Tallinn DanceSport Cup

Overview

The Tallinn DanceSport Cup is organized by multi-time finalist of the Estonian National Championships in the Latin and 10 Dance divisions, Svjatoslav Jushkov. An Estonian coach and owner of the "Esperanza" Dance School and "Cadenza Dance Outlet", Svjatoslav is also a WDSF "A" Licensed and PD Adjudicator. Additional assitant organizers of the Tallinn DanceSport Cup include the "Tango" Dance School, the "Esperanza" Dance School, and the Estonian DanceSport Association (EDSA).

This competition was first organized in 2016 as the "Estonian Open Championships." In 2018, the name was changed to the Tallinn DanceSport Cup.

The main goal of the competition lies in the task of making sure that dancers competing at any level will get a result according to their true performance, without any politics hindering those results. The Tallinn DanceSport Cup also maintains goals of growing this major competition and maintaining the exhilarating feel of World DanceSport Federation (WDSF) events. With use of artistic lighting and decor as well as a judging panel that includes National, International and WDSF Adjudicators, competitors have the opportunity to dance in front of some of the top critics in the business, at the same time doing so in an inviting and energetic environment. The audience will enjoy the evening sessions with nice lighting and sound, live music and VIP table seating options.

• Two days of competition
• National, International and WDSF World Class Adjudicators
• Top WDSF ranking couples from all over the world
• Saturday Evening Session with Live Music by the Anna Darling Band
• Dance Competition Music by DJ Maksy
• Live Video Stream

Events

Events at the Tallinn DanceSport Cup include competitive dancing in the International Standard and Latin styles throughout the Juvenile, Junior, Youth, and Adult age groups in the Amateur and Professional divisions.

The 2018 Tallinn DanceSport Cup will also host various WDSF sanctioned events including:

• WDSF Junior I Latin & Standard
• WDSF Junior II Latin & Standard
• WDSF Youth Latin & Standard
• WDSF International Open Latin (Adults)
• WDSF Open Standard (Adults)

Over 700 competitors from 17 countries have registered for the 2018 event.

Camp

After the event concludes, a one-day "Signature Mini Camp" is held. The following instructors will be available at the 2018 camp:

Group Lessons

• Olga Müller-Omeltchenko (GER) - Latin
• Peep Vardja (EST) - Standard

Private Lessons

• Olga Müller-Omeltchenko (GER) - Latin
• Giuseppe Magnelli (ITA) - Standard
• Daniele Lodi (ITA) - Latin
• Evgenii Filipov (RUS) - Standard or Latin
• Peep Vardja (EST) - Standard
• Toni Tuominen (FIN) - Latin
• Svjatoslav Jushkov (EST) - Latin
• Goran Knezevic (SRB) - Latin
• Remigijus Suslavicius (LIT) - Latin
• Svetlana Lesnjak (RUS) - Latin
• Dmitri Shipilov (RUS) - Latin
• Szymon Kulis (POL) - Standard
• Mikhail Antropov (RUS) - Latin

Organizers

• Svjatoslav Jushkov
• "Tango" Dance School
• "Esperanza" Dance School
• Estonian DanceSport Association (EDSA)

Member of

• Estonian DanceSport Association (EDSA)
• World DanceSport Federation (WDSF)