Blackpool Dance Festival 2013
As the 2013 Blackpool competition kicks off, let’s look back at the last year’s competition. Will the champions retain their titles in all divisions? Or will there will be an upset?
The Blackpool dance festival is very special for every dancer. So many great things have happened there and its always exciting, so I’m really looking forward to it. –Arunas Bizokas
The first Blackpool Dance Festival was held during Easter week in 1920 in the magnificent Empress Ballroom in the Winter Gardens. Modern Ballroom (‘English Style’) and Latin American dances had not yet evolved and this Festival was devoted to three competitions to find three new Sequence Dances in three tempos – Waltz, Two Step and Foxtrot. There was one Competition each day and on the fourth night, one dance was chosen as the winner, its inventor being presented with the Sharples Challenge Shield.
Now you can watch the coverage live from May 24 – 31.
