Rulebook

Street Battle (50)

Genre : Dance Arts

Description :

Competitive freestyle dance event where dancers showcase skills and creativity against each other.

No. of teams per IIT :

No of participants per team :

4-10

The following is a list of street styles allowed :

Locking Popping
Bboying / Bgirling (breaking) Waacking / Punking Vogueing
Afro
House Dance
Party Dances or Club Dances (popular or trendy dances) Hip Hop Dance / Choreography
Krumping
Stepping / Gumboots

Rules :

Each battle will be a street style dance face-off, eliminative in nature.
One battle between teams will have 3 rounds. Each round of a battle will be of 45 seconds.
In each round, both teams will have to perform on the same song which will be played in continuation. The team which will go first will be decided by a toss at the beginning of the battle and thereafter the next team will go first in the next round and again the first team in the third round and so on.
The number of people dancing in each round of the battle is up to the individual team's discretion.
Any combination of routine solo/duo/group should be performed for at least 30 seconds in a round. The round will be considered lost by the team in case it violates this rule.
A penalty of 10 marks will be imposed for vulgar actions, extreme aggression or doing any action which is inappropriate or harmful
The fixture will be decided according to the number of participating IITs and battles/byes will be decided by picking up chits.
Stunts which pose any risk to life are not permitted. Exceeding the time limit is strictly not allowed.
Spilling of powdery substance, fluids, usage of fire, props or any substance which might damage the stage or adversely affect the performance of other teams is strictly not allowed. Any team found using it would face a penalty of 30% points (that is 30% of the maximum points they can get in that following competition). The teams will be expected to restore the stage to its original condition within the set time limit in case any prop or substance that causes temporary changes is used (e.g., in case of spilling powdered substances, the stage will need to be cleaned up by the team).
Vulgarity and obscenity are strictly not allowed. It will be left to judges’ discretion, and their decision will be final and binding in case any part of the performance is found objectionable.

Penalty :

A penalty of 10 marks will be imposed for vulgar actions. extreme aggression or doing any such action which is inappropriate.

Judging Criteria :

Musicality - 35%
Synchronization and Execution - 20%
Energy - 20%
Creativity and Uniqueness - 15%
Overall Impact - 10%