Great Indian Dance Off

April 27th, 1-5 PM at Huntington® Bank Rotunda at Mall of America®

A fast-paced, highly entertaining, bracket-style dance-off event organized by SAATH. Teams perform 30 seconds of original choreography to wow judges and earn audience votes to advance each round and win cash prizes. Absolutely any dance style can be performed - the catch? It must be to an Indian song!

 
 

1. Register

Form a team of 1-5 members to participate

 

2. Dance off

Teams dance to impress judges and audience to advance in a bracket style competition

 

3. Win prizes

The top 3 teams win cash prizes. We also have 2 audience favorite cash prizes

 

Eligibility

  • Maximum 5 dancers per team. Solo dancers can participate too!

  • Register your team with Registration fee of $25. Please reach out to us at info@saathmn.org if you need financial assistance/waiver.

  • Dancers of any age, gender, ethnicity, and skill level are welcome to participate

  • A dancer can be a member of multiple teams. But that means that you might end up competing against yourself!

  • Be available to perform at Mall of America on April 27th. Tech run will be at noon and competition will be from 1-5PM

Dance off rules

  • Prepare a choreography for each round.

  • We expect there to be 4 rounds, so have 4 choreographies ready.

  • Each choreography should be 30 seconds long. You are allowed 10 seconds grace time to make sure the song can be logically ended.

  • Choreography must be original.

  • Any dance style is welcome.

  • The dance needs to be to an Indian song.

Event at Mall of America

  • The dance-off is at the Huntington Bank Rotunda in Mall of America on April 27th, 1-5 PM.

  • Your team will be provided with a point of contact or a liaison to guide you at the venue.

  • After registration, teams will be assigned to one of four brackets.

  • 2 Teams perform against each other, one at a time on the rotunda.

  • After two teams finish dancing, the judges announce the team that advances to the next round. The other team gets eliminated.

  • The eliminated team will still be able to showcase their other prepared choreographies and win the audience choice award.

  • With a lot of foot traffic in Mall of America, expect an enthusiastic audience and a lot of cheer. Bring your friends.

Judges and PriZes

We’re yet to pick our judges. The top three teams win cash prizes of $1500, $1000, and $500. 2 audience favorite teams win $250 each.

The Winning Formula

There’s no secret recipe, but teams need to impress judges and audience members with each round’s performance.

Judges will score each performance and audience will vote for their favorite performance each round. Only the top performers will advance through all four rounds.