International DanceSport Festival – Pomorie, Bulgaria 2022

The WPDA travelled to Bulgaria to take part in the International WDSF DanceSport Festival. We were hosted by Grand Hotel Pomorie in a superb dance hall setting with a range of events from beginners to world class WDSF Juniors, Youths, Adults and Professionals. There were about 500 dancers taking part in the festival from many…

BDSF Belgian Championships 2022.

At the weekend of 30th April/1st May, the Belgian DanceSport Federation (World DanceSport Federation member body) organised their annual National Championships that were held in a beautiful city of Turnhout near Antwerp. The competition welcomed the very best Belgian dancers in Under21, Adult and Senior divisions. There was also a number of regional competitions and…

Oksana Nikiforova – WPDA, May 2022

It gives us great pleasure to announce that we will have Ms. Oksana Nikiforova here with us at Wojtek Potaszkin Dance Academy, Dublin next month – this will be her very first time in Ireland! “Oksana Nikiforova is a world class dancer recognised widely by the DanceSport community. Most notably she is 3-time Latin World…

The Athletes Cup 2022

Our Ballroom and Latin dancers participated in the DanceSport Federation of Ireland Athletes Cup 2022 held at Kilcullen Community Centre on the 10th of April. As always, WPDA displayed a high quality of dancing and saw wonderful results – well earned for the hard work put in by all dancers and their teachers. This was…

Training with Igor Gutovskyi

Most of us are well acquainted with Mr. Igor Gutovsyki, having competed in several online competitions during the lockdowns as well as through our travels to dance competitions and training abroad. We were thrilled to finally have him with us in person, here at Wojtek Potaszkin Dance Academy in Dublin over the weekend of April…

The Emerald Open 2022

Team WPDA was back competing at their second competition of the year at the DanceSport Federation of Ireland Emerald Open 2022 held in Dublin on the 26th and 27th of February. Our ballroom, latin, hip-hop and breaking dancers represented the Academy in events across all age groups and earned some fantastic results! Enjoy some of…

The DanceComp 2022

The weekend of January 15-16, 2022 will surely go down as one to remember – for reasons aplenty! We were absolutely delighted to be able to host our 8th live DanceComp after a gap of two years. Despite the unexpected turn of events, team WPDA stood strong and pulled off yet another successful edition. We…

The 8th DanceComp !

The 8th DanceComp, 2022 is finally here! For the 8th year running, Wojtek Potaszkin Dance Academy have an action packed event planned – including a full programme of Ballroom&Latin, Hip Hop and Breaking events for all levels and ages with a highly esteemed International panel of adjudicators and International champions attending. When: Sunday, 16th January…

The 8th DanceComp, 2021 is finally here!

We are thrilled to announce details of the final competition in the DFI calendar year For the 8th year running, Wojtek Potaszkin Dance Academy have an action packed event planned including a full programme of Ballroom&Latin, Hip Hop and Breaking events for all levels and ages with a highly esteemed panel of adjudicators and maybe…

Indoor Classes are Back!

It’s great to have the studios back open, buzzing with energy and talent – only been a couple of weeks and we have loads going on, take a look! We offer classes in Breaking, Ballroom & Latin, Hip-Hop and Drama. Delighted to have such a fabulous team of teachers with us and see new students…

BREAKING IS BACK!

We are happy to announce that Breaking classes are finally back at the Academy! Start Date: 23 September, 2021 Day: Thursday Time: 7 – 8pm We bring to you the very best national tuition combined with top-class facilities, to nurture future Olympic Breaking Athletes. For those unaware – Breaking, in association with the World DanceSport…

When Life Gives You Lemons… Dance It Out!

As we bid adieu to summer, we would like to share with you a glimpse of what’s been on at the Academy over the past few months. We appreciate that times have been tough and we’d like to thank all – dancers, teachers, parents and supporters for standing strong pulling through as a team. We…

The Kaunas Cup 2021

On the weekend of 24-25 April, 2021, our students were presented with the opportunity to participate in another International event: The KAUNAS CUP 2021 – Online Open DanceSport Competition organised by the Lithuanian DanceSport Federation and Ms. Jurgita Vaskeviciute of DanceSport club “Svaja.” Our Director and Principal Teacher, Mr. Wojtek Potaszkin was invited to judge…

St. Patrick’s Dance Festival 2021

Our students participated in the St. Patrick’s Dance Festival 2021, organised by Fusion Dance Academy and the DanceSport Federation of Ireland. This was a video competition and our students participated in both Ballroom and Latin events, with it being the first Junior competition for some of our girls. We are delighted with everyone’s results, well…