World Cup Latin American Dancing Professionals 1983 (2)

World Cup Latin American Dancing Professionals 1983 -- The Netherlands
Classic overview of the style of Latin American dancing as it was performed in the '80 by some of the leading professionals at that time as Stopford & McColl and Burns & Fairweather.

Jury members:

Meriam Pearson (Canada)
Alan Fletcher (UK)
Elly Bronmeijer (The Netherlands)
Bobby Short (UK)
Helga Weissenberg (Germany)
Benny Tolmeijer (UK)
Rene Bernaards (The Netherlands)

Semi-finalists included:
Mario & Viviane Vispi (Italy)
Setatshu & Oimika Tamaka (Japan)
Theo & Ria Peeters (The Netherlands
Anton & Hannie Reniers
Ralf Lepehne & Lydia Weisser (Germany)
Freddy Novak & Victoria Nomic (Yugoslavia)

Finalists were:
Larry & Carry Clarke (Australia)
Sammy & Shirley Stopford (UK)
Donnie Burns & Gaynor Fairweather (Scotland)
Martin Cutler & Carol Bedford (UK)
Ruud Vermeij & Debbie Fletcher (The Netherlands)
Pierre Allaire & Christine Primeau (Canada)

Category:

Entertainment

Tags:

• Worldcup
• Latin
• Dancing
• 1983
• Meriam-Pearson
• Alan-Fletcher
• Elly-Bronmeijer
• Bobby-Short
• Helga-Weissenberg
• Benny-Tolmeijer
• Rene-Bernaards
• Ralf-Lepehne
• Lydia-Weisser
• Freddy-Novak
• Victoria-Nomic
• Larry-Clarke
• Sammy-Stopford
• Shirley-Stopford
• Donnie-Burns
• Gaynor-
• Fairweather
• Martin-Cutler
• Carol-Bedford
• Ruud-Vermeij
• Debbie-Fletcher
• Pierre-Allaire
• Christine-Primeau

[danzarinho]

Is Shirley Stopford and Shirley Ballas the same person?

[bmwsitgez]

Yes, as jndancer already wrote, Shirley was married to Sammy Stopford before she found Corky Ballas...

[habichtskraut]

Does anyone know the title of the samba?

[bmwsitgez]

Sorry don't know, though must admit I knew the title a long time ago. But, the orchestra is the Midland Big Band (Dutch band), maybe checking by them will help finding the title. Good luck!

[6981487]

My teacher is Christiane Primeau (the first couple), SO FUNNY to see her dancing like that!! LOL

[livetodance30]

I actually find the dancing in this video to be pretty recognizable when compared to the style from the late 90s to today. It is very clear where today's stylings came from watching this. What shocks me is how night and day this is from the clip from 1979. That was just 4 years before this and yet that style is nothing like this or today's dancing. What the heck happened between '79 and '83 to cause such a tectonic shift in the approach. I'm simply amazed!

[mistykitten1]

@zigada

Yes, the men's catsuits seem to disguise the hip movements. I really did not see too much hip movement in the men anyway. During the (early 1980's), the men were just starting to do the hip action, as I remember in competition. Good observation!!You are right about the way (the men) used their chest. They also had alot of shoulder movements and arm swinging in the samba, too.

[34thstreetman]

I bet Pierre Allaire and partner could still compete in modern latin competitions.

[SergMohno]

Donnie Burns the BEST!!!!

[jxtoohg]

viva latino america!!!!!!!!

[34thstreetman]

My guess is that dancers post 80's from former communist countries changed the look of lnternational Latin dancing.

[darkoanton5]

This how these songs should be danced. Pure. There are a lot of talented dancers today, but way too much posing in the routines.

[Hilleripullero]

Oh, beautifull! I like these old videos a lot. It would be nice to see one from the 50's. How the dancing looked back then.

The costumes sre also beautifull, maybe even more beautiful than the costumes today. Nowadays the latin dancers wear almost nothing at all. :p

[bmwsitgez]

You are absolutely right HoverCorte. That's why I am placing so much of the '90 and '80 and from way before, so that people in this century realize where it all came from. Thanks for your comment;-)