rules
1
The competition will be one vs. one asking dancers to improvise.
2
The title of the song to be used will be chosen on the spot.
3
The competitors will each have 40 second to improvise, twice for round
4
The influence of other Caribbean styles such as, rumba, Afro, pachanga, reggaeton, etc will allowed.
5
Jumps / Tricks: lifting both feet off of the ground will be allowed with the only purpose of interpreting the music correctly. A sequence of tricks done rondomly.even if applied technically sound will not be taken into consideration buy the judges, as La “ Salserita ” is the main focus of this competition.
6
The song being selected will come from various styles of salsa. In addition, line dancing can be applied to a timba song or vice-versa. This will be accepted in order to provide the most freedom the participants. improvisation.
7
Dancers can be Creative with Salsa Rhythms (i.E switch from On1 to On2 or Vice Versa), when the music calls for it.
8
Women must compete with heels shoes
JOLLY / WILDCARD
In the afternoon competition, every participant will be able to use the wildcard to make a song change. In case the competitor advances to the night final and he did not use the wildcard, he will not be able to use it then, as the final provides its own wildcard.
The amount of runs will be decided live in the moment depending on the amount of registered dancers in the category.
From 2019 the competition will have One the draw that will run simultaneously.
E.g.: If there were two draws, the first couple of the draw 1 would challenge before and next the first couple of the draw 2. running like this until couples have battled. In the eventual eliminated challengers repeatedly and we will take account of one single group from the two runs.
COMPETITION RULES
This system is valid for All categories
– All competitors will be subdivided into three pools by draw, which will take place in front of all participants.
– Competitors who come from the same school/company will be split into the three pools by draw in their presence, In each pool, the dancers will be competing in direct elimination to advance to the finals. The number of finalists will depend on the number of participants in each pool
– Normal Re-draw: If a team does not have a challenger in the first stage due to the number of participants, then the judges will find one from the eliminated teams in the same pool
Obligatory Re-draw: If normal re-draw is not required, then the judges will choose a couple of competitors eliminated in the previous stage to compete against each other to find a place in the finals
– The champion will have guaranteed access to the finals at the next year’s competition.