Dance advances

In Minsk, the results of the Become a Champion! national dance sport competition have been announced

Over 950 performances by dance pairs over two days — the popularity of the now traditional national dance sport competition Become a Champion! is growing year by year. “The competition at the Minsk’s Sports Palace was, as always, held at a high organisational level. Each time, they add to the development aspect. This includes the decoration of the dance floor, the selection of music, attracting new partners, and media coverage, as well as the work of the professional judging panel,” noted Oleg Streletsky and Maryia Sabanskaya, who confirmed their championship title in the Youth + Adults Open category. “For us, stepping onto the dance floor was more of a test of our strength and another step in our preparation for the international competition that will take place at the same venue in December this year. Since our main competitors were not present — as they were competing at the same time in a tournament in Russia — we simply enjoyed the dance, and in parallel, achieved a high result.”
Fans watched the participants of the latest stage of the Grand Prix series Become a Champion! with particular interest. The competition was fierce and the tension was at its peak, as the young athletes aimed to score the maximum number of points to qualify for the project’s final. This will take place in December in the format of the international dance sport competition Alliance Trophy, where participants will be judged according to the sporting system. 
“We plan for Alliance Trophy to elevate its status this year and transform into a serious international tournament,” commented Anton Yuspa, Chairman of the Belarusian Dance Sports Alliance. “Negotiations are already underway with participants from Europe, as well as China, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, and other countries.”
A serious bid to participate in international competitions was made by the young dancers from the Grodno club Imperiya — Roman Segen and Yeva Bronshtein. They became winners in the Junior 1 category in the Latin programme. “We intend to keep going, train and grow professionally, so that in the near future we can become champions of Belarus in 10 dances,” Roman Segen confidently stated the couple’s plans.
Following the results of the competitions in the Children 2 Open category in Standard and Latin, victory was celebrated by Miron Yartsev and Maria Chechera (Minsk), while in the Children 1 Open category in Latin, the winners were Yaroslav Tereshchenko and Vera Proskushkina (Gomel). In the Junior 2 Open category, Timur Cherednichenko and Yulia Kanashevich (Minsk) rose to the top step of the podium in the Latin programme.
The official media partners of the dance tournament are the Belarus Segodnya Publishing House, the SB.BY portal, Alfa Radio, the Nash Sport magazine, and the Sportivnaya Panorama newspaper.

By Sergei Kulyagin