The competition offers highly qualified international and Danish adjudicators as well as a professional tournament leadership and music. Nordic Open places Copenhagen in the first row regarding sport, culture, diversity and acceptance. It is the only bi annual competition to feature same sex ballroom dancing and is with its combination of sports and a cultural programme. Nordic Open manages to draw more than Danish and foreign guests.
Any economic gain is ear-marked for future Nordic Open dance events. We cooperate with partners, who can help us to live up to the highest standards, which will meet the high expectations of our participants β and ourselves as organisers.
Through its strong social profile Nordic Open wishes to create and support a cross-cultural, sportive community. Social dancing features prominently during and after the competitions and shows the unique community, which exist across national, cultural and sexual categories. Nordic Open has a clear local profile, which is felt in the cultural programme with opening the door of Copenhagen and surroundings with its guided city walks, excursions and museum visits.
A part of the cultural exchange Nordic Open has established an Outreach-programme, which accords economic support for competitors as well as a hosted housing programme. At the Eurogames , PanDans hosted the the first dancing competition for same sex couples in the Nordic countries.
The tournament was a great success and left us craving for more. In order to continually feature same sex dancing Nordic Open was started as an annual or biannual dance event by Niels Hartvigson og Mette Bugge for Pandans.
