The International DanceSport Federation (IDSF) is the federation which claims to govern the rules applied to, and the granting of, all amateur international Dancesport competitions. It developed from the International Council of Amateur Dancers (ICAD) on 12 May 1957 at Wiesbaden.[1] In its origin and membership, the IDSF is primarily an organisation based in continental Europe, and serving amateur dancers. Apart from this, the IDSF has achieved one notable coup: it is recognized by the International Olympic Committee as the sole representative body for dancesport at the Olympic Games.[2]
IDSF is a member of various other federations:
- GAISF - General Association of International Sports Federation
- IWGA - International World Games Association
- ARISF - Association of the IOC Recognised Sports Federations (since September 5, 1997).
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History
- 1909 First unofficial ballroom championships in Paris
- 1957 Founding as ICAD in Germany
- 1960 First television broadcast of Dancesport
- 1990 Name change to IDSF
- 1995 World Rock and Roll confederation joins IDSF
- 2001 Subscribes to world anti doping code [3][4]
Members
As of 2006[update] IDSF has 86 national member federations [5], 57 of which are recognized by their National Olympic Committee The IDSF website shows letters and certificates from the olympic committee that recognise Dancesport as an eligible sport for inclusion persuant to rule 29 of the olympic charter (since 1997)[6] [7] [8]
Relationship with the World Dance Council
The IDSF is not the only international organisation in the field of competitive dance. The World Dance Council Ltd (WDC),[9] is the legal successor to the International Council of Ballroom Dancing (ICBD), and was established at a meeting organised by P.J.S Richardson on 22 September 1950 in Edinburgh.[10]
Since the ICBD was founded in 1950 as a development of the English Official Board of Ballroom Dancing, and this was founded in 1930,[11] the WDC is much the senior of the two bodies. In the circumstances, there was bound to be some difficulties in the field of amateur dancing. The IDSF has issued the following:
- "WDC Amateur League Open Amateur World Championships. The 2009 WDC Amateur League Open Amateur World Championships scheduled to be held at Paris, Euro Disney, France on December 4-6, 2009, is not granted by IDSF and is not registered by the IDSF Member for France, Comite National de Danse Sportive (CNDS). Accordingly the IDSF Presidium may take action against any athlete, adjudicator or other official, person or body associated with IDSF or an IDSF Member, who participates in this competition in any way, without any further notice to any of them." [12][13]
This is a clear indication of a conflict between the two organisations over which of them is entitled to authorize amateur competitions at world level.
Dancing in the Olympic Games
After a long campaign,[14] the IDSF was recognized by the International Olympic Committee as the sole representative body for dancesport, on September 5th, 1997.[15] At that point, many dance organisations changed their titles to incorporate the word sport. The IDSF's Olympic recognition gives it, potentially, a unique status. However, dancesport has not been included as an official event at the Olympics since its recognition,[16] and there are many who doubt that it ever will.[17][18]
Publications
The International News (Tanzsportmagazin), which served as IDSF's official publication since 1998, was replaced in 2004 by DanceSport Today. [19]
Presidents
| Name | Country | Presidency |
|---|---|---|
| Otto Teipel | Germany | 05/12/1957—05/13/1962 |
| Heinrich Bronner | Germany | 05/13/1962—06/23/1963 |
| Rolf Finke | Germany | 06/23/1963—06/27/1965 |
| Detlef Hegemann | Germany | 06/27/1965—1998 |
| Rudolf Baumann | Switzerland | 1998—06/11/2006 retired as Honorary Life President |
| Carlos Freitag | Spain | 06/11/2006—present |
References
- ^ http://www.idsf.net/documents/history_of_idsf.pdf
- ^ http://www.idsf.net/
- ^ http://www.idsf.net/documents/history_of_idsf.pdf IDSF History
- ^ http://www.idsf.net/index.tpl?style=news&action=newsItem&id=19 IDSF Media Guide
- ^ http://www.idsf.net/index.tpl?style=members&start=0 IDSF Member List
- ^ http://www.idsf.net/index.tpl?id=9
- ^ http://www.idsf.net/index.tpl?id=30 IDSF Olympic update site
- ^ http://www.idsf.net/press02/idsf0213.pdf IDSF Certificate of Olympic recognition
- ^ http://www.dancewdc.org/
- ^ Wainwright, Lyndon [1997]. The story of British popular dance. International Dance Publications, Brighton.
- ^ Wainwright, Lyndon [1997]. The story of British popular dance. International Dance Publications, Brighton.
- ^ http://www.idsf.net/index.tpl?style=news&action=newsItem&id=20
- ^ The WDC position is clear from this report from their Coaches Commission: http://www.wdcamateurleague.com/news_detail.php?news_id=68
- ^ Long, Daniel 1999. Qualifying for Olympic status: the process and implications forcompetitive ballroom dance. Master's thesis, Brigham Young University.
- ^ http://www.idsf.net/
- ^ "International DanceSport Federation". Olympic.org - Official website of the Olympic Movement. http://www.olympic.org/uk/organisation/if/fi_uk.asp?id_federation=43.
- ^ McMain, Julie 2006. Glamour addiction: inside the American ballroom dance industry. Weslyan, Middletown CT. p101 note 2.
- ^ Hanley, Elizabeth A. 2000. A perennial dilemma: artistic sports in the Olympic Games. Journal of Olympic History p39–46.
- ^ http://www.idsf.net/index.tpl?id=26 IDSF Communications
See also
- List of dance organizations
- List of DanceSport dances
- Formation dance
- Ballroom dance
- Dance basic topics
External links
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