Blackpool Professional Latin
Posted on Thursday, 28 May 2009, 02:06 by
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Today in Blackpool all spectators could watch the top of the tops in Professional Latin style. All the best professional couples were dancing on the floor.
Traditionally during professional events at British Open competition, starting from the top 48, each dance is judged separately and potentially different dancers are recalled for each dance.
This was such a high level of dancing that in case of Rumba 10 couples were recalled to the semi, because the chairman had a choice of recalling 10 or 17 couples. Similar situation was in Jive were choice they had was between 16 or 10 couples and finally only 10 were recalled.
Quite often it happens that the final in each dance is slightly different. However this year it was a special night. The same couples were recalled for each dance in the final.
Polish couple Michal Malitowski & Joanna Leunis defended their title of the British Professional Latin Champion taking the first place in Cha cha, Samba, Rumba and Paso Doble and 2nd in Jive becoming one of the few who won the Blackpool title more than once in the same category. The second place (as a year ago) was taken by US couple Riccardo Cocchi & Yulia Zagorouitchenko who won Jive. Third place went to the Germans Franco Formica & Oxana Lebedew who were third in three dances (Cha Cha, Rumba, Paso Doble and Jive).
It was a really spectacular dance evening.