Johannesburg - Following 130 events in more than 30 countries globally, Johannesburg will see over 80 competitors join the Red Bull Dance Your Style world final on December 10 at Montecasino in Johannesburg.
With a unique one-on-one battle format in which dancers are challenged with unpredictable music hits ranging from funk, pop, rock, rap, old school classics, and more, the competitors must conquer the audience before deciding who will rule the dance floor.
The event in South Africa will crown and celebrate the best street dancers across the globe.
Nations will battle it out in two pre-final events to win a spot on the world final stage.
This year, South African fans are in for a real treat, as for the first time ever South Africa has four 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 home town is a challenge that I’m excited about and have been training hard for,” says the 2021 winner of the Red Bull Dance Your Style competition in South Africa. The top eight qualified pre-final dancers will join the eight invited wild cards.
The invited wild cards include Krumpers JR Game from Germany and Outrage from the US, along with Yoshie (locking or waacking) from Japan and Inxi (voguing or 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 dancers 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 to 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 the world stage is a huge accomplishment.
"Not only am I representing myself, but also my home city of 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 wild card, 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 4 000 attendees on site, and 3.8 million 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.
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