Dirk Bastert

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Dirk Bastert (born March 8, 1968 in Wattenscheid ) is a German dance trainer, judge and former professional dancer .

Life

Bastert came to dance during his school days when he completed his first dance course at the age of 14 . It soon became clear to him that he wanted to become a dancer. Nevertheless, after graduating from high school, he first completed an apprenticeship at the textile company Klaus Steilmann and then studied clothing technology at the Mönchengladbach University of Applied Sciences.

In 1994 Bastert met the Russian dancer Alla Tkachenko at a tournament in Moscow , whom he married in 1997. From 1998 to 2002 both lived and danced in Russia.

After winning the World Cup with the amateurs, he switched to the professionals in 2000. In 2003 he donated a kidney to his mother, who suffered from the autoimmune disease lupus. At the beginning of 2006 Bastert ended his career as an active dancer. He won a gold medal at the World Cup, a bronze medal at a European championship, was five times German master of professionals and three times Russian champion. In 2006, Dirk Bastert was a participant in the first season of the RTL dance show Let's Dance , in which he danced with Heike Henkel and was eliminated in the third round.

Dirk Bastert has been President of Art of Dance Cologne since 2007. Together with his wife Alla Bastert-Tkachenko, he led the club to the top in Germany, especially in the youth field. In 2013 the couple received the DTP Award for this. In 2013, Dirk Bastert became Vice President of the WDC German Amateur League.

Dirk Bastert is a member of the Sportler für Organspende eV (VSO). Dirk Bastert has been working as a trainer for tournament couples at the dance school Danceplanet Düsseldorf since 2017.

successes

  • 1995: West German Champion and German A-Standard Champion
  • 1996: West German runner-up S over 10 dances
  • 1997: West German vice-champion S Latin, West German champion S over 10 dances
  • 1999: Russian master over 10 dances (Moscow), 4th place in the World Cup over 10 dances (Riga), 1st place in the World Cup over 10 dances (St. Petersburg)
  • 2000: Russian runner-up over 10 dances, 3rd place at the European Championship over 10 dances (Bonn), various other placements in dance tournaments
  • 2001: Russian master over 10 dances, Russian runner-up standard, various other placements in dance tournaments
  • 2002: German champion over 10 dances (Siegen), 4th place at the world championship over 10 dances (Düsseldorf)
  • 2003: German champion over 10 dances (Chemnitz), 4th place at the European championship over 10 dances (Düsseldorf)
  • 2004: German master over 10 dances (Böblingen), German master standard freestyle (Witten), various other placements in dance tournaments
  • 2005: German champion over 10 dances (Wuppertal)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ [Webarchiv / url = https://www.tanzsport.de/de/news/news-reader/imported-7-85bfd0d-423e-472a-9b95-aaaf72ab1876 ]
  2. ↑ Olivier Morelle: Trainer of the Art Of Dance eV In: art-of-dance.eu. Retrieved June 29, 2020 .
  3. ↑ Presentation of the DTP Award "Young Trainer of the Year 2013" ( Memento from September 24, 2014 in the Internet Archive ), Deutscher Tanztrainer Verband der Professionals e. V., June 22, 2013.
  4. ^ Presidium of the WDC Amateur League Germany eV In: wdc-gal.de. November 4, 2014, accessed June 29, 2020 .
  5. ↑ Members athletes for organ donation. In: vso.de. Retrieved June 29, 2020 .
  6. ↑ Dance Planet. Retrieved June 13, 2020 .
personal data
SURNAME Bastert, Dirk
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German trainer, judge and former dancer
DATE OF BIRTH March 8, 1968
PLACE OF BIRTH Wattenscheid , Germany