Get ready to move at DanceFest
View(s):This year’s events to be held in Colombo, Negombo and Kandy include the Dance Championship, a dance show, workshops and medal exams
Dance Fest 2013 organised by Lanka Dancesport Council (LDC) will take place from April 26 – May 5. This year’s Dance Fest will be held in three cities, Colombo, Negombo and Kandy, and will include a Dance Championship, a Dance Show, Workshops and medal exams. It also happens to be the first time that a dance competition of this nature will take place in Negombo.
A scene from a previous DanceFest
Three World Dance Council (WDC) licensed adjudicators Steven Han, William Lor and Louisa Lor from Malaysia will be judging the Sri Lankan talent for this event.
The main event of Dancefest will be the Dance Championship which will be held in Negombo on Sunday April 28 at Avenra Garden Hotel, Negombo. This Championship will have Ballroom, Latin American and Salsa Sections in which participants may compete under their respective categories which range from Beginners, Pre- Novices, juniors under 12, juniors under 16, Novices, Pre Amateur and Amateur for Standard and Latin American, while Salsa will consist of the Novices and open category.
Over 60 couples have already entered the competition. The championship will start at 5 p.m. with the preliminary rounds which will be narrowed down to quarter finals, semi finals and the qualifying 6 for the finals of each event. During the final event the Judges will grade and rank the winners from 1st place to 6th place.
The awards ceremony will be held after the finals of the Ballroom section which will be followed by the Latin American section, and presentation of awards to the winners of the respective categories. In between there will also be dance demonstrations performed by leading dancers of the country.
There will also be the popular Salsa included with two categories; Beginners and Advanced sections. Dance Fest will wrap up on May 5 at the Queen’s Hotel in Kandy. 16 dance performances by the winners of Dance Fest 2013 will be the highlight in addition to formation dances performed by leading dance schools in the country such as; El Latino Dance Club Colombo, Antonio’s Dance Circle Colombo and Vision Dance School Negombo.
Tickets for Dancefest Negombo will be available at Footwork Events, 955/5A, Royal Gardens, Rajagiriya, El Latino Dance Club, Colombo 7, and Vision Dance School in Negombo.
Tickets for Dancefest Kandy will be available at Footwork Events and Queens Hotel, Kandy.
For inquiries call Dharshan on 0777 777111 or Dilshani on 0114 008822
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