Each year in the end of May and at the beginning of June World Dance Council

of meetings/summit and workshops in Blackpool, England and here sport dance World Cup Championship takes place. During the summit of 2004 one of the questions was the issue of Armenia to become member of WDC. 53 representatives of the countries, who had the right to elect, unanimously voted for Armenia.

Being the member of WDC gives the right to carry out international competitions in Armenia which will contribute to the development of this beautiful kind of sport and to the discovery of high-class dancers in the republic. One of the demands of the WDC is that sport dances are practiced on a large scale i.e. not only in the capital but also in the whole territory of the republic. Today there are dance centers in Gyumri, Abovyan, Vanadzor, Edjmiatsin and in other towns of Armenia which are always in the centre of attention of ACDS’s president, Marianna Mamyan. For this purpose the president of ACDS founded a branch of “Castanet” dance studio (founder Marianna Mamyan) in Gyumri in 2004. Having estimated the works and potential of the studio, the mayor of Gyumri decided to found specialized school of dance which is the only one in Transcaucasia.

Workshops, trainings, summits and meetings are organized both in Yerevan and in marzes. It’s worth mentioning that All-Armenian Council of Dance and Sport Dance organized several international championships. One of them is the open championship that took place in Yerevan, May 3, 2007 and was carried out in a high level. Best couples from Russian Federation, Ukraine and Georgia were invited to participate in the competition. Vice president, general secretary of World Dance Council Stuart Saunders, the president of Georgian Dance Council Roman Archaia honored this event by their presence. More than 110 couples both from Armenia and abroad took part in the competition.

Soloists of Madrid National Ballet and Theatre Juan Carlos and Maria Spetap (flamenco) dazzled the audience by their beautiful performances. On July 4-5, 2009 ACDS organized international open championship in Gyumri. Couples and international adjudicators from Armenia, Georgia, Ukraine, Russia, Israel and Moldova were present in the competition. The honorable guest of the event was Stanislaw Popov, the president of Russian dance Union.