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• DanceSport = competitive ballroom dancing
  • Dance Sport = nothing = there is no such thing
  • The World DanceSport Federation coined the term "DanceSport" in the early 1980s.
• DanseSport = DanceSport in countries where "dance" is spelled "danse".
• Danse Sport = rien = ce terme n'existe pas = nothing = there is no such thing

• Dancesport - Wikipedia
• AADSQ = Association Amateurs de Danse Sportive Québec (AADSQ has been replaced by DSQ)
• AGA = Annual General Assembly
• ARISF = Association of the IOC Recognized Sports Federations
• BDC = British Dance Council
• CADA = Canadian Amateur DanceSport Association (CADA has been replaced by CDS)
• CDDSC = Canadian Dance & DanceSport Council
• CDF = Canadian DanceSport Federation
• CDS = Canada DanceSport
  • CDS = DSQ(QC) + OADA(ON) + DSA (NB,NE) + DSBC(BC)
  • Member of:  IDSF, BDC
• CDTA = Canadian Dance Teachers Association (click on the map)
• CIO = Le Comité International Olympique
• COC = Comité olympique canadien
• COC = Canadian Olympic Committee
• DAA = DanceSport Atlantic (NB,NS,PEI) - (Why isn't it DSA?)
• DSA = DanceSport Australia
• DSAB = DanceSport Alberta (AB)
• DSBC = DanceSport British Columbia (BC)
• DSQ = DanseSport Québec (often incorrectly translated as "danse sportive" instead of DanceSport).
• FIDS = Federation Italian DanceSport = Federazione Italiana Danza Sportiva
• IDJTA = JTA = International DanceSport Judges & Trainers (defunct?)
• IDSF = International DanceSport Federation (IDSF has been replaced by WDSF)
• IDU = International Dance Council
  • Issue 2005/03 : Sanctions against 'International Dance Union (IDU)' | World DanceSport Federation at worlddancesport.org
• IDSA = International DanceSport Association
• IOC = International Olympic Committee
• IPDSC = International Professional DanceSport Council (has been merged into WDSF)
• IWGA = International World Games Association
• NDCA = The National Dance Council of America
• NOC = National Olympic Committee
• OADA = Ontario Amateur DanceSport Federation
• ODS = Ontario DanceSport
• RQD = www.quebecdanse.org = le Regroupement québécois de la danse
• WDC = World Dance Council
• WDDSC = World Dance & DanceSport Council (now defunct? wddsc.org)
• WDSF = World DanceSport Federation