Congratulations to all the Brooklyn DanceSport Club couples who competed at the 2012 Freedom to Dance Competition in Gatwick, England!

Freedom to Dance is a non-profit organization with a goal of promoting individual freedom for dancers.  The Freedom to Dance Competition is an annual Open to the World event in Gatwick, England featuring many of the world’s top couples.  We are proud to congratulate all competitors.

Final results:

Professional Standard Championship:

1st –  Arunas Bizokas & Katusha Demidova, USA
2nd – Victor Fung & Anastasia Muravyeva, USA
3rd –  Valerio Colantoni & Yulia Spesivtseva, Russia
4th –  Sascha Karabey & Natascha Karabey, Germany
5th –  Angelo Madonia & Antonella Decarolis, Italy
6th –  Matthew Rooke & Anna Longmore, Australia
7th –  Marat Gimaev and Alina Basyuk, USA (out of 63 couples)

Amateur Latin Championship:

1st  –  Neil Jones & Ekaterina Sokolova, England
2nd – Troels Bager & Ina Jeliazkova, Denmark
3rd –  Kirill Belorukov & Elvira Skrylnikova, Russia
4th –  Mirco Risi & Maria Ermachkova, Italy
5th –  Nikita Brovko & Anastasia Melnikova, Russia
6th –  Sarunas Greblikas & Viktorija Horeva   Lithuania

16th – Denys Drozdyuk and Antonina Skobina (out of 37 couples)