As a side-event of the Annual Toronto Korean Speech Contest, the K-Pop Dance Contest will be held on Saturday March 23. For details, please see below.
Preliminary Round
Application | 3월 13일(Wed)11:59 pm (application form & 1.5 minute (updated) dance challenge video*)
Result | March 15 (Friday) teams** to the next round announced via email
* dance challenge: also known as “tiktok challenge”.
- Feel free to choose any two to four songs your team would like to perform
- It may be a K-Pop song (e.g. First Snow – EXO) or any challenge that has been performed by K-Pop artists (Like I Do – J. Tajor)
- You may choose multiple songs (2-4 songs) and edit them into one video to submit
- Your video should consist of all team members, and feel free to be as creative as you want!
- The maximum duration is 1.5 minute (updated).
** Top 10 teams (subject to change) will be selected based on their submission. These teams will perform a K-Pop cover dance performance on March 23 (4:00 – 5:00 pm) for 3-4 minutes.
Official Contest
Date | March 23 (Sat)
Location | Earth Science Centre (ES1050) University of Toronto (5 Bancroft Ave., Toronto, ON M5S 3J1)
Round 1: Audience Voting (11:30 am – 12:00 pm)
* The 1.5 minute dance challenge video will be screened by the audience for voting.
* The voting is worth 30% of the final score (feel free to bring your friends and families for voting!)
Round 2: K-Pop Cover Dance Performance (4:00 – 5:00 pm)
* Your team will perform live a 3-4 minute K-Pop Cover Dance Performance.
* You may choose to perform a single song, or a mix of multiple songs.
* The live performance is worth 70% of the final score
Award Ceremony (5:00 – 5:30 pm)
Gifts Cards
Sponsored by: Consulate General of Republic of Korea in Toronto, Korea Tourism Organization