National Competitions

It’s been a busy and fulfilling month for team WPDA so far, with big events every weekend – most recently, a National Competition which was held at Our Lady’s Hall, Drimnagh, Dublin on the 22nd of May. We enjoyed every second of it! We had dancers participate in all categories. Special shout out to all…

Oksana Nikiforova in WPDA

It was an absolute pleasure to host Ms. Oksana Nikiforova at Wojtek Potaszkin Dance Academy over the weekend of May 14 and 15. This was her first time ever visiting Ireland! Many of our dancers are familiar with Oksana after training with her online before, as well as abroad at International events – we were…

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…

Christmas and Awards Party 2021

As we come to the end of another challenging year in the dance world, we held our annual Christmas/Awards Party in our studios in Palmerstown, Dublin 20. Everyone, small and big – had a great time dancing, partying and of course enjoying the awards for the best of 2021! We congratulate everyone on their great…

Baltic Cup International Dance Festival 2021

Our Director, Mr. Wojtek Potaszkin was invited to adjudicate at the prestigious Baltic Cup and Polish Open Championships held in Elblag, Poland over the weekend of 20-21 November 2021. Every year, annually in October, Elbląg changes into the international capital of dance. The Baltic Cup Festival is now not only one of the biggest dance…

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…