After the first edition in 2023, the Max-Schmeling-Arena in the heart of Germany's capital Berlin will see again 13 WDSF world ranking tournaments at the 2024 Berlin Dance Festival - an international dance sport festival of its own.
From April 12th to April 14th - two weeks after Easter - the more than two-decade long tradition of WDSF tournaments in Berlin will be continued. The range of world ranking tournaments - from Junior II to Senior IV (including International Open Standard and Latin) will take place at Max-Schmeling-Arena.
Some tournaments are held in halls A/B and hall C of the Max-Schmeling-Arena, but all athletes are under one roof. That makes this festival so special. Spectators can switch between the three halls very smoothly.
Furthermore the Berlin Dance Festival was awarded to host two WDSF continental championships. The 2024 WDSF European Championship Senior II Standard will take place on Saturday, 13th April. The 2024 edition of the WDSF European Championship Senior I Ten Dance will follow the next day - Sunday, 14th April.
Already two national anthems were played at Max-Schmeling-Arena to honor the first two winning couples of this year's edition of the Berlin Dance Festival: Michael Pauser/Claudia Molecz of Austria won four out of the five final dances in the Senior IV Standard competition and were ranked first of 43 participating couples. The national anthem of Germany was played for Marc Becker/Nicole Giersbeck who won the latin competition of the Senior II. The day was continued in the arena at 1pm with the largest tournament of this weekend - the standard competition of Senior III: 111 couples were competing in the first round. Later this competition will be interlayed with the Senior I Standard competition.
Be with us - live in the arena with tickets starting from 19,90 euros (evening ticket from 5pm). Full-Day-Tickets for Saturday and Sunday cost 36,50 euros (children up to the age of 12 do not need a ticket when they accompany an adult with valid ticket). And for the last hours of the day, evening tickets are as well available on Saturday (from 6pm) and on Sunday (from 1pm).
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Livestream Saturday, 13.04.2024 / Halle C: BDF 2024 Halle C Samstag live • Livestream • Sportdeutschland.TV
Livestream Sunday, 14.04.2024 / Arena: BDF 2024 Arena Sonntag live • Livestream • Sportdeutschland.TV
Livestream Sunday, 14.04.2024 / Halle C: BDF 2024 Halle C Sonntag live • Livestream • Sportdeutschland.TV
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Dear participants, welcome to Berlin on the occasion of the Berlin Dance Festival 2024!
How to get there ...To the venue…
By car:Please take northern directions to get to Falkplatz. There are no car parkings and parking on the public streets requires a fee.We do recommend to take public transportations…
By public transportation:There are some railway (Gesundbrunnen) and underground stations (e.g. U2 | Eberswalder Straße) in walking distance. The closest tram stop to the venue is at Eberswalder Straße: M10 gets you here from Berlin main station within a few minutes.
At the venue
Doors open on Friday at 7:45am, on Saturday and Sunday at 8:00am.
When entering the arena all bags are checked. So please reduce the number of bags to a minimum. Checked bags are marked by a tag. This is for our common safety.
Inside the arena you will find several dancesport retailers, the info-point/ticket office and the check-in.
There are several dressing rooms. Hall A/B and hall C have dressing rooms for the participating couples of those tournaments taking place there.The majority of dressing rooms and especially for the european championships resp. the arena competitions are on level -1. Please use the stairways from the arena level 0 to get to these dressing rooms.Friday morning there are dressing rooms at hall C available only and the remaining dressing rooms are accessible at 11:30am.Please take care of your valuables and do not leave any in the dressing rooms. The organizers cannot be held responsible for any loss. There are some safe deposit boxes in the entrance area.
There are some catering options inside the arena. However, couples are allowed to take their own beverages (no glas bottles!) and reasonable snacks for their own needs into the venue.
Smoking is allowed in designated areas outside and is prohibited inside the venue complex. Animals are not allowed inside the venue.
Tickets
This is a cashless event regarding ticketing and to skip the lines: please tell your accompanying people to get their tickets in advance and online. The ticket shop is open 24/7 even on the competition day. All ticket options allow access to all competition halls.
Payments are possible thru apple-pay, google-pay, creditcards (Visa, Mastercard, AmEx) as well as SEPA direct-debit and direct-pay via "Sofortüberweisung". Tickets can be purchased in our ticket shop.
The following guidelines are for your introduction to the specifics of our dancesport festival and there are some rules that apply to this venue:
Competitions
Please do not grit or use wax or similar adhering powder on the dance floors.
When using spray cans please keep distance to fire and smoke detectors in the dressing rooms. And –very important: for spray cans there are special and designated collection bins!
In respecting the audience and others, please make use of regular trash bins and keep all areas clean.
Most competitions are organized interlayed, i.e. the rounds of two or three competitions are performed alternately. Please consult the screens for details and listen carefully to the announcements.
The heat drawings are not announced however displayed on the screens. Please familiarize yourself with the drawings and pay attention to compete always in the correct heat. At each floor there is a designated entrance that has to be used as the number of couples is counted there.
The timetable has been updated. The most important changes are:
Friday April 12th
10:00 am WDSF Senior II Latin (Hall C)
Saturday April 13th
10:00 am WDSF/DTV Junior II Standard (Arena)
10:00 am WDSF Senior III Latin (Hall C)10:30 am WDSF Senior I Latein (Hall C)12:30 pm Opening Ceremony WDSF European Championship Senior II Standard (Arena)
04:30 pm WDSF/DTV Youth Latin (Arena)
Cancellations
If necessary, please cancel your registration asap at startmeldungen@ltv-berlin.de We ask for your understanding that in the case of cancellation the registration fee is not refunded.
For further questions, please do not hesitate to contact us at the Info-Point or check-in in the entrance area. We wish you a successful and pleasant stay in Berlin.
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After the deadline of entries, an update of the schedule was necessary. The following changes of the schedule occur:
On Friday (12 April), the 2024 Berlin Dance Festival will commence in hall C at 9:30am with the first round of Senior IV Standard. The latin competition of Senior II will start at approx. 10:00am.
The latin tournaments of Senior III and I will start earlier on Saturday: the new starting times for hall C are 10:00am Masters III Latin and 10:30am Masters I Latin.The Youth latin competition switches from hall C to the arena and will start at 4:30pm.
The opening ceremony of the European championship of Senior II Standard will take place at 12:30pm. After the first round of the International Open Standard competition the first round of the continental championship will follow.
For further informationen see timetable
as of April 7th, 2024 - subject to change without prior notice, even at short notice