BATTLE CONCEPT
Breaking battles
The preselection's will be done in 3 cyphers. Enter the cypher and dance, as many times as you like, for however long there's time to cypher (ca 1 hour). Choose your moment to shine. The jury walks around and move from circle to circle, looking at the dancers in the cyphers. It is your job to ensure that you impress the 3 judges!
During these cyphers, the judges will choose the TOP 8 that will battle in the Seven2Smoke Breaking finals.
Hiphop battles
For the preselection's, the contestants will be divided in 3 cyphers. Each jury member is assigned to a cypher. If all the dancers in the cypher danced at least one time, the jury will switch from cypher and rotate to an other cypher.There are 3 rounds, and 3 cyphers, so each jury member can attend 1 cypher per round to see each dancer at least once The switches between judges will be announced by the MC. So in summary this means you must have entered the cypher at least 3 times, to prove yourself to each jury member, separately.
During these cyphers, the judges will choose the TOP 7 that will battle in the Seven2Smoke Hiphop finals.
How does the selection work in the cypher prelims?
The dancers in the cyphers are judged by the three jury members, while dancing in the cyphers. The dancers that the jury particularly like or like most, receive a card from a jury member.
At the end of the Cypher prelims, dealt cards are added up and a score is obtained. It is therefore important that you keep the cards you receive from the judges.
The 8 dancers with the most cards will go directly to the final round, the Seven2Smoke battle!
What is a Seven2Smoke?
20 minutes, 8 dancers, 3 judges and a DJ. That's what you need!
One of the dancers starts in the winning spot, the rest are challengers. The battles are one vs one. The winner takes the winning spot, and is challenged by the next challenger in line. It is always the jury that decides who wins. Do you lose a round? Then you go to the back of the line of challengers. The winner is the dancer who beats seven opponents in a row or the one who wins the most battle rounds, after twenty minutes.​​​
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