Poster of the WDSF Asian Dancesport Festival. [Photo/Wuxi Daily]
The curtain lifted on the WDSF Asian Dancesport Festival at the Taihu International Expo Center in Wuxi, East China's Jiangsu province, on July 20, which will be held in the city every year.
During the four-day festival, more than 2,000 top dancers from 39 countries and regions will compete in the four competitions – the 2023 WDSF World Championship Standard, the 2023 WDSF Dancesport Grand Slam Standard and Latin, the 2023 China Dancesport Open Series, and the 2023 China Dancesport Club League.
Contestants at the WDSF Asian Dancesport Festival. [Photo/Wuxi Daily]
For a long time, Blackpool in the United Kingdom and Stuttgart in Germany have been considered the hubs of the world's dancesport industry. The industry has seen fast expansion and increased popularity in China, qualifying the country as the third global hub of dancesport.
Wuxi is becoming a sports-friendly city and has experience in becoming a global hub of a single sporting event.
Contestants at the WDSF Asian Dancesport Festival. [Photo/Wuxi Daily]
Since 2017, Wuxi has joined hands with the World Taekwondo Federation and the Chinese Taekwondo Association to create a Wuxi integral mode and rules and the city itself has grown into the head of the global taekwondo industry chain in five years.
The city will replicate its success in taekwondo in dancesport and in the following years, in addition to high-end competitions, will establish itself as the headquarters of international and national dancesport institutions and the home of national dancesport training bases.
