ESSDA 10th anniversary Grand Slam

As a 10th anniversary special we will be awarding four Grand Slam titles for same-sex dance couples in 2017! This will be based on a combined result from the following European competitions for adult male and female couples: – the…

10 years of ESSDA same-sex dancing visual and visible

We would like to show the world what 10 years of same-sex dancing has meant for dancers and spectators. We’re asking members to send us same-sex dance pictures from the last 10 years which can be displayed on the ESSDA…

Reduced Competitors Fee for EC 2017 in Berlin

First-time competitors and showdance-in-teams-only competitors at EC 2017 in Berlin DVET and ESSDA together will award a grant of €10 to your participation fee if the EC 2017 in Berlin is your first same-sex dance competition or if you only…

ESSDA’s new slogan

Help us find a new slogan for ESSDA and win free entry to the European Championships! “Taking same-sex dancing into the future” has served us well. Now the future has arrived, however, it’s time for a new mission statement that…

Upcoming Competitions in Zurich and Hanover

The next Saturday the annual competition in Zurich, Switzerland organized by time2dance takes place. Find all information on the time2dance website. Note that there will be a practice session on Friday, 18th at time2dance, Binzstrasse 9, 8045 Zürich. Just one…

Equality Dancing – The (limited) liberty of dancing out of line

Lula Witzescher an activist for all topics regarding equality and also a dancer wrote for the programme of Berlin Open 2016 her observations and thoughts about same-sex dance competitions. Since it has caused quite some controversy and discussion already at…

Good News From Munich

The Dancesport Club Savoy in Munich invites to the first International Equality Dance Competition in Standard and Latin. There will be also a fun competition for social dancers. Schedule your trip to Munich for the 18th of March 2017. Depending…

Brighton Diversity Games 2017

The Brighton Diversity Games will include an Same-Sex Dance Competition on the 8th of July 2017. The competition will comprise of same-sex dance couples in classes A to D in both Ballroom and Latin. There will also be a starter…

Le Rendez-Vous de Paris 2017 – Rescheduled

Rainbow Evidanse, the organizers of the annual competition “Le Rendez-Vous de Paris”, took all efforts to present the competition in 2017 at the same venue as for the Gay Games dance competitions in 2018. So the organizers will have the…

New Competition Calendars

After the EuroGames you might plan your travels and holidays for the next competitions. To get an overview over the European Same-Sex-Dance competitions you can now find in the menu Competitions & Events > European Competitions a new submenu with…

European Championships 2016 – Now it’s history

The last day of the dance competitions of the EuroGames have finished. On the final day the Adult in the competitions for Male Standard and Female Latin the European Championships went to the couples Adult Male Standard: Alex Zischka &…

EuroGames 2016 – Second Competition Day

Today was the day of the Senior Dancers and the Adult 10-Dancers. The audience enjoyed also some frightening and moving show dances. Due to the changed rules for the granting of titles for the European Championships it was the first…

Eurogames 2016 – First Competition Day

The first new European Champions 2016 are crowned! The Senior 10-Dance (male and female) couples started today and afterwards the Standard Ladies and the Latin Men competed for medals and the title of ESSDA European Champions. Senior Male 10-Dance European…

The lion doesn’t sleep tonight in Helsinki

The EuroGames 2016 were declared open this afternoon by the mayor of Helsinki. So we are looking forward to three days of same-sex dance competitions including the A-Class Competitions as the ESSDA European Championships. Today the practicing sessions took place…

Detailed Schedule for EuroGames

The updated final schedule for the EuroGames Dance Competitions is now online. You can now download a printer-friendly one page schedule (and the same as a two pages pdf-schedule) with the planned competition levels and times for the three days…

Final Participants List for EuroGames 2016

Last Tuesday the registration for the EuroGames dance competitions ended. The final participants list can be downloaded here: EuroGames Helsinki 2016 Participants List We are proud to welcome couples from Austria, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Hungary, the Netherlands, Russia, Switzerland,…

Hel Yeah!

We are looking forward to meet you at the EuroGames in Helsinki. For your quick orientation: the most important sights and sports venues can be found in the map below: Audience entry with athlete’s, visitor’s or day pass. You can…

Social Dance Event in Helsinki

On Saturday 2nd of July from 19:00 till 21:00 hrs in Hercules Club, Pohjoinen Rautatienkatu 21 B, 2nd floor. Welcome to dance, meet dance people and just relax – Hercules is the largest Gay Night Club in Nordic Countries! Charge…

Vacancy in ESSDA board / AGM in Helsinki

At the AGM in Helsinki the (re-)elections for the board will take place. There is one vacancy. An easy way of getting acquainted with being part of the ESSDA board is to become a general board member. You can experience…

Yes they can: Berlin Open 2016

Once again pinkballroom Berlin proved that they are not only able to organize an international first class dance competition but also social events which already started last Sunday and will end tonight with a social dance event at the café…