Brought to you by the NZ Federation of Dance Teachers – A Freedom to Dance event – proudly sponsored by Porirua City Council
Kia ora! Nau mai, haere mai! and Welcome
We’re excited to be bringing you the 69th championship event, being held on Labour Weekend (26 – 27 October 2019) at Te Rauparaha Arena in Porirua, Wellington.
Rich in history and with national titles up for grabs, this is the main event on the New Zealand dance-sport calendar.
We are proud to run this event under the Freedom to Dance banner. 
If you’re involved in dance or just love to watch it, you’ll want to join us for two days of spectacular dancing across all three styles of dance-sport: Ballroom, New Vogue and Latin American.
We are extremely excited to present an exciting dance showcase featuring
three of Australasia’s leading professional couples.
Steven Grinbergs and Rachelle Plaass (Standard – Australia)
Stefano Olivieri and Jessica Prince (New Vogue – Australia)
Sigurdur Thor Sigurdsson and Annalisa Zoanetti (Latin American – Iceland)
This is going to be an amazing showpiece.
In addition they will be running a workshop on Monday October 28 (Labour Day).
Click here for more information.
This competition will run under the rules of the New Zealand Recreational Dance Inc. (NZRDI)
Hei konā mai!
Doug Pouwhare – Event Organiser
Events
*Please note the syllabus has been updated with an allocated day for the Adult Open Ten Dance.
Download the Syllabus of Events for this year’s NZ Open Dance Championships.
Resources
To help studios promote the NZ Open Dance Championships to their dancers, we have developed a range of resources which you are free to download and use.
About Porirua and Wellington
What to do and where to stay.
Advertising and exhibiting
Advertise in our full colour glossy programme and have your stall at the event. Click for prices.
Check out our Facebook!
Huge thanks to Silvio Zoanetti for recording this great version of the show finale. I hope you all enjoy it.
youtu.be/KgvJoeCZ0kY
I have had a lot of requests for footage of the final show. Unfortunately The live feed was shot from the stage end and so no visuals. Thanks to a competitor we have a video of the show including the visuals.
Thanks to Steven and Rachelle Stefano and Jessica Sigi and Anna and Candy Lane for puttinv your faith in me and bringing my vision to life.
Hope you enjoy it
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The 69th championship event, 26 – 27 October 2019 Te Rauparaha Arena in Porirua, Wellington.
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Wow!! By couple? That must be soooo much work!! Go Kerrie - what an awesome endeavour!!
Thanks for that
Rita Jackson - some photos are already up x
What a wonderful weekend of dancing!! Thank you so much for those who competed, or supported, or watched, or worked! I am thrilled with the way it ran and the new venue.
We are so proud to announce the names of the NZFDT Representatives to the WDO World Championship for their age groups. Each couple will receive $2500 towards their travel costs. We will follow their adventures and post on their progress here. Such an amazing opportunity and we wish all the best.
#nzfdt #wdo #homeofthenzchampionship #arunasbizokas
Oh far out! That is so amazing! Well done to both of them.what an amazing experience that’ll be!! Good luck 👍
Wow! Well done and good luck to Ryan and Aleksi!
Wow Shane congratulations. Proud parents. Well done Aleksi and Ryan
Fantastic! Congratulations NZ World REPs 😎🎊
Was there any Lost and Found after the comp?. We are missing a small lime green arm band with Blue, Green and Gold crystals on it. Cheers
Hi, I’m missing a black flower large hair clip too - would love to find it!