDSM: So you have good reasons and certain priorities for of your careers! Did you always dance together? When WDSM: So the beginning of your successful career was in S: Olga and Davide are always on our side and fight for us. going to and doing a competition. You mentioned Black- did you start? 1998. If you look back, which competition comes to mind, We tried very hard: in the International we finished sixth, pool before. Blackpool is not an IDSF competition, so the which was the most important one? afterwards we finished third. And suddenly we thought couples do not get ranking points, there are only national Paolo: We did not dance together from the beginning. I that it might be possible to win. But in Blackpool it went judges. In every other country the couples would complain. started to dance in a small club. I danced with different P: Of course the World Championship in Moscow. Then the down again: last in the final. All the competitions had been The Blackpool Dance Festival is, despite of all these as- girls in what was a very small club – this was 1989. It was final in the German Open, because it was the first final in a disaster. It was the moment we thought we would never pects, the biggest competition in the world, with the most not until 1998 that we started to dance together. It was the a really big event for us! Actually, when they called us, we get out of this hole. But we did not give up. We had a good entries. Do you know the reason for this? moment when my dancing changed and our career really were not even ready. We were upstairs, tired after so many team on our side: dresses, practice – everybody support- took off. There was a time prior to teaming up with Silvia, rounds. But when I heard that they called our names for the ed us. We changed everything, completely, all the routines; P: It is tradition, it is like Wimbledon. It’s Blackpool, tradi- but it was not all that good. It started to be good as soon final, I ran downstairs and jumped onto the floor. That was and we tried to find another way. tional, very old and prestigious. You are judged by former as I danced with Silvia. in Mannheim. It was quite an experience for us: so many world champions, great champions. They danced at a very big and famous names on the floor. This was our first very P: Yes, I remember: then we went to Blackpool and fin- high level themselves and know much about dancing.