Dec 14, 2004The world largest official Dance World Championships has been run by the IDO

9. Riesa Dance Sport Festival

- More than 3.150 dancers from 24 countries competed in the beautiful Saxonian dance sport city of Riesa, germany
24 IDO nations participating at the prestigious parade
The event was perfectly run by the FVG-Riesa in co-operation with the professional German TAF-team and the ADTV Tanzschule Riesa. The participatiing countries were as follwos: 1. Belgium 2. Bulgaria 3. Bosnien and Herzegowina 4. Canada 5. Croatia 6. Czech Republic 7. Denmark 8. Finland 9. Gibralta 10. Hungary 11. Italy 12. Japan 13. Norway 14. Poland 15. Russia 16. Serbia and Montenegro 17. Slovak Republic 18. Slovenia 19. South Africa 20. Sweden 21. Switzerland 22. Ukraine 23. USA 24. Germany About 4-5000 IDO-dancers, coaches, officials and supporters have been accommodated and transferred within the region of about 30 kms and more. More than 10.000 spectators have visited and seen the events, which ran from early in the morning into the night. All results please refer to the "result-list" on this site.
Gaby Reyes (Gold Children solo female) and Ricky Jaime (Gold Juniors solo male) from the USA got standing ovations when they won the title for "Junior Duos" as well
Danceshow - all finalists of the formations (adults) on the stage
Even dancers have to do their homework, when they are ayway for such a long time - our Canadian girls have been busy studying French - backstage