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Bachata Sensual Jack & Jill
Category Amateur
Registration: $25 per person.
No professional Bachata dancers allowed. A professional is defined as someone who regularly gets remunerated or has been regularly remunerated before to teach or perform Bachata at a dance school or public events.
Preliminary Round
All contestants will be assigned a bib.
There will be 3 Heats on different Bachata Sensual songs for 2 or 3 minutes.
Before each heat, the leaders and followers will line up for a random partner assignment done by draw.
Random partner switches between the heats will contribute to minimize the skill gap which could penalize some dancers.
The Judges, Luis & Andrea, will select the best dancers, evaluating dancers individually.
Luis will be evaluating the Leaders and Andrea will evaluate the Followers.
A certain number of dancers will be selected to move on to the semi-finals based on the number of participants.
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30+ registrations: 8 Leaders and 8 Followers selected for semi-finals.
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16-29 registrations: 4 Leaders and 4 Followers selected for semi-finals.
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8-15 registrations: 2 Leaders and 2 Followers selected.
Semi-Finals
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The format of the finals will be “Sudden Death” elimination with brackets.
A last random partner assignment will be done before the semi-finals begin. The followers will remove their bib.
A practice heat of 1 minute will be held for the dancers to familiarize themselves with their randomly assigned partner.
2 pairs will dance at the same time on a song for 2 minutes in front of the judges.
The 2 main judges Luis & Andrea will be voting separately on the round’s winner. If their votes are split, the tiebreaker judges William & Irene will cast their vote on the winner. The losing pair will be eliminated.
The elimination brackets continue until 2 pairs of dancers remain.
A 1-minute round happens to determine 3rd place.
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Finals
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For the final elimination a 1-minute spotlight round will happen with the pairs dancing individually on a repeated song segment.
Immediately after, the last song will be played and the 2 pairs will dance at the same time for 2 minutes.
The final vote is cast by the judges for the champions.
Trophies and medals will be awarded for 1st, 2nd and 3rd place.
Category Advanced/Professional
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Registration: $30 per person.
This division is suggested for professional Bachata teachers or dancers with well-rounded multi-year Bachata Sensual experience in performance or social dancing contexts.
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Preliminary Round
All contestants will be assigned a bib.
There will be 2 Heats on different Bachata Sensual songs for 1.5 minutes.
Before each heat, the leaders and followers will line up for a random partner assignment done by draw.
Random partner switches between the heats will contribute to minimize the skill gap which could penalize some dancers.
The Judges, Luis & Andrea, will select the best dancers, evaluating dancers individually.
Luis will be evaluating the Leaders and Andrea will evaluate the Followers.
A certain number of dancers will be selected to move on to the semi-finals based on the number of participants.
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20+ registrations: 8 Leaders and 8 Followers selected for semi-finals.
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9-19 registrations: 4 Leaders and 4 Followers selected for semi-finals.
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1-8 registrations: 2 Leaders and 2 Followers selected.
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Semi-Finals
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The format of the finals will be “Sudden Death” elimination with brackets.
A last random partner assignment will be done before the semi-finals begin. The followers will remove their bib.
A practice heat of 1 minute will be held for the dancers to familiarize themselves with their randomly assigned partner.
2 pairs will dance at the same time on a song for 2 minutes in front of the judges.
The 2 main judges Luis & Andrea will be voting separately on the round’s winner. If their votes are split, the tiebreaker judges William & Irene will cast their vote on the winner. The losing pair will be eliminated.
The elimination brackets continue until 2 pairs of dancers remain.
A 1-minute round happens to determine 3rd place.
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Finals
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For the final elimination a 1-minute spotlight round will happen with the pairs dancing individually on a repeated song segment.
Immediately after, the last song will be played and the 2 pairs will dance at the same time for 2 minutes.
The final vote is cast by the judges for the champions.
Trophies and medals will be awarded for 1st, 2nd and 3rd place.
JUDGES' BIOS
Iago & Vanessa
Lambada champions from Sao Paulo, Iago & Vanessa are one of the most in-demand young couple of the Zouk World
Luis & Andrea
Based in Spain, this internationally famous, champion level duo is currently one of the most in-demand Bachata Sensual couples in the World.
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Arthur Santos
Now based in Barcelona, Spain, Arthur Santos is an international Brazilian Zouk artist who also dances Bachata professionally. He is one of the proud teachers of VDance Club.
William & Irene
Based in Spain, Irene & William are partners in life and dance, combining Irene's lifelong experience in Ballroom and Bachata with William's incredible skills at both Bachata Sensual and Zouk.
