Mastercamp and Argentine show
Joanna Leunis
Nine-time British Open champion and three-time world professional Latin champion. She danced in Georgia for the first time in 2026.
Lizi Mor presents · Open World Pro-Am Dance Festival
Dance Queen Trophy
თბილისი · საქართველო
13 to 17 October 2027Tbilisi, Georgia
Five days of International Standard and Latin, Pro-Am solos, a wine-country masterclass in Kakheti and a black-tie gala in the ballroom of the Sheraton Grand Tbilisi Metechi Palace.
Until the gala opens
—Days
—Hours
—Minutes
Dance Queen Trophy Georgia 2026
The festival
A competition. A holiday. A week in the ballroom.
Every October, solo and couple dancers from around the world come to Tbilisi to compete on one floor in front of an international panel of adjudicators. Pro-Am and amateur, newcomer and champion. The days belong to the competition. The evenings belong to Georgian food, wine and the city.
The crystal crowns go to the Dance Queens. The week ends on Sunday night with the Grand Gala Dinner and a VIP show by world champions.
5Days
10Ballroom dances
1Gala night
Programme 2027
Five days in October
Same week, same ballroom. Tbilisi, a day in Kakheti wine country, a mastercamp with world champions, then the competition and the gala.
13Wednesday
Arrivals
Check-in at the Metechi Palace and welcome evening.
14Thursday
Tbilisi
The old town, the sulphur baths and a Georgian table.
15Friday
Kakheti
SHUMI Estate, Tsinandali. Harvest, khachapuri and churchkhela masterclasses.
16Saturday
Mastercamp
Training with world champions in the Metechi Palace ballroom.
17Sunday
Competition and Gala
Pro-Am, solos and the SRDS Smooth trophies. Grand Gala Dinner at night.
Modelled on the 2026 programme. The 2027 schedule will be confirmed with registration.
Categories
The ten dances, and more
International Standard and Latin at championship tempo, with American Smooth, Argentine Tango and Caribbean Mix alongside.
International Standard Bars per minute
Waltz3/428–30
Tango2/431–33
Viennese Waltz3/458–60
Slow Foxtrot4/428–30
Quickstep4/450–52
International Latin Bars per minute
Cha Cha4/430–32
Samba2/450–52
Rumba4/425–27
Paso Doble2/460–62
Jive4/442–44
American SmoothArgentine TangoCaribbean MixSRDS Smooth Super TrophyPro-Am SolosCouples
Entries through Flymark. Professional hair and makeup artists on site for competitors.
Closing night
The Grand Gala
Dinner, Georgian wine and a VIP dance show by world champions, danced between the tables of the Metechi Palace ballroom.
Admit one
Gala Evening
Sunday, 17 October 2027
- Welcome
- 20:00 · Georgian sparkling
- Show
- 20:30
- Dress
- Evening dress
- Venue
- Metechi Palace Ballroom
20 Telavi St, Tbilisi
Tickets open closer to the date
On the gala floor in 2026
World champions in Tbilisi
Each year the VIP show brings legends of the ballroom to Georgia. The 2027 headliners will be announced on the festival's Instagram.
Show dance
Victor Da Silva & Ekaterina Krysanova
Four-time world champions in Exhibition and Show Dance. Victor won the British Open at Blackpool in 2002.
Standard showcase
Eldar Dzhafarov & Anna Sazhina
Six-time world champions and headliners of the 2026 gala.
Dance Queen Trophy Georgia 2026
The night, in pictures
The founder
Lizi Mor
A World Dance Council licensed international adjudicator, Lizi Mor founded the Dance Queen Trophy and the Open World Pro-Am Festival to bring the world's ballroom to Georgia.
The festival is built around her idea of a dance holiday: serious competition, real Georgian hospitality and a gala worth dressing for.
Lizi Mor
Dance holiday
Four ways to arrive
Hotel nights at the Sheraton Grand Tbilisi Metechi Palace, competition entries, a seat at the gala and the excursions, combined four ways.
VG
VIP Gold
Rates and inclusions to follow
V
VIP
Rates and inclusions to follow
S
Silver
Rates and inclusions to follow
B
Bronze
Rates and inclusions to follow
Rates, inclusions and early-bird terms come from the festival office. Write to queentrophy@gmail.com.
Between rounds
Tbilisi and Kakheti
Harvest season, mild evenings and a city built on hills above the Mtkvari. The Metechi Palace sits right above the old town.
Kakheti
Georgia's wine country, with the Caucasus on the horizon. Sighnaghi and Tsinandali are a short drive apart.
SHUMI Estate
Harvest day and masterclasses in Tsinandali.
Tbilisi
Old town, sulphur baths and the view from Mtatsminda.
13 to 17 October 2027
Take the floor
Competitor registration runs through Flymark. For packages, group bookings and teachers bringing students, write to the festival office.
queentrophy@gmail.com