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Carlos Custodio and Elena Plescenco chosen as ambassadors of the new, innovative
ZEM Dancesport UK dancewear collection.
We are proud to present new designs of dancewear for medal competitions, social dancing
and practice beautifully modelled by Elena and Carlos. All garments from this collection are made in UK
and are available from us from stock.
For more info visit our Dancewear dept.
or jump directly to
Latin dancewear or
Ladies Ballroom dancewear or
Evening dancewear or
Mens Latin or
Mens Ballroom
Distributors wanted We are looking for business partners interested in distributing
ZEM Dancesport UK dancewear range across the world. If you are a business or business minded person
contact Eva webmaster@zem.co.uk for details.
New logo We have introduced a new logo combining the names ZEM and Dancesport UK
in one to indicate that our business is a fusion of two companies. We hope you like it.
New major CD releases: We have just added two major new music double album releases
to our shop, titles include The Ultimate Ballroom Album 15 and The Ultimate Latin Album 13.
When was the last time you updated your CD collection? Visit our Music dept.
Debut of the year 2012: VOLVER Argentine Tango and Social shoes
Volver is a new Italian company designing and making fantastic and comfortable ladies shoes,
which do not cost the earth. We especially like their very creative
Strictly Argentino range, although all Social dancers
looking for new, inspiring shoes will find something for themselves in Volver range.
For more info visit our Virtual Shoe Shop
Great DVD SALE We are having a great DVD clearout! Selected titles incl. Blackpool
Festival 2011, UK Open 2011, Asian Open 2011 are now reduced, but hurry as stocks are limited.
Visit our DVD SALE page
Detachable hair pieces by Tamishyo of Japan We are proud to be able to offer you world's finest
competitive hair pieces made by Tamishyo, Japan's finest company specialising in making hair pieces
for competitive ballroom dancers. Attach and detach these pieces to create amazing, professionally looking hairstyles
for competitions, shows or special events. Perfect hair style in a few minutes! Looks and feels
like natural hair. For more info visit our Hair pieces dept.
Dance to Your Maximum Since its first publication approx. 5 years ago this book has become
a Bible for competitive dancers all over the world. We are proud to announce
we now have in stock its 2nd edition, now in hard cover.
For more info visit our Books dept.
THE OFFICIAL IDTA Technique of Ballroom Dancing by Guy Howard is now available on DVD!
It is a breakthrough DVD. The Ballroom dancing community has had to wait for 50 years for this release.
Now learning the official ballroom technique can be achieved five times faster, as students
and teachers do not have to visualise the steps from boring tables in a book. It has come alive
for us all, with the wonderful demonstration of David Sycamore and Denise Weavers, five times World
and European 10-Dance Champions. For more info visit our DVD department
New shoe ideas from International When it comes to creativity International
Dance Shoes have always been in the lead. Now this world leading shoe manufacturer has created
three new ranges for ladies: Plaited range,
Sequin range and
Crystal range. All three are
definitely a breath of fresh air in the dance shoe world. For more info visit
our Virtual Shoe Shop
2012 UK Open Dance Championships will not be available on DVD Due to very difficult
situation in Japan after the earthquake in 2011 Studio Himawari, the Japanese DVD producer who has
been making UK Open DVDs in the previous years was unable to come and film the event.
Studio Himawari expects they will be able to come next year and UK Open will be filmed again.
New DVD release: Advanced Latin-American Technique After The Advanced Standard Ballroom Technique
with Mirko Gozzoli and Alessia Betti released in 2010 the World has been screaming for the equivalent
DVD with Latin-American Technique. Finally now these requests have been answered and
we have The Advanced Latin-American Tecnique demonstrated by Michael Malitowski and
Joanna Leunis. A delightful, highly educational release.
...visit our DVD department
2012 Chrisanne new practicewear range As always cool and stylish items great for practice
that make you stand out on the floor. There is something
for Ballroom Ladies and
for Latin Ladies too!. For more info visit our
...dancewear dept.
We are also offering a special limited edition collection Inspired by Karen Hardy
produced by Chrisanne. Available now.
2011 World Super Star Dance Festival on DVD: Is now ready and is shipping
now. Two separate DVDs are available: Standard and Latin. These are no doubt
the most spectacular of all dance DVDs.
For more info visit our DVD department
SALE STOCKS: Great bargains to grab
2012 World Super Star wall calendar This large size (63cm x 42cm) wall calendar
featuring the photos of the best dancers in the world taken by the best photographers
in the world will make a beautiful feature in a dance studio or private home.
It is available now! Additionally we are adding one free
calendar to any order over £100 excl.VAT till stocks run out ...more info and ordering
2011 Santoria Berrenillo collection Is the latest and hottest dancewear collection
for ladies to come from Santoria, one of the fastest growing names in dancewear business.
It must be said Santoria never runs out of ideas, it has excellent designers and skilful
seamstresses too! Berrenillo collection is now available from us. Check it out.
For more info visit our Dancewear department
2011 Blackpool Dance Festival on DVD: Is now ready and will start shipping from the
beginning of August 2011. If you want to be one of the first people to have it - order now.
For more info visit our DVD department
Major new DVD release: This is probably the most comprehensive technical ballroom DVD
release of the last decade, Diamond Collection by Richard and Anne Gleave is a 5-DVD set with
their lifetime dancing and teaching experience on it. In our opinion it really is a real Diamond.
They do not only know how to do it, but they know how to teach you to do it too!
For more info visit our DVD department
Cindini dance shoes We are quite impressed with the new range of shoes made by
Cindini. The ladies Latin shoes we have tried are very soft and have thick padding in the soles,
in our opinion they are not in any way behind the more famous brands. Cindini have also
released fun to wear silver and gold sneakers.
For more info visit our Virtual Shoe shop
another new DVD release: MUSICALITY by Arunas Bizokas and Katusha Demidova with commentary
by Geoffrey Hearn. If you are looking for new ideas for content-full, action-packed,
danceable, advanced ballroom groups with top of the world demonstration available in slow motion -
you have just found it! Now in stock and shipping.
For more info visit our DVD department
2011 Blackpool Dance Festival
For the most up to date results from Blackpool see dancesportinfo.net
or visit Blackpool Dance Festival official website www.blackpooldancefestival.com
2011 Blackpool Congress DVDs featuring 16 lectures from world's top coaches
is now available from our DVD department. Competition DVDs coming soon.
Watch this space!
2011 Asian Open Professional Dance Championships on DVD now in stock and shipping!
Asian Open is the only competiton coverage DVD which shows EVERY finalist couple performing
a FULL dance. From 2011 it is a double DVD set covering not only the competition, but
also the Tokyo Congress with lectures from world's leading coaches.
For more info visit our DVD department
2011 Blackpool Dance Festival 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.
Oliver Wessel-Therhorn 1960-2010 Following the sudden passing away of this great
Teacher and Lecturer at the age of 50, a collection of 8 lectures showcasing his
talents has been put on DVD. All profits from the sale of this release are directed to the
Oliver Wessel-Therhorn Trust Fund for the continuance of his two children.
For more info visit our DVD department
Pursuit of Perfection by Arunas Bizokas and Katusha Demidova
This is a great instructional set of 4 DVDs taught by the current undisputed World Champions.
This DVD is an eye opening lesson concentrating predominantly on proper technique and less on
choreography. For more info visit our DVD department
Santoria 2011 Rangoli collection
Wow! This new dancewear collection for Ladies from Santoria is even more fantastic
than the previous ones! Over the last years Santoria established themselves as world trend
leader in dancewear and they certainly can design and make great outfits. For smart practice and special occassions.
This year we divided everything into 3 groups: Long skirts for Ballroom,
Short skirts for Latin and Medium length skirts for Universal (all dance) applications.
For more info visit our Dancewear department
New Latin DVD releases
Franco Formica & Oxana Lebedev and Sergey Surkov & Melia released their first DVDs. These
new releases are now available in our DVD department too!
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 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.
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.
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
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.
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
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.
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..
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
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.
17 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 16 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 50,000 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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