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2010 Blackpool Dance Festival on DVDs Now in stock and shipping! Comparing to previous years, the number of DVD discs has been reduced from 4 to 3 and there is a special 'Buy 3 for the price of 2' offer. Check Video/DVD dept.

Another new release is the long awaited New Steps to Success by Mirko Gozzoli and Alessia Betti For more info and to order visit our Video/DVD dept.

2010 Asian Open Professional Dance Championships - Standard and Latin on DVDs Asian Open is the only competition coverage where there is a separate camera dedicated to every couple in the final. As a result the DVD will show you every couple performing a full dance in every dance! This could be worth a lot. For more info and to order visit our Video/DVD dept.

The New Broadway production International Ballroom Dance Sensation BURN THE FLOOR the electrifying Latin and Ballroom dance spectacular that has thrilled audiences in more than 30 countries, brings the fire and passion of their live performance to the Shaftesbury Theatre in London’s West End from Wednesday 21st July to Saturday 4th September 2010. The show comes to London following a successful run in New York where it broke box office records.
Special guest stars: Strictly’s golden couple Brian Fortuna and Ali Bastian best known for playing feisty PC Sally Armstrong in The Bill and Becca Dean in the C4 soap Hollyoaks. We have negotiated a special discount for Dancesport UK readers. ...read more. For more info or to order tickets visit www.burnthefloor.com

Espen Salberg 2010 collection now available! Every year Espen dancewear collection initial showing in Blackpool brings loads of people to the stand and this year was no exception. Many lines were sold out on the spot, now these amazing designs are available from us. For more info and to order visit our Dancewear dept.

The Irvine's Legacy is a new double DVD (and a book) release compiled by Oliver Wessel-Therhorn with William Pino and Alessandra Buciarelli as supporting actors. Do not think it is just a celebration of Bill and Bobbie's memory, this is actually a very educational DVD containing a vast compedium of knowledge you would normally acquire only by taking a large number of private lessons with Bill or Bobbie. We give it 10 out of 10. For more info and to order visit our Video/DVD dept.

New CD releases: The Ultimate Ballroom Album 13 and The Ultimate Latin Album 11 are now shipping from our music department. When was the last time you updated your CD collection?

Blackpool Dance Festival: 27th May - 4th June 2010 The official competition DVDs (Amateur Standard, Amateur Latin, Professional Standard, Professional Latin) will be available around end of July. 2010 Blackpool Congress DVDs are available now. For more info or to order visit our DVD dept.
...in the meantime we have some past years Blackpool DVDs to clear at reduced prices at our DVD SALE section

New ABC's of Ballroom DVDs now in stock! This is probably the most eagerly awaited DVD release of recent years. After the release of ABC of Ballroom on video tapes in the mid- 90s with Augusto Schiavo and Caterina Arzenton there was no product on the market to match it for a long time... until now! Now Caterina Arzenton comes back with a new DVD release. In our opinion a must for any serious Ballroom dancer. For more info and to order visit our Video/DVD dept.

2010 UK Open Dance Championships: DVDs now in stock and shipping Enjoy the battles at the world's highest amateur and professional level. The standard of dancing goes up every year. Many argued about who the winners should be. Now you can judge for yourself. For more info and to order visit our Video/DVD dept.

The Best of The British Open Professional Ballroom Finals 1990-2008 This is a brand new, beautiful release of two DVDs covering the Finals of this most prestigious dance competition. Observe how the style of dancing was changing from 1990 to 2008 and admire the quality of the dancing of the best 6 couples in the world at the time. For more info visit our Video/DVD dept.

2010 Dancesport Wall Calendar now Half-price We still have a few copies of this Beautiful wall calendar featuring the World Super Stars Selection. Now the calendar is available from us half-price at £4.95 ...more info.

Santoria 2010: New Ballroom and Latin dancewear collection Going from strength to strength Santoria has just released its latest collection modelled by the reigning Professional Latin Champion Joanna Leunis. This collection is just fantastic. For more info visit our Dancewear dept.

Shopping with even more confidence: We have extended our return period from 30 to 60 days, so if the items do not fit you can return them for exchange or refund within 60 days from invoice date, no questions asked. All we require is that the items have not been used and are returned in resalable condition quoting your original order number. Full terms of business

Debut of the year .... and the winner is Jason Cutler of ELITE COUTURE (the costume designer for Strictly Come Dancing Star Matthew Cutler as well as many international dance stars) with his quality mens latin shirts made to your real measurements! Not of the peg S/M/L sizes. All done within around 7-10 days. All items can be easily ordered online through our Dancewear dept.

Men: Become up to 3" taller Create more dominant picture and control your partner better. All that is now possible with U-Tall (TM) a new, innovative shoe technology by DanceAmo. For more info visit our Virtual Shoe Shop

Hot, New DVD releases:

  • Michael Malitowski and Joanna Leunis, Ready to Perform. A hot, brand new instructional DVD from the current World Professional Latin-American Champions.
  • Jonathan Wilkins and Hazel Newberry, Line Figure Combinations for Ballroom Dancing. From runners-up in this year World Professional Dance Championship
Now in stock. For more info and to order visit our DVD deparment

2009 World Super Star Dance Festival The DVDs are now in stock and are shipping fast! For anyone who has not experienced the World Super Star yet - this is THE most watchable dance DVD there is. Watch it once and you will be hooked forever! For more info and to order visit our DVD department

Falling value of pound sterling makes shopping in UK cheap for foreign customers Drastic changes in the currency exchange rates and falling pound means shopping in UK has never been cheaper for foreign customers. In January 2010 Pound sterling was worth only around 1.49 USD and around 1.1 Euro. (Comparing to US$2 and 1.5 Euro 2 years ago.) That makes our prices to foreign customers more competitve than ever before. To compare exchange rates to your currency check www.xe.com/ucc/

Blackpool Dance Festival 21-29th May 2009 The 2009 Blackpool Dance Festival DVDs have just been released and they are available from us! The 2009 Blackpool Congress DVDs are also available. For more info and to order visit our DVD department. We also have some Blackpool 2008 DVDs to clear at greatly reduced prices. For more info and to order visit our DVD clearance section

2009 Espen Dance fashion Collection for ladies It was such a success at Blackpool this year that it was completely sold out. Now it is available from our Dancewear dept.

Compete in Sky1’s exciting new dance competition ‘Just Dance’ Just Dance will launch in some of the biggest cities in the UK and Ireland with audition from September 2009. You can take part regardless of your age, dance style or skill level. We want to be treated to every style of dancing out there, with the likes of B-Boy crews, line dancers, jivers, salsa dancers, prima ballerinas and much more taking part, and you can compete alone or in pairs or groups. If you are a solo act, dance duo or street crew/dance troupe of any age and dance style, come show us your moves at our nationwide auditions. Please go to www.sky.com/dance/ for the application form and more info.

2009 UK Open Dance Congress now on DVD Even if you missed this wonderful event held in Bournemouth, UK in January 2009 - yo can still enjoy the high quality teaching from the top coaches. Plus a tribute to Bill and Bobby Irvine. For more info visit our DVDs dept.

ASIAN OPEN Professional Dance Championships Standard and Latin Two brand new releases in a very new DVD series are now available from us. You can follow every couple performing a whole dance. For more info visit our DVDs dept. or see What else is new

SWAROVSKI sew-on stones We are pleased to announce a new addition to our stones offer: Dazzling Swarovski sew-on stones in amazing shapes. For more info visit our Stones dept.

PRECIOSA stones Did you know we also offer Preciosa stones, a cheaper alternative to Swarovski stones and only a very experienced eye will see a difference! For more info visit our Stones dept.

2009 UK Open Dance Championship on DVD now shipping The eagerly awaited release of 2009 UK Open Dance Championships Standard and Latin is now in stock and shipping. For more info visit our DVD dept.

Congreso Internacional de Tango Argentino (CITA) is the world's grandest annual gathering of Argentine Tango dancers, performers, teachers and enthusists, which takes place in March every year in Buenos Aires. It is a full week of non-stop competitions, shows and general dancing. CITA is an Argentine Tango equivalent of World Super Star Dance Festival held Tokyo. The top 24 performances are featured on CITA DVD We are proud to announce that Dancesport UK is now stocking CITA DVDs for all years from 2004 to 2008. From £49.95 For more info visit our DVD dept.

Arunas Bizokas and Katusha Demidova first DVD release Arunas and Katusha, arguably world's hottest Professional Ballroom couple at the moment share their dance ideas on their new DVD release: Line Figure Combinations. Great release! For more info visit our DVD dept.

Essentially Dance is a pilot scheme to teach ballroom and Latin American dance within schools. Developed by Dance Professionals incl. Darren Bennett and Lilia Kopylova. For more info visit www.essentiallydance.com

WINTER SALES: Great bargains to be found here New ABCs of LATIN on DVD Corky Ballas' new DVD production with Michael Wentink and Kristina as demonstrators is the result of Corky's extensive experience in producing similar instructional DVDs. A complete syllabus is taught for Beginner, through Intermediate to Advanced level dancers. For more info visit our Video and DVD dept.

Nueva Epoca Argentine Tango shoes By popular demand we are now supplying new fashion Argentine Tango shoes. Sexy and true high quality made in Germany. For more info visit our Virtual shoe shop

Swarovski stones Did you know we sell Swarovski stones too? Check our latest very competitive offer in our Stones dept.

New generation Tail Suits Revolution in tail suit making: New technologies have crept from other sport disciplines into ballroom dancing. Now ballroom dancers can benefit from improved top line and lighter tail suit that never creases. All these thanks to Pure Class new Feather Touch Tail suit. For more info visit our Dancewear dept.

ISTD official Latin-American Syllabus and Technique now on DVD For anyone studying a technique book these DVDs will come as an enormous relief, as now you can see how things should be done rather than having to imagine them. For more info and to order visit our DVD dept.

Interviews and news from Russia Dance Teacher required for innovative dance company (to read more about us go to www.simplydancingpartners.co.uk). Classes based in Central London and City. You must have formal teaching qualifications through either ISTD or ITDA (or equivalent). Excellent communication and presentation skills. Opportunities for group classes and private lessons. Phone Jenni Kravitz 020 7736 4493 or email jenni@simplydancingpartners.co.uk

Dance partners required for innovative dance company (to read more about us go to www.simplydancingpartners.co.uk). Classes based in Central London and City. We guarantee experienced dance partners to all of our clients attending group lessons. Plenty of opportunity to work every week and earn money from your favourite hobby. Phone Jenni Kravitz 020 7736 4493 or email jenni@simplydancingpartners.co.uk

New generation of Fake Tans German scientists, who first introduced to the market the famous Super Braun and Profi-Tan are now coming with a new range of even better products. Especially the instant effect spray-on Sexy Tan is the centre of attention. For more info visit our Fake tan dept.

International Standard and Latin syllabus on DVD By popular demand we are happy to announce we now have the complete Ballroom International style Standard syllabus and International style Latin syllabus on DVDs! For more info visit our Video and DVD dept.

New DVD release: Max Kozhevnikov & Yulia Zagoruychenko: International style Latin variations The new stars of today's Professional Latin field Max and Yulia will give you an insight into how they feel Latin. Very, very nice indeed. For more info visit our Video and DVD dept.

New DVD release: Discover Dance Series 2 Combinations If you liked Discover Dance for absolute beginners you can now progress to the next step: Bronze level in six Ballroom/Latin dances. If you did not watch series 1 - do not worry. you can still benefit, as no previous experience is assumed. ...more info or visit our Video and DVD dept.

Holiday and Dance now has a new website with full listings of our holiday events and electronic newsletter. For more info visit www.holidayanddance.co.uk.

Dance for England is another new site creating opportunity for young dancers to enjoy dancesport with the support of subsidied training programme. For more info visit www.danceforengland.org.

A Technique of Advanced Standard Ballroom Figures The DVD the whole ballroom industry has been waiting for for decades is finally released! A visual reference book showing 97 advanced ballroom figures categorised by Geoffrey Hearn and beautifully demonstrated by Mirko Gozzoli and Alessia Betti. This DVD is becoming the new ballroom Bible. For more info visit our video and DVD dept..

Rummos shoes: Back by popular demand After a break necessary to restructure the production we are happy to announce that Rummos shoes are back with a new and improved collection. People who bought them in the past loved them and now the shoes got even better. For more info visit our Virtual shoe shop.

The Ultimate Argentine Tango DVDs: Now also Leaders Technique, Followers Technique, Milonga, Vals, Milonguero. Finally the Ochos, Ganchos, Boleos, Barridas, Paradas, and other mystery Argentinian Tango steps are demystified. Recommended. For more info visit our Video/DVD department

New, moderated message board now open Following the closure of Dancesport UK message board, we are happy o see a new, moderated message board dedicated to Dancesport available at www.dancetalk.co.uk

Slavik Kryklyvyy & Karina Smirnoff: Last DVD recorded together Did you know that shortly before their split (at the time when they were tipped to be the next Best Professional Latin couple of the World) Slavik & Karina recorded the complete latin syllabus on DVD? This DVD called Dancing Basics with Passion is a complete reference of Bronze, Silver and Gold Latin syllabus steps recorded by two dancers of mesmerising qualities, who are deeply missed by their fans. ... more info. For more similar videos/DVD visit our Video/DVD dept.

DanceAmo new, affordable brand of Italian design shoes wins dancers hearts (and business) in UK, Europe and worldwide. Very promising international debut, although for the moment DanceAmo shoes come in full sizes only and there are no Wide and Narrow fitting. For more info visit our Virtual Shoe Shop

New DVD release: Donnie Burns MBE - Dance training Having been the Professional Latin American World Champion for 14 times, Donnie Burns did not record many teaching videos.... until now! The Dance training is his first DVD addressed to competitors of all levels (except beginners) as well as dance teachers. It shows how to change good to excellent with a few very well targeted changes. ... more info. For more similar videos/DVD visit our Video/DVD dept.

15 years of internet trading Being one of the oldest companies in the world promoting Dancesport on the internet, ZEM Software - Dancesport UK fusion is celebrating the 12th anniversary in business. During those 12 years we had over 5 million website visitors and had the visitors counter lost and restarted three times during various system upgrades. We sent over 45,000 parcels with various dance related items to 23 countries of the world. Many thanks to all of you for so many years of continued support.

Dancesport UK does not send any unsolicited emails We are frustrated to hear that some people received spam apparently signed by ZEM or Dancesport UK webmaster. Please be assured we do not send spam or any unsolicited emails to anyone. If you received such message in the last few weeks please report it to webmaster@zem.co.uk to help us investigate who sends them.

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