Intercolegial de Baile

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Intercolegial de Baile is a popular dance competition held every year in several cities of Mexico. The competition was born in 1987 in Mexico City. It's divided in two rounds: Region and National, it's also divided in 3 categories: Kids, Junior and Senior.

1 Region
2 National
3 Records and firsts on 2006
4 National Competition Results

[edit] Region

The first round starts in 7 regions of Mexico:

Centro: Host- Mexico City.
El Bajio: Host- León (1987-2006),in 2007- Querétaro.
La Fuerza del Noreste: Host- Monterrey.
Al Ritmo del Noroeste: Host- Chihuahua (1987-2004), Ciudad Juarez (2005- present).
Occidente: Host- Guadalajara.
Oriente Sur: Host- Puebla (1987-2005),Xalapa (2006-present).
Reto Peninsula: Host- Merida (1987-2006), in 2007- Cancún

From this round, the Top 15 groups (from each category) of the competition (Top 10 in 2006), pass to the next round.

[edit] National

The 15 best groups of the country compete in the grand finale in Mexico City, (as of 2006, national competitions are held in different cities). From here on, the competition gets bigger and bigger, until the final day. At the end of the Competition, they give Special Awards that are:

Best Idea
Friendship
Best Costume
Ayuda a Ayudar
Best Crowd

The Top 5 places are named, with the first place winning the competition and $1,000 dollars in cash.

[edit] Records and firsts on 2006

In 2006, Intercolegial de Baile broke records:

180 groups competed.
3,000 contestants from 36 cities of Mexico.
22,000 people on the event
First time 10 groups of each category competed on the Grand Finale.
First time the Finale was not held in Mexico City.
In 2006, Xalapa became a host of Intercolegial de Baile.
The national competition was held in Acapulco.

2007 also had records and firsts:

Querétaro became a host of Intercolegial de Baile.
First time a National Competition of Kids Category.
2,800 contestants from 31 cities of Mexico
Cancún became a host for Intercolegial de Baile.
The national competition was held in Veracruz.

[edit] National Competition Results

Señior Category:

Year	Winner	2nd Place	3rd Place	4th Place	5th Place
2008
2007	Los Cinco Soles- (Distrito Federal)	Mojado- (Torreón,Coahuila)	Gitanas- (Chihuahua, Chihuahua)	La Danza- (Ciudad Victoria, Tamaulipas)	Santo- (Distrito Federal)
2006	Heroes del Futbol- (Acapulco, Guerrero)	Genesis- (Merida, Yucatán)	Torero- (Guadalajara, Jalisco)	N/A	N/A
2005	La Televisión- (Ciudad Victoria, Tamaulipas)	Instituto Felino- (Guadalajara, Jalisco)	Kelamos- (Acapulco, Guerrero)	El Arbol de la Vida- (Distrito Federal)	Niños Heroes- (Xalapa, Veracruz)

Junior Category:

Year	Winner	2nd Place	3rd Place	4th Place	5th Place
2007
2007	Bukeiro- (Cuernavaca, Morelos)	Fenix- (Cuernavaca, Morelos)	Grifos- (Guadalajara, Jalisco)	Dragonia- (Distrito Federal)	Gotico- (Distrito Federal)

Kids Category:

Year	Winner	2nd Place	3rd Place	4th Place	5th Place
2007
2007	Alimentate Sanamente- Ciudad Victoria, Tamaulipas.	Mexico Nuevo- (Guadalajara, Jalisco)	Terracota Qin- (Distrito Federal)	Pingui K-Z- (Distrito Federal)	Arrecife- (Santiago de Querétaro, Querétaro)