The Dancesport Life Show

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What's The Dancesport Life Show about?

The Dancesport Life Show is the first podcast dedicated to ballroom dancing and made by dancers for dancers. Authentic conversations and thought-provoking interviews with professional dancers, teachers, and people who work behind the scenes, all designed to inspire and connect the dancesport community.

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The Dancesport Life Show episodes:

07.01.2020
Massimo Arcolin & Laura Zmajkovicova: Practice & Having The Same Goal
About our guests Massimo and Laura are finalists in Professional Latin at the WDC European Championship and semifinalists in all the top competitions from the WDC World such as Blackpool or the International Championship. You can follow them on...
05.27.2020
Pavel Zvychaynyy & Oxana Lebedew: Showdance, Connection & Family
About our guests Pavel & Oxana are currently finalists in the WDC World Professional Latin and in the WDC European Professional Latin Championships. They grace us with their style of dance and in this interview, they share their story with...
05.02.2020
Malthe Brinch Rohde & Sandra Sorensen: Interaction, Michael Jackson & Schedule
About our guests Malthe & Sandra are semifinalists in all the big competitions from the WDSF Latin world and Danish Champions. You can follow them on Instagram Malthe Instagram Sandra Topics discussed in this episode Their beginning...
04.01.2020
Peter & Kristina Stokkebroe: Sharing the Artistry, Intensity and Summer Dancecamp
About our guests Peter & Kristina Stokkebroe are one of the biggest names in the world of Latin-American dancing. They are multiple times Danish Champions, British Open Champions, European & World Champions. You can follow them on Summer Dancecamp website...
08.02.2019
Marco Cavacini: Team Diablo & The Importance of Personalized Training for Dancers
About our guest Marco Cavacini is the personal trainer of Team Diablo - one of the most well-known names in the WDSF world. He prepares personalized training sessions for champions like Gabriele Goffredo & Anna Matus and many others. You...
06.14.2019
Andrea Silvestri & Martina Varadi: Passion Expressed Through Music & Cuba As Inspiration
About our guests Andrea Silvestri & Martina Varadi are one of the top WDSF Amateur Latin couples. They are finalists in all the major events such as Grand Slams and World Championships. Andrea & Martina are very passionate and they...
05.07.2019
Emanuel Valeri & Tania Kehlet: Respect In A Dance Couple & Connection With Your Teacher
About our guests Emanuel Valeri & Tania Kehlet are one of the most loved standard dancers. Their long career has been filed with great results both in Amateur and Professional division. Among their best results are titles like Blackpool Amateur...
03.25.2019
Dr. Jerry Lynch: Being Fearless & Focusing On What You Can Control
About our guest Dr. Jerry Lynch is a coach, mentor, and teacher who guides and coaches athletes and parents to explore the meaning and purpose of sport. He has been recognized as one of the top five in his profession...
01.24.2019
Pasha Pashkov & Daniella Karagach: Guiding Your Partner, Improvising Movements and Maintaining Balance
About our guests Pasha Pashkov & Daniella Karagach are one of the most popular dance couples at the moment, both for dancers and dance fans and they participated at the American show “World of Dance”. They are the winners of...
11.13.2018
Dr. Peter Lovatt: Communication, Self-esteem, Male Dancer Stigma & Scientific Benefits of Dancing
About our guest: Dr. Peter Lovatt is a Dance Psychologist. He set up the Dance Psychology Lab at the University of Hertfordshire and is currently a lecturer on Performance (Dance) Psychology at the Royal Ballet School. With his passion for...
07.02.2018
Costin Glavan: Body Posture and Nutrition, the Secrets of High Performance
About our guest: Costin Glavan is a Romanian physical trainer and nutritionist, certified by the C.H.E.K. Institute. He started karate when he was 17 years old, now reaching the high level of black belt - 3 dan. Costin is specialized...
06.28.2018
Espen Salberg - Togetherness, Beauty and Fashion
About our guest: Espen Salberg is a former ballroom and latin champion. As one of the best teachers in the world of dancesport he produced no less than 17 world champions. For Espen, the true value of a dance couple...
06.26.2018
Paul Moldovan & Cristina Tatar: Two Bodies, One Vision, One Mindset
About our guests: Hugely talented and hard-working Paul Moldovan and Cristina Tatar were the first Romanians to ever win a world champion title (Beijing, 2012). Since then they always aimed for the top of WDSF Latin ranking. For both of...
06.21.2018
Marius Balan and Khrystyna Moshenska: Insights Into a Champion’s Mindset and Weekly Schedule
About our guests: Charismatic, fresh and ready to deliver high-standard performances every time. No description does justice to the greatness achieved by Marius Balan and Khrystyna Moshenska in the dancesport world. Constantly conquering the top of WDSF Adult Latin ranking,...
06.14.2018
Jay Olson: Psychology, Magic and The Power of Suggestion
About our guest: Jay Olson, M.Sc. is a doctoral researcher at McGill University. He has also been a magician since he was 7 years old. Jay is known for his work as a consultant to reduce fatigue and improve the...
06.07.2018
Madis Abel & Aleksandra Galkina: Partnership Secrets and Connection with Your Trainer
About our guests: Young and highly determined to leave a mark in the dancesport world. Madis Abel and Aleksandra Galkina partnered up in 2012 and ever since they’ve been working hard and aiming for the stars in WDSF Standard division....
03.30.2018
Anastasia Novikova and Winson Tam: Handling 10 dances, Doing the hard-work, Finding sources of inspiration
About our guests: Young, fresh and up for great things. Those words describe Anastasia Novikova and Winson Tam, winners of the World Open Latin in Belgrade in 2017. They both started at an early age are working hard ever since....
03.23.2018
Barbara Ambroz: Dancing as a Way of Life and the Cuban Experience
About our guest: Born in Slovenia, Barbara already started to teach at the age of 18. Now, with more than 30 years of experience as an adjudicator and trainer, she has an open eye for every student and believes that...
02.08.2018
Maximiliaan Winkelhuis: From Building Charisma to Dealing With Stress with Performance Coaching
About the guest: In 1998 after giving some lectures convinced by his close friend Ruth Vermeij, Maximilian let go of his commercial years in advertising. Soon from a communication specialist in advertising, he turns to be a communication specialist in...
01.05.2018
Peter Townsend: Teacher at 20, Team Amsterdam and the Importance of Planning
About the guest: Dance has been in the life of Peter Townsend since he was 7. For many years he danced competitively and he became a Professional at the age of 21. He studied not only ballroom and latin but...
12.21.2017
Pietro Braga: Musicality, Biomechanics and Why Knowledge is Experience
About our guest: Pietro Braga is a master of the art of dance. Starting from the early age of 16 years old, he teaches social dance and finishes working for the WDSF. He believes that although precise technique is an...
12.14.2017
William Pino: An Early Connection to Dance, Musicality and the Importance of Being Real as a Couple
About the guest: William Pino found himself in a studio at a very young age. That was the start of a relatively short but intense and strong career. His dance partner, Alessandra Bucciarelli, was the one he'd marry. By 20...
12.09.2017
Siscu Perez: Coffee Machines, Freedom Above All and the Playfulness in Dancing
About our guest: Life has a strange way of playing out, and it is very unpredictable. Watching a tango lesson touched Siscu Perez so much that it put him on a career path very different from the one he imagined....
11.24.2017
Colin James: The Complexity of Becoming Great - Practice, Partnership, Motivation and More
Colin James is one of the world's most distinguished ‪coaches holding the prestigious award "Teacher of the year". His name stands behind many champions and finalists around the globe. You might also know him from his long-lasting collaboration with Dancing...
11.16.2017
Dekatra Lapaeva: Full-on artistry and walking the line between performance and technique
About our guest: Dekatra Lapaeva was a professional Latin-American dancer who has been a finalist in most major competitions and championships all around the World. Dekatra writes, creates, and innovates all the time. She is a multi-dimensional artist with 25...
11.08.2017
Pierre Dulaine: Social dance to a whole new level with the Dulaine teaching method
About our guestHow is it to have such an interesting life that you had a movie made after it? Pierre Dulaine surely knows. Along with his partner Yvonne Marceau, he won the Blackpool exhibition section four times. But even though...
10.19.2017
Aleksander Makarov: Back To Basics And The Role of The Teacher In Dancers' Mindset
About the guest Aleksander Makarov became an iconic figure in dancesport, teaching champions like Madis Abel and Aleksandra Galkina. His last partner is also his actual wife and he had been dancing with her in the last 4-5 years of...
09.30.2017
Dirk Heidemann: A lifetime of passion for dancesport
Former professional ballroom dancer, fashion model, now author, dancesport teacher and choreographer - Dirk Heidemann is the personification of Latin dancing: colorful, passionate and raw. After more than 30 years of training and preparing 40 champions of Germany, Europe, World...

What's The Dancesport Life Show about?

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The Dancesport Life Show episodes:

Massimo Arcolin & Laura Zmajkovicova: Practice & Having The Same Goal

Pavel Zvychaynyy & Oxana Lebedew: Showdance, Connection & Family

Malthe Brinch Rohde & Sandra Sorensen: Interaction, Michael Jackson & Schedule

Peter & Kristina Stokkebroe: Sharing the Artistry, Intensity and Summer Dancecamp

Marco Cavacini: Team Diablo & The Importance of Personalized Training for Dancers

Andrea Silvestri & Martina Varadi: Passion Expressed Through Music & Cuba As Inspiration

Emanuel Valeri & Tania Kehlet: Respect In A Dance Couple & Connection With Your Teacher

Dr. Jerry Lynch: Being Fearless & Focusing On What You Can Control

Pasha Pashkov & Daniella Karagach: Guiding Your Partner, Improvising Movements and Maintaining Balance

Dr. Peter Lovatt: Communication, Self-esteem, Male Dancer Stigma & Scientific Benefits of Dancing

Costin Glavan: Body Posture and Nutrition, the Secrets of High Performance

Espen Salberg - Togetherness, Beauty and Fashion

Paul Moldovan & Cristina Tatar: Two Bodies, One Vision, One Mindset

Marius Balan and Khrystyna Moshenska: Insights Into a Champion’s Mindset and Weekly Schedule

Jay Olson: Psychology, Magic and The Power of Suggestion

Madis Abel & Aleksandra Galkina: Partnership Secrets and Connection with Your Trainer

Anastasia Novikova and Winson Tam: Handling 10 dances, Doing the hard-work, Finding sources of inspiration

Barbara Ambroz: Dancing as a Way of Life and the Cuban Experience

Maximiliaan Winkelhuis: From Building Charisma to Dealing With Stress with Performance Coaching

Peter Townsend: Teacher at 20, Team Amsterdam and the Importance of Planning

Pietro Braga: Musicality, Biomechanics and Why Knowledge is Experience

William Pino: An Early Connection to Dance, Musicality and the Importance of Being Real as a Couple

Siscu Perez: Coffee Machines, Freedom Above All and the Playfulness in Dancing

Colin James: The Complexity of Becoming Great - Practice, Partnership, Motivation and More

Dekatra Lapaeva: Full-on artistry and walking the line between performance and technique

Pierre Dulaine: Social dance to a whole new level with the Dulaine teaching method

Aleksander Makarov: Back To Basics And The Role of The Teacher In Dancers' Mindset

Dirk Heidemann: A lifetime of passion for dancesport

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