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    2025 Global Children and Youth Dance Competition

    Dance Future-Season 1

    Competition Introduction

    2025 Global Children and Youth Dance Competition
    Dance Future-Season 1
    Application deadline: June 6, 2025
    Deadline for submission: June 6, 2025 at 11:59pm
    Release date: June 12, 2025
    Category:
    Nursery Group (Kindergarten K2 to K3)
    Junior group (P1 to P3)
    Senior Group (P4 to P6)
    Junior Secondary School (S1 to S3)
    Senior School Category (Form 4 S4 to Form 6 S6)
    Open Group (College and above)
    Dance Type: Jazz Dance/ Modern Dance/ Chinese Dance/ Ballet/ Others)
    Competition dance music: Free choice
    Competition format: Individual/Team

    2025 Global Children and Youth Dance Competition

    Dance Future-Season 1

    2025 Global Youth Dance Championship-Season 1

    (Free Registration)

    【Competition Introduction】

    " Dancing for the Future: Global Children and Youth Dance Competition " aims to bring together dance enthusiasts from all over the world to show the beauty of creativity and culture through body language. This competition is open to all ages, with seedling groups (K1-K3), primary school junior group, primary school intermediate group, secondary school junior group, secondary school senior group and open group. Participants are welcome to perform any dance style, including modern dance, folk dance, street dance or ballet, as individuals or groups.

    Participants can freely create themes, incorporate cultural elements or innovative concepts, use dance to tell their own stories, ignite their dreams, show your own stage, and ignite the future with your dance moves!

    Judges will score based on creativity, skills, emotional expression and overall presentation, and outstanding teams will receive awards.

    【Competition Introduction】

    "Dancing for the Future: Global Youth Dance Championship " aims to bring together dance enthusiasts from all over the world to showcase the beauty of creativity and culture through body language. This competition is open to all age groups, including the Seedling Group (K1-K3), Primary School Junior Group, Primary School Intermediate Group, Secondary School Junior Group, Secondary School Senior Group and Open Group. Participants are welcome to perform any dance style, including modern dance, folk dance, street dance or ballet, as individuals or groups.
    Participants can freely create themes, incorporate cultural elements or innovative concepts, use dance to tell their own stories, ignite their dreams, show your own stage, and ignite the future with your dance moves!
    Judges will score based on creativity, skills, emotional expression and overall presentation, and outstanding teams will receive awards.

    【Competition Time】

    Application Deadline: June 6, 2025
    Deadline for submission: June 6, 2025 at 11:59pm
    Publication date: June 12, 2025

    【Competition Time】

    Registration Deadline: 6 June, 2025.
    Deadline for work submission: 6 June, 2025.
    Date for the announcement results: 12 June, 2025.

    【Participating Groups】

    Nursery Group (Kindergarten K2 to K3)

    Junior group (P1 to P3)

    Senior Group (P4 to P6)

    Junior Secondary School (Form 1 S1 to Form 3 S3)

    Senior High School Group (Form 4 S4 to Form 6 S6)

    Open Group (College and above)

    【Competition Categories:】

    Kindergarten Group (K1 to K3)

    Lower Primary Group (Grade 1 to Grade 3)

    Higher Primary Group (Grade 4 to Grade 6)

    Junior Secondary Group (Form 1 to Form 3)

    Senior Secondary Group (Form 4 to Form 6)

    Public Group (Post-secondary and above)

    【Competition Dance】

    Jazz Dance/ Modern Dance/ Chinese Dance/ Ballet/ Others)

    【Competition Dance Music】

    Dance music of your choice

    【Competition Format】

    Individual/Group

    【Evaluation Criteria】

    Rhythm, fluency and proficiency of the performance (20%)

    The beauty of posture and body shape (20%)

    Physical coordination and self-confidence (20%)

    Interpretation skills, emotional understanding and artistic appeal (20%)

    Performance costume matching (20%)

    【Awards and Honors】

    Individual Awards

    This competition adopts the same prize system for equal scores. The following rankings are set according to the highest score in each group:

    Champion: The highest-scoring entry

    Runner-up: The second highest-scoring work

    Third place: The third highest-scoring work

    In addition, for works that did not win the first, second, or third place, if the scores meet the following standards, they will be awarded the corresponding awards:

    Gold Award: 80 points or above

    Silver Award: 70 points or above

    Bronze Award: 60 points or above

    Excellent or Good Award: 50 points or more

    In addition, the following awards are specially set up to encourage outstanding performance:

    Best Performance Award

    Best Typhoon Award

    The Most Potential Award

    All winners can apply for a custom prize with the contestant's name printed on it.

    Application fee for awards: Winners can apply for a customized award with their name printed on it.

    Electronic Certificate HK$230

    Physical certificate HK$250

    Physical certificate + trophy HK$280

    Physical certificate + medal + trophy $300 HKD

    Electronic certificate + medal + physical certificate + electronic certificate $358 HKD

    The application deadline is two weeks after the review results are announced.

    ＊All awards will be sent out by post within eight weeks after the award application deadline.

    【School/Group Awards】

    ． Any mentor who recommends 5 or more contestants will receive a "Mentor Award" certificate

    ． Any school/education center/group that recommends 10 or more contestants will receive the "Organization Award" trophy

    Competition Dance

    Jazz Dance / Modern Dance / Chinese Dance / Ballet / Others)

    Music Tracks

    Free choice

    Competition Events

    Individual/Group

    Each competition age group will have the following awards:

    Individual Awards

    This competition adopts the same prize system for equal scores. The following rankings are set according to the highest score in each group:

    Champion: The highest-scoring entry

    Runner-up: The second highest-scoring work

    Third place: The third highest-scoring work

    In addition, for works that did not win the first, second, or third place, if the scores meet the following standards, they will be awarded the corresponding awards:

    Gold Award: 80 points or above

    Silver Award: 70 points or above

    Bronze Award: 60 points or above

    Excellent or Good Award: 50 points or more

    In addition, the following awards are specially set up to encourage outstanding performance:

    Best Performance Award

    Best Typhoon Award

    The Most Potential Award

    Awardees may apply for customized awards with the contestant's name in Chinese or English.

    Electronic Certificate: HKD 230

    Physical Certificate: HKD 250

    Physical Certificate + Medal: HKD 280

    Physical Certificate + Medal + Trophy: HKD 300

    Electronic Certificate+Physical Certificate + Medal + Trophy:HKD358

    The deadline for applications is two weeks after the judging results are announced.

    All awards will be mailed within eight weeks after the application deadline.

    [School/Organization Awards]

    Any instructor who nominates 5 or more participants will receive the "Outstanding Instructor Award" Certificate.

    Any school/education center/organization that nominates 10 or more participants will receive the "Institution Award" Trophy.

    Competition Guidelines

    Video Standards

    • The entire video must clearly show the contestant's appearance and movements.
    • The video resolution must be 720p (1280×720) or above.
    • The video must be shot in one take and no special effects such as music, sound, images, text, filters, transitions, color grading, lighting, subtitles or special effects may be added. No editing or post-production is allowed.
    • The video must be recorded live and no dubbing is allowed.
    • When shooting a video, the camera should be kept stable, the camera should be fixed and the camera should not be moved.

    Competition Guidelines

    Video Standards

    • The entire video must clearly show the contestant's appearance and movements.
    • The video resolution must be 720p (1280×720) or above.
    • The video must be shot in one take and no special effects such as music, sound, images, text, filters, transitions, color grading, lighting, subtitles or special effects may be added. No editing or post-production is allowed.
    • The video must be recorded live and no dubbing is allowed.
    • When shooting a video, the camera should be kept stable, the camera should be fixed and the camera should not be moved.

    4. Submission method : Upload the video file (format: MP4) via the official website or send it via email to info@wacachk.org.

    Submission method: Upload the video file (format: MP4) via the official website or send it via email to info@wacachk.org.

    Registration Process

    1. Fill out the registration form on this page and submit

    2. Contact us via WhatsApp

    3. Submit your entries through the website before the deadline and name the file in the specified format.

    Before uploading the file, the file name must be saved as "Competition Category_Competitor's Full Chinese Name"

    Example: "Senior Group_Song Tiantian"

    4. Wait for the results to be announced!

  • Individual Registration

    Your dancing is the most beautiful "interstellar letter" we have ever received

  • Group Registration

    Competition rules and statement:

    Participants must abide by the following competition rules and terms:

    1. All entries must be uploaded before the deadline. Late submissions will not be accepted.

    2. All entries must be the work of the entrants themselves and the works of others may not be used for entry.

    3. The entries must be original and will not infringe the rights of third parties (including intellectual property rights, confidentiality rights or privacy rights). If there are any violations, the entry will be disqualified from participating or winning the prize. If the entry violates any law, all legal responsibilities will be borne by the entrants and the Association will not be responsible.

    4. All entries must not contain obscene, violent, pornographic, defamatory, offensive, insulting or any controversial and inappropriate content. Otherwise, the entry will be disqualified without further notice.

    5. The entries cannot contain any commercial or political elements.

    6. The personal information provided by the contestants will only be used for competition contact and notification purposes.

    7. Please ensure that the contestants’ personal information is correct. The Association will not be responsible for any errors.

    8. Winners may not transfer their winning eligibility to other persons.

    9. Once the contestant uploads the file to participate in the competition, he/she agrees to accept all the terms and conditions of the competition. If the organizer believes that there is any violation of the relevant terms and conditions of the competition, it reserves the right to cancel the contestant's participation and prize qualification at any time. There is no appeal mechanism for this competition.

    10. Participants agree to abide by all arrangements of the Competition by the Organiser and the Organiser reserves the right to make the final decision, including the interpretation, modification, cancellation or suspension of the terms and conditions, prizes and other arrangements of the Competition without prior notice.

    11. The judging results shall be subject to the decision of the Association. Participants shall abide by the decision of the Association and shall not raise any objection.

    12. The Organiser reserves the right to make the final and binding decision on the Competition (such as competition format, eligibility criteria, prize eligibility, list of winners and prize collection arrangements, etc.).

    13. All participants must abide by all competition rules and regulations. Submission and participation in the competition constitutes agreement and understanding of the competition rules and statements.

    If there are any changes to the rules and terms of this competition, they will be updated on this website. Participants are advised to pay attention to the latest information.

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