International Dance Organization

Founded	1981
Type	Dance sport
VAT ID no.	CVR 27 02 52 93
Focus	Dance sport, competitions, festivals, education
Location	Slagelse, Denmark
Area served	World
Members	over 90 worldwide
Official languages	English
Key people	President: Prof Velibor Srdic Senior Vice President: Fiona Johnson Executive Secretary: Kirsten Dan Jensen Vice presidents: Bonnie Dyer Klaus Höllbacher Ralf Josat Edilio Pagano Trajce Petkovski Hana Svehlova
Website	www.ido-dance.com IDO on Facebook

The International Dance Organization (IDO) is an official, independent, politically neutral, non-profit, world dance and dance sport federation, registered in Slagelse, Denmark, for Performing Arts, Street Dance/Urban and Couple Dances. Members of the IDO are national dance federations; only non-profit organizations can join. Some of the biggest IDO competitions, running for more than a week, are World Dance Olympiad in Moscow in Spring and the World Show Dance and Tap Championships in Riesa in November and the World Ballet, Modern & Contemporary Dance and Jazz Dance Championships in Poland and Slovenia in December.

History

IDO was founded on September 18, 1981, by four countries: France, Gibraltar, Italy and Switzerland. The founder and first General Secretary was Moreno Polidori from Italy.

Leading the IDO:

• IDO General Secretary Moreno Polidori, Italy (1981 – 1998)

Since 1998 the IDO is headed by the IDO President:

• Nils Hakan Carlzon, Sweden (1998 – 2008)
• Bill Fowler, USA (2008 – 2011)
• Jörn Storbraten, Norway (2011 – 2014)
• Michael Wendt, Germany (2014 - 2017)
• Doug Howe, England (2018)
• Michael Wendt, Germany (2019 - 2020)
• Prof. Velibor Srdic (2020 - 2022 acting president)
• Prof. Velibor Srdic (2022 - today)

Structure

The IDO Executive Presidium (EPM) runs the daily business and consists of the President, the Senior Vice President and the Executive Secretary.^[1] The IDO Presidium consists of the EPM and 6 Vice Presidents with specific duties.^[2]

Nils Hakon Carlzon, Bill Fowler and Michael Wendt have been honoured as Honorary Lifetime Presidents.^[3]

The election of the Presidium takes place in a staggered system according to which the President, the Senior Vice President, the Executive Secretary/Treasurer and two (2) Vice Presidents (A, B) are elected in year 1, the four other Vice Presidents (C, D, E, F) are elected in year 3, each for a term of four (4) years. The three Department Directors, Performing Arts, Street Dance and Couple Dance, are elected every three years at their Annual Department Meeting (ADM) and also serve on the Presidium. Same for the elected chairpersons of the Continental Conferences.

The AGA is also responsible for all changes in the statutes and by-laws. The ADMs are responsible for the Dance Sport rules, which are ratified by the AGA. To enable the experts in each specific field to discuss their department matters at the level where the dancers are, IDO has installed the following committees and departments:

• Adjudication committee
• Disciplinary committee
• Education committee
• Couple Dance department
• Performing Arts department
• Street Dance department

Dance disciplines and competitions

Each year the IDO organizes World, Continental and Regional championships and cups^[6] in the IDO dance disciplines.

References

External links

• Official IDO website
• IDO intro (3:51) on YouTube
• World Dance Olympiad
• World Showdance Championships
• Dance Week Riesa
• IDO Competitions in Youtube