Loads of new Partners wanted ads online We have just cleared the backlog in processing Partners wanted ads, expect a lot of traffic in our Partners wanted section.

BDF Congress, Blackpool 2017 the annual Blackpool Congress with lecturers by the World's leading Ballroom and Latin dance coaches is available from us now as a set of 5 DVDs.

• Professional and Amateur Ballroom
• Professional and Amateur Latin

Over 30 designs of Mens Latin shirts now available Our collection of mens shirts has grown very significantly. Some of them are built on boxer shorts and some are designed to be worn over your trousers. Please have a look at our Mens Latin shirts.

We also developed very practical elasticated mens practice trousers which look like formal trousers from a distance, but feel like your exercise trousers. Check our Mens practice trousers. For even more products visit our Dancewear Dept

Major New music releases: Some titles you can always rely on to provide an inspiring music are the Ultimate Albums and (from the same publisher) "Very Ballroom / Very Latin" series. We now have in stock the latest Ultimate Ballroom Album 20. Ultimate Latin Album 18. Very Latin 3. Very Ballroom 3 and more. For more info visit our What's new in the Music Dept.

Chrisanne Clover Dancewear collection for Spring 2017 is now available from us. Long and short dresses, skirts and tops for a sophisticated lady dancer. We have them divided into two groups: for Ballroom ladies and for Latin ladies. but check both groups, as the division is only rough. For even more choices visit our Dancewear Dept.

• International Ladies Ballroom shoes
• International Ladies Latin shoes
• International Ladies Practice shoes
• International Mens Ballroom shoes
• International Mens Latin shoes
• International Boys shoes
• International Girls shoes

2017 UK Open Dance Championships DVDs are now available from us! Two double disc releases have been created this year: 2017 UK Open Professional and Amateur Ballroom and 2017 UK Open Professional and Amateur Latin Either release contains the finals, semi-finals and highlights of the quarter-finals in Professional and Amateur categories. For these and more DVDs visit our DVD Dept.

New for Spring 2017: Valse Nocturne collection by Beata Paderewska of DanceBox Many months of works went into the design and creation of this collection, but the results are just fantastic! There is inspiring new dancewear for Ballroom ladies and for Latin ladies. For even more choices visit our Dancewear Dept.

New generation of High tech Latin sandals from Ray Rose Ray Rose, highly praised by competitive dancers for their high quality, soft shoes have now developed a newer, high tech range of Ladies Latin sandals called X-range. All shoes in Ray Rose X-range have an ergonomically designed extra supportive arch with a flexible front as well as the latest triathlon grade heel support. For more info check Ray Rose X-range Latin sandals or visit our Virtual Shoe Shop

• SHOE SALE Perfectly good shoes, some top of the range. One off special offers.
• DANCEWEAR SALE Updated with new items and more price cuts
• DVD SALE World Super Stars now reduced! Also Blackpool, UK Open and more. Last few copies!
• HAIR PIECES Instant hair-do for Ballroom comps

Another new collection for Autumn 2016 is the New Little Black Dress collection. In this collection we have Ballroom dress and Latin dresses. You can have these in any colour providing it is black, of course! For more dancewear visit our Dancewear dept

Cheap British Pound makes shopping in UK cheap for overseas customers Since the BREXIT vote British Pound lost around 20% of its value. It may be bad news for the British, but for customers from other countries shopping in UK has became the cheapest it has been for 30 years! Why not take an advantage of the low value of the Pound sterling? Shop in UK now.

Argentine Tango and General dancing skirts and dresses This collection of medium length skirts and dresses is for Argentine Tango dancers, but is also suitable for General dancing in many other forms. Check it out!

For even more products visit our Dancewear Dept.

New shopping cart and checkout software We have been forced to upgrade to a new shopping cart and checkout software with effect from 6th September 2016. It provides secure transfer of credit card details, unfortunatelly the new shopping cart page can load rather slow. If you experience problems - please shop on our new website www.dancesport-uk.com. A majority of products from the old site have been moved there. If you encounter problems email Eva webmaster@zem.co.uk

2016 Espen dancewear collection made by Chrisanne Clover Espen is one of the most charismatic designers of ladies dancewear who proved many times over that he knows how to enhance ladies style and chic with his beautiful clothes, with floating details and chic lines. We are now proud to present Espen latest 2016 collection for Ballroom ladies and for Latin ladies For more info visit our Dancewear Dept.

Great SALE of Instructional, Competition and Show DVDs from 2004-2014 We are now having a great clearance of Dancesport DVDs made between 2004 and 2014 by Studio Himawari, DSI, World Super Stars, Quasar video and some other publishers. This can be the last chance ever to get hold of some iconic performances by iconic dancers. When they are gone they will not come back! For more info check our special DVD SALE page

Santoria Cavessa collection For the last 10 years Santoria has been creating beautiful and innovative dancewear collections for ladies. This year marking their 10th anniversary on the market Santoria presents their latest Cavessa collection for Ballroom ladies and for Latin ladies For more info visit our Dancewear Dept.

Dancesport UK Mens Latin shirt collection We now have in stock a brand new collection of Mens Latin shirts in Black, Red, Royal blue and White. Some shirts with matching ladies dresses. All items from this collection are in stock ready for immediate dispatch. For more info visit our Dancewear Dept.

Debut of the year. and the winner is DanceBox! We are happy to introduce a new clothing manufacturer with their innovateive, fresh collection of ladies dancewear made in most body friendly liquid silk fabric. As soon as you try one piece you will want another one! There is a large choice of bodies as well as skirts and tops for Latin Ladies and for Ballroom Ladies. For more info visit our Dancewear dept.

SUPADANCE shoes now available with your choice of buckles and without surcharges for special orders! Any shoes with buckles can now be ordered either with Traditional buckles or with Hook buckles. And the best of all: with effect from today there are no special order surcharges on Supadance shoes! New for 2016: Supadance Black sequin training shoe now available from us. For more shoe styles visit our Virtual Shoe Shop

Nueva Epoca Argentine Tango shoe collection: New range of sexy Tango shoes For the sixth year now Nueva Epoca delivers most creative, flamboyant Argentine Tango shoes. This year additionally to suede soles some models are available with Tango leather soles. There are also 4 heel heights offered for the ladies. Ladies Tango shoes 6cm heel - Ladies Tango shoes 7cm heel - Ladies Tango shoes 8cm heel - Ladies Tango shoes 9cm heel - Mens Tango shoes. For more styles visit our Virtual Shoe Shop

RS Atelier Menswear and Ladies wear now available on Dancesport UK - RS Atelier is an Italian company designing and making very high end, high quality dancewear for dance practice and competitions. We are pround to announce that working in partnership with RS Atelier we are now able to offer RS Atelier products to you. There is a classy range of Menswear for Ballroom. high end range of Menswear for Latin.

Topline dance frame - Revolutionary training aid The topline dance frame has been invented a couple of years ago, but some people were sceptical at first. The results of dance competitions over the last year or two have proven however that this frame improved the stance of those who used it as a training aid. The conclusion is now clear: It works! Wear it regulary for your practice and your top line will be transformed from average to immaculate. Topline dance frame is now available from us. . more info about Topline dance frame

2015 World Ballroom Dancing Congress, Blackpool Every year in May Blackpool becomes not only the home of one of the finest dance competitions, but also a home of the famous Blackpool Congress where world's best professional dancers and teachers give lectures about dancing at the highest level. Tickets to the Congress are expensive and places are limited, fortunatelly there are also the official Congress DVDs that allow you to experience learning from the World's finest Dancers and Coaches. 2015 Blackpool Congress DVDs are now ready and available from us in PAL and NTSC format. We were particulary inspired by Slavik Kryklyvyy and Karina Smirnoff lecture and demonstration which they did after 10 years of not dancing together at all! For more info see 2015 World Ballroom Dancing Congress or visit our DVD Dept.

Explosion of new dancewear designs by DSI. The dance clothing designers have never been as productive as in 2015. We now have a post-Blackpool explosion of new special occassions dancewear and practice wear dresses, tops, skirts, trousers, shirts and accessories. There is something for Ballroom ladies. for Latin ladies. for Boys and for Girls. For more info visit our Dancewear Department

Michael and Joanna Champion Wear. New trends in Latin practicewear are visible in this collection inspired and influenced by the iconic Professional Latin Champions Michael Malitowski and Joanna Leunis. The collection was first shown in Blackpool during the British Open Dance Championships and was an instant hit. There is something for Latin ladies and for Latin men in it. All items are made in the highest quality stretchy fabrics soft to the body. For more info visit our Dancewear Department

• Through the eyes of Michael and Joanna DVD
• Switch on your connection DVD
• A Technique of Advanced Latin-American figures DVD

Gift vouchers available Not sure what would be the best present to buy for your dancing friends? Why not present them with a Dancesport UK gift voucher? We can send you an old-fashioned, paper based gift voucher to your postal address or a digital voucher (email with discount code). For more info and to order one please phone Eva on 020 85680083

Learn Salsa with an excellent, newly released DVIDA SALSA SYLLABUS course on DVD The latest addition to our DVD department is a truly excellent 3-level Salsa tutorial. It offers both the syllabus and very good technique training. But best of all the whole training is based on "on 1" style (Man starts Left foot forward On 1 for forward break). This style has established itself as the dominating salsa style nowadays. The syllabus covers Bronze, Silver and Gold level and the explanation of the technique has an excellent attention to detail. Satisfaction guaranteed! For more info or to order check DVIDA Salsa syllabus or visit our DVD department

2014 World Super Stars The most awaited event of the year. The famous World Super Star Festival held in Tokyo every year since 1997 presents the World's Top 6 Professional Ballroom and Latin couples in breathtaking shows with amazing lighting and costume changes. We are now selling 2014 World Super Star Standard DVD and 2014 World Super Star Latin DVD

We also have some copies of previous years' World Super Stars Dance Festival at reduced prices on our DVD SALE STOCK. For more fantastic DVDs visit our DVD Department

Authentic 1950s style Rock'n'Roll - a treasure found in the archives In the era of so many new dance styles cropping up, the Authentic Rock'n'Roll was in danger of being forgotten. But by some pure luck an old VHS tape has been found in the archives and transferred to DVD. Now you too can learn this incredible, classic dance with help of our new DVD Authentic Rock'n'Roll DVD Beginners to Advanced taught by Bill and Rosemary Oaks, undefeated Rock'n'Roll Champions. For more info visit our DVD department

Len Goodman - Latin Variations for Classwork This is another new DVD release, highly recommended for teachers looking for new ideas and routines. Len Goodman presents 24 fresh and innovative, but not too demanding routines for all Latin-American dances. See Len Goodman - Latin Variations for Classwork DVD. For more titles visit our DVD department

VOLVER now makes Mens shoes too! Volver is an Italian company designing and making fantastic and comfortable shoes, which do not cost the earth. We especially like their very creative Ladies Strictly Argentino range. although all Social dancers looking for new, inspiring shoes will find something for themselves in Volver range. By popular demand VOLVER has now added Mens classic range to their collection. For more info visit our Virtual Shoe Shop

Final clearance of Hair pieces by Tamishyo of Japan We are now having a sale of detachable hair pieces for the front and back of the head. All substantially reduced in price. Attach and detach these pieces to create amazing, professionally looking hairstyles for competitions, shows or special events. Perfect hair style in a few minutes! Looks and feels like natural hair. But hurry! stocks are limited and some colours already sold out . see more info or visit our Hair pieces dept.

• The last comprehensive Ballroom Syllabus DVD is New ABC's of Ballroom with Caterina Arzenton, Domen Krapez and Monika Nigro
• The last comprehensive Latin Syllabus DVD is New ABC's of Latin with Corky Ballas, Michael Wentink and Kristina
• The last Latin Choreography DVD is Secrets of Latin with Paul Killick and Hanna Karttunen
• The last Ballroom training video is Dance Dojo with Catherina Arzenton
• The last Ballroom inspirational DVD is Artistic Approach with Luca and Loraine Baricchi

Flavia Cacace & Vincent Simone School of Dance This new 4x DVD release is a great way for beginners to learn the basics of twelve most popular social dances and get dance crazy in the process! The steps taught are not too complicated, but anyone starting to dance will get a real enjoyment from doing them. The 4th DVD is a full length professional Argentine Tango show 'Midnight Tango' performed by Flavia and Vincent together with 4 other couples at West End theatre. We give it 10 out of 10. Here is . more info or visit our DVD Department

Santoria Panthera collection Hot! Brand new for 2014 Santoria Dancewear collection for Latin Ladies and Ballroom Ladies is now available from us! Since 2001 Santoria designers exceed themselves in designing fabulous, but practical tops, skirts, trousers and dresses for lady dancers for practice, small and big occassions. This year they raised the game again producing a hot, new collection. For more info visit our Dancewear dept.

Ray Rose shoes now available on Dancesport UK We are very happy to announce that we are now partners with Ray Rose, the manufacturer of probably the most professional and most competitive dance shoes on the market today. Ray Rose have been Bryan Watson's and Carmen's favourite shoes throughout their professional careers and helped them win the World Championship title 9 times! You can now check Ray Rose Ladies Latin. Ladies Ballroom Men Latin. Men Ballroom. Girls and Boys. For more shoe styles visit our Virtual Shoe Shop

DanceCos Tanning products back in stock By popular demand we have now re-stocked the best selling DanceCos fake tan products, still at competitive prices. For more info see DanceCos Tanning products

International brings colours and new designs to their already impressive shoe range. Remember the days when all dance shoes were made only in white, flesh and black? Nowadays we are spoilt for choice with new colours and design ideas. Have a look at International's new colourful Crystal Range and Plaited range. For more info visit our Virtual Shoe Shop

Preparing for Blackpool Dance Festival?. We are having a great clearance of top quality DVDs including all previous year Blackpool DVDs, which may prove very helpful in preparation to the next Blackpool Festival. You may be able to check who you will be competing against. See our DVD SALE list or visit our DVD dept.

Dance Legends DVD - Great gift idea If you enjoyed watching World Super Stars DVDs, then Dance Legends will be an equal or even better treat! A new Dance Super Show event started in New York attracting 10 of the absolutely best couples of the world, who gave performances of their life. Now you can see it all with your own eyes recorded on two DVDs. We guarantee you will be amazed.
. more about Dance Legends 2013 DVDs
. more about Dance Legends 2012 DVDs
or visit our DVDs department

Santoria SILVA COLLECTION. Sophisticated yet practical dancewear collection is now available from us! When it comes to ladies dancewear Santoria established themselves as leaders in trend setting and practical designs. In this collection you will find comfortable and great looking practicewear for Ballroom Ladies and for Latin Ladies. For more info visit our Dancewear dept.

Insurance for dance teachers When looking to insure a profession like dance teaching it is much more complicated than simply insuring your house or your car, though no less important. It can be difficult to get your head around the different covers on offer . more

Rhythm to Result CDs Learning how to listen to the music and how to find the right beat is often a great challenge for beginners and it can take a long time before it comes naturally. But there is help. Rhythm to Result CDs are a great teaching tool offering Rhythm only recordings and Voice counts for any particular dance. You can learn how to listen to the music by practicing to a single instrument characteristic to the dance. The CDs also offer voice counting, so a dance teacher can save one's own throat! We also have 18 new music CD releases. When was the last time you updated your CD collection? For more info and/or to order visit our Music dept.

Santoria Nebula Collection It is amazing by Santoria is getting better and better with every new collection they release. This years latest Nebula collection is bigger and more diverse than the earlier ones. There is a nice choice for Ballroom Ladies and for Latin Ladies. Have a look and you will find something for yourself for this season. For more info and/or to order visit our Dancewear dept.

Dance to Your Maximum Since its first publication approx. 5 years ago this book has become a Bible for competitive dancers all over the world. We are proud to announce we now have in stock its 2nd edition, now in hard cover. For more info see Dance to your Maximum Book or visit our Books dept.

THE OFFICIAL IDTA Technique of Ballroom Dancing by Guy Howard is now available on DVD! It is a breakthrough DVD. The Ballroom dancing community has had to wait for 50 years for this release. Now learning the official ballroom technique can be achieved five times faster, as students and teachers do not have to visualise the steps from boring tables in a book. It has come alive for us all, with the wonderful demonstration of David Sycamore and Denise Weavers, five times World and European 10-Dance Champions. . more about this release For more DVDs visit our DVD department

New DVD release: Advanced Latin-American Technique After The Advanced Standard Ballroom Technique with Mirko Gozzoli and Alessia Betti released in 2010 the World has been screaming for the equivalent DVD with Latin-American Technique. Finally now these requests have been answered and we have The Advanced Latin-American Tecnique demonstrated by Michael Malitowski and Joanna Leunis. A delightful, highly educational release. . visit our DVD department

Another new DVD release: MUSICALITY by Arunas Bizokas and Katusha Demidova with commentary by Geoffrey Hearn. If you are looking for new ideas for content-full, action-packed, danceable, advanced ballroom groups with top of the world demonstration available in slow motion - you have just found it! Now in stock and shipping. For more info visit our DVD department

Oliver Wessel-Therhorn 1960-2010 Following the sudden passing away of this great Teacher and Lecturer at the age of 50, a collection of 8 lectures showcasing his talents has been put on DVD. All profits from the sale of this release are directed to the Oliver Wessel-Therhorn Trust Fund for the continuance of his two children. For more info visit our DVD department

Shopping with even more confidence: We have extended our return period from 30 to 60 days. so if the items do not fit you can return them for exchange or refund within 60 days from invoice date, no questions asked. All we require is that the items have not been used and are returned in resalable condition quoting your original order number. Full terms of business

The Irvine's Legacy is a new double DVD (and a book) release compiled by Oliver Wessel-Therhorn with William Pino and Alessandra Buciarelli as supporting actors. Do not think it is just a celebration of Bill and Bobbie's memory, this is actually a very educational DVD containing a vast compedium of knowledge you would normally acquire only by taking a large number of private lessons with Bill or Bobbie. We give it 10 out of 10. For more info and to order visit our Video/DVD dept.

Debut of the year. and the winner is Jason Cutler of ELITE COUTURE (the costume designer for Strictly Come Dancing Star Matthew Cutler as well as many international dance stars) with his quality mens latin shirts made to your real measurements! Not of the peg S/M/L sizes. All done within around 7-10 days. All items can be easily ordered online through our Dancewear dept.

PRECIOSA stones Did you know we also offer Preciosa stones, a cheaper alternative to Swarovski stones and only a very experienced eye will see a difference! For more info visit our Stones dept.

Swarovski stones Did you know we sell Swarovski stones too? Glue-on and Sew-on types. Check our latest very competitive offer in our Stones dept.

ISTD official Latin-American Syllabus and Technique now on DVD For anyone studying a technique book these DVDs will come as an enormous relief, as now you can see how things should be done rather than having to imagine them. For more info and to order visit our DVD dept.

International Standard and Latin syllabus on DVD By popular demand we are happy to announce we now have the complete Ballroom International style Standard syllabus and International style Latin syllabus on DVDs! For more info visit our Video and DVD dept.

Holiday and Dance now has a new website with full listings of our holiday events and electronic newsletter. For more info visit www.holidayanddance.co.uk.

Dance for England is another new site creating opportunity for young dancers to enjoy dancesport with the support of subsidied training programme. For more info visit www.danceforengland.org.

A Technique of Advanced Standard Ballroom Figures The DVD the whole ballroom industry has been waiting for for decades is finally released! A visual reference book showing 97 advanced ballroom figures categorised by Geoffrey Hearn and beautifully demonstrated by Mirko Gozzoli and Alessia Betti. This DVD is becoming the new ballroom Bible. For more info visit our video and DVD dept..

The Ultimate Argentine Tango DVDs: Now also Leaders Technique, Followers Technique, Milonga, Vals, Milonguero. Finally the Ochos, Ganchos, Boleos, Barridas, Paradas, and other mystery Argentinian Tango steps are demystified. Recommended. For more info visit our Video/DVD department

20 years of internet trading Being one of the oldest companies in the world promoting Dancesport on the internet, ZEM Software - Dancesport UK fusion is celebrating the 20th anniversary in business. During those 20 years we had over 5 million website visitors and had the visitors counter lost and restarted three times during various system upgrades. We sent over 65,000 parcels with various dance related items to 23 countries of the world. Many thanks to all of you for so many years of continued support.

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