Announcement

[Publish date: 23rd Jan, 2023]


2023-Internet-announcement

[Publish date: 14th Dec, 2022]

Subject to public request, we would like to extend the enrollment deadline to the following dates to allow more dance lovers to come to join this yearly event -

Update Enrollment Deadline -

  • Group Dance : January 10th, 2023
  • Solo/Duet/Trio/Quarter : January 27th, 2023


Competition Dates & Venues for Group -

  • Large Group - January 27th at Y-Theatre, Youth Space
  • Small Group - February 10th at Y-Studio, Youth Space


Remain unchanged of the Competition Dates and Venues for Solo/Duet/Trio/Quarter -
Solo/Duet/Trio/Quarter

  • March 04 at Youth Space, Y-Studio &
  • March 11st & 12nd at HKSC Artscentre - Multimedia Theatre


Any of you not yet complete the enrollment ? Don't miss the chance, lets join us !

[Publish date: 2nd June, 2022]

2022 HK Results:

24/5 26/5 29/5 31/5



2022 Taiwan Results:

24/4



2022 Macau Results:

9/4 10/4



[Publish date: 11th April, 2022]


It is with much-anticipation that we are delighted to announce the competition dates for DWC 2022-Hong Kong Qualifying Match:

  • 24th May 2022 (evening) @ Y Studio
  • 26th May 2022 (evening) @ Y Studio
  • 31st May 2022 (evening) @ Y Studio
  • 29th May 2022 (whole day) @ Y Theatre

(subject to the latest Government regulations and guidelines on COVID)
Please be reminded that the deadline for enrolment, payment (with uploaded receipt) and music upload is 1st May, 2022.

[Publish date: 4th  March, 2022]


In view of the latest situation of COVID-19, Prevention and Control of Disease (Prohibition on Group Gathering) Regulation is still under implementation and the performing venues remain closed till late April, we hereby announced that DWC HK Qualifying Match will be tentatively rescheduled to late May, details as below:

Competition Date: late May (please stay tuned for the actual competition date)
Enrolment Deadline: 1st May

[Publish date: 16 th  February, 2022]


According to the current epidemic situation, we believe that DWC Asia 2022-Hong Kong Qualifying Match might need to be postponed.  We will closely monitor the latest Government epidemic prevention measures updates; announcement will be posted on our website and Facebook if anything related to our competition need to be changed.  Meanwhile, enrolment for the qualifying match will be open till further notice.
 
Stay safe, stay healthy !

[Publish Date : 17th Oct, 2021]


Competition Date Enrolment Deadline
Hong Kong 8-10 April 2022 20 February 2022
Macau Late March 2022 Early February 2022
Taiwan 22-23 January 2022 20 December 2021
China (online & live competition) March 2022 February 2022


We are well prepared for the on-stage performance with audience as per our experience last year, however, we might cancel the audience arrangement but prepared to do video-recording on stage for the dancers, so dancers need not worry where to do the filming on their own if there is social distancing rules imposed by government. Worst of all, we might accept video-submission in response to the development of pandemic coronavirus as per government enforcement policy.

Now, enrollment entry system is ready for application, please see pages for updates rules and regulations and more..... Wish you a fruitful journey of dancing in the year ahead !

Should you have any inquiries, you are welcome to contact us at info@dwc-asiancup.com


[Publish Date : 27th Aug, 2021]

2021 HK Results 2021 Macau Results 2021 China Results
2020 HK Results 2020 Macau Results 2020 Taiwan Results


[Publish Date : 7th Jun, 2021]


2021 Hong Kong Qualifying Match results:

  1. 23rd May
  2. 29th May Studio
  3. 29th May Theatre 01
  4. 29th May Theatre 02


[Publish Date : 2nd Jun, 2021]


Results of Dance World Cup – Hong Kong Qualifying Match 2021 "BEST PERFORMERS AWARDS" are as follows:


BEST PERFORMERS AWARDS (PDF file)

[Publish Date : 10th May, 2021]


Results of Dance World Cup – Macau Qualifying Match 2021 are as follows:


Macau Qualifying Match Results (PDF file - 1.12MB)

[Publish Date : 31st March, 2021]


Please note below latest update:

  1. Deadline for enrolment extend to 15th April, 2021 subject to public requests.
  2. We now go for LIVE PERFORMANCE, if situation not allowed, we will cancel audience arrangement. Worst of all, when the venue is enforced to close down, we will go for video submission.
  3. This year, a team of local judges will be on-site judging from dancer's live performance with live comments and sharing. Meanwhile, we will also have a team of international judges from UK, Romania and Brazil will help judging, due to underlying problem of time lap and network streamline, international judges will judge from the recording of our live performance. Result judged by both teams will NOT be announced on the same day of the competition as what used to be there. Instead, result will be announced from Facebook and Official Webpage with 1 week of competition.


Award Certificate and Winners Medals will be mailed to contestants' registered address within 1 month.

Updated Schedule (Live Performance):

  • Competition date : May 23rd & May 29, 2021
  • Deadline for Enrollment and Music upload & Payment -- April 15th, 2021
  • Performance on Stage : Y-Theatre


[Publish Date 25th February, 2021]


Receiving teachers feedback after last announcement posted in January, consider for more sufficient preparation time for the competition, HK Qualifying schedule will be changed to following -

Update Schedule

  • Competition date : May 23rd & May 29, 2021
  • Deadline for Enrollment and Music upload & Payment -- April 06th, 2021


For any enquiries, please feel free to email us at info@dwc-asiancup.com, thank you!

[Publish Date: 23th February, 2021]


Congratulations to ALL HK Latin Dance Competitors !

The Dance World Cup – Latin Dance Competition of Hong Kong Qualifiers was held successfully on February 2021 via on-line.

Results are as follows:

(To ensure the fairness in the competition, all dance names involving school names will not be published).

DWC Asia Latin Competition Result - HK Qualifying



[Publish Date: 15th February, 2021]




[Publish Date: 27th January, 2021]


Follow to the latest announcement dated January 15th with supporting feedback, we value offer the change for the dancers to perform on stage with audience, DWC Asia Qualifying Match will be deferred to April/May as following dates -



We are well prepared for the on-stage performance with audience as per our experience last year, however, we might cancel the audience arrangement but prepared to do video-recording on stage for the dancers, so dancers need not worry where to do the filming on their own if there is social distancing rules imposed by government. Worst of all, we might accept video-submission in response to the development of pandemic coronavirus as per government enforcement policy.

Now, enrollment entry system is ready for application, please see pages for updates rules and regulations and more..... Wish you a fruitful journey of dancing in the year ahead !

Should you have any inquiries, you are welcome to contact us at info@dwc-asiancup.com

[Publish Date: 15th January, 2021]


Thank you ALL your support ! Your given efforts are deeply pleased and admired especially in a difficult year of 2020 and finally, The Dance World Cup HK Qualifying Match 2020 has been held successfully last year !

2021 Qualifying Match will be held in the coming months.

Given the situation of COVID-19 still not yet been well settled and some regions still under crowd control with class suspension, consider safety, Qualifying Match will be changed to on-line competition this year, contestants can choose either attend (no audience) or video submission, as well as judgement will be changed to on-line judging this year ! For judging panel, besides local celebrities, international judges will be invited who cover varies strength with different perception in dance art !

Here below schedules for 4 regions -



Remark -

  1. Competition will be held on-line, DWC Asia will provide venue and technical support for on-site attend contestants and play video for those contestants who choose video.
  2. Results will be announced on the same day and event fluency is all depend on venue technical support !
  3. Mini section will be splitted up into : Age 4-6 Toddler & Age 7-9 Mini.
  4. Further details of enrollment fee, method of enrollment, schedule of class competition and rules of video taking will be announced later.

Last but not least, on-line master class (limited seat reserve) will be organized, details will be announced in the coming days !

[Publish Date: November 19th, 2020]


The Dance World Cup – Hong Kong Qualifiers was held successfully on 13-15 November, 2020. To ensure the fairness in the competition, all dance names involving school names will not be published.

Results are as follows:

  • November 13: KSA / MiniSA / KDA / JSE / SnSE / JSL / JDL / SnSL / MiniSN / MiniDN / KSN / JSN / JDN / KDN / SnSN / SnDN
  • November 14: MiniSV / KSV / KSLm / MiniSL / KSL / KSE / KDL / MiniSW / KSZ / JSZ / KSW / MiniSWm / KSZm / MiniDW / KSWm / KDW / JSW / JDW / SnDW / KSH / JSH / SnSH / MiniSH / KDH / JDH / KSC / JSC / SnDH
  • November 15: MiniSB / KSB / KDPDD / MiniDB / MiniQB / KQB / KSPB / KDB / JSB / JDB / JQB / SnDB / KSBRm / JSBR / KSPBR / KSBR / SnSBR / SnDPDD

Only entries that obtained rank first to third (some classes with more participants will be announced from first to sixth) will be published. If you cannot find your entry listed above, please contact us at info@dwc-asiancup.com to obtain your rank and marks.

For entries that were submitted through pre-recorded videos, medals and certificated will be delivered to you soon. Information regarding the 2020/2021 World Finals at Spain, will be emailed to participants soon.

Again, thank you for your participation and we wish to see you next year.

[Publish Date: October 28th , 2020]


Schedule Release

Solo, Duet, Trio and Quartet competition will be held on 13-15 November 2020, at Y-Studio, Chai Wan. Detailed schedules and reminders were emailed to participants who decided to attend the competition in person. For video-entry participants who wish to change their mind and attend the competition in-person, please contact us on or before 3rd November.

Audiences please be reminded that some of the entries will be contested in the form of pre-recorded videos, which will be broadcasted independently to the judges. Videos will not beplayed openly to all audiences, as regulated by the Obscene Articles Tribunal, HKSAR.

Below are the short schedules for 2020 Hong Kong Qualifiers.

For schools that were closed down, parents please contact us immediately for your children’s detailed competition schedule.

[Publish Date: October 5th, 2020]


The Dance World Cup – Hong Kong Qualifiers was held successfully on 3rd October, 2020. To ensure the fairness in the competition, all dance names involving school names will not be published.

Results are as follows:

  • Session 1 (14:00-16:02): MiniGSW / MiniGLW
  • Session 2 (16:07-18:01): KGSW / JGLW / KGLZ / JGLZ / JGLH / KGSC
  • Session 3 (19:01-20:10): KGSH / JGSH / KGLC / SnGLA / MiniGSB / KGSB
  • Session 4 (20:17-22:05): JGSL / SnGSL / MiniGLN / MiniGSN / KGSN / JGLN / KGLN / SnGLN
  • Session 5 (22:15-22:50): MiniGLL / MiniGSH / MiniGLH / JGSW / MiniGSV / KGLA

For Solo, Duet, Trio and Quartet competitors, competition will be held on 13-15th November at Y-Studio, Chai Wan.

Should you have any enquiries, please email us at [info@dwc-asiancup.com](mailto: info@dwc-asiancup.com), thank you.

[Publish Date: August 25th, 2020]

In view of the latest situation of COVID-19, Prevention and Control of Disease (Prohibition on Group Gathering) Regulation is still under implementation and the performing venues remain closed with no reopening date known, we hereby announced that DWC HK Qualifying Match need to be rescheduled to Oct & Nov as follow dates due to current situation.

Update Schedule
Group Dances -- 3rd October 2020 (Y-Theatre)
Solo, Duet, Trio, Quartet -13th -15th November (Y-Studio)

Participants may choose to either :

  1. Attend the competition in person,
  2. Submit an entry video (Deadline for video submission : 23th September for Group Dances and 3rd November for Solo, Due, Trio, Quartet), or
  3. Exit the competition. Those who apply for withdrawal at this stage will not be refunded.


Participants are requested to email us your competition decision to info@dwc-asiancup.com on or before 23th September (Group Dances) and 3rd November (Solo, Due, Trio, Quartet)

If you have submitted your choice earlier, please DO NOT REPEAT your notification.

Information of classes competition dates, check-in and match times will be emailed to the contestants 2 weeks before competition dates.

Regulation of video recording, please refer to earliest emails / page announcement in Jan & Feb.

If there is an update, will immediately inform everyone, thank you for your patient. Any inconvenience caused, please understand.

For any enquiries, please feel free to email us at info@dwc-asiancup.com, thank you!

[Publish Date 30th July, 2020]


Considering the epidemic is severe, to ensure the safety of contestants and all involved participants, as well as getting updated by the government which announced that all government venues will not be opened in August. DWC HK Qualifying Match for Solo, Duet, Trio will be postponed to September 11th, 12th, & 13th @ Y-Studio. For Small Group & Large Group will remain as September 13th @ Y-Theatre.

Update Schedule:

  • Solo, Duet, Trio - September 11th, 12th, & 13th @ Y-Studio.
  • Small Group, Large Group -- 13th September 2020 (Y Theatre)


Participants may choose to either :

  1. Attend the competition in person,
  2. Submit an entry video (Deadline for video submission : 05th September), or
  3. Exit the competition. Those who apply for withdrawal at this stage will not be refunded.


Participants are requested to email us your competition decision to info@dwc-asiancup.com on or before 05th September.

If you have submitted your choice earlier, please do not repeat your notification.

Information of classes competition dates, check-in and match times will be emailed to the contestants 2 weeks before competition dates.

Regulation of video recording, please refer to earliest emails / page announcement in Jan / Feb.

If there is an update, will immediately inform everyone, thank you for your patient.

Any inconvenience caused, please understand.

For any enquiries, please feel free to email us at info@dwc-asiancup.com, thank you!

[Publish Date: 13th July, 2020]


Signs of the third wave of coronavirus and the uncertainties of opening schedule of competition venue, we hereby to announce further delay of the Dance World Cup Hong Kong Qualifying Match as follow new schedule :-

  • Solo, Duet, Trio -- 17th & 18th August 2020 (Y Theatre)
  • Small Group, Large Group -- 13th September 2020 (Y Theatre)
  • Solo Duet Trio -- video submission delay to 7th August 2020, email reply 4th August 2020
  • Small Group, Large Group - video submission delay to 3rd Sept 2020, email reply by 1st Sept 2020



Participants may choose to either :

  1. Attend the competition in person,
  2. Submit an entry video, or
  3. Exit the competition. Those who apply for withdrawal at this stage will not be refunded.


Participants are requested to email info@dwc-asiancup.com on or before 4th August (Solo Duet Trio) & 1st Sept (Small Group, Large Group). If you have submitted your choice earlier, please do not repeat your notification.

Information of classes competition dates, check-in and match times will be emailed to the contestants 2 weeks before competition dates.

If there is an update, will immediately inform everyone, thank you for your patient.

Any inconvenience caused, please understand.

For any enquiries, please feel free to email us at info@dwc-asiancup.com, thank you!


[Publish Date: 26th June 2020]

Follow to our announcement dated June 03, below please find competition schedule of July 24 to 26 for your information.


Frankly remind that both the date for email us your competition decision and video submission should be uploaded to entry system on or before 10th July, 2020. If you have submitted your choice earlier, please do not repeat your notification.

For the reporting time and competition time will send you mid July via email.

[Publish Date: 3rd June 2020]

To the contestants, parents and teachers,

As the Government announced on June 2 that the restrictions were now extended until June 18 , the latest notice made by Youth Square , the site management will not be publicly used for the time being in June . In other words, the Hong Kong Qualifying Competition will need to be postponed until July.

The latest arrangements are as follows:

  • Friday - Sunday, July 24-26, 2020 - Y-Studio (Solo, Duet, Trio, Quartet)
  • Saturday, July 25, 2020 - Y-Theatre (Group Dances)


Participants may choose to either :

  1. Attend the competition in person,
  2. Submit an entry video (Deadline for video submission : 10th July), or
  3. Exit the competition. Those who apply for withdrawal at this stage will not be refunded.


Participants are requested to email your decision to info@dwc-asiancup.com on or before July 10, 2020.
If you have submitted your choice earlier, please do not repeat your notification.

Information of classes competition dates, check-in and match times will be emailed to the contestants after 13th July.
We will keep updated on the latest news, thank you for your patience and we apologize for any inconvenience caused.

For any enquiries, please feel free to email us at info@dwc-asiancup.com, thank you!

[Publish Date: 25th May 2020]


In effect of the extension of Prohibition on Group Gathering Regulation to 4th June, we further postponed the deadline of Video Submission to 15th June 2020 to allow time for group dance to workout the recording.

Meanwhile, our competition schedule still falls on the timeslot of 25th – 28th June 2020 at Y-studio.

Contestants who are qualified this year will be eligible to participate in the Dance World Cup Finals 2020, which will be held next year, summer 2021 in Europe. The finals for Dance World Cup 2020 will be postponed to the year 2021. In other words, we will have two finals in the coming year, “Dance World Cup World Finals 2020” and “Dance World Cup World Finals 2021”. More details will be released soon.

[Publish Date: 20th May 2020]


Because of technical issues, please note that the dates for decision confirmation and video submission has been changed. Please inform us your decision on or before 5th June, 2020, and email us your competition video on or before 8th June, 2020.

In light of the updated class resumption arrangements, the schedule for Hong Kong Qualifying Match has been further changed. Please see below the updated schedule for Hong Kong Qualifying Match. Please note that the schedule below is the estimated start time for each class. For the reporting time and the exact time for your performance, emails will be sent to schools separately.


Contestants who are qualified this year will be eligible to participate in the Dance World Cup Finals 2020, which will be held next year, summer 2021 in Europe. The finals for Dance World Cup 2020 will be postponed to the following year. In other words, we will have two finals in the coming year, Dance World Cup World Finals 2020 and Dance World Cup World Finals 2021. More details will be released soon.

[Publish Date: 22nd April 2020]


Dear Contestants/Parents and Teachers

In light of the current situation, we hereby announce the further postponement of the Dance World Cup – Hong Kong Qualifying Match. The new arrangements are as follows:

Date: 25-28 June, 2020
Venue: Y-Studio

Click below for the updated schedule (schedule for Ballroom & Latin participants will be announced separately):

  • Schedule June 26
  • Schedule June 27
  • Schedule June 25
  • Schedule June 28
    Participants may choose to either:
    1. attend the competition in person,
    2. submit an entry video (Deadline for video submission: 18June), or
    3. to withdraw from the competition.

Please note that refund is not possible at the current stage. Please email us info@dwc-asiancup.com your decision on or before 15th June.
If you have submitted your choice earlier, please do not repeat your notification.

We would have crowd control at the make-up room, the auditorium etc to minimize the risk of the spread of the Coronavirus 19. Details will be announced soon. For those who are interested to watch the competition, ticket sales details will be announced later as well. Should you have any inquiries, you are welcome to contact us at info@dwc-asiancup.com. Thank you.

***All contestants and teams who have chosen to attend the competition, please prepare a video file for backup plan as well ***

[Publish Date: 25th Mar 2020]

Dear Contestants/Parents and Teachers,

Due to the COVID-19 situation is severe, Dance World Cup Final announced the competition will be postponed to late August. DWC Final agreed Hong Kong Qualifying Match entries to be postponed till May. We are trying hard to co-ordinate with the Venue, the competition may be postponed to Mid-May to Late May. The video submission will be postponed to May too. We would announce once we got the confirmed date. Please understand if any inconvenience caused. Thank you.
Should you have any inquiries, please email to info@dwc-asiancup.com. Thanks a lot.

[Publish Date: 21st Mar 2020]

In due of the recent outbreak of COVID-19, Dance World Cup Hong Kong Qualifying Match, scheduled to be held on April, will likely be on hold. We will follow the timeline announced by Dance World Cup Final and Government’s guidelines to reschedule the competition. Hoping that the situation will be settled very soon to enable our dancers perform on stage again.

We will keep updated on the latest news, thank you for your patience.
We apologize for any inconvenience caused.

DWC Asia Co

[Publish Date: 5th Mar 2020]

Dear Contestants/Parents and Teachers,

Due to The Education Bureau announced that class suspension of all schools will be extended to the end of schools' Easter holidays which the schools would resume classes on April 20 the earliest. Also, The Leisure and Cultural Services Department announced Major Cultural facilities of performance venues will not be re-opened before the end of March. Considering the current situation and coordination with the venue, there are some re-arrangement of the competition schedule. Kindly understand we have been trying hard to make corresponding arrangement so as all the competitions could be finished within April to meet the application deadline for the finals, also try to meet the needs of all parties. Please understand if any inconvenience caused. Below please see the latest competition Schedule:

  • 2020 April 13th (Monday) – Y-Theatre
  • 2020 April 14th (Tuesday) - Y-Studio
  • 2020 April 15th (Wednesday) Y-Studio
  • 2020 April 19th (Sunday) -Y-Studio
  • 2020 April 26th (Sunday) - Y-Studio


If you could not attend the competition, you may choose to submit video through the official system on or before the submission deadline, please see below the Re-scheduled Timetable for your reference.

However, the Coronavirus situation is still uncertain, and the Venue may have further arrangement.
***All contestants and teams who have chosen to attend the competition, please prepare a video file for backup plan as well ***


***Re-Scheduled Timetable***



Please email your decision to info@dwc-asiancup.com on or before 2020 Mar 23rd.

Below are the three options for all the contestants and teams:

Option 1) Attend the competition

Option 2) Video Submission (Submit on or before the deadline through the system, please refer the re-scheduled timetable for the submission deadline)

Option 3) Withdrawal from the competition.
No refund will be arranged at the choice of withdrawal from the competition.
In meanwhile, we have received many email replies already, you don’t have to email us again if the decision remains unchanged. We will double check the choices after the reply deadline.

***Please note that for those who have chosen to upload videos, you may now upload the video file to the official online system.

Login official system: https://dwcentries.com/entries

Video Submission Demo Reference:here

We would have crowd control at the make-up room, the auditorium etc to minimize the risk of the spread of the Coronavirus 19. Details will be announced soon. For those who interested to watch the competition, ticket sales details will be announced later as well. Should you have any inquiries, you are welcome to contact us at info@dwc-asiancup.com. Thank you.

[Publish Date: 24th Feb 2020]

Dear Contestants/Parents and Teachers,

Due to the Coronavirus situation, under the safety concern circumstances, we decided to do video submission for all the dance group competitions which supposed to be scheduled on 2020 Feb 9. However, we received messages from many teams that they really want to perform on stage and asked if the group competition got any chance to be postponed to April as well. After consultations with the venue representatives, they gave us a date in April at Y- Theatre and we have sent email to all the Dance Group teams and collected their comments last week.

Below please find the latest arrangement for the competitions regarding their comments and considerations:

Group Competition

  • The Group competition, which was scheduled on February 9 will be POSTPONED to 2020 April 13th (Monday)
  • If you could not attend the competition, you may choose to submit video on or before 2020 April 3rd through the official system


Solo/Duet/Trio/Quartet Competition

  • *** To avoid time conflictions with the Schools Dance Festival Competition, we need to re-schedule some of the dance groups time schedule. Below please see the attachment for your reference.
  • If you could not attend the competition, you may choose to submit video on or before 2020 April 3rd through the official system


Re-Scheduled Timetable



Please email your decision to info@dwc-asiancup.com on or before 2020 Mar 23rd.

Below are the three options for all the contestants and teams:

Option 1) Attend the competition
Option 2) Video Submission (Submit on or before 2020 April 3rd to the system)
Option 3) Withdrawal from the competition.
No refund will be arranged at the choice of withdrawal from the competition.


In meanwhile, we have received many email replies already, you don’t have to email us again if the decision remains unchanged. We will double check your choices after the reply deadline.

However, the Coronavirus situation is still uncertain, and the Education Bureau may have further arrangement. All contestants and teams who have chosen to attend the competition, please prepare a video file for backup plan as well.

Please note that for those who have chosen to upload videos, you may now upload the video file to the official online system.

Login official system: https://dwcentries.com/entries

Video Submission Demo Reference: https://www.dwc-asiancup.com/en/entry-forms/_entrydetails/Video%20Submission%20Demo_Eng.pdf

We would have crowd control at the make-up room, the auditorium etc for safety concerns. Details will be announced before the Competition. Should you have any inquiries, you are welcome to contact us at info@dwc-asiancup.com. Thank you.

[Publish Date: 3rd Feb 2020]

Dear Contestants, Parents and teachers,

We understand that all of you would like to know the latest competition arrangement as soon as possible. Kindly understand many factors we need to take into the consideration; we are trying hard to discuss with the venue also keep on noticing the Government updates on the Wuhan Coronavirus in the meantime. Also, we have received many email and messages stated that the dancers would like to be able to perform on stage and hope to be qualified to enter the final which will be held at this June at Rome. As the Final entry deadline is at April, we hope to postpone the competition and the Hong Kong qualified dancers will be able to enter the final at the same time.

Below please see the latest arrangement:
The Competition, which was scheduled on 2020 Feb 9th, all the dance entries will be replaced by Video Submission. Kindly noted that the submission deadline will be POSTPONED to 2020 April 3rd. Please upload the video file to the official system.

Please noted the following TWO options are just for the contestants which the competition was scheduled on 2020 Feb 9th:
Option 1) Video Submission (Submit on or before 2020 April 3rd to the system)
Option 2) Withdrawal from the competition.
No refund will be arranged at the choice of withdrawal from the competition.

The Competition, which was schedule on 2020 Feb 14th to Feb 16th, will be POSTPONED to 2020 April 5th, April 14th and 15th.
---- 2020 Feb 14th postponed to April 5th (Sunday)
---- 2020 Feb 15th postponed to April 14th (Tuesday)
---- 2020 Feb 16th postponed to April 15th (Wednesday)
Please noted the following THREE options are just for the contestants which the competition was scheduled on 2020 Feb 14th to Feb 16th:
Option 1) Attend the competition
Option 2) Video Submission (Submit on or before 2020 April 3rd to the system)
Option 3) Withdrawal from the competition.
No refund will be arranged at the choice of withdrawal from the competition.

Please email your decision to info@dwc-asiancup.com on or before 2020 Mar 23rd. Those who have email us before and decision remain unchanged. You don’t have to email us again; we will double check your choices with you.

We would like to elaborate for the video which need to be filmed the full view of the stage. We don’t mean that you need to do the shooting inside a theatre standard stage. Wherever suitable for the dancers to perform the dance, it will be counted as their performing stage. Just make sure to take the full view of the dance.

  • To be fair to every contestant, video must be filmed in between today to 2020 April 3rd. Video which was filmed at the past performance or competition is not accepted.
  • The Judges will focus solely on the actual dance performances. Location or backdrop, no matter how simple, or how spectacular will not factor into the judges’ decision.
  • Logo of any kind is not allowed in the video.
  • All dance videos will still be arranged to be judged by our Judge Panel in a fair stance.

In order to facilitate the video submission progress and reduce the submission cost. The technicians are working for the page on the official system for uploading the video files. Just like how you submitted the music file or the payment receipt record onto the system before, it will be the same way. We will let you all know how the page looks like and how to upload the files once the page was built.

All submitted video must be in following format and condition of filming:

  1. The camera must be set on tripod and film full view of the stage,
  2. The video must be captured at the front view.
  3. The camera must be set on a tripod and remain motionless from beginning to the end of the dance.
  4. Video editing or audio editing is NOT allowed in the submitted video.
  5. NO special effect and dance school identity in the submitted video (Example: Logos, signages, slogans or anything similar).
  6. Video image must be in "Sharp and clear" condition, no special effect or camera effect is allowed. (Example: Field of Dept, zoom in or out, fade in or out, pan or tilt)
  7. Video formats: avi, mov, mp4, mkv accepted only.
  8. Each dance can only submit ONE video.
  9. In the event if the submitted video does not match the above condition, the dance will be disqualified.

Kindly understand the above arrangement! Thank you so much for your time and co-operation!

[Publish Date: 29th January 2020]


Competition held on 9th February 2020 (Group Dance)


We are today informed by Y-Theatre the Venue is closed until further notice.

Further to our internal discussion, we would like to inform you the Group Dance competition which supposedly held on 9th February 2020 will be replaced by Video Submission in order to minimize the risk of dancers being infected.

In view of the preparation of video, we extend the Video Submission deadline to 15th March 2020 (by post).

  • To be fair to every contestant, video is to be taken within the period from today to 15 March 2020. Video of past performance is not accepted.
  • Logo of any kind is not allowed in the video.
  • The Judges will focus solely on the actual dance performances. Location or backdrop, no matter how simple, or how spectacular will not factor into the judges’ decision
  • All dance videos will still be arranged to be judged by our Judge Panel in a fair stance.

All Group Dance entries please submit a video of the dance on/before 15th March 2020 (any video submission after 15th March 2020 is not accepted). Please send video by post to :-

Dance World Cup - Hong Kong Qualifying Match
3B Nan Sang Building,
86 Belcher’s Street,
Kennedy Town, HK.

Please also attached a photo of dancers dressed in costume for our record plus a note writing Class Code / Dance Name / School Name / Dancers Name / Entry number / contact phone number. Each USB will only carry 1 dance. (We will return these USBs to contestants after competition.)

All submitted video must be in following format and condition of filming:

  1. The camera must be set on tripod and film full view of the stage,
  2. The video must be captured at the front view.
  3. The camera must be set on a tripod and remain motionless from beginning to the end of the dance.
  4. Video editing or audio editing is NOT allowed in the submitted video.
  5. NO special effect and dance school identity in the submitted video (Example: Logos, signages, slogans or anything similar).
  6. Video image must be in "Sharp and clear" condition, no special effect or camera effect is allowed. (Example: Field of Dept, zoom in or out, fade in or out, pan or tilt)
  7. Video formats: avi, mov, mp4, mkv accepted only.
  8. Each dance can only submit ONE video and be saved in USB.
  9. In the event if the submitted video does not match the above condition, the dance will be disqualified.

No refund will be arranged at the choice of withdrawal from the competition.

** Result to be announced by end March 2020.
** Prize presentation to be held on 5th August 2020 at Y-Theatre. Further details will be announced soon.


Competition held on 14th–16th February 2020 (Solo/Duet/Trio/Quartet)

Venue : Y Studio

There is only limited seating for 120 audiences at Y-studio for the Solo, Duet, Trio and Quartet performances and that due to the current health situation we must keep to this number to avoid overcrowding.

Above schedule and arrangement will be confirmed on 9th February 2020 subject to government announcement.


[Publish Date: 27th January 2020]

Given the outbreak of Wuhan coronavirus, we are going to make adequate moves in the operation of Hong Kong Qualifying Match at Y-theatre dated 9th February 2020 and Y-studio dated 14th to 16th February 2020. We prioritize the safety of dancers, judges, and workers among all.

Since all Group Dance are scheduled on 9th February at Y-theatre, we expect crowds of dancers and audiences will be packed at the Theatre. Solo, duet, trio and quartet dance, being held at Y-studio which is a comparatively smaller venue that holds 120 audiences only, should be more spacious at the venue.

We have 3 options for dancers for Hong Kong Qualifying Match:

Option 1:

  • Perform as scheduled under following control measures at the venue :
  • Temperature screening of dancers at arrival checkpoints, changing rooms, backstage. Those confirmed with fever, coughing, sneezing will be required to leave the venue immediately.
  • All dancers are required to wear masks. They not allowed to take off the masks until they step on the stage to perform. They are required to put on the mask right after the performance in the backstage.
  • All audiences are required to wear masks at any circumstance. Those refuse to wear mask will be required to leave the venue immediately.
  • Dancers can leave the venue right after their performance and not waiting for the prize presentation. Please do tell the Reception Desk staff when report arrival.


Option 2:

  • Submit a video of the dance on/before 29th February 2020 by post (3B Nan Sang Building, 86 Belcher’s Street, Kennedy Town, HK). Please attached a photo of dancers dressed in costume for our record plus a note writing Class Code / Dance Name / Dancers Name / Entry number / contact phone number. Each USB will only carry 1 dance. We will return these USB to contestants after competition.


All submitted video must be in following format and condition of filming:

  1. The camera must be set on tripod and film full view of the stage,
  2. The video must be captured at the front view.
  3. The camera must be set on a tripod and remain motionless from beginning to the end of the dance.
  4. Video editing or audio editing is NOT allowed in the submitted video.
  5. NO special effect and dance school identity in the submitted video (Example: Logos, signages, slogans or anything similar).
  6. Video image must be in "Sharp and clear" condition, no special effect or camera effect is allowed. (Example: Field of Dept, zoom in or out, fade in or out, pan or tilt)
  7. Only accept video formats: avi, mov, mp4, mkv
  8. Each dance can only submit ONE video and be saved in USB.
  9. If the submitted video doesn't match the above condition, the dance will be disqualified.
  10. Video not accepted after 29th February 2020.


Option 3:
Withdrawal from the competition.

  • No refund will be arranged at the choice of withdrawal from the competition.


Class with both video submission and on-site performance dances

When the Class with 1 dance or more choosing Video Submission option, that Class will not be judged on the date of competition at Y-theatre and Y-studio. Those taking the option to perform on stage as we originally scheduled, we will be responsible to take the video recording of the performance of the dance. Judges will still be seated at the Judges Desk in the theatre to watch the performance although marks not being given. The recording of these dances and the Submitted Video will be judged by Judge Panel in early March in Hong Kong. The result will be announced by 15th March 2020. Trophies and Certificates will be mailed to contestants later. No prize presentation will be held.

Reply to be submitted by 4th February 2020

ALL the Entries of competition, please tell us your choice by email on/before 4th February 2020 (Email : info@dwc-asiancup.com) :

  • Option 1 (perform as scheduled at Y-theatre / Y-studio)
  • Option 2 (by video submission)
  • Option 3 (withdraw from competition)


Please noted that we will not be responsible for any cost incurred subject to any of the above options. We will acknowledge the receipt of your email in return.

Please notice that we will only communicate with the “Registered Account Owner”. All dance contestants please contact your dance school or teachers as soon as possible to finalize your choice.

[Publish Date: 20 January, 2020]

Dear Dancers,
You may now register for the Master Class which hosted by the Master Layla Harrison, below please see the class details:

“Ballet Technique Master Class By Layla Harrison”
Date: 2020 Feb 8
Venue: Y-studio, Youth Square

Class A: Age 8 ~ 11
Time: 3:50pm ~ 4:50pm
Class B: Age 12 or above
Time: 4:50pm ~ 5:50pm

Class Fee: HKD150@

Please email to info@dwc-asiancup.com if you interested to join the master class.
Limited student no. of each class, on a first come first served basis. Thank you.

[Publish Date: 17 January, 2020]

Competition schedule has been released and sent to the applicants’ email. The followings are the dance categories competing in that particular days.

9 February 2020 (Please be reminded the Competition Venue is Y-Theatre, LG1 of Youth Square) (Reception open at 10:30)
Session 1: MiniGSH, MiniGLH, KGSH, JGSH, JGLH
Session 2: MiniGSW, MiniGLW, KGSW, JGSW, JGLW, MiniGSV
Session 3: JGLN, KGLN, SnGLN, MiniGSN, MiniGLN, KGSN, MiniGSB, KGSB, KGLZ, KGLA, SnGLA, MiniGLL, JGSL, SnGSL, JGLZ, KGSC, KGLC, SnGLC

14 February 2020 (Please be reminded the Competition Venue is Y-Studio, 2/F of Youth Square) (Reception open at 18:00)
Session 1: MiniDW, MiniSWm, KSZ, KSZm, JSZ

15 February 2020 (Please be reminded the Competition Venue is Y-Studio ,2/F of Youth Square) (Reception open at 09:00)
Session 1: MiniSW, KSW, KSWm, KDW, JSW, JDW, SnDW
Session 2: MiniSV, KSV, MiniSH, KSH, KDH, JSH, JDH, SnSH, SnDH, KSC, JSC, MiniSL, KSL, KSLm, JSL, KDL, JDL, SnSL, KSE, JSE, SnSE
Session 3: MiniSN, KSN, JSN, SnSN, KSA, MiniSA, MiniDN, KDA, KDN, JDN, SnSN

16 February 2020 (Please be reminded the Competition Venue is Y-Studio, 2/F of Youth Square) (Reception open at 09:00)
Session 1: MiniSB, KSB, KDPDD, MiniDB, MiniQB, KSPB, KDB, KQB, JSB, JDB, JQB
Session 2: SnSBR, KSBR, KSBRm, KSPBR, SnDB, JSBR, SnDPDD

[Publish Date: 05 January, 2020]

Thank you for enrolling in Dance World Cup, Hong Kong/Macau/China/Taiwan Qualifier. The detailed schedule will be announced by 15 January 2020. Participants will be notified through email. No scheduling amendments will be allowed unless it is prior requested.

Participants may order competition photos and videos on-site upon reporting. Photos will be HKD140 per entry and videos will be $180 per entry. Only cash payments will be accepted.

Reporting time will be announced through email. It will be approximately one hour before class time. Only teachers/helpers will be allowed to the dressing room during competition. Parents will have no access to dressing rooms, unless they are registered as dressing room assistants by the school principal. Teachers will only be allowed at the side stage during MINI Sections.

  • ONE teacher pass and ONE helper pass will be provided for entries between 1-10 dancers
  • TWO teacher passes and TWO helper passes will be provided for entries between 11-20 dancers
  • THREE teacher passes and THREE helper passes will be provided for entries between 21-30 dancers


After the competition, dancers will have to wait for the prize giving ceremony to finish before they can get changed. Tickets for each session will be available at URBTIX. For the starting date of ticket sales, please wait for further announcement.

Master classes will be open for registration. Details will be announced soon.

See you all in the competition!

[Publish Date: 20 December, 2019]

Reminder :
Dear Participants, please kindly be informed that once the entry is accepted andpaid, entry fee is non-refundable & non-transferable under any circumstances.

[Publish Date: 17 December, 2019]

REMINDER

Here are the few reminders for your enrollment for the Qualifying Matches : -
Deadline for entry, music upload, bank-in slip upload for Hong Kong, Taiwan and Macau : December 31st, 2019 (Hong Kong Time)
Deadline for entry, music upload, bank-in slip upload for Beijing: January 31st, 2020 (Beijing Time)

  • Please ensure details entered in the enrollment system are ALL in English (including Dance Title – Routine Name, Dancer Name) and correct .
  • NO edit of the entry details, edits/uploads of music, upload bank-in slip will be allowed after system closure (Dec 31 for HK, Taiwan, Macau and Jan 31 for Beijing)
  • All certificates, program will be issued in accordance to the details entered in the system (record as per Dec 31 for HK, Taiwan, Macau, Jan 31 for China).
  • Dancers who fail upload music and bank-in slip payment receipt will not be scheduled for competition no refund.
  • Competition schedule will be announced by email on Jan 2020.

[Publish Date: 27th November, 2019]

1/ To all dear early-bird enrollment participants, please be reminded that to arrange the payment and upload the payment receipt to the system on or before 2019 Nov 30. The enrollment fee will return to normal price if uploading after Nov 30. Thanks a lot.

2/ We have more dance group choices this year, please see the below attachment for your reference, all dancers may consider joining more dance group at the Qualifying match. Each dancer may join more than two solos at the Qualifying Match this year (at different categories). Please contact us if you have any queries, thank you.

https://www.dwc-asiancup.com/en/rules-and-regulations/Regulations(20191030rev).pdf

[Publish Date: 1st November, 2019]

Here are few reminders for your application for the qualifying matches. The Hong Kong Qualifying Match will be held on 9th, 14th - 16th February, 2020.

  • For 9th February, only small group and large group participants will dance.
  • For 14th – 16th February, only solos/ duet and trios/ Quartets/ Ballroom and Latin participants will dance.

No membership fee will be required for qualifying matches this year. However, membership fees are still required if you are attending the Dance World Cup Finals in Rome in the coming summer.

Last but not least, the Ballroom and Latin Qualifiers are ready for application! The competition will be held in 14th – 16th February, 2020. Please see our Latin page for application method, rules and regulations, and more. Wish you a fruitful journey of dancing in the year ahead!

[Publish Date: 12th September, 2019]

We are pleased to announce that new regions will be joining in our Asian DWC family this year, including Taiwan and China. Qualifying matches of these regions will be tentatively scheduled from early February till March at various locations. Please stay tuned on our website for more updates. Don't miss out this opportunity to step on the world stage and showcase your talents!

Moreover, a new entry system will be adopted for this year’s qualifying match in order to facilitate the registration process and cater different needs of the participants. We look forward to seeing you all and bringing more Asian talented dancers to Italy Rome on coming June for DWC Final. Feel free to follow us at Facebook, Instagram, Line for more updates.

[Publish Date: 19th July, 2019]

The Dance World Cup Finals 2019, has been held successfully in Braga, Portugal. Congratulations to all winners!
Team Hong Kong ranked 14 th in the Mini & Children Country Award Standings, winning 36 points; with 2 gold medals and 1 silver medal in total!
Team Macau ranked 7 th in the Mini & Children Country Award Standings, winning 58 points; with 3 gold medals, 5 silver medals and 2 bronze medals in total!
Team Taiwan ranked 16 th in the Junior & Senior Country Award Standings, winning 16 points; with 1 silver medal and 2 bronze medals in total!
The results for the three teams has been published in our Home page. Please click here for more details. The fourth qualifier for Hong Kong, Macau Beijing and Taiwan will be held again in 2020. Please stay tuned for our coming announcement! We look forward to see you soon!

[Publish Date: 27th February, 2019]

Congratulations to all winners of the Hong Kong Qualifying and Asian Cup! We hereby announce the Chairman Awards winners of 2019, chosen by John Grimshaw, the Chairman of Dance World Cup, as below:

Further from the Chairman Award, we are honored to have 深圳姮娥文化發展有限公司 to sponsor our Asian Cup Winners to the trip of Finals, as below:

In addition, we are delighted to have Ms Grace Chan, the Director of DWC Asia Company, to partially sponsor the Gold/ Silver/ Bronze Awards in Asian Cup to the trip of Finals (The awards below are eligible for Hong Kong entries ONLY).

  • Gold Award: HKD1500 per dance
  • Silver Award: HKD1000 per dance
  • Bronze Award: HKD500 per dance
All the above sponsorships are only provided to those who are joining the trip to the Finals.
Registration Deadline: 10th March, 2019
  • All late registrations will not be accepted.
  • DWC Asia Company reserves the right to change or amend the above terms and conditions at any time without prior notice.

[Publish Date：28th January, 2019]

1. Competition Schedule

Details of the reporting time, class codesm dance names and other details of the competition have been announced through e-mail. If you have not received, or should you have any enquiries, feel free to contact us at info@dwc-asiancup.com.

Schedule Overview：

2. Ticket Arrangement

All viewers (except the dancers) are required to purchase tickets to enter the theatre. Tickets are priced at HKD100 and will be launched on 28th January, 2019 at the City Computer Ticketing Network. Before purchasing tickets, please confirm that the ticket purchased are in the correct session. Sessions

  • 9th February, 2019 (Saturaday) 9:00 a.m.
  • 9th February, 2019 (Saturaday) 7:00 p.m.
  • 10th February, 2019 (Sunday) 9:00 a.m.
  • 10th February, 2019 (Sunday) 2:00 p.m.
  • 10th February, 2019 (Sunday) 7:00 p.m.
  • 11th February, 2019 (Monday) 2:00 p.m.
3. Master Class Workshop (9th February,2019)

In order for DWC contestants to acquire more professional dance skills, we have invited dance experts from all over the world to host the Master Class Workshop:

  • 16:00-17:00 Jazz Teacher: Bogdan Boanta
  • 17:00-18:00 Contemporary Fusion Teacher: Bogdan Boanta

Details have been sent through e-mail. The Master Class Workshop is now open for application at a price of HKD150 per session. The quota is limited and available on a first-come, first-served basis. Should you have any enquiries, please call us at +852 5526 8858.

4. Dance Science Seminar (9th February,2019)

A dance education seminar from renowned speakers and professional dancers; sharing their insights on common injuries of dancers and rehabilitation methods. We highly recommend all dancers and teachers to join.
Time：14:30 - 16:00
Venue： Y-Theatre-Youth Square

Speakers：

  • Henry Lam, President, Hong Kong Association of Dance Medicine & Science
  • Brenton Surgenor, BPhEd, MA, Msc, Senior Lecturer, Academic Studies in Dance School of Dance, The Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts
  • Dr. Arnold Wong, PT, MPhil, PhD, Assistant Professor Department of Rehabilitation Sciences, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
  • Dr Samuel Ling, MBChB, ChM, MRCSEd, FHKCOS, FRCSEd, FHKAM, Clinical Assistant Professor, Department of Orthopaedics & Traumatology Specialist in Orthopaedic Surgery
  • Dr. Henry Pang, Orthopaedics and Traumatology Resident in Prince of Wales Hospital, MBBS(HKU), MRes(Med)(HKU), Yennes Fong, Scientific & Clinic Application of Balance Training, Instructor, Professional Yoga Teacher & Trainer

Content：

  • Taping to prevent dance injury
  • Acute injury
  • Injury pattern among dancers
  • Back pain in dancers
  • Body conditioning of dancers, how to maximize performance
Free Admission
Seat Priority for DWC Contestants

[Published date: 28th December, 2019]

We are pleased to announce that the Asian Cup 2019 will be held on the 9th February 2019 in Y-theatre, Youth Square, Chai Wan, Hong Kong.

Overseas and Mainland China applicants are welcomed to join the Asian Cup 2019. For Hong Kong applicants, only dancers joining the Hong Kong Qualifying match are qualified for and are able to enjoy a higher priority in applying the Asian Cup 2019. Only the following categories are available for application*:

KSPBR – Children Solo Ballet Repertoire with pointe shoes (age 12 - 13 years only)
KSN – Children Solo National and Folklore
KSM – Children Solo Modern
KSA – Children Solo Acro
JSBR – Junior Solo Ballet Repertoire
JSMm – Junior Solo Modern (including lyrical) (Boys)
JSN – Junior Solo National and Folklore
JDB – Junior Duet/Trio Ballet – any style
JDN – Junior Duet/Trio National and Folklore
SnSBR – Senior Solo Ballet Repertoire
SnSN – Senior Solo National and Folklore
SnDN – Senior Duet/Trio National and Folklore Dance

All winners from the Asian Cup 2019 will be qualified to participate in the World Finals - Portugal in the coming summer. Hong Kong applicants are highly recommended to participate the Asian Cup. As winners of Asian Cup 2019 can receive sponsorship for the trip to the World Finals 2019 in Portugal. Sponsorship details are as follows:

  • Partial sponsorship (HKD5000 per entry) of tour fee for Outstanding Dancer and Outstanding Group.
  • Amount of partial sponsorship for Gold/ Silver/ Bronze Awards for each category will be further announced.

Deadline for application has been postponed to 15th January, 2019 (Hong Kong Time). Join us and enjoy a fruitful journey ahead!

*DWC Asia Company reserves the right to add/delete any categories without prior notice.

[Publish Date: 16 November 2018]

We are honored to have invited Macao Dance General Association to co-host the Dance World Cup - Macau qualifying match this year. The competition will be held on the 1st and 2nd of March, 2019. Please check our website for more details.

[Publish Date: 13 October 2018]

Thank you for your past patronage to the Asian Cup. Due to changes of the regulations, Asian cup 2019 will be suspended.

This year, besides dancers from Hong Kong; talented dancers from Korea, Singapore, Taiwan (except Macau and China*) are welcome to join the qualifying in Hong Kong. The qualifying is tentatively scheduled from 08-11 Feb 2019. Qualifiers will receive sponsorship and will be able to enter the final in Portugal in the summer.

Apart from organizing a competition, being the sole organizer in Asia; we would like to make this an educational and joyful experience for all our participants. Various interesting talks and master classes will be arranged during the competition period. We hope our participants will be able to learn and gain knowledges that will benefit mentally and physically while enjoying the high spirits in the competition. Details of these talks and classes will be announced later in our website.

There are several changes in the Official Rules and Regulations. Hereby are the major changes. For more details, please visit http://dwc-asiancup.com/en/rules-and-regulations .

  1. Dancers can perform in multiple SMALL and LARGE groups
  2. For exchange dancers, only dancers who participated in qualifying match are qualified to join the World Final 2019.
  3. There will be a 20 second time limit for any prop to be placed on stage and removed from the stage. Failure to comply with this will result in a 5-point penalty for each violation.
  4. Only MINI group dancers can receive help from dance teacher for placing and removing props
  5. Pointe shoes are not allowed in any CHILDREN's classes (13 years and under).
  6. Ballet soloists aged 12-13 years can wear pointe shoes in category KSBPR and/or KSPB.
  7. 12-13 years with pointe shoes in group dance can only enter the relevant junior classes. (Details please refer to the regulations)

Due to the numbers of participants for this event is limited; enrolments will be accepted on a first come first serve basis. The application deadline will be on 31 December 2018 (in Hong Kong Time). Don't miss out this opportunity to step on the world stage and showcase your talent! Sign up now and join us on this magic journey!

*Qualifying for Macau and China will be held locally.