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Interview with Vladimir Slon

Interview with an experienced dancer. He comes from Russia, lives in Austria and studies Economy. The Austrian vice Champion in Ballroom. Finalist of numerous IDSF competitions, amateur dancesport competitor Vladimir Slon – read his educated view on the dance scene: Danceway: Let’s just get to know some basic information about yourself. How long have you been dancing, and where have you started? Vladimir: I’ve been dancing for all my conscious life, began with 9 and dance until now. I started in a studio of a modern dance in Kaliningrad (Russia) run by one of the best coaches I’ve ever met Marina and Vasilij Vlasovi. They moved lately to US and me and my Russian partner to Austria. Danceway: How does the dancing in Russia differ from the dancing in Austria? After all these are the two countries you’ve been living in during your life. Vladimir: In general at the moment (I don’t want to write about the past) I believe all high level couples have pretty much the same way of practicing and similar information, so there’s no such a big difference in which country to practice. On the other hand it’s a very big difference between these two countries in the way dancers deal with information how they use it and how they use their practicing time. There are also some differences in dancing systems, in the way things and minds of people work, but as I said before if we are talking only about the dancing, than there will be almost no difference where to practice for a high class dancer. Danceway: What is the biggest problem you’ve encountered during your whole career and how are you planning to solve it? Vladimir: As because dancing is my life and I like to dance and to live as well, I really have no problems with having some problems in my dancing life. I prefer to see it as a long process of living and dancing and there for sure will be some complexities, but also new challenges for me. So as long as I have my energy and a motivated partner I will be able to manage all the difficulties.