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2015 WDSF World Open DanceSport Championship in Shenzhen

Date: May 23-24 - 8 pm

Venue: Baoan Sports Center

Price: 150-500 yuan

Dance turned into genuine sport at the beginning of the 20th century, when French entrepreneur Camille de Rhynal and a group of superb dancers added the competitive to the social, and when they converted ballrooms into the venue for their contests. The World DanceSport Federation coined the term "DanceSport" in the early 1980s. While the Sport in the composite aspires to be consistent with the generally accepted definitions, Dance is to remain the distinguishing artistic mark. DanceSport takes pride in upholding some of the traditions and panache of what was previously known as competitive ballroom dancing.