Get serious with your trainings & go on to win some amazing prizes, including cold hard cash! 🥳🤑🏆💃🕺

Our 1st ever Strictly Zouk Championship in 2023 was a new and small concept but fun addition to our Cloud9 Mid Year Ball, and in 2024 we are adding some extra categories for some extra excitement! 🥳💃🕺🔥🏆

So this year we are bringing the Strictly Competition as well as the Zouk Championship/Showcase back again, a little bigger, better & simpler, and with exciting elements and more divisions to be fairer & awesom-er 😉 🥳🥳

Our aim in introducing these Strictly competitions to our event is to create a positive & encouraging environment that inspires dancers from different levels to partner up and work on their dance skills, Zouk movements & the techniques that they have been learning in their regular dance classes and workshops or festivals. 😍❣️

The rules are very straightforward with more opportunities to participate in more categories 🥳

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📃This year we have 2 categories or divisions:

1️⃣ Division 1: Zouk Championship and Showcases with 3 levels (A-C)

A. OPEN/PRO CHAMPIONSHIP - Showcase + Freestyle/Strictly : 🏆🏆🏆

- Open category aimed at Upper levels dancers, including Professionals, to showcase a duet Choreography.

- Performance length 2-3 minutes.

- PLUS there will be a Freestyle dance component also required.

- Weighting of Showcase and Freestyle components will this year be 50/50.

- We will aim for all Showcases to be performed on Fri night and Freestyle/Strictly component on Sat afternoon.

- This Zouk Championship (Showcase + Freestyle) category also has a major prize for 1st place. 🏆💰

B. PRO/AM Showcase :

- A partnership between A Professional + An Amateur.

- Showcase ONLY - performing a duet Choreography.

- Performance length 1:45 - 2:15 minutes

C: AMATEUR Showcase :

- Any dancers from all levels. As long as they DO NOT get paid for dance (so some teaching assistants may still qualify as Amateur).

- Showcase ONLY - performing a duet Choreography.

- Performance length 1:45 - 2:15 minutes.

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2️⃣ Division 2: Strictly/Freestyle Only, with 3 levels (A-C)

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A. OPEN/PROFESSIONAL Strictly :

- Any dancers including Amateur & Professionals.

- Again, you compete with your partner of choice (Amateurs can partner with Amateur or a Pro, and vice versa)

- The dance is improvised, rather than choreographed, and in groups of 2 - 4 (max 6) couples with 2 - 3 songs to rotate position.

B. PRO/AM Strictly :

- A partnership between A Professional + An Amateur.

- Being a Strictly, competitors will again be dancing improvised, rather than choreographed, in groups of 2 - 4 (max 6) couples with 2 - 3 songs to rotate position.

- We will have 2 Heats over 2 days - Preliminary & Finals.

C: AMATEUR Strictly :

- Any dancers from all levels. As long as they DO NOT get paid for dance (so some teaching assistants may still qualify as Amateur).

- You choose your partner for this competition, and will be social dancing/improvised dance in groups of 2 - 6 couples with 2 - 3 songs to rotate position.

- We will have 2 Heats over 2 days - Preliminary & Finals

- We will have 2 Heats over 2 days - Preliminary & Finals.

The Open/Pros Strictly category also has a major prize for 1st place. 🏆💰

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👩‍💻👨‍💻JUDGES:

Our Internationals & National artists will be judging these competitions.

👨‍💻 Otavio

👩‍💻 Sara

👨‍💻 Pedro

👩‍💻 Cibele

👩‍💻 more Judges TBC

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Learn more about our judging criteria & scoring here:

www.cloud9zouk.com.au

Yes, that’s right! We are bringing a new Strictly Zouk Championship element to our Australian & NZ Zouk scene.

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🎁 PRIZES:

This year Cloud9 Mid Year Ball we have gone to next level with prizes. 🤩🤩

We believe this is going to get our scene excited, motivated and push us to grow & level up our dancing.

The 1st Place Zouk Championship will take home $1000 cash prize & a surprise gift.

🏆🏆SHOWCASE & SRTICTLY FREE STYLE: 🏆🏆

🎁 Championship - Open Showcase + Freestyle (including Professionals):

1️⃣1st Place …. $1000 Cash Prize + Trophy

🔥Plus a surprise

2️⃣2nd Place … $250 Cash Prize + Trophy

3️⃣3rd Place … Trophy

🎁Professional / Armature Showcase ONLY:

1️⃣1st Place … Medallion + 1 Festival Passes to Brisbane Zouk Festival 2024

2️⃣2nd Place …. Medallion

3️⃣3rd Place .... Medallion

🎁Armature Showcase ONLY:

1️⃣1st Place … Medallion + 2 Festival Passes to Zouk Central NZ 2025

2️⃣2nd Place …. Medallion

3️⃣3rd Place .... Medallion

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SRTICTLY FREE STYLE ONLY:

🎁Open Freestyle Only: (All dancers Professionals & Amateur)

1️⃣1st Place … $500 Cash Prize + Trophy

2️⃣2nd Place …. $250 Cash Prize + Medallion

3️⃣3rd Place …. Medallion

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🎁Professional / Armature Freestyle Only:

1️⃣1st Place … Trophy + 1 Festival Pass to Cloud9 Mid Year Ball & Championship 2025

2️⃣2nd Place …. Medallion

3️⃣3rd Place .... Medallion

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🎁Armature Freestyle Only: (No Professionals)

1️⃣1st Place … Trophy + 2 Festival Passes to Sanctuary Dance Festival Sydney 2025

2️⃣2nd Place …. Medallion plus Gift

3️⃣3rd Place .... Medallion plus Gift

Remember, your competition result/placement is NOT what MATTERS & dose not define you as dancer, it is your hard work, having a go & putting yourself out there, and the positive mindset that you put in that matters. You will ALL be the winners! 🥳👏🏆

Let's goooo! 🙂

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