K-Pop Cover Dance & Choreography Contest - 23rd of September in Hannover!
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ABOUT THE KDC 2023
We are more than excited to finally present to you, the first ever Konnecting Dance Contest!
During the pandemic we organised two online version, now we are more than proud to finally greet you in real life!
With this contest, the name speaks for itself - Konnecting Dance - the connection to dance comes first and is the guideline for this competition
Our aspirations are
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a fair and respectful competition
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acknowledging dance as an artform and sport
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not to focus on K-Pop, nor cover, but DANCE
It is our goal to implement these aspirations through our concept, the judging criterias and the picked judges.
We thank you for your support and interest and cannot wait for your sign ups!
Lets KONNECT!
CATEGORIES
YOu can sign up in the following categories
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Solo
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Small group / 2 bis 5 dancers
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Big group / over 6 dancers
We are offering you 2 different forms of competition, that differ the most in their judging criterias
COVER & CHOREOGRAPHY SHOW
Either present a K-Pop Song in its original form, or get creative and use K-Pop as an inspiration and base.
RULES
COVER
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Intros/Dancebreaks are allowed, as long as they come from the original artist itself and have a source (e.g fancams)
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Membercount of the original artist is not relevant
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Every song with a K-Pop reference is allowed, e.g
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japanese and chinese releases of K-Pop Artists
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songs sung in english, like XG
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Songs produced for shows like Produce 101, Kingdom,
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and so on
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English (western) songs with a K-Pop background are not allowed, e.g
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Studio Choom Artist of the Month
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Covers like Jisoo "Liar", Ten x Winwin "lovely", Ateez "KQ Fellaz"
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and so on
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Choreos have to be covered in their original form. It is allowed to make reasonable changes, because of different member count or tricks/stunts (e.g flips).
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Your chosen choreo has to have a youtube video you can reference as the source
The maximum length of a cover is 4 minutes for a group (e.g a “normal” song length + intro/dancebreak) and 3:30 minutes for solos ( e.g a “normal” song length)
A tolerance of +/- 10 seconds is allowed
CHOREOGRAPHY
Songauswahl
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A Choreography show consists of at least 2 different songs
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Every song with a K-Pop background is allowed, e.g erlaubt, auch
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japanese and chinese releases of K-Pop Artists
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songs sung in english, like XG
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Songs produced for shows like Produce 101, Kingdom,
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and so on
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English (western) songs with a K-Pop background are not allowed, e.g
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Studio Choom Artist of the Month
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Covers like Jisoo "Liar", Ten x Winwin "lovely", Ateez "KQ Fellaz"
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and so on
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Choreo
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It is allowed to use parts from original K-Pop Choreos in your show (following the "cover" rules). The length of the copied parts cannot be more than 1/3 of your whole show
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It is not allowed to copy other existing choreos, that are not K-Pop choreos, but have a K-Pop connection, e.g
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Studio Choom Artist of the Month
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Concept Videos/Performances by Idols
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Studio Choreos from 1Million and the like
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any other ideas from choreographers, neither from internet nor from real life
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Choreography shows have to contain your own ideas!
The maximum length of a choreography show is 3 minutesy for groups and 2:30 minutes for solos
A tolerance of +/- 10 seconds is allowed
MULTIPLE PARTICIPATION
Dancers can compete once in every category+form
Here are EXAMPLES to make it more clear:
It is allowed to participate as
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a solo with a cover and a solo with a choreography show, since we consider this 2 different categories
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a solo with a cover and as part of a group cover
It is not allowed to participate
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twice as a solo with a choreography show
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twice, as a member of two different small groups with covers
BEWERTUNGSKRITERIEN
Die Bewertungskriterien unterscheiden sich je Kategorie. Die allgemeinen Punkte sind:
The judging criterias differ between every category. The overall crtierias are:
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Quality of movement
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Stage Presence
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Facials
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Use of stage, formations
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Musicality, synchronisation
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K-Pop Feeling
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Accuracy in covering
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Composition and creativity
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Outfits
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Level of difficulty
The detailed list of judging criterias can be found here as a download:
JURY
The first Konnecting Dance Contest will be judged by a panel of five judges, consisting of K-Pop Pro's aswell as professional working dancers. What I attached importance to when chosing the judges, is to gain a diversity of styles and influences, as well as years of experience and advanced education, beyond K-Pop dance
Please check our Instagram for the full judge panel
SCHEDULE
8 Teilnehmer Check In
to 9
8 Blocking Rehersal
to 9
9:15 Briefing
9:30 Viewer Entrance
10:30 BLOCK 1
to 11:45 Solo Choreo
11:45 BLOCK 2
to 12:15 Gruppe Choreo
12:15 BLOCK 3
to 12:40 Solo Cover / Pt.1
12:40 Pause
to14:10 + RPD 13 bis 13:30
14:15 BLOCK 4
to 14:45 Solo Cover / Pt.2
14:45 BLOCK 5
to 15:25 Smallgroup Cover / Pt.1
15:25 Break
to 16:00
16:00 BLOCK 6
to 16:45 Smallgroup Cover / Pt.2
16:45 BLOCK 7
to 17:45 Big Groups Cover
17:45 Pause
to 18:15
18:15 Award Ceremony
to 18:45 & Fotos
18:45 Goodbyes
bis 19:00 Certificates & Medals
LOCATION
The contest takes place at the Stadtteilzentrum Lister Turm in Hannover
The stage has 10 meter length and 5 meters depth. Please mind the curtains and sound boxes in the front when planning your stage
We have 4 rooms available for you as a changing room, equipped with clothing racks, chairs and tables
