Athens Dance Festival 2017
- 14.02.2017 г.
- време за четене: 3 мин.
We travelled to Greece this weekend for the 2nd edition of the Athens Dance Festival . The greek capital has always been one of our favourite destinations as we cherish some great memories from the competitions we used to do there both as amateurs and professionals . In fact we won our first International title at the Acropolis Open as amateurs and also had some good times winning the bronze medals as professionals at The WDC Nations Cup .
This time we were invited as adjudicators for the WDC Amateur League Open To The World Championship and also as lecturers at the Training Camp prior to the event .
Being held for second year, the competition is part of The Champions Tour and gathered couples from the following countries : England , Russia ,Italy , Hungary , Moldova , Ukraine , Greece , Bulgaria , Romania and Cyprus . In the judging panel and teaching at the congress there were some top teachers from Europe sharing their knowledge and vision about latin and ballroom dancing .
Nikolay ,Pavlina and Zhivo Yankov Nikolay ,Pavlina, Zhivo and Vihren Training Camp Athens Dance Festival Dance Your Soul Judges Nikolay, Pavlina and Jason Rodithis Nikolay Manolov judging
The host of the event was our dear friend Zhivo Yankov who we know for more than 20 years and it was absolute pleasure to be part of his event . Have to admit Zhivo and his Zhivo Team did great job in organising everything in order to provide the best for the competitors and everyone involved .
Every time we attend such events , we keep reminding ourselves how fortunate we are to travel and meet great people through what we love doing - dancing . It is always good to share with people who have the same love and passion about our art form . For us it was great pleasure to meet and get to know Jason Rodithis . He has been inspiration for us for years not only because of his highly successful competitive career but also for being part of the first Burn The Floor cast . We remember watching the first dvd of the show many , many times , being inspired by all these amazing dancers and the production that to date, almost 20 years , has no equivalent in portraying ballroom and latin as dance spectacular . So happy that later on we also had the chance to become part of Burn The Floor family . The experience of working with these dancers, learning from them and being part of that cast was a turning point in our life and BTF will always have special place in our hearts . When we saw Jason , when our eyes first met even before speaking to each other ,we knew we have so much in common and so much to talk about .
Marin & Dilyana Marin & Dilyana -Junior Open Latin trophies ,medals ,diplomas
We had one of our couples competing in the Junior categories of the event . It was the first competition abroad for Marin Martinov & Dilyana Dimitrova and their international debut was very successful . The kids , both being 12 years old , competed in the Junior under 16 years categories , basic and open programs , and won 1 gold , 4 silver medals and one 4th place ! They made very good impression and some of the judges noticed Marin & Dilyana " have musicality that is hard to find " ! Congratulations ,let it be just the beginning of a great competitive 2017 !
Lots of dance excitements on the way ! Looking forward to share them with you .
Live , love ,dance !
N&P
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