Open call: Red Bull Dance Your Style competition in SA

The competition will once again feature various regional tour stops across the country, bringing together the best street dancers to battle it out for a coveted spot in the national final.

Red Bull Dance Your Style is a global street dance competition that challenges the best dancers in various styles – from panstula to krumping – to showcase their skills in front of a live audience. The competition is renowned for its unique format, where the audience plays a crucial role in determining the winners. In this vein, dancers must impress not only a panel of expert judges but also the live crowd, making each performance a high-energy spectacle filled with creativity and passion.

What auditionees need to know:

• Regional tour: The tour will cover multiple cities, each hosting exciting dance battles. From Cape Town to Johannesburg, Durban to Port Elizabeth, the energy will be unstoppable as dancers showcase their unique styles and vie for the top spot in their region.
• National final: The winners from each regional event will come together for an epic showdown at the national final. Here, the best of the best will compete for the ultimate title and the honour of representing South Africa on the global stage.
• World final: The national champion will have the opportunity to represent South Africa at the Red Bull Dance Your Style World final. This global competition brings together the finest street dancers from around the world to compete for international glory.

After national finals in cities around the globe, Mumbai will host the Red Bull Dance Your Style World Final 2024 on 9 November. Mumbai will welcome the best international street dancers to perform in one-on-one mixed-style dance battle, where the audience will decide who takes home the title. The first Red Bull Dance Your Style World Final took place in Paris in 2019, followed by an online edition in 2020, and a return to on-ground in Johannesburg in 2022 and Frankfurt in 2023.

Red Bull Dance Your Style South Africa 2024 dates:

• 20 July – Gqeberha
• 27 July – Durban
• 10 August – Cape Town
• 17 August – Bloemfontein
• 24 August – Johannesburg

Interested dancers across the country should register here.

View the original call here.