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SWISS PROFESSIONAL DANCE SPORT COUNCIL 2009 2009 BASSANO OPEN CHAMPIONSHIPS BASSANO OPEN CHAMPIONSHIPS (Report and Photo’s By Andrew Miller) Bassano del Grappa, Piazza Libertà As this is the second time that I have been invited to attend the Bassano Open I thought it would be good to look into the History of this beautiful city at the base of the Italian Alps. The city of Bassano was founded in the 2nd century BC by a Roman called Bassianus, hence the name, as an agricultural estate. The first news of the existence of the medieval city dates from 998, while the Castle is mentioned first in 1150. In 1175 Bassano was conquered by Vicenza, but the city maintained a semi-autonomous status.In 1368 it was acquired by the Viscount of Milan, and in 1404, by the Republic of Venice. The city became home to a flourishing industry producing wool, silk, iron and copper, but mainly ceramics. During the French Revolution the city was the scene of the Battle of Bassano. In 1815 it was included into the Kingdom of Lombardy - Venetia, and became part of the unified country now known as Italy in 1866. The original name of the town was Bassano Veneto. After the terrible battles on Mount Grappa in WWI , where thousands of soldiers lost their lives, a decision was made to change the name of the town. In 1928, it was changed to Bassano del Grappa, meaning Bassano of Mount Grappa, as a memorial to the soldiers killed.During World War 1 Bassano was at the front of the action, and all industrial activities were halted. In World War ll, after the armastis with Italy, the city was invaded by German troops, who killed or deported many of the inhabitants. The symbol of the town is the covered wooden pontoon bridge , which was designed by the architect Andrea Palladio in 1569. The bridge was destroyed many times, the last time during WWII. The Alpine soldiers have always revered the wooden bridge and Bassano del Grappa. After the destruction of the bridge, they took up a private collection and had the bridge completely rebuilt. Bridge of the Alpini. 7. AUSGABE SEITE 2
SWISS PROFESSIONAL DANCE SPORT COUNCIL 2009 Bassano del Grappa is now mainly known for two things, the liquer that carries the name of Grappa, and the annual Dance Festival held in the “PalaBassano”. This years Festival was to be something special as the organisors Patrizia & Mauro Lini had been granted not only the IPDSC World Open Professional Standard Championship, but also the IDSF World Junior II Latin Championship. The first day’s events included the World Junior II Latin Championship, the adjudicators for this event were: Monique De Maesschalck - Belgium, Alan Winter - Denmark, Paulinus Sangavicius – Lithuania, Karin Hofstetter - Switzerland, Krzystof Wasilewski - Poland, Larisa Davydova - Russia, Robert Ong - Singapore, Barbara Child - Canada, Fabrizio Buonifacio - Italy. With 65 couples,the cream of the worlds Junior II Latin dancers from 40 different countries, this was never going to be a forgone conclusion. In the early rounds the couples that stood out for me included the couples from Russia, Italy, Poland, the Canadian number 1 couple, Winson Tam / Anna Nina Kus , who to their credit finished in 5 th place, and the English number 1 couple Alex Pritchard / Chloe Hewitt (Not because I am bias – but I really felt they could possible have gone at least 1 round further). As it was they finished in 25 th place. This surely has to possibly be the hardest age group to judge, as it ranges from 14 – 16 years of age, and the problem for the adjudicators is that they are looking at some couples who look as though they are closer to Juvenile than Junior, and then the other end of the scale, (The USA couple for example) who look more suited to Youth than Junior II. Anyhow as they say, justice will prevail, and in this case it certainly did, the result was as follows; 1st. 52 Dmitry Bunin / Natalia Rusetskaya Russia 2nd. 35 Valery Pavlov / Karolin Maevskaya Russia Adrian Kopczynsky / Natalia Glo- 3rd. 62 bocka Poland Sergejus Skripcenko / Goda Zajaus- 4th. 60 kaite Lithuania 5th. 33 Winson Tam / Anna Nina Kus Canada 6th. 14 Enrico Cavazza / Valentina Fiorini Italy BASSANO OPEN CHAMPIONSHIPS Also run on the Saturday were the IDSF International Stanard, and the IPDSC Professional Open Latin competitions. The adjudicators were as follows; Juris Baumanis - Latvia, Fredy Novak - Slovenia, Elio Basan - Croatia, Frank Venable - England, Alan Winter - Denmark, Larisa Davydova - Russia, Robert Ong - Singapore, Barbara Child - Canada, David Simon - Holland, Davide Cacciari - Italy, and Gianni D'Oria – Italy. The IDSF International Standard competition had a starting field of 104 couples from 14 different countries, the final result was as follows. Photos: Andrew Miller, internationaler Tanzfotograf 7. AUSGABE SEITE 3
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