Contests
Cabaret
Open Couple Routine
Pro Couple Routine
Chorus Line
Duo Jazz Battle
NEW !
Trio Challenge
Charleston – Jazz Roots
Open
Charleston – Jazz Roots
Advanced
Strictly Open
Strictly Advanced
Team
Team City Battle
Rhythm & Blues Contest NEW !
M&M Rookie
NEW !
M&M Open
M&M Advanced
Champions Cup Qualifier
Duo Jazz Battle
1st Prize : 200€ – 2nd Prize : 100€
30€ / Duo
For this new competition, it will be a Battle 2 vs 2 format. After the success of this format, which has been installed for years for the semi-final of the advanced jazz solo, this format deserves fully to be a competition on its own.
Prepare yourself for the same format as Champions Cup and Team City Battle, that is to say a chain of Battle from the beginning to the end of the competition: 1/8 final, ¼ final, ½ final and final.
In each battle each team will go 16X8 two times trough.
Open Couple Routine
1st Prize : 200€ – 2nd Prize : 100€ – 3rd Prize : 60€
30€ / couple
In this competition the participants register as a couple and will present a lindy hop choreography. Aerials and lifts are allowed. Duration between 1.45 and 2 min.
Winners of the 2022 edition : Uxue Martinez & Gerard Nevot
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Pro Couple Routine
1st Prize : 200€ – 2nd Prize : 100€ 3rd Prize : 60€
30€ / couple
In this competition the participants register as a couple and will present a lindy hop choreography. Aerials and lifts are allowed. This competition is reserved for advanced dancers who are used to perform. Duration between 1.45 and 2 minutes.
Winners of the 2022 edition : Bianca Locatelli & Nils Andren
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Chorus Line
1st Prize : 200€ – 2nd Prize : 100€ – 3rd Prize : 80€
50€ / team
In this competition, participants register in groups (minimum 6 people). They will present a choreography of Solo Jazz/Charleston in the style of a Chorus line. The elements that will be judged are symmetry and synchronization. Aerials and lifts are allowed. Duration : between 2 and 3 minutes.
Winners of the 2022 edition : Whoopie Gals
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Cabaret
1st Prize : 200€ – 2nd Prize : 100€ – 3rd Prize : 80€
15€/person
Showtime !
This competition will be judged on the quality of the stage production, the artistic touch as well as on the quality to immerse the audience in your universe.
(Possibility to use mics and props)
Duration : 2 to 3 minutes
Winners of the 2022 edition : Jacques & Gilles
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Trio Challenge
1st Prize : 200€ – 2nd Prize : 100€ – 3rd Prize : 80€
40€/Trio
This division will happen in 2 rounds, a prelim round and a final round. It will be a spotlight format where 5 teams will take turns performing 2 times through a chorus(16X8) on the same music. Any type of swing dance is allowed.
Winners of the 2022 edition : Shorthree
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Charleston / Jazz Roots Open
1st Prize : 150€ – 2nd Prize : 100€ – 3rd Prize : 50€
15€/person
Solo dance competition, combining Jazz Roots and Charleston. During the prelims, competitors will be judged in different heats. There will be a semi-final in the same format. The final will be in spotlight format. The Open level is for all those who want to try competing and who have few experience in solo performance at other festivals.
Winner of the 2022 edition : Areski Stichweh
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Charleston / Jazz Roots Advanced
1st Prize : 150€ – 2nd Prize : 100€ – 3rd Prize : 50€
15€/person
Solo dance competition, combining Jazz Roots and Charleston. During the prelims, competitors will be judged in different heats. There will be a semi-final in the same format. The final will be in spotlight format. The advanced level is for experienced dancers.
Winner of the 2022 edition : Pamela Gaizutyte
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Strictly Open
1st Prize : 200€ – 2nd Prize : 100€ – 3rd Prize : 60€
30€/couple
The Strictly is a competition where participants register as a couple and perform on random music. Participants are judged for their ability to improvise, adapt to music and present new and personal movements. The prelims will take place in a classic format. However, the semi-finals will be in battle format : A couple VS another couple, until we get the list of finalists! The final will be in spotlight format.
The top 3 of the 2022 Strictly Open are invited to compete at least in the Advanced category.
Winner of the 2022 edition : Manon Cosson & Benoit Calduch
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Strictly Advanced
1st Prize : 200€ – 2nd Prize : 100€ – 3rd Prize : 60€
30€/couple
The Strictly is a competition where participants register as a couple and perform on random music. Participants are judged for their ability to improvise, adapt to music and present new and personal movements. The prelims will take place in a classic format. However, the semi-finals will be in battle format : A couple VS another couple, until we get the list of finalists! The final will be in spotlight format.
Winner of the 2022 edition : Wilma Edlund & Viktor Edlund
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Team City Battle
1st Prize : 200€
50€/team
As it name suggests, dancers from different cities will take turns competing in the middle of the dancefloor of the Savoy Cup. The number of participants per city is not limited, but we strongly advise to be at least 8 to have a chance to give enough material. Each battle takes place in two rounds where the teams make mulitple chorus of 16×8 per round (so 3 chorus per battle). The first round at 200bpm (2 chorus, and taking turns per team) and the second round at 220bpm (1chorus and taking turns per team). The competition format is a direct elimination tree.
Winner of the 2022 edition : Brussels
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Mix’n’Match Rookie
1st Prize : 200€ – 2nd Prize : 100€ – 3rd Prize : 60€
15€/person
For all those who have started the dance recently and want to come and compete.
To give access to the competition to all, this year we added this level “Rookie” for all beginners dancers who want to challenge themselves.
The M&M is a social competition where leaders and followers are drawn randomly, to dance to random music. This competition highlights the participants’ ability to Lead/follow, improvise and music listening. For this year, the prelims and semi-finals will take place in a classic heat fomat. The final will be in spotlight format.
Rhythm & Blues Contest
1st Prize : 200€ – 2nd Prize : 100€ – 3rd Prize : 60€
30€/couple
For this new competition, as its name suggests, the participants will dance on rhythm & blues as a couple.
The judging criteria will be: Creativity, improvisation, musicality and groove.
Pre-choreographed movements of 4X8 etc… are not recommended and will be penalized. This competition will be focused on improvisation essentially.
The first round will be a claasic heat format (3 songs per heat) and the final will be on live music. Each finalist couple will dance to a full piece of the orchestra of about 1 minute.
The tempo of this competition will be on songs between 170 et 180 BPM.
Some songs to give you an idea :
Mix’n’Match Open
1st Prize : 200€ – 2nd Prize : 100€ – 3rd Prize : 60€
15€/person
The M&M is a social competition where leaders and followers are drawn randomly, to dance to random music. This competition highlights the participants’ ability to Lead/follow, improvise and music listening. For this year, the prelims and semi-finals will take place in a classic heat fomat. The final will be in spotlight format. The top 3 M&M Open couples from previous editions of the Savoy Cup are invited to compete in the Advanced division.
Winner of the 2022 edition : William Pisani & Manon Cosson
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Mix’n’Match Advanced
1st Prize : 200€ – 2nd Prize : 100€ – 3rd Prize : 60€
15€/person
It is a competition with a draw of the lot of the partner; it is intended for those who wish to test their skills as a leader or follower. You will dance with different random partners on several songs of different tempos. The dancers will be judged individually during the prelims and semi-final rounds in several heats. The dancers who go to the final will be assigned a new partner slected randomly, will dance the whole final with this partner and will be judged as a dancing couple in a spotlight format. This level is recommended for dancers used to compete for several years. All participants who have reached the top 3 of the M&M Open during the previous editions of the Savoy Cup should register in this division.
Winner of the 2022 edition : Florent Llamas & Alice Bourgasser
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Team
1st Prize : 200€ – 2nd Prize : 150€ – 3rd Prize : 100€
50€/Team
This competition is for teams composed of at least 10 people to present a choreography. The teams can represent different styles of swing dance, from balboa to lindy-hop… Aerials and lifts are allowed.
Duration : between 2.30 and 3 minutes.
Winner of the 2022 edition : Team Jazz & Furious
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Champions Cup Qualifier
1st Prize : 200€
30€/couple
Qualifying phase for the 2023 Champions Cup final.
This qualifying phase takes placein thios way : a prelim of 3 heat in classic format, and for the selected couples to access to the final phase, a battle format with 2 chorus of 16×8 from 1/8 final until the final.
Winner of the 2022 Champions Cup : Pamela Gaizutyte & Tadas Vasiliauskas
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