12th Rainbow Trophy, Hannover – Saturday 24th November 2018

Tanzart Hannover welcomes you to celebrate the 12th Rainbow-Trophy in the wonderful premises of the Tanzhaus Bothe in Hanover on 24 November 2018. Many of you already had the pleasure to enjoy the wonderful atmosphere and exciting competitions of the…

Nordic Open – Helsinki – Sunday 30th December

Nordic Open 2018 is an international same-sex dance competition, first time in Finland! There will be full A-D categories in both standard and latin for same-sex couples and mixed couples. Also show group competition is included. In addition to the…

Vienna Dance Contest – Saturday 20th October 2018

Welcome to the 12th Vienna Dance Contest, the international Equality Dance Competition, with Pink Dance Night in the evening, all on 20th of October 2018! Info, tickets and registration on Location of the competition: Haus Muskath, Liesinger Platz 3,…

UK Fun Competition – Saturday 6th October 2018

The UK Fun Competition is an informal and fun practice competition for starter, beginner and improver same-sex couples. The event is intended to be a fun practice competition without the pressure of larger international competitions, it is therefore particularly suitable…

1. Taunus Cup – TSC Fischbach e.V

Congratulations to 1. Taunus Cup for their very first competition on Saturday 29th September.   The organisers told us today:   “We are so happy about the day, our results and the great atmosphere. Everybody gave us such a nice…

Duessel-Cup : Saturday 13th April 2019

We are pleased to announce that the TSC. Contakt Equality Tournament will be part of the Dussel-Cup, the Gay and Lesbian Multisport event in Dusseldorf. (This is part of their preparation for the Eurogames in 2020). The Competition will be…

Norwegian Equality Open 2018

Marianka Swain reports on the inaugural Norwegian Equality Open 2018. On June 23, Norway held its very firstsame-sex dance competition, the Norwegian Equality Open, at the beautiful Gamle Logen hall in the heart of Oslo. Click here to read more…  

*New: 1. Taunus Dance Cup – Saturday 29th September

We look forward to welcoming you to the 1. Taunus Dance Cup for female and male couples in ballroom and latin dancing for the very first time in Kelkheim, Germany. The tournament will be part of the traditional Taunus-Tanz-Tage which…

10. Gay Games – Final Results (including preliminary rounds)

Dear Members, Paris 2018 have now shared the comprehensive results with us for both pre-liminary rounds and finals for all competitions held from Tuesday 7th August 2018 through to Friday 10th August 2018:   Tuesday 7th August Wednesday 8th August…

Paris 2018 – about to start

Today the practice sessions start on the venue Gymanse Japy. The schedule is as follows: Ballroom 10.00-11.30 Latin 11.30-13.00 Showdance Couples 13.00 – 17.00 (Booked in advance ONLY) Ballroom 17.00-18.30 Latin 18.30-20.00 Handidance 20.00 – 22.00 Competitor registration tomorrow (Tuesday)…

ESSDA New Starters Booklet

For all same-sex dancers who think about taking part in competitions or are just unsure about it, our board member responsible for marketing Trix created a booklet with a lot of useful information about your first start. And even if…

2018’s Membership Fee – Payment Options

With respect to membership payments, voting and candidacy for an ESSDA board position: only paid-up members have voting rights and are eligible for a board position. ESSDA members who haven’t done so yet can renew their membership by paying the…

GG Paris 2018 – Registration is still open

Note that you can still register for the dance competitions at the GayGames in Paris. Find all information on the Paris 2018 website. The deadline for registrations is scheduled for 30 June 2018. It is important that you upload a…

Eurogames Schedule

For your long-term planning you might find the following overview helpful: Eurogames XVII – Rome, IT (11-13th July 2019) Eurogames XVIII – Dusseldorf, DE (5-9th August 2020) Eurogames XIX– Copenhagen, DK (2021) As far as the Eurogames in Duesseldorf and…

GDPR Compliance

Unlike most websites we don’t use any techniques such as cookies or plugins to follow or analyze our users’ behaviour. The facebook link to our group only leads to our group-site and only if you did not log out of…

Nordic Open 2018 in Finland announced

Dear dancers, it’s official: There will be Nordic Open in Finland on December 30 and the New Year’s Ball the next evening! The competition will be organized by Dance Club Vakita in close cooperation with Finnish same sex -dancers. We…

PJ Trophy – Possibility to pay your ESSDA membership fee

Due to the high transfer costs for the payment of the membership fee (from non-Euro countries) we offer the payment in cash during the PJ Trophy. The yearly membership fee is 10€ or 10£. New members are also welcome.

Autumn Dance Comp in Cologne 2018

Once again the organizers of the Cologne dance sports club TSC Mondial welcome same-sex dance couples to their competition on Sunday the 28th of Octobre.