Dance stars make Zhuhai even more a draw for romance

The hotly contested 2017 China-Latin Dance International Championship culminated at the Hengqin International Tennis Center on Nov 21, establishing yet another major attraction to the City of Romance.

After four days of fierce competition, Arunas Bizokas & Katusha Demidova from the US and Stefano Di Filippo (Italy) & Dasha Chesnokova (Ukraine) clinched the titles of International Open Professional Ballroom and Latin Dance respectively.

Meanwhile, Diego Arias & Ekaterina Ermolina from Spain took home the title of International Open Amateur Ballroom Dance, and Ferdinando Iannaccone & Yulia Musikhina from Italy won the Latin Dance.

China-Latin Dance Int'l Championship

David Sycamore, one of the foreign judges, said the event was well organized with appropriate arrangements made for more than 6,000 couples from 45 countries and regions.

It is expected that the competition will go global and establish itself as the Oriental Blackpool Dance Festival, said Zhu Jie, vice general manager of Zhuhai Da Heng Qin Investment.

The company is optimistic about prospects of the dance cultural industry and is committed to turning the event into another Zhuhai calling card with international influence, Zhu added.

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Intense competition [Photos by Zeng Yao / Zhuhai Evening Post]