Please note:
You MUST have a Full Festival Pass, Team Pass or Volunteer Pass in addition to entry fee for the Salsanama Competition.
$35 entry fee at door (only if space is available)
$25 online (don’t forget to use a discount code)
CLICK HERE to sign-up now (Online registration ends January 8, 2025 at 11:59PM)
Limited to 24 competitors
Salsanama Competition Rules
This competition is considered OPEN: both Amateur and Professional compete in the same category.
Fee per competitor- $35 at the door. $25 pre-register online
All competitors will be subdivided into three pools by draw, which will take place in front of all participants.
In each pool, the dancers will be competing in direct elimination to advance to the finals. The number of finalists will be no more than 8.
$500 prize money will be given to the winner.
Normal Re-draw: If a team does not have a challenger in the first stage due to the number of participants, then the judges will find one from the eliminated teams in the same pool.
Obligatory Re-draw: If normal re-draw is not required, then the judges will choose a couple of competitors eliminated in the previous stage to compete against each other to find a place in the finals.
The champion and the first runner-up will have guaranteed access to the finals at the next year’s Salsanama Reno competition.
The competition will be one vs. one asking dancers to improvise.
The title of the song to be used will be chosen on the spot.
The competitors will each have 40 seconds to improvise, twice per round.
The influence of other Caribbean styles such as, rumba, afro, pachanga, reggeaton, etc will be allowed.
Jumps/Tricks: lifting both feet off the ground will be allowed with the only purpose of interpreting the music correctly. A sequence of tricks done randomly, even if applied technically sound will not be taken into consideration by the judges, as "Salsa" is the main focus of this competition.
The song being selected will come from various styles of salsa. In addition line dancing can be applied to a timba song or vice-versa. This will be accepted in order to provide the most freedom to the participants improvisation.
One Open Division
"SALSA" WILL BE CONSIDERED THE MAIN FOCUS OF EVERY PARTICIPANT IN ORDER TO WIN THE COMPETITION
