The project of a European union in the dance sector was formed by legal entities and started in 2015. The founders were Nino Romano, Marko Ciboci, Luisa Freitas, with the first presidency of Rudy Trauz. The collaboration of mutual support, the exchange of judges and teachers in common events, and the will to create a platform in Europe with an annual ranking, first gave birth to the European Dance Tour, within the EDO, the competitive sector of the original project, and then in the years 2019-20 the will of members from different European countries, to organize the titles of The European Open.