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The IPDSC Russian Professional Dance Sport Championships


I have been invited by the IPDSC Dance Sport Professional Russian Federation and his president Alexander Melnikov to judge the first IPDSC Russian Closed Championship Standard and Latin sections.


This very important tournament took place in OMSK. 17 couples entered to have the opportunity to win the official Russian title. The organisers suceed to make this championship a real professional event.


Two thousands people from OMSK had the pleasure to watch a wonderful competition. Traditional folk dancers placed us in the right atmosphere at he beginning of the opening ceremony. All couples were introduced to the public and after the national anthem the competition started with the semi-final of the latin championship. Six couples was recalled later on for the final. The panel of adjudicators was:

Melnikov Alexander (Chairman)
1. Sourdeau Eric
2. Boltvina Veronika
3. Davydova Larisa
4. Danilov Ilya
5. Zakharov Sergey
6. Lobov Artur
7. Morozov Valeriy
8. Shamshurov Andrey
9. Shchepletsov Vladimir

Then came the final of the standard championship were the couples danced either in solo or in dual but every time all together at the end of each dance, which was a wonderful process for the audience, the judges and the couples who could really show their dancing in the best conditions. It' a way, in my opinion, to think finals for the future.
The first place was clear, the second also. Then there was a very interessant battle for 3RD and 4th places in one hand and 5th and 6th places in an other hand. The juges gave the following results:

1st place - Galchun Alexey Demina Tatiana
2nd place - Bekmametov Stanislav Urban Natalia
3rd place - Zelyanin Stanislav Cherepanova Irina
4th place - Bavinov Timofei Kargina Olesia
5th place - Yazykov Alexey Danilova Olga
6th place - Borovikov Evgeni Borovikova Iulia


The latin final was also very interesting. The first place was also clear, like in standard 2nd and 3rd were very closed and the competiion was very open for 4th, 5th and 6th places.
After a very good performance from all the couples, results were:

1st - Svintsov Ilia Bondareva Liubov
2nd - Bessonov Ivan Pashkova Elena
3rd - Starostin Denis Gabdrakhmanova Elena
4th - Nazarov Evgeni Ivanova Kristina
5th - Bil Vitaliy Moshkova Natalia
6th - Panin Roman Zaytseva Ekaterina
7th - Panov Alexey Shniakina Olga
8th - Vasin Dmitry Gognadze Nona
9th - Yatsenko Konstantin Shishova Adelina
10th-11th - Bagdasarov Armen Krivonosova Svetlana
10th-11th - Arzamaskin Dmitry Morgun Natalia

I would like again to thank and congratulate the organisers and the Federation Dance Sport Professional of Russia for this nice event it was this night very good for our dancing world.

Eric Sourdeau