THE BIGGEST ONE-ON-ONE GLOBAL STREET DANCE SERIES WELCOMES MORE THAN 80 DANCERS IN JOHANNESBURG FOR ITS WORLD FINAL

The best street dancers across the globe compete at the Red Bull Dance Your Style World Final on December 10th in Johannesburg, South Africa.

Image: Mpumelelo Macu

The best street dancers across the globe compete at the Red Bull Dance Your Style World Final on December 10th in Johannesburg, South Africa.

 

Following 130 events in more than 30 countries, this December, Johannesburg will see over 80 competitors join the Red Bull Dance Your Style World Final. The event in South Africa will crown and celebrate the best street dancers around the globe. 

 

This spectacular showcase will be live broadcasted worldwide on TikTok. With a unique one-on-one battle format where dancers are challenged with unpredictable music hits from funk, pop, rock, rap, old school classics and more, the competitors must conquer the audience as they are ultimately deciding who will rule the dance floor. 

National winners will battle it out in 2 pre-final events to win a spot on the World Final stage.  This year, South African fans are in for a treat, where for the first time ever South Africa has 4 dancers representing the country on the global stage including Shanny J, the first South African woman to be featured on a Red Bull can. “Winning the national final was an absolute dream and having the chance to go up against the world’s best dancers in my hometown is a challenge that I’m excited and  have been training hard for,” says the 2021 winner of Red Bull Dance Your Style in SA, Shanny J. The top eight pre-finals qualified dancers will join the eight invited wildcards.  

This year’s invited wildcards include Krumpers JR Game from Germany and Outrage from the U.S.A, along with Yoshie (Locking/Waacking) from Japan and Inxi (Voguing/Popping) from Sweden. Bad Gyal Cassie (Afro) from France will also take the stage, together with house and hip-hop dancer Perla Perlson from Switzerland and Sbujwa dancer, SB, and Krumper, Verb representing Mzansi. 

“I’ve been part of Red Bull Dance Your Style since the first one and it’s been the most challenging competition I’ve ever done. My goal has been to go the world final, so to be given this opportunity is absolutely amazing. I’ve been representing Krump since I first started dancing, so to take my style to a world stage is a huge accomplishment. Not only am I representing myself but also my home city Durban and South Africa. We don’t ever get opportunities like this, so I hope this inspires others to go for gold no matter how difficult or impossible it may look.” said the 2022 South African Red Bull Dance Your Style World Final Wildcard, Verb. 

This will be the second ever Red Bull Dance Your Style World Final. In 2019, at the historic Grande Halle de La  Villette in Paris, France hosted the first World Final with over 4000 attendees on-site and 3.8M live viewers  around the world. Dutch dancer Shinshan beat out 39 dancers from all over the globe to ultimately become the first  ever World Champion.  

 

The Red Bull Dance Your Style World Final will take place on 10 December at Montecasino in Johannesburg. You can be part of the audience to choose for the best street dancer in the world by purchasing your ticket here 

 

Red Bull Dance Your Style is in partnership with SABC Sport

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Event information  

Red Bull Dance Your Style World Final | Date: Saturday 10 December 2022 | Venue: Montecasino, Johannesburg  

How to Watch the Live 

Tune in at @redbullza on TikTok at 8:30 PM CET. Set a reminder following the Pre-Registration link. 

 

Don’t forget to also watch the Red Bull Dance Your Style series airing every Saturday at 2pm on SABC 1. 

 

About Red Bull Dance Your Style  

Red Bull Dance Your Style is a global all-styles street dance event series with a unique battle format. From hip hop to house, to locking to popping – dancers participating in Red Bull Dance Your Style will need to ‘wow’ the crowd and ultimately win their vote. Testing freestyle and musicality skills  through unpredictable mainstream tracks ranging from recent global hits to classic beats, Red Bull Dance Your Style will have the crowd deciding who  will rule the dance floor.  

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