It will be the 21st edition and will be held on 7 – 9 October 2023 in the Vodova Municipal Sports Hall. This year’s edition will again bring to Brno the world’s top dancers in standard and Latin American dances. The culmination of all the competitions will be the U21 World Championships in Latin-American dances and the European Championships in standard dances for professionals, which will take place in the Czech Republic for the first time! More than 80 dancing couples from 40 countries and 4 continents are participating in this championship.
Czech Republic will be represented by dancing couples
- Jonáš Tománek- Šárka Kosmáková at the U21 World Championships in Latin
- David Odstrčil- Tara Bohak at European Professional Standard Championships
These couples have ambitions to reach the final of these championships, which would be the first time a Czech couple has ever done so.
Jonáš Tománek/ Czech U21 Champion
Quote:Dancing is like a lego set for me. I’ve been building it for 11 years. The World Championships will mirror what I have built so far.
David Odstrčil/ World Dance Sport Champion
Quote:The European Professional Standard Championships at the Brno Open is the highlight of our season and it will be the only opportunity to see Tara Bohak and me dance in the Czech Republic. We will be very happy if you come to support us.
Šárka Kosmáková/ Czech U21 Champion
Quote:I’m really looking forward to the World Championships. I would like to do my best and enjoy the competition. I hope that we can do our best.
Tara Bohak/ World Dance Sport Champion.
Quote:We are very happy that Brno will host another titular competition, which we will participate in. The Brno Open is a matter of our hearts and we really enjoy competing at home with an incredible crowd.
Equally important for Brno will be the Partner Cities Cup, which will feature teams from our partner cities Bratislava, Leipzig, Stuttgart, Kaunas, Vienna and of course the home city of Brno.
The Saturday gala evening will be hosted by Jan Onder and Kamila Tománková. The programme will feature the stars of the TV show Stardance.
For younger and older age groups there are also accompanying international ranking competitions, so the audience will be presented with a truly diverse range of dance couples of all ages from all over the world.
We expect a record 800 dancing couples from all over the world to take part in this year’s event.
Czech Television will produce a total of 3 TV programmes from this event.
Ambassadors of the event are:
Šárka Kašpárková, World Champion in triple jump and Olympic medalist
Quote:I am very pleased to be a part of this dance festival in Brno and I believe that our dancers will show amazing performances, which will build on previous successes. I’m sure the Brno audience will encourage them to do the same and create a great atmosphere.
Jan Onder, two-time winner of the TV show Stardance, dance choreographer and moderator
Quote:It is a great honour for me, as a dancer, to be a part of such an important event as the World Championships in Sports Dance in Brno. I am proud that such an important competition is held in the Czech Republic. I am looking forward to the performances of the athletes, it will be an amazing spectacle.
Roman Vojtek, Winner of the first ever Stardance TV show, actor, singer and presenter
Quote:I am very happy that as the winner of the first series of Stardance and the king of the dance floor, I can be part of such an important event as the World and European DanceSport Championships. I have already experienced the Brno Open several times as a presenter and I can invite everyone to a beautiful
spectacle full of dance and elegance.
Jan Tománek/ competition organizer, judge of the TV show Stardance
This year’s edition will welcome the World and European Dance Sport Championships. It’s the culmination of 20 years of work and we can’t wait to see couples from over 4 countries showcase their performances to our wonderful audience.
Jan Tomanek
At the Linden Liberty 1
620 00 Brno
+420 603 512 754
jan@dancesportpro.cz
www.brnoopen.eu
