Dance Sport & Life – Details, episodes & analysis

I sat down with Winson in Rome after 10 hours of him training at Top Dance Real Camp (Organizers: Vanone & Soale) after recognising his and Anastasia’s unique dance style, but being able to place a name with the style. At that moment I realised a lot of times we see dancers on stage, performing and it’s hard to relate to them. They’re in make-up and costumes, fully focused and we’re cheering from the sidelines. I was a bit nervous approaching them for this reason, but Winson was super relaxed and agreed to sit down with me later that same day. We set up 2 cameras on a couch in the teacher’s lounge, in a poorly lit space because we just wanted to hang out and chat like 2 regular humans. 

Winson shared his life story, what made him fall in love with dance, his struggles early on with his body image and how we conquered it all, moved across the globe to pursue his dream. In the process he learned how to enjoy life, vacation and the pleasures life offers (food is life after all). Watch the full episode to hear his story from the first dinner dance to world champions to starting LOAD (Life of a Dancer) - their super cool street and dancer wear brand. 

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Harry started GOC in 1987 in Mannheim’s “Rosengarten”, wanting to create a better experience for dancers and started a revolution. We sat down with him to get an insight into what the future of ballroom and latin look like and how we can save it from the demise coming from within. 

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About our guests

Emanuel Valeri & Tania Kehlet are one of the most loved standard dancers. Their long career has been filed with great results both in Amateur and Professional division. Among their best results are titles like Blackpool Amateur champions and WDSF World and European Professional Standard champions - WDC & WDSF. They retired the competitive world at the PD World championship in Aarhus, Denmark in November 2016.

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• Emanuel’s Instagram / Tania’s Instagram
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Topics discussed in this episode

• Beginning of their dancing career
• Schedule
• What is important in a dance couple
• What to look at when in search of a dance teacher
• Finding inspiration
• Bits of advice for teachers
• Life after the competitive career

Would you love to learn choreographies, technical details and different methods for improving your posture, style, and overall performance from the comfort of your home studio? Our online platform – Dancesportlife Academy – offers you a vast library of courses and high-quality recordings of dance camps from all over the world at highly discounted prices.

About our guest

Dr. Jerry Lynch is a coach, mentor, and teacher who guides and coaches athletes and parents to explore the meaning and purpose of sport. He has been recognized as one of the top five in his profession nationwide. He is the author of 13 books and amongst them is “Thinking Body, Dancing Mind”.

You can follow him on

• Website
• LinkedIn
• Facebook
• Twitter

Topics discussed in this episode

• What is Tao-Sport
• How to read “Thinking Body, Dancing Mind”
• Dealing with perfectionism
• Building confidence
• Recovering from injuries
• Our surprise guest
• “Win the day”

Would you love to learn choreographies, technical details and different methods for improving your posture, style, and overall performance from the comfort of your home studio? Our online platform – Dancesportlife Academy – offers you a vast library of courses and high-quality recordings of dance camps from all over the world at highly discounted prices.

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Pasha Pashkov & Daniella Karagach are one of the most popular dance couples at the moment, both for dancers and dance fans and they participated at the American show  “World of Dance”. They are the winners of Blackpool (British Open) Rising Star Professional championship. They are smart, talented and charismatic, willing to share some of their secrets.

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• Pasha Facebook/Instagram
• Daniella Facebook/Instagram

Topics discussed in this episode

• The beginning of their story;
• The role of the man in the couple;
• Being in tune with your body;
• Balance in a dance couple;
• Personality on the dancefloor;
• Dancing together and being in a relationship;
• Going from Junior 2 straight to Adult;
• Their schedule;
• The difference between US competitions and European ones;
• World of Dance;
• Pasha’s dance bible - “Thinking Body, Dancing Mind”

Would you love to learn choreographies, technical details and different methods for improving your posture, style, and overall performance from the comfort of your home studio? Our online platform – Dancesportlife Academy – offers you a vast library of courses and high-quality recordings of dance camps from all over the world at highly discounted prices.

About our guest:

Dr. Peter Lovatt is a Dance Psychologist. He set up the Dance Psychology Lab at the University of Hertfordshire and is currently a lecturer on Performance (Dance) Psychology at the Royal Ballet School. With his passion for dancing and psychology, he is making an impact in this industry by touching taboo subjects such as self-esteem on dancers and stereotypes of male dancers.

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Topics discussed in this episode:

• Dr. Peter Lovatt & his dancing career;
• Dancing as a language;
• Communication & emotion in ballroom dancing;
• Dancers’ self-esteem;
• Male stigma in the dancing world;
• Dancing & Parkinson’s disease;
• Dr. Peter Lovatt’s Ted Talks routines.

Would you love to learn choreographies, technical details and different methods for improving your posture, style, and overall performance from the comfort of your home studio? Our online platform – Dancesportlife Academy – offers you a vast library of courses and high-quality recordings of dance camps from all over the world at highly discounted prices.

About our guest:

Costin Glavan is a Romanian physical trainer and nutritionist, certified by the C.H.E.K. Institute. He started karate when he was 17 years old, now reaching the high level of black belt - 3 dan. Costin is specialized in training people and athletes in how to have a good posture and perform better. His knowledge can be easily applied to the world of dancesport if you want to improve your performance and outlast any competition.

Find out more about Costin Glavan and his course on his website.

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Topics discussed in this episode:

• Injuries and compensation patterns;
• Paul Chek;
• Base conditioning;
• Primal pattern movements;
• Macronutrients and hormones;
• Muscle slings;
• Specificity training.

Would you love to learn choreographies, technical details and different methods for improving your posture, style, and overall performance from the comfort of your home studio? Our online platform – Dancesportlife Academy – offers you a vast library of courses and high-quality recordings of dance camps from all over the world at highly discounted prices.

About our guest:

Espen Salberg is a former ballroom and latin champion. As one of the best teachers in the world of dancesport he produced no less than 17 world champions.

For Espen, the true value of a dance couple stands in the dialog and the togetherness between them. For the ladies it is important to have beautiful leg-action and for the men to be in control.
The secrets gathered from dancesport competitions helped him create stretch couture and become one of the most talented designers.

You can see the interview on YouTube.

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Topics discussed in this episode:

• First contact with dancing;
• What he appreciates in a dance couple;
• The Latin Fantasy Show;
• The switch to Fashion world;
• How current fashion influences fashion in competitive dancewear;
• How the dancesport world will change in the future;
• The secret behind his trademark - the scarf.

Would you love to learn choreographies, technical details and different methods for improving your posture, style, and overall performance from the comfort of your home studio? Our online platform – Dancesportlife Academy – offers you a vast library of courses and high-quality recordings of dance camps from all over the world at highly discounted prices.

About our guests:

Hugely talented and hard-working Paul Moldovan and Cristina Tatar were the first Romanians to ever win a world champion title (Beijing, 2012). Since then they always aimed for the top of WDSF Latin ranking. For both of them, dancing is a way of life and they wouldn’t see themselves doing something else. In this podcast, they walked us through the best moments and the biggest challenges of their dance career.

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• Paul Moldovan & Cristina Tatar / Facebook
• Paul Moldovan/ Facebook/ Instagram
• Cristina Tatar / Facebook/ Instagram

Topics discussed in this episode:

• First contact with dancesport;
• Emotions of their first tryout;
• Knowing your partner 100%;
• Winning under 21 world titles;
• Consistency of training;
• Mindset during the competition;
• Best and worst moments;
• The pressure of the competitive system;
• The importance of external support;
• Coaching seen as parenting;
• Excitement of learning something new.

Would you love to learn choreographies, technical details and different methods for improving your posture, style, and overall performance from the comfort of your home studio? Our online platform – Dancesportlife Academy – offers you a vast library of courses and high-quality recordings of dance camps from all over the world at highly discounted prices.

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Charismatic, fresh and ready to deliver high-standard performances every time. No description does justice to the greatness achieved by Marius Balan and Khrystyna Moshenska in the dancesport world. Constantly conquering the top of WDSF Adult Latin ranking, Marius and Khrystyna seek to continue working hard and to set high-quality standards for Latin routines.

Through lots of traveling, training, trying to keep up with healthy behaviors, what keeps them going is the aspiration to put on a first-class act. Dancing as both body & soul experience.

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• Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/KristinaMarius/
• Instagram Marius: https://www.instagram.com/marius_balan/
• Instagram Khrystyna:https://www.instagram.com/kristinamoshenskaya/

Topics discussed in this episode:

• How they began dancing together;
• Starting at an early age;
• Other sports practiced in school;
• Keeping motivated;
• Marius’s inspirational icon;
• The pressure of giving 100% every time;
• A typical week schedule;
• Health-related risks associated with dancing;
• The Cuban Experience;
• Best piece of advice received;
• The perfect approach for dancers’ parent.

Would you love to learn choreographies, technical details and different methods for improving your posture, style, and overall performance from the comfort of your home studio? Our online platform – Dancesportlife Academy – offers you a vast library of courses and high-quality recordings of dance camps from all over the world at highly discounted prices.