Vienna Dance Contest – 2018

The 12th Vienna Dance Contest will take place on the 20th Oct 2018. Find more information on the FB event page and on the organizers’ website.  

First 2018’s Results

For the 15th time – as a good old tradition – the first competition in our competition calendar was the Grand-Prix in Düsseldorf. The results can be found on our 2018 result page. We are already looking forward towards 2020…

Taunus Equality Dance Cup – Competition near Frankfurt

29/09/2018 – Save the Date! Another competition has been announced for the Autumn of 2018. The German Dance Sport Club TSC Fischbach will organize for the first time a same-sex dance competition in Kelkheim near Frankfurt. (20km from Frankfurt Airport)…

Happy New Year!

ESSDA wishes all members, dancers, adjudicators and supporters a happy 2018! Our anniversary year ended with the Nordic Open in Copenhagen (the results can be found here) and the new year will have many interesting competitions and events in store.…

Competition in Dresden cancelled – Welcome to Munich

This year’s competition on the 24th of March 2018 in Dresden has been cancelled by the organizers. BUT: Team Munich and Savoy Munich stepped into the breach and will organize the 2nd Munich Equality Dance Competiiton on this same date.…

Team Match Competition in Zurich

Since the Swiss Open in Zurich has been cancelled for this year, there will be a Club/Team Competition on November 18th with mixed and same-sex couples. If you’d like to compete please get in contact by email: administration@ttz.ch

EC 2017 – youtube Video Channel and Photo Sites

You can find videos on most of the EC competition on the DVET video channel. Find photos e.g. on the following sites: AR Fotographie Karla Pixeljäger Dante Jürgen van Buer René Bolcz (Thursday afternoon & Saturday) Marion Borris olaf-ist.net

ESSDA’s 10th anniversary Grand Slam – Final Results

After the European Championship as the fourth Grand Slam competition (together with London Pink Jukebox Trophy, Les rendez-vous de Paris and the German Open Championships) we could honor the couples with the best combined results: Women Latin 1st Ute Graffenberger…

EC Results

All results can now be found on the EC-2017 homepage. Please note that the showdance competition results will be added as soon as possible.

Information on the European Championships

…. only a few hours left until the European Championships in Berlin will start!!!! Some helpful shortcuts to the European Championships website: Schedule Starter’s List Practice Sessions Location And you will find more useful information on the EC website in…

Register for the European Championships in Berlin

Find all information on the ESSDA European Championships 2017 on the website You will find all valuable information on this website. Please register as early as possible: Register Form. Fees for individual ESSDA members are 40€ for one competition…

Updates for Competition Rules and AGM Minutes

The AGM Minutes from Helsinki are now online as well as the updated Same-Sex Dancing Competition Rules with the topics discussed in Stockholm and Helsinki. Note that this year’s AGM will take place during the European Championship in Berlin. The…

Miami Outgames Alternative Dance Event

The scorecards for the Dance Event in Miami can be found here: 2017 Out Games Scoresheets A big thank you to all who made this event possible.

“HOT NEWS” for all dancers & friends in Miami

After all the bad news that received us from Miami we can announce that it was possible to organize at least some dance competitions and events in Miami DANCE COMPETITION – MIAMI 2017 Location : Hilton Double Tree (same venue)…

Grand Slam Results after 3 Comps

Finally the rankings for the Grand Slam are ready for publishing. All couples who have already danced at least two competitions (Pink Jukebox in London, Rendez-vous de Paris, German Open) are in this ranking – by participating in the European…

ESSDA’s 10th anniversary Grand Slam

Now three of four competitions have been danced. We will publish the preliminary ranking before the last competition of the Grand Slam until the 7th of May. The results of the London, Paris and the German Open in Fürth can…

Next Stop Munich

We wish good luck to all competitors for next week’s competition in beautiful Munich. Thanks to the organizers to set up this first same-sex dance competition at Munich’s Savoy Club. For more information follow the link on the picture. Results

Let us celebrate ESSDA’s 10th Anniversary

2017 will be an extra special year because ESSDA has its 10th anniversary and we would like to celebrate this together with you. We prepared several highlights to make this a special year for same-sex dancing in Europe and we…