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FREE sole brush Keep your dance shoe soles free from dirt and dust and have a better floor
connection. This month we are offering a FREE sole brush with every pair of shoes ordered from us.
To claim your gift you all you need to do is write in the special instructions section
(at the checkout stage) "FREE brush".
Visit our Virtual Shoe Shop
Stretch Cotton Ballroom Competition shirt We are proud to announce the launch of
our new Stretch Cotton Ballroom competition shirt. The shirt is made in two versions: with body
fitting and on shorts. Either way it will never pull out from your trousers.
For more info visit our Mens Ballroom Dancewear page or
drop to Dancewear dept..
Two major music releases: Ultimate Ballroom Album 16 and Ultimate Latin Album 14.
The Ultimate Ballroom and Latin Albums have established themselves as one of he most reliable
sources of new music and these two new releases live up to all expectations. Still hot,
came out before Blackpool Dance Festival 2013 and are available from stock now!
For more info visit our Music Dept.
International brings colours and new designs to their already impressive shoe range.
Remember the days when all dance shoes were made only in white, flesh and black?
Nowadays we are spoilt for choice with new colours and design ideas.
Have a look at International's new colourful
Crystal Range and
Plaited range.
For more info visit our Virtual Shoe Shop
2013 UK Open Dance Champions on DVDs now available.
A new filming company and a new format have been introduced this year.
There two double DVD sets, Set one covers
Professional Ballroom and Amateur Latin and
set two covers Professional Latin and Amateur Ballroom.
which is the same as the format of the event itself. Great shows on both sets.
For more info visit our DVD dept.
Preparing for Blackpool 2013 Dance Festival?.
We are having a great clearance of top quality DVDs including all previous year Blackpool DVDs,
which may prove very helpful in preparation to 2013 Blackpool Festival. You may be able to check
who you will be competing against. See our DVD SALE list
or visit our DVD dept.
Dance Legends DVD - The best gift idea for 2013 If you enjoyed watching
World Super Stars DVDs, then Dance Legends will be an equal or even better treat!
A new Dance Super Show event started in New York attracting 10 of the absolutely best
couples of the world, who gave performances of their life. Now you can see it all with your
own eyes recorded on two DVDs. We guarantee you will be amazed.
... more about Dance Legends DVDs or visit our
DVDs department
ZEM Dancesport UK NEW website We are the oldest British online dancesport supplier
and our website originally designed in 1994-95 is the oldest in UK too. It is remarkable it worked
so well for over 18 years! But we recognise it is time to move on, visitors expect more
modern interface and more sophisticated search facilities, so we have developed a completely
new website. Visit www.dancesport-uk.com.
For the time being both websites are fully operational and any orders or enquiries received on
either site come to the same team. Any feedback will be greatly appreciated. Send comments to
Eva on webmaster@zem.co.uk
Santoria 2013 SILVA COLLECTION. Sophisticated yet practical dancewear collection
is now available from us! When it comes to ladies dancewear Santoria established themselves as
leaders in trend setting and practical designs.
In this collection you will find comfortable and great looking practicewear
for Ballroom Ladies and
for Latin Ladies. For more info visit our
Dancewear dept.
SALE STOCKS: One off special offers.
Limited stocks available, everything sold on first come - first served basis.
Chrisanne releases the first dancewear collection of 2013. And it is stronger
than ever before! In this collection you will find comfortable and great looking practicewear
for Ballroom Ladies and
for Latin Ladies. For more info visit our
Dancewear dept.
2012 World Professional Standard Championships in photos by Derek Drury
Derek Drury has kindly contributed a gallery of his photos taken at the World Professional
Standard Championships in Blackpool, November 2012. Now you can see
the entire gallery and even order photos for your own use.
Many thanks, Derek!
Insurance for dance teachers When looking to insure a profession like dance teaching it
is much more complicated than simply insuring your house or your car, though no less important.
It can be difficult to get your head around the different covers on offer
...more
Detachable hair pieces by Tamishyo of Japan World's finest
competitive hair pieces made by Tamishyo are now selling out.
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. But hurry! stocks are limited ...more
Shine TV production company are currently looking for Junior Ballroom dancers that have
demonstrated an extraordinary commitment to finding the right partner.
They are looking for a UK based junior dancers that are now dancing with a partner that has
come to join them from overseas.
If you know any couples that fit that description could you please get them to contact
richard.ash@shine.tv
2012 The World Super Stars DVDs are now in stock! Hot! Just arrived! We are now shipping
so eagerly awaited 2012 World Super Stars DVDs: Standard and Latin. These are no doubt the most
inspiring Dance shows that have ever been made. If you want to be one of the first people to have
them - order now. ... more info
TV guide updated
After a short break our TV guide is coming back with dates and times of Open World Championship
Professional Latin from Innsbruck that will be held from 23 October 2012. The event will
be broadcasted by Austrian TV channel ORF Sport+ For more info
see our TV guide
2013 Blackpool Dance Festival Official Wall Calendar 2013
Hot! We are now selling 2013 edition of the ever so popular Blackpool Dance Festival Official Wall
Calendar. It is made of the most beautiful real action photo shots of the year. It will look beautiful
in your dance studio or at home. ... more info
Studio Himawari is closing down the production of DVDs
It is very sad news. Studio Himawari, world's biggest developer of Dancesport DVDs has
announced that they discontinue production of instructional and events DVDs. That means all
our DVDs with codes beginning HW will be completely sold out shortly. At the moment we still
have some stock, but the stock is very low!
Today might be the last chance to get the DVDs you always thought of having.
For more info and/or to order visit our DVD dept.
Nueva Epoca: New range of Argentine Tango shoes Even more fantastic, sexy
Strictly Argentine Tango shoes. Nueva Epoca ladies shoes are made with high heels 7cm, 8cm or 9cm.
Mens shoes with low heels. For more info and/or to order visit
our Virtual Shoe Shop
CHRISANNE inspired by Tania Kehlet This is a new collection released in August 2012
featuring some beautiful practice wear for ballroom ladies. All modelled by Tania Kehlet.
For more info and/or to order visit our Dancewear dept.
Britain’s Got Talent is back and they are keen to hear from choreographers and dancers who
want their vision to be shown to the masses. After an extremely successful series, they are looking
for acts to audition who want to push the boundaries of dance and bring something new and
innovative to the table. If you have an act who you think would be the next big thing,
following in the footsteps of Four Corners and Kai & Natalia, then they would love to speak
to you about auditioning this autumn. Please contact Danni on 0207 691 6392 or email
danni.watts@thames.tv, she will be happy to answer
any questions you may have.
Lumiere 2012 collection by LuLu Now we have ladies dancewear for Charleston, Boogie Woogie,
The Blues, Swing, Lindy Hop, Mambo, Jitterburg, The Hustle, Polka and more. This collection
is made from very high quality, body friendly elasticated fabric with great moisture absorbtion. Superb!
For more info and/or to order visit our Dancewear dept.
Rhythm to Result CDs Learning how to listen to the music and how to find the right beat is
often a great challenge for beginners and it can take a long time before it comes naturally.
But there is help. Rhythm to Result CDs are a great teaching tool offering Rhythm only recordings
and Voice counts for any particular dance. You can learn how to listen to the music by practicing
to a single instrument characteristic to the dance. The CDs also offer voice counting, so a dance
teacher can save one's own throat! We also have 18 new music CD releases. When was the last time you
updated your CD collection? For more info and/or to order visit
our Music dept.
Santoria Nebula Collection It is amazing by Santoria is getting better and better with
every new collection they release. This years latest Nebula collection is bigger and
more diverse than the earlier ones. There is a nice choice
for Ballroom Ladies and
for Latin Ladies. Have a look and you will find something
for yourself for this season. For more info and/or to order visit our Dancewear dept.
Fake Tan and Tanning Products Summer Promotion We are now running a Great promotion of DanceCos Tanning product.
Prices are reduced by up to 30% while stocks last.
For more info see DanceCos Tanning products
Blackpool Dance Festival 2012 DVD already available from stock! This year Blackpool DVDS have been made
at a record speed and a new, improved format of filming the Festival has been introduced, which is
proving very successful. There are no less than 13 separate DVDs covering all events of the Festival including the legendary
Team Match! What's even better all DVDs are very moderately priced at only £29.95 excl VAT.
There are also two new instructional DVD releases from the 2012 British Open Professional
Champions: Ballroom and Latin. For more info and/or to order
visit our DVD dept.
VESA and CHRISANNE join forces and create the most fabulous dancewear collection for ladies.
The extremely talented young designers already known for their outstanding competition outfits
have joined forces with well experienced dancewear makers. As a result we are bringing you
this fabulous VESA for Chrisanne 2012 collection now
available from us! For more info visit our Dancewear dept.
New Music Releases: Blackpool Music CDs Just in time for Blackpool Dance Festival
we are proud to be able to deliver you 3 volumes of Blackpool music on Double Album CDs.
These songs are the best of the best and they never age! Other major new music releases 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.
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 shirts or
Mens Latin trousers or
Mens Ballroom shirts
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.
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
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
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!
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
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
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
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.
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
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? Glue-on and Sew-on types.
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
18 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 18 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 60,000 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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