Dancing

GENERAL INFORMATIONEN

LEADERSHIP OF COMPETITION
Karsten Putzke

PROTOCOL
Werner Putzke and Thorsten Schulze Heinemann

ORGANISERS

Gabi Dietmann
Phone: 0171-93 30 447 (+49-171-93 30 447 for non German mobile phones)
Bernd Müller
Phone: 0170-46 18 784 (+49-170-46 18 784 for non German mobile phones)
Please use these numbers only when absolutely necessary!

With 273 couples, the largest dancing competition of the EuroGames in latin and ballroom dancing so far will take place at the Olympic Hall in Munich.

NEW: 10 DANCES VALUATION

For the first time an official valuation for all-round couples including an award ceremony for the best three female and the best three male couples will be included in the EuroGames (please find all details with the rules).

WHEELCHAIR DANCE

Additional news is that the wheelchair dance competition will be held during the dancing tournament.

TOURNAMENT SCHEDULE AND TIME TABLE

Important: all couples have to show up personally at the tournament desk in the Olympic Hall no later than one hour before the beginning of the general look.

Friday, 30th Juli 2004 Time Schedule Gender Discipline 09:00 Admittance to hall     10:00 Check in, warm up     11:00 General Look Male Ballroom 11:30 General Look Female Latin 12:00 Selection round Male Ballroom 12:45 Selection round Female Latin 13:45 1st round Male Ballroom 14:45 1st round Female Latin 16:00 2nd round Female Latin 16:30 Semifinal Male Ballroom 17:15 Semifinal Female Latin 18:00 Final D Male Ballroom 18:15 Final C Male Ballroom 18:30 Final B Male Ballroom 18:45 Final A Male Ballroom 19:00 Final D Female Latin 19:15 Final C Female Latin 19:30 Final B Female Latin 19:45 Final A Female Latin 20:00 Award ceremony

Saturday, 31st Juli 2004 Time Schedule Gender Discipline 08:30 Admittance to hall     09:00 Check in, warm up     10:00 General Look Female Ballroom 10:30 General Look Male Latin 10:45 Selection round Female Ballroom 11:30 Selection round Male Latin 12:00 1st round Female Ballroom 13:30 2nd round Female Ballroom 14:00 1st round Male Latin 15:00 Semifinal Female Ballroom 15:45 Semifinal Male Latin 16:30 Final A Wheelchair dance Ballroom 16:45 Final D Female Ballroom 17:00 Final C Female Ballroom 17:15 Final B Female Ballroom 17:30 Final A Female Ballroom 17:45 Final D Male Latin 18:00 Final C Male Latin 18:15 Final B Male Latin 18:30 Final A Wheelchair dance  Latin 18:45 Final A Male Latin 19:00 Award ceremony

RULES

Following the "general look" for all couples, a selection round will be performed. The judges will check the dancing level of the couples and if needed the judges will up or downgrade the couples.

The first and second rounds and the semifinals (hidden valuation) as well as the finals (open valuation) will follow.

Women and men will dance separately and will be evaluated in the same way.

10 DANCES VALUATION

For the first time, the EuroGames dance tournament will include an official valuation for all-round couples including a medal ceremony for the best three female and the best three male couples. All couples who are competing both in ballroom and in latin in the same constellation will be listed in an overall calculation. To find out the best versatile dancers, the rankings of the ballroom competition and the latin competition will be added. The winning couple of an A level ballroom or latin will receive the place number 1, the couple who was placed 2nd will receive number 2 and so on. The couple with the lowest summed up place number will be awarded the first gold medal for allround dancers in the history of the EuroGames.

The rules for same-sex couple dancing by the EGLSF Technical Commission on Dancing apply for this tournament.

WHEELCHAIR DANCE

For the wheelchair dancers we offer duo and combi dance. The couple's gender is unimportant. Further information on the tempo can be found at www.rollstuhltanzsport.de, at the "Überblick" - "Wertungskriterien".

BALLROOM

Category A	Slow Waltz, Tango, Viennese Waltz, Slow Foxtrott, Quickstep
Category B	Slow Waltz, Tango, Slow Foxtrot, Quickstep
Category C	Slow Waltz, Tango, Quickstep
Category D	Slow Waltz, Tango, Quickstep

LATIN

Category A	Cha-Cha-Cha, Samba, Rumba, Paso Doble, Jive
Category B	Cha-Cha-Cha, Samba, Rumba, Jive
Category C	Cha-Cha-Cha, Rumba, Jive
Category D	Cha-Cha-Cha, Rumba, Jive

TOURNAMENT VENUE

Olympic Hall
Olympic Park
80809 Munich

DIRECTIONS

Take subway no. U3 to station "Olympiazentrum". After exiting the station walk left and into Lilian-Board-Weg, which leads you directly to the Olympic Hall.

The Olympic Hall is located directly next to the Rainbow Village.

INFORMATION FOR DISABLED PEOPLE

ACCESS

In case it is not possible for disabled competitors travel to the Olympic Hall by public transport (see way description), a few parking lots are available directly in front of the tournament hall. The tournament hall offers easy access through wide enough doors.

Special toilets suitable for disabled people are available at the tournament venue.

MEDICAL CARE

During the whole tournament, qualified paramedics will be present or can be called on location within minutes, who can react immediately in the unlikely event of an emergency.

CONTACT

e-mail: dancing2004@eurogames.info and wheelchairdance@eurogames.info