World champions in sports ballroom dancing. World champion in ballroom dancing

Arunas Bižokas - Katyusha Demidova

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AND we're talking about, of course, not about “goals, points, seconds.” Although the scene is ballroom dancing, and even in European program, always shrouded in a veil of sophistication.
We are talking about titles and what stands behind them - the highest standard of artistry, the highest technology, a strong character, personal charm, and just charisma.

At the end of the last century, an amazing couple appeared in European dance - Marcus and Karen Hilton from Great Britain. For nine years in a row they won the title of world champions, and with this record they entered the history of ballroom dancing. And now defending champions world Arunas Bižokas and Katyusha Demidova (USA) approached him. They are eightfold! And in Moscow they can match the legendary couple.

The main event of the year in European dance among professionals will take place on October 28, 2017 in the Kremlin Palace.

By good tradition, the organizer of WDC tournaments is Stanislav Popov, Honored Artist of Russia, President of the Russian Dance Union, Honorary Vice-President of WDC. IN last years, thanks to the World and European Championships held in Moscow Latin American dances, emphasis in dance life capital shifted to this program. During this time, there were not many tournaments of the highest standard in European dances in Russia. The first World Championship took place in the Kremlin in 2013, and now, in 2017, only the second one will be held!

Dance duets from more than 30 countries of the world are expected on the Kremlin parquet, among which will be the strongest couples on the Planet. They have the power to convey all the richness of the palette of European dances, elegant and harmonious. Arunas Bižokas and Katyusha Demidova (USA) will certainly perform. And also the second strongest couple in the world, also representing the USA, vice-world champions Victor Fang and Anastasia Muravyova. This year they became winners at Blackpool, although in the absence of Arunas and Katyusha due to health reasons.

Photo: Alexey Ismagilov

In addition to the American duets, the brilliant couple representing Great Britain, European champions Andrea and Sara Ghigiarelli, regular finalists of the WDC World Series tournaments, German champions Domain Krapetz and Natasha Karabay, as well as Valerio Colantoni and Monica Nigro from Italy will appear on the floor. Poland has long had its own school of European dance; today its “graduates” are represented in all age categories WDC tournaments. And this time we are waiting for two of the strongest professional duets, Blackpool semi-finalists Serga Russ - Dorota Makar (7th place) and Lukas - Alexandra Tomzhak (10th place). The World Championship is an open tournament, and therefore the list of participants will be very extensive, sometimes reaching up to 70 pairs.

Photo: Arkady Chiginov

The Russian “team” will be numerous. It will be led by this year's Blackpool finalists, World Cup finalists, multiple Russian champions Alexander Zhiratkov and Irina Novozhilova. This year's Russian vice-champions Stanislav Zelyanin and Irina Cherepanova (9th place Blackpool 2017) are performing successfully at WDC tournaments. Other finalists of the Russian Championship are also expected: bronze medalists Sergei Sutyrin and Natalya Sazhina, Nikolai Govorov and Evgenia Tolstaya (world champions in 10 dances), Ilya and Alena Asonova (prize-winners of the Russian Grand Prix series tournaments). At official tournaments, the Russian “team” is usually joined in the past by the country’s multiple vice-champions Alessio Potenziani and Veronika Vlasova (8th place Blackpool 2017). Multiple finalist of Russian championships Alexander Ostrovsky with his new partner Maria Kerentseva is gaining dance form, Dmitry Nakostenko and Alina Oshchepkova (finalists of the world championship in 10 dances) are actively performing at all tournaments.

As part of the championship peace will pass Kremlin Cup among amateurs in Latin American dances. This is an invitational tournament, and usually it brings together more than 20 of the strongest duets not only from Russia, but also from other countries of the world. This year, Russian lovers have new champions - Vladimir Litvinov and Lyubina Kuznetsova, a very beautiful and artistic couple. At Blackpool 2017 they were in the semi-finals, for sure they have a great dance future ahead of them.

Photo: Svetozar Andreev

Two orchestras will perform in the Kremlin Hall throughout the evening. The main tournament on the European program will be accompanied by the Dance Land jazz band led by Honored Artist of Russia Semyon Milshtein. And an amateur Latin American dance tournament - the “7 Winds” orchestra led by Honored Artist of Russia Georgy Musheev. Dancing for the public, accompanied by these dance orchestras, will also be traditional for events in the Kremlin.

The organizers are preparing a rich program of demonstration performances, including the audience’s favorite Argentine tango. 2017 is the year of anniversaries. First of all, we celebrate the 60th anniversary of the development of ballroom dancing in our country - first in the USSR, and then in Russia, and the 30th anniversary of the Russian Dance Union. And, of course, the anniversary of the tournament organizer - Stanislav Popov! Surely, these events will be reflected in the program of demonstration performances.

Photo: Svetozar Andreev

The general partner of the World Championship is Gazprombank (JSC).

Oksana Yuryevna Sidorenko – world champion in ballroom dancing V Latin American program, famous choreographer, actress.

Since childhood, Oksana moved from city to city, changing coaches and sports organizations, and after an injury to ski resort became a choreographer and actress who has already starred in several TV series and films. The athlete is known as “Miss Model Fitness” and a participant in the television show “Dancing with the Stars”, where her partner was Alexander Nevsky. She is also the author of a dance tutorial.

Oksana Sidorenko was born on the first day of 1987. The girl's father went on long voyages on a ship, and her mother did gymnastics and figure skating. The star was born in Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, where she spent her childhood. Mom had great hopes for her daughter, trying to develop her creative and physical talents.

Oksana Sidorenko: dancing

From the age of five, Oksana joined a training club in rhythmic gymnastics and dreamed of her victories at the world ballroom dancing championships. Kamchatka was frightening with cyclones and earthquakes, and the girl’s family left the troubled region, moving to relatives in the city of Salavat. There she entered a gymnasium with a choreographic bias. The leaders of children's clubs did not notice the unusual in Oksana dance talents but thanks girl intensive training and personal perseverance led to victories in competitions, bringing home awards and prizes.

In 2000, Sidorenko and her family moved to Ufa. The capital of the republic allowed her to become the absolute champion at the Bashkortostan Dance Championship. But her studies were not going so well, and Sidorenko no longer changed the city, but the school. Her parents got her into a private educational institution, but here a conflict arose with the director, so Oksana received a certificate of completion high school in a completely different place.

In 2005, Oksana Sidorenko went to the Governor's Cup of the Novosibirsk Region, where she won an international tournament together with Dmitry Matveev. At that time she was coached by Natalya Shadrina. IN next year the dancing couple achieved the same results, and Oksana became a two-time champion of the Governor's Cup of the Novosibirsk Region.

After graduating from school, the athlete devoted her time not only to ballroom dancing, but also to studying to become a choreographer at GITIS. Everything began to improve in Sidorenko’s life, but ski holiday in 2008, he crossed out everything: the dancer injured her leg, after which she had to leave professional dancing. The rehabilitation took six months. During this time, a lot was thought out and weighed. Oksana Sidorenko decided to get the second higher education at the acting department of GITIS, which she graduated in 2012.

By 2010, Oksana became known to the general public after participating in television project“Dancing with the Stars”, where she danced together with Alexander Nevsky.

In 2011, Oksana discovered her talent as a writer. This is how her book “Star Dances with Oksana Sidorenko and Alexander Nevsky” was published. This publication teaches readers how to practice ballroom dancing on their own.

Now the girl combines two directions in her life - dancing and cinema.

Oksana Sidorenko: films

Since 2011, the athlete has taken on the role of not only a dancer, but also an actress. She starred in the series “Interns”, where she played the role of Jessica. Her next appearance on television occurred in 2012, when the episodes “Beefsteak from the Beloved Husband” and “Game of Dice” from the television series “Next” were shown. In the same year there was filming in the project “You are not alone”, where Oksana played the role of Irochka. The actress plays in TV series, comedies, detective stories and horror films.

In 2014, viewers saw Sidorenko in the image of Sandra in the film “Black Rose” and Polina, a psychologist engaged in striptease in the mega-popular series “Fizruk”. The role of Polina brought Oksana fame in domestic cinema. In this series she starred with the popular Russian actor Dmitry Nagiyev.

Oksana Sidorenko: personal life

The actress does not like to dedicate strangers to all the vicissitudes of her personal life. However, everyone knows about her affair with bodybuilder Alexander Nevsky and about their joint sports and creative projects.

Oksana once described her male ideal. Her man is a brunette with brown eyes, a calm character, great willpower and good looks.

Oksana Sidorenko: filmography

In Moscow on October 29, 2016, on the parquet of the State Kremlin Palace The World Latin Dance Championship (WDC) was held. Title best couple the planets were again conquered by Ricardo Cocchi and Yulia Zagoruichenko. They have held the world title since 2010 .

The first World Latin Championships were held in the birthplace of ballroom dancing in London in 1959, and British couple Leonard Patrick and Doreen Key were crowned the first world champions.

In 1960, Roger and Michel Early from France won the title of champions. In 1961, the legendary British couple Bill and Bobby Irwin rose to the highest level. And then for three years in a row, from 1962 to 1964, Walter Layard and Lorraine (Great Britain) became champions. The couple is unique because Laaird is the author of a textbook on Latin American dances. The tome was published in 1961, and since then it has been perceived by dancers all over the world as a kind of dance “bible”.

In 1965, the title of champions was won by a couple from Switzerland, Walter and Marion Kaiser. They are Blackpool's first Latin American dance champions! In 1966, Bill and Bobby Irwin from Great Britain regained the title of champions. In 1967, they lost their title to Rudolf and Mechthild Trautz from Germany, finishing second. And in 1968, these two couples switched places again. First place - Bill and Bobby, second - Rudolf and Mechthild.

And in 1969, Rudolf and Mechthild again won the title of champions and repeated their success in 1970 and 1971. In 1972, a couple from Germany, Wolfgang and Eveline Olitz, became champions. And then for three years, from 1973 to 1975, the “dominance” of a couple from Austria was established - Hans-Peter and Itzgeborg Fischer. In 1976, the title was won by Peter Maxwell and Leah Harman from Great Britain.

Then came the era of outstanding dancers Alan and Hazel Fletcher from Great Britain, who became champions 5 times - from 1977 to 1981.

Zelen and Kirsten Salberg from Norway became champions twice in 1982 and 1983.

In 1984, the legendary Donnie Burns and Taynor Fairweather from Scotland became champions for the first time. And then they climbed to the highest step of the podium 13 times in a row, until 1996.

In 1997, Hans Halke and Bianca Schreiber from Germany won the title of champions.

But already in 1998, Donnie Burns and Taylor Fairweather announced their return and became world champions for the 14th time.

After this, the era of the outstanding Brian Watson and Carmen from Germany began. They won their first title in 1999 in Tokyo, and their last, ninth, in 2007 in Moscow. Then it was the first world championship among professionals, which was held in Russia.

In 2008, Mikhail Malitowski and Joana Lenis from Poland became the new world champions. They repeated their success in 2009. But in 2010, in a head-to-head fight, they were replaced by Riccardo Cocchi and Yulia Zagoruichenko from the USA. Since then they have held their title. In 2011 in Moscow they became two-time world champions. And today they are already in the status of six-time champions.

The Moscow pedestal awaits its champions! Russian dancers joined the world dance community much later than many countries. Only in the mid-1990s did they begin to regularly perform at official WDC tournaments. The first couple to reach the final of the World Championship were our multiple Russian champions Dmitry Timokhin and Anna Bezikova. They were the first to become vice-world champions in 2003! Subsequently, Sergei Ryupin and Elena Khvorova danced in the finals, Slava Kriklivy and Elena Khvorova became vice-champions in 2007, and later Sergei Surkov and Melya reached the finals.

IN Lately The current Russian champions Evgeniy Smagin and Polina Kazachenko became repeated finalists.