Dancing by the sea

December 30, 2009 - 11:39 AM by

Okay, we’re a little behind on this one, but I was so charmed by the concept that I wanted to mention it. Word has it that just over two weeks ago, the World Latin Championship, was held in seaside Ashdod as part of the Ashdod Dance Festival. And it’s not just my word, we’ve got Youtube links to prove it.

The world’s best Latin American dancers — think Rhumba, Cha-Cha, Samba — gathered in Ashdod (of all places!), from 25 countries around the world. Israeli dancers Boris Zaltzman and Maria Troyansky didn’t win — they only made it to the semi-finals (although they do appear on Israel’s version of Dancing with the Stars), which is too bad, because the winners made off with 15,000 euros. Instead, Russian champions Evgeniy Imrekov and Elizaveta Divak made off with the prize, and I have to say, their dancing is fab-o.

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And here’s a fun link to an excerpt of Israel’s Dancing With the Stars…which includes one of Israel’s champion dancers, Boris Zaltzman. You can catch a glimpse of him toward the end:
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