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The World Dance Council Ltd (WDC),〔http://www.dancewdc.org/〕 is a registered limited company, and the legal successor to the ''International Council of Ballroom Dancing'', and was established at a meeting organised by Phillip J. S. Richardson on 22 September 1950 in Edinburgh.〔Wainwright, Lyndon (). ''The story of British popular dance''. International Dance Publications, Brighton. 〕 For a period from 1996 to 2006, the WDC was known as the ''World Dance & Dance Sport Council Ltd'' (WD&DSC). The primary objective, at the time of its formation, was to provide an agreed basis for holding world championships in competitive ballroom dance. That objective has been achieved. Initially consisting of nine European countries and three others, today the WDC has become the leading authority on professional dance competitions, with members in numerous countries throughout the world. Each country is allowed one vote. there are 59 members. Its governing body, the Presidium, consists of a President and five Vice-Presidents. WDC includes the Dancesport Committee, the Social Dance Committee and the Amateur League. == Mode of operation == The WDC is democratic in its operation. All major decisions are taken on the basis of one full member, one vote. The full members are (with a few exceptions) individual countries. There are some Affiliate members, such as the Ballroom Dancers Federation International. The WDC operates through a general council and two committees: * The World Dance Sport Committee regulates professional dancesport. * The World Social Dance Committee "deals with all matters of the dance profession that relate to the activities of Dance Schools and Dance Teachers".〔http://www.dancewdc.org/index.php?set_ActivMenu=95〕 It does not regulate social dance directly: that is the business of individual organisers, the dance teacher organisations, such as the Imperial Society of Teachers of Dancing, and the chains of dance teaching schools in the United States (such as the Arthur Murray organisation). * On advice from its Coaches Commission,〔http://www.wdcamateurleague.com/news_detail.php?news_id=68〕 the WDC started the Amateur League in 2007. This regulates and designates the World and continental Amateur championships, and runs a rating system for amateur dancers. Each member country in the WDC has its own national organisation, such as the British Dance Council, which acts as a forum for the many interested parties in that country. The national bodies decide on their delegates to the WDC. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「World Dance Council」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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