Information >> for competitors
Registration, dinner, starter list
The registration closed on 30th June. Sorry, no late registrations are possible, but you could partner up with another registered dancer.
Please register till the end of June to help our caterer with staff planning, with the last, extended deadline on 14th July 2024. There will be only a few spare meals a la carte, so please pre-order. This registration is binding and the person who ordered has to pay the whole order in cash to the caterer, latest till 3pm on the competition day. You're welcome to order also for your companions. There will be also a menu with snacks (vegan sandwiches, sausages), deserts (Apple Strudel, cake, sweet pastries) and drinks (Coffee, non-acoholic and alcoholic). Cash only. Our caterer is www.genuss-spiegel.at > .
Tourist tours: The EuroGames central team is organising city tours, cultural tours and other events during the whole week. Keep an eye on the Eurogames Side-Events page > and register there.
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Around the dance competition
Practice
on Thursday 18th July, NEW from 17:30 h till 19h !!, Tanzschule Bibi Jung,
Kriehubergasse 9/2, 1050 Vienna. For competitors only. Free. Sponsored by Starlight TSC.
Ring at the doorbell of Number 2.
As meet-up point for dancers and other sports persons
we recommend the Village on the Karlsplatz https://eurogames2024.at/eurogames2024/ceremonies-village/
Recommendations for Sunday Brunch:
We recommend, to reserve a table.
- Cafe Savoy, Linke Wienzeile 36, 1060 Vienna (beautiful, classic, historic Community Cafe) Sun-Thu 10:00 a.m. - 01:00 a.m., Fri 10:00 a.m. – 2:00 a.m., Sat 9:00 a.m. – 2:00 Uhr a.m. cafe-savoy.at/en/
- Café Prückel, Stubenring 24, 1010 Vienna (Ringstrassencafe since 1903), daily 8:30 a.m. - 10 p.m., www.prueckel.at/en
Other recommended typical Viennese places:
off the tourists paths, to make your Vienna visit unforgettable:
- Cafe Sperl,Gumpendorferstrasse 11, 1060 Vienna, traditional Viennese Coffeehouse from 1880, Mon - Sat 07:00 a.m. till 10:00 p.m., Sun closed during July, cafesperl.at/en
- Amerling Beisl, Stiftgasse 8, 1070 Vienna, (popular Viennese tavern from 1980, guest garden in the courtyard of a Spittelberg house from the year 1700, (no breakfast menu). Mon -Sun 12:00 p.m. – 02:00 a.m. www.amerlingbeisl.at/ , engl menu
A whole variety of City- and Cultural tours and other events:
were organized by the central team of the Eurogames Vienna 2024 https://eurogames2024.at/eurogames2024/sideevents/
Good to know:
- The tap water of Vienna is of the highest quality. It comes from s special source high in the mountains. So bring your refillable bottle. Except bringing your own drinks to the Ball is not allowed.
- Always carry cash with you, credit cards are not everywhere accepted.
- Watch out! At the pedestrian crossings, cars could still come around the corner, even if you have a green light; they have green too!
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Accomodation
Hotels, Bed & Breakfast (Pensionen) and private:
The Eurogames central team has worked out some deals and recommendations.
Our recommendations:
Hotel Ibis Wien City
Hotel Ibis Wien Mariahilf
or (very good quality, reasonable prices, close to the centre, only 20-30 minutes door to door to the competition venue. Ibis Mariahilf has direct connection by bus from and to the airport - bus station Westbahnhof, plus 1 station by tram).
Hotel Ibis budget Wien Sankt Marx
We are very sorry, that there is no hosted housing.
www.wien.info excellent travel and tourist information, accommodation
AirBnB private to private
Entry fee
The entry fee for dancers:
Eurogames Registration fee:
€ 90 for EGLSF Mitglieder
€ 110 for non EGLSF Mitglieder
Plus the fee for the sport:
€ 60 for Dancing
The entry to the Pink Champions Ball is free and guaranteed for competitors who registered
Dance partner search
Are you looking for a dance partner for the Vienna Dance Contest? On this page you can publish your search or look for a partner (at the end of this section).
Please COPY and PASTE all the following text block into our contact form, fill in ALL of it and send.
I am: (f, m / female, male)
First name:
Surname:
E-Mail:
Role you're looking for in your dance partner: (leader and/or follower)
Competition discipline(s): (Ballroom, Latin, Viennese Waltz Contest, Cha Cha Fun)
Competition level: (A,B,C,D)
Your short text:
We will then publish what you filled in on this site (except we might have a reason not to publish it or to shorten it).
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Looking for a dance partner:
Name: Emma Example
Emailadresse: xyz@gmail.com
Female leader looking for a female follower
I am a female leader looking for a female follower to partner me in: Ballroom B/C class
Dance floor, rules
non-binary, seniors, procedure
Dance floor:
We offer a dance floor size of ca. 20 m x 12 m.
Rules & non-binary
The competitions will be held according to ESSDA's Same-Sex Dancesport Competition Rules), with the addition of solo dances in the A class finals.
Participation
Everyone from the whole world from the age of 18 plus is allowed to participate, and will be classified and ranked, as long they compete as a female* or male* couple. But only European couples in the highest class of each category will be ranked for the ESSDA European Championships in Same-Sex Dancing. e.g. if the A class winners in Adult Female* Latin are a couple form the USA, they will be the winners of this category at this Eurogames Equality Dancing Competition 2024, but the best European couple in this class will be awarded the European Champion title.
Female and male couples will dance separately in the Ballroom and Latin categories. This includes self-identified female and male dancers and non-binary dancers are welcome to join.
Non-binary competitors may choose to enter either the male or the female categories, but the chosen dance-category gender must remain consistent throughout the competition.
We recognise that the chosen dance-category gender of non-binary competitors does not necessarily reflect their gender identity, but rather reflects the competition in which they prefer to take part.
Seniors
To compete as a Senior couple, the combined age of both partners must be at least 90 whereas the younger partner must be at least 40 years old on the day of the competition. For the Adult competitions you have to be 18+ on the day of the competition.
Participation is at your own risk.
Procedure:
The couples need to confirm their registration and pick up their starting numbers latest 30 minutes before each competition block. At the beginning of a Ballroom or Latin categorie all couples will dance a general look (overview of the overall dancing level) and at least one classification round (allocation into the various classes by the adjudicators). Depending on the number of couples per class, the competition will be carried out in several rounds up to the finals. The winners will not be invited to dance in the next higher class. We will try to let the couples dance as often as possible, but have to make some compromises due to the extensive program.
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Classes, Dances in Ballroom Latin
There will be four classes, from dancers competing for the first time up to those who have been intensively training and competing for a long time.
To help you find the right class:
Level D: Persons dancing for the first time or those who only practice once in a
while.
Level C: Persons who dance for fun and work on improving their dancing.
Level B: Advanced dancers who practice regularly.
Level A: High-level dancers who have been training intensively.
The dances:
The following will be danced in the classification round:
Ballroom: English Waltz, Tango, Quickstep
Latin: Cha Cha Cha, Rumba, Jive
Ballroom:
D class: English Waltz, Tango, Quickstep
C class: English Waltz, Tango, Quickstep
B class: English Waltz, Tango, Slow Fox, Quickstep
A class: English Waltz, Tango, Viennese Waltz, Slow Fox, Quickstep
Latin:
D class: Cha Cha Cha, Rumba, Jive
C class: Cha Cha Cha, Rumba, Jive
B class: Samba, Cha Cha Cha, Rumba, Jive
A class: Samba, Cha Cha Cha, Rumba, Paso Doble, Jive
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Criteria for participants at the European Championships Same-sex Dancing
Everyone from the whole world from the age of 18 plus is allowed to participate at this dance competition, and will be classified and ranked, as long they compete as a female* or male* couple. But only European couples in the highest class of each category will be ranked for the European Championships. e.g. if the A class winners in Adult Female* Latin are a couple form the USA, they will be the winners of this category at this Eurogames Equality Dancing Competition 2024, but the best European couple in this class will be awarded the European Champion title. If the highest class in a category is the B class, this would apply to the B class.
Regarding the definition of 'European Couple; we refer to the ESSDA Rules:
Excerpt from the document 'Partnership and Licence Agreement betweenEuropean Same-Sex Dance Association and EuroGames Vienna 2024', page 12.
Appendix 3 : Criteria for participants European Championships Same-sex dancing
1. ESSDA shall award the title of European Champion to the highest-ranking couple or team in the following events, regardless of classification, that fulfils requirement (2) below:
a. Standard Male Adult;
b. Standard Female Adult;
c. Latin Male Adult;
d. Latin Female Adult;
e. Standard Male Senior;
f. Standard Female Senior;
g. Latin Male Senior;
h. Latin Female Senior;
i. Combined result Male Adult;
j. Combined result Female Adult;
k. Combined result Male Senior
l. Combined result Female Senior
m. Open category Show dance same-sex couples;
n. Open category Show dance teams, which shall consist of a minimum of 8 dancers of any gender.
2. In order to be eligible to be awarded the title of European Champion, the highest-ranking couple in paragraphs a-m above shall comply with one of the following requirements:
a. Both partners hold a European Passport; or
b. One partner holds a European Passport and the other partner, not holding a European Passport, has habitually and continuously resided in a European Country for a period of not less than one year prior to the date of the competition ; or
c. Neither partner holds a European Passport but both have habitually and continuously resided in a European Country for a period of not less than two years prior to the date of the competition.
d. If the highest ranking couple does not fulfil the criteria in (2.a), (2.b) or (2.c), the title shall be awarded to the next highest ranking couple that complies with (2.a) or (2.b) or (2.c) and so forth.
3. For the purposes of the eligibility criteria, “European” shall mean at least of the following Countries:
Albania, Andorra, Armenia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria,
Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Israel, Ireland, Italy, Kazakhstan, Kosovo, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Moldova, Monaco, Montenegro, the Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, San Marino, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, North Macedonia, Turkey, Ukraine, the United Kingdom.
4. In relation to Teams competing in category (1.n), the team representative (that may be the dance club director, team captain, trainer or another suitably authorized person) shall ensure that in order for the team to be eligible to be awarded the title of European Champions, half plus one of the dancers hold a European Passport.
5. It is the responsibility of the dancers to satisfy ESSDA that they fulfil the criteria stated above by producing appropriate documentation upon request.
