{"id":139,"date":"2023-12-21T13:31:43","date_gmt":"2023-12-21T11:31:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/freedomdancecup.desmetcamby.be\/?page_id=139"},"modified":"2026-02-20T12:05:40","modified_gmt":"2026-02-20T10:05:40","slug":"freedom-dance-cup-2025-2","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/freedomdancecup.desmetcamby.be\/?page_id=139&lang=en","title":{"rendered":"Freedom Dance Cup 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.laseralliance.be\/\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/freedomdancecup.desmetcamby.be\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/laser-alliance.png\" alt=\"\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<button type=\"button\"><\/button><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<button type=\"button\"><\/button><\/p>\n<h3>Saturday, March 7, 2026<\/h3>\n<p>The Freedom Dance Cup is an &#8216;Open to the world&#8217;-competition (Belgian Amateur Leaugue, WDC Amateur League, WDC Professionals)<\/p>\n<p>Floor: 20m x 13m<br \/>Unique atmosphere<br \/>International judging panel<\/p>\n<h3>Professional Competition disciplines<\/h3>\n<p>Professional Ballroom<br \/>Professional Latin<br \/>Professional Ballroom Showdance<br \/>Professional Latin Showdance<\/p>\n<p>Prize money for Professional Ballroom and Professional Latin is minimum \u20ac 250 (1st place), \u20ac 150 (2nd place), \u20ac 75 (3rd place).<br \/>Prize money for Professional Latin showdance and Professional Ballroom showdance is minimum \u20ac 125 (1st place).<\/p>\n<h3><b>Amateur competition categories &amp; disciplines<\/b><\/h3>\n<p><b>Couples Ballroom\/Latin<\/b><br \/>Masterclass Ballroom Open, +30, +40, +50, +60 (5-dance-comp.)<br \/>Masterclass Latin Open, +30, +40 (5-dance comp.)<br \/>Pro-Am Ballroom (Waltz, Tango, Quickstep)<br \/>Pro-Am Latin (Cha-cha, Rumba, Jive)<br \/>Pro-Am Smooth (Waltz, Tango, Slowfoxtrot)<br \/>Amateur Ballroom -30, +30, +50 (Waltz, Tango, Slowfoxtrot, Quickstep)<br \/>Amateur Latin -30 and +30 (Cha-cha, Samba, Rumba, Jive)<br \/>Pre-amateur Ballroom -30, +30 and +50 (Waltz, Tango, Quickstep)<br \/>Pre-amateur Latin -30 and +30 (Cha-cha, Rumba, Jive)<br \/>Start-to-dance Ballroom -30 and +30 (Waltz, Quickstep)<br \/>Start-to-dance Latin -30 and +30 (Cha-cha, Jive)<br \/>Youth Ballroom -14 and -16 (3-dances or 5-dances)&nbsp;<br \/>Youth Latin -14 and -16 (3-dances or 5-dances)&nbsp;<br \/>Artistic Smooth<\/p>\n<p><b>Couples Rising Star<\/b><br \/>Rising star Argentine tango<br \/>Rising star Salsa<br \/>Rising star Bachata<br \/>Rising star Swing<\/p>\n<p><b>Solo Ballroom<\/b><br \/>Solo Ballroom 3-dance (Slow waltz, Tango, Quickstep)<br \/>Solo Ballroom 5-dance (Slow Waltz, Tango, Viennese Waltz, Slowfoxtrot, Quickstep)<\/p>\n<p><b>Solo Latin<\/b><br \/>Solo Latin 3-dance (Cha-cha, Rumba, Jive)<br \/>Solo Latin 5-dance (Cha-cha, Samba, Rumba, Paso doble, Jive)<\/p>\n<p><b>Formations<\/b><br \/>Ballroom<br \/>Latin<br \/>Other dance styles<\/p>\n<h3><b>Entries<\/b><\/h3>\n<p>Closing date of entries: February 25, 2026<\/p>\n<p>Professionals:<br \/>Professional competitors can register for the competitions directly by mailing us on info@desmetcamby.be<br \/>\u2013 Name of the couple (for the program)<br \/>\u2013 Country you represent<br \/>\u2013 Categories in which you want to participate<\/p>\n<p>Amateurs:<br \/>All couples and solos need to register through the website <a href=\"https:\/\/www.buldo.be\/event\/freedom-dancecup\/\">https:\/\/www.buldo.be\/event\/freedom-dancecup\/<\/a><\/p>\n<h3><b>Rules and dress regulations<\/b><\/h3>\n<p><strong>Professional competition<\/strong> <strong>rules<\/strong>:<br \/>The WDC rules apply.<\/p>\n<p>A<strong>mateur competition rules<\/strong>:<br \/>For amateurs the Belgian Amateur League rules apply. (WDCAL-rules)<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.buldo.be\/reglement-bel-al\/\">https:\/\/www.buldo.be\/reglement-bel-al\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Please take note of the following specific rules regarding competition clothing:<br \/><\/strong>For the Start-to-dance and Pre-Amateur categories competition clothing is not allowed.<br \/>For the Amateur (4 dance competition) categories competition clothing is allowed.<br \/>For the Masterclass (5 dance competition) categories competition clothing is mandatory.<br \/>For the Rising Star competitions, One-dance Artistic Waltz and Solo competitions, competition clothing is allowed.<\/p>\n<p><strong>One-dance Artistic Waltz rules:<br \/><\/strong>Separations and side-by-side figures and similar are allowed and highly appreciated.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Solo competitions:<\/strong><br \/>Artistic smooth style is recommended.<\/p>\n<p><strong>General:<br \/><\/strong>It is strictly prohibited to consume your own drinks in the dance hall. Drinks and snacks can be purchased at the bar.<\/p>\n<h3><b>Adjudicators<\/b><\/h3>\n<p>Baert Marc (Belgium)<br \/>Biersteker Jan (the Netherlands)<br \/>Keppel Giselle (Germany)<br \/>Kocan Sara (North Macedonia)<br \/>Petriashvili Sopio (Georgia)<br \/>Sgroi Alfredo (Italy)<br \/>Stouthuysen Dorine (Belgium)<\/p>\n<h3><b>Timing<\/b><\/h3>\n<p><b>09:00 <\/b>Doors open<br \/><b>10:00 <\/b>Start day session: preliminary rounds for all amateur and masterclass competitions<br \/><b>18:30<\/b>&nbsp;Start evening session: all Finals masterclass and all Professional rounds<\/p>\n<h3><b>Competition venue<\/b><\/h3>\n<p>Dansschool De Smet-Camby<br \/>Mechelsesteenweg 731, Herent, Belgium<br \/>Phone: +3216488022<br \/>Email: info@desmetcamby.be6<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Saturday, March 7, 2026 The Freedom Dance Cup is an &#8216;Open to the world&#8217;-competition (Belgian Amateur Leaugue, WDC Amateur League, WDC Professionals) Floor: 20m x 13mUnique atmosphereInternational judging panel Professional Competition disciplines Professional BallroomProfessional LatinProfessional Ballroom ShowdanceProfessional Latin Showdance Prize money for Professional Ballroom and Professional Latin is minimum \u20ac 250 (1st place), \u20ac 150 &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/freedomdancecup.desmetcamby.be\/?page_id=139&#038;lang=en\" class=\"more-link\">Lees meer<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Freedom Dance Cup 2026&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-139","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"featured_media_urls":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/freedomdancecup.desmetcamby.be\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/139","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/freedomdancecup.desmetcamby.be\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/freedomdancecup.desmetcamby.be\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/freedomdancecup.desmetcamby.be\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/freedomdancecup.desmetcamby.be\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=139"}],"version-history":[{"count":63,"href":"https:\/\/freedomdancecup.desmetcamby.be\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/139\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":331,"href":"https:\/\/freedomdancecup.desmetcamby.be\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/139\/revisions\/331"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/freedomdancecup.desmetcamby.be\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=139"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}