Aug 7, 2009IDO goes Canada

The IDO World Ballet- and Modern Championships and Jazz Cups in Niagara Falls, Ontario

- A truly excellent IDO competition

Bonnie Dyer and the Canadian Dance Organization invited the IDO dance world to Canada. More than 500 dancer from 11 countries followed this invitation to compete in the luxurous and prestigious Sheraton on the Falls Hotel & Conference Center on the Canadian side of the world famous Niagara Falls.

It was a great IDo event!

Dancers from Australia, South Africa, Canada and the USA as well as from Europe took the opportunity to compete with the best and - also - to enjoy the tourist attractions around the impressing Niagara Falls and the entertainment district adjacent to the resort hotels including a huge indoor water world adjacent to the dance-venue.

The skills of all participating dancer and the level of dance was so high, that nearly every participating country was able to send their dancers to the top level of the podium.

The "fight" between the awsome Canadaian dancers from Winnipeg and Ontario and the fantastic Polish dance teams from Warsaw/Otwock and Siedlce was won by Canada by gaining most of the gold medals.

Clear winner of the whole event was the young Polish male dancer Jakub Mendrzycki from Caro Dance Siedlce with 8 (eight) GOLD MEDALS both in Modern and Jazz. Whenever Jacub competed he won that competition - eigth times!

These are the Gold-Medal results:

Ballet Worlds:

Canada 10 Gold - Australia 3 Gold medals

Modern Worlds:

Poland  7 Gold - Canada 2 Gold - Australia / Czech Republic / Germany / South Africa and USA 1 Gold medal each country

Jazz World Cup:

Canada 9 Gold - Poland 6 Gold - Australia and Finland 1 gold medal each country.

Final amounts:

Canada 21 Gold medals

Poland 13 Gold medals

Australia 5 Gold medals

Congratulation for the dancers and thank you the judges from 8 countries:

Marco Bjurström (Finland), Gloria Jean Cuming (USA), Ralf Josat / Claudia Härtel-Laser (Germany), Piotr Patlasinski / Joanna Woszczynska (Poland), Velibor Srdic (Bosnia & Herzegowina), Mila Petrova ( Czech Republic), Hana Svehlova (Slovak Republic)  and Matthew Clark (Canada).

The panel was chaired by the IDO president Bill Fowler (USA) in co-operation with the excellent IDO scruteneer Robert Planutis (USA).

IDO supervisor and host was Michael Wendt (Germany).

Thank you Bonnie Dyer and your charming and outstanding team from all participating dancers, teams and IDO-officials!

Michael Wendt