28/05/2023
Grassroots DanceSport is very much alive in New Zealandâs North.
Round 1 of the Inter-Studio was a complete success in Hamilton last weekend, with full fields of recreational competitors (With some events even needing rounds) and a well-supported field of previously and currently registered DanceSport competitors of all ages and levels.
Dancewell Studios launched the Grassroots Open Source DanceSport App and after a couple of adjustments and a lot of help from our developers, we managed to get all entries online and also the Live Events Application up and running, on the day.
We had two formation teams compete against each other with a strong representation from:
North Shore Dance Centre âSenior Momentsâ Team performing their brand new routine - Come Fly With Me. Amazing Costumes, fresh new formations and a full repertoire of free-flowing dance styles made this a spectacle to behold. Great dancing!
Elly-Anne Pritchard from The Dance Company in Tauranga presented her new formation team (Which barely fitted on the dance floor mind you!) âLegendâ. Being a fresh and very excited team of mainly first performers, this team were out to have nothing but a great time. Their performance had no less than 9 dances performed and completely filled our 15mtr by 25mtr floor. Canât wait to see this team evolve and grow.
New Innovations at the Inter-Studio:
The Pro/am Am/am TEAMS MATCH NV had to be the spectacle of the day with 5 Team Captains taking the floor with their team of 5 different dancers (One for each dance). The hall erupted into cheers of support as the crowd knew they were about to see something very special, fresh and new to DanceSport. There is no need to say that in the end, the true winners were the attending public.
SO, whatâs next?
We are so very proud to announce the inclusion at the next Inter-Studio DanceSport festival of a Rock Nâ Roll section. We are working with Rock Nâ Roll clubs from all areas of the north island (Including Wellington) to get this exciting format included into our event. There will be four age groups, two rhythm sections (Slow and Fast), and two levels of performance including Lifts and No Lifts. Rock Nâ Roll like our Ballroom industry was shaken hard by the Covid pandemic and this is just another way that our business-to-business model will help launch both our industries from the base up and help fuel other levels of competition.
Round 2 of the Inter-Studio DanceSport Festival Dance list is now available through your studios, on Socials (Including the Ballroom Dance Informer) or by email [email protected] and we will send it to you directly.