The World Dance Council Ltd (WDC), is a registered limited company, the legal successor to the International Council of Ballroom Dancing, and was established at a meeting organized by Phillip J. S. Richardson on 22 September 1950 in Edinburgh, Scotland.
[1] The stated mission of the World Dance Council is to inspire, stimulate and promote excellence in education for the World Dance Council and Amateur League (WDC and AL) community.
[2] The primary objective, at the time of its formation, was to provide an agreed basis for holding world championships in competitive ballroom dance.
The WDC operates through a general council and two committees: Each member country in the WDC has its own national organisation, such as the British Dance Council, which acts as a forum for the interested parties in that country.
The WDC also operates a WDC National Dance Council system in certain countries, which allows a multi-member system within that NDC, fostering the co-operation of major dance organisations in these countries.