• World Dance Council (WDC)

• Asia Pacific Dance & Dancesport Council

• Dance Aotearoa of New Zealand (DANZ), the official National Organisation of New Zealand Dance

• International Dance Council - CID - Conseil International de la Danse UNESCO

Council actively supports all our registered Dancers and Teachers (Amateur & Professional) and our membership ranges from 4 years old to 70+

Results for some competitions can be found in the 'Competitions' page.

NEWS...

Please Note:

The South Pacific Championships due to have been held on the 6th October 2012 in Sydney have been postponed until 2013 by the FATD

further info on the 'News' page

Good Luck to Kristijan Pavlovic & Sandra Orgonas who are Representing NZ at the official Asia Pacific Championships in Hiroshima, Japan on Saturday 7th April. Also to Kingsley Gainsford who is the NZ Representative Adjudicator.

click here for a report on the Championship

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Great News!!!

You no longer need an NZDA issued, so called 'athlete licence' to dance in any DSA competition in Australia.

DSA Australia have advised Council that from 16th March 2012 they will give our NZD&DC registered NZ dancers  Honorary DSA Membership for the day (or days) of a competition to enable our dancers to compete in Australia without having to spend any more money on other registrations.

All you need to do is show your NZ drivers licence or passport and your 2012 NZD&DC Registration Card when you uplift your number at the competition.

Simple as that, and it's free!

The competition season is about to commence for 2012 with the Kiwi Classic in Auckland and the Plains Festival in Christchurch. As registration cards have not been sent out yet, please accept that if you have paid your registration fee to Council you will be deemed to be registered for 2012 and Council will advise competition organisers that you are registered. We apologise for any inconvenience.

Registration Cards will be sent out during March

The Competition Dance Calendar has been approved for 2012 and can be found on the 'Competitions' page

- check it out

Your Council wins the right to retain Council funds for Amateur Representation Travel

see the full story under "News"

Christmas Greetings from the WDC

Merry_Christmas_&_Happy_New_Year_from_the_WDC.doc

Congratulations to all our dancers who recently competed in the Australian Dancesport Championships. New Zealand dancers continue to  make their mark at International events due to the hard work and talent of the dancers and their coaches.

Congratulations to Matthew Rooke & Anna Longmore (Australia) for their respectful protest against the WDSF banning of Couples from their own National Championships - see the news section for further information.

There was also some positive news coming out of Australia for a change. Looks like they are working to correct a very biased and political situation that in turn affects every NZ dancer. Only WDSF registered Amateurs from overseas can dance in Australia - Let us hope they fix this problem without further delay. 

For the latest on the evolution of Council to include Amateurs and others on to the Council Board see the Council Page

See the NEWS PAGE for an important announcement about the New Zealand Championships for 2012.

Jonny Williams & Kristie Boyd who were the New Zealand representatives at the Asia Pacific Professional Standard Championships in Tokyo, Japan in September 2011 were placed 6th - Congratulations.

In the Open Professional Standard Event they were 18th out of 148 Professional Couples - well done.

AUSTRALIA...

Council Welcomes the new initiative from Australia the ACDA - Australian Competitive Dancers Association - see our links page for their website.

for more News see the News Page on this website