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Asian-Pop Dance Cover Competition
Ready to step on stage? Come join us and give the performance of a lifetime! The Asian-Pop Dance Cover Competition invites teams of dancers to showcase their talent with moves set to Asian-Pop music! Applications are now open for the 2024 Cleveland Asian Festival. Applicants will be notified by April 20th, 2024 of their status.
DEADLINE TO SUBMIT: MARCH 31, 2024, 11:59 PM.
Release Form: 2024 Asian-Pop Rules and Release Form
Requirements for the 2024 Cleveland Asian Festival’s Asian-Pop Dance Competition.
- Your dance crew must be between 2-10 people (allowances might be made for larger groups)
- You must use a mix of songs in your routine, a minimum of 2 but do not surpass 6 songs.
- Each submission must be between 4-6 minutes in length.
- Please limit your music selection to the following genres: Bollywood (India), C-Pop (China), J-Pop (Japan), K-Pop (South Korea), and Nepali Hip Hop. You may cover dances or choreograph your own routine.
- All songs must be found in at least one database of the following music licensing companies or their affiliates: ASCAP, BMI, SESAC.
- At least one member or representative must be 18 years of age and a legal resident of the United States.
- If selected as a finalist, you must be available on May 18th/19th, 2024 for a live performance/competition of your video compilation (Actual date/time will be informed when you receive your notification). If you do not appear, your position will be offered to the runner up(s). A complete W9 form will be required to claim monetary prizes.
- Costume and music choices must be appropriate for a family-friendly audience.
How to submit for the 2024 Cleveland Asian Festival’s Asian-Pop Dance Competition.
- Record a video of your routine and upload it to youtube.com. Please refrain from excessive video editing; we would like to see the performance as if it were live. Email the direct link to asianpop@clevelandasianfestival.org. By submitting the video, you agree the Cleveland Asian Festival will be allowed to share this video until May 31st, 2024.
- Along with your link, please submit the names of each participant, the titles of the songs used and the following methods of contact: primary cell phone, primary email, mailing address. All submissions must be sent to asianpop@clevelandasianfestival.org in a single email.
- Each member must complete the release form (see above). All signed released forms must be submitted via the link above.
Check out our competitors last year!