UAAP Street Dance Competition

UAAP Street Dance Competition
Sport Street dance
Founded 2011
No. of teams 8
Country  Philippines
Most recent champion(s) UP Street Dance Club
TV partner(s) Studio 23/ABS-CBN Sports and Action, Balls

The UAAP Street Dance Competition is a new annual event of the University Athletic Association of the Philippines during the closing ceremonies. This is to encourage more students to watch since less spectators attend the closing ceremonies, where players are awarded for their performance.[1] Results of the street dance competition, together with the drum line competition, will not be added to the computation of UAAP Overall Championship.[2]

Participants

School Street Dance Team
Adamson University (AdU) CAST
Ateneo de Manila University (ADMU) Company of Ateneo Dancers
De La Salle University (DLSU) La Salle Dance Company – Street
Far Eastern University (FEU) FEU Dance Company
National University (NU) UnderdawgZ
University of the East (UE) UE Red Warriors Dance Crew
University of the Philippines (UP) UP Street Dance Club
University of Santo Tomas (UST) UST Salinggawi Dance Troupe

Rules

Basic rules

  1. One official team per UAAP-member university
  2. 15-20 UAAP-eligible students
  3. Up to 2 substitutes 12 hours before the competition

Performance

  1. Maximum routine length is 3 minutes
  2. All cheer stunts and pyramids are prohibited
  3. All tosses are not allowed

Scoring system

Performance criteria

Performance criteria is 60% of the total score.[3]

Skills criteria

Skills criteria is 40% of the total score.[3]

Summary of deductions

  1. Incomplete crew members upon start of the routine (1)
  2. Grandstanding (staying on the stage for too long (beyond 30 seconds) before and after performance) (1)
  3. Major fall per occurrence (unrecoverable stunt, lift or support) (1)
  4. Minor fall per occurrence (highly noticeable accidental error: trips, falls, stumbles) (0.5)
  5. Boundaries (not within the boundary lines/occurrence) (0.5)
  6. Music
    • Not within the required time/length (1)
    • Inappropriate language per occurrence (1)
  7. Lighting and effects
    • Usage of effects and inappropriate (1)
  8. Steps (Lewd gestures and movement per occurrence) (1)
  9. Attire & props (per occurrence)
    • Use of prohibited props (1)
    • Tossed clothing (1)
    • Used of prohibited attire (head to toe) (1)
  10. Tumbling violations (per occurrence) (1)
  11. Dance lifts/partnering violations (per occurrence) (1)

Results

Year Host school Champion 2nd place 3rd place 4th place 5th place 6th place 7th place 8th place Ref.
2011
DLSU

DLSU
91.00

UP
88.25

ADMU
86.67

UE
83.67

UST
76.83

FEU
72.17

AdU
70.83

NU
64.75
[4][5]
2012
ADMU

DLSU
88.98

UP
86.40

ADMU
84.64

FEU
82.42

AdU
75.88

NU
72.16

UST
71.50

UE
71.00
[6]
2013
NU

UP
91.17

DLSU
86.75

AdU
84.25
2014
AdU
The competition was suspended for a year.
2015
UE

UP
178

ADMU
167.3

DLSU
167

AdU
160.3

FEU
151.3

UST
143.7

UE
137

NU
126.5
[7]

Championship table

School Last
Championship
Last
Top 3
Appearance
Rank Total
1st 2nd 3rd
 University of the Philippines 2015 2015 2 2 β€” 4
 De La Salle University 2012 2015 2 1 1 4
 Ateneo de Manila University β€” 2015 β€” 1 2 3
 Adamson University β€” 2012 β€” β€” 1 1
 Far Eastern University β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” β€”
 National University β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” β€”
 University of the East β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” β€”
 University of Santo Tomas β€” β€” β€” β€” β€” β€”

References

  1. ↑ Leilani Chavez, "UAAP teams wary of Season 73", "ABS-CBNNews.com". Retrieved 14 February 2011
  2. ↑ Ma. Rosanna Mina, "Host DLSU launches 'heroes theme' for 73rd UAAP", "ABS-CBNNews.com". Retrieved 14 February 2011
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 "Scoring System" Retrieved 5 March 2011
  4. ↑ "UAAP Street Dance Competition 2011 Official Tally of Scores". Retrieved 15 March 2011.
  5. ↑ UAAP News Admin, "La Salle wins UAAP street dance tilt", "UAAPSports.com". Retrieved 13 March 2011.
  6. ↑ "UAAP Street Dance Competition 2012 result". Retrieved 15 March 2011.
  7. ↑ "UAAP Street Dance Competition 2015 result". Retrieved 8 February 2015.

See also