Both the Swedish and the Ukrainian dance styles – along with the music – to be performed at the Eurovision Dance Contest in London on 1st September have been revealed. Ukraine is the first country to have chosen a Standard dance for the first performance – so far, the only Standard dance was the Portuguese Tango which will be included in their freestyle performance.
Sweden
The first dance to be performed by Cecilia Ehrling and Martin Lidberg is a Paso Doble. The song they have chosen is a well-known classic from the 1980s: The final countdown by Europe.The second dance will be a so-called disco fusion, which has been very popular in Sweden lately: it combines no less than nine different dance styles: Cha cha,Samba, Jive and Rumba as well asStreet Dance, Hip Hop, Break Dance, Disco and Bugg, which has been added since the second dance has to include typical national elements. The song is called Disco Inferno and was originally performed by The Trummps.
Ukraine
Yulia Okropiridze's and Ilya Sydorenko'sfirst dance will be a Quickstep. The song they have chosen is Istanbul (not Constantinople)by The Trevor Horn Orchestra; it appeared on the soundtrack of the film Mona Lisa smile. Their second performance will be based on a Showdance. The song is Ukrainian composition called Gop-tsya, it was written by Vopli Vidoplyasova.
