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Dance-Challenge $2020

Background:

2020 marks the 15th anniversary of the World Salsa Championships. We were planning to celebrate this milestone with the best ever event. However, as we all know the Corona Virus impacted our lives. Dancing is not exempt from the tragedy. For our community, even if the coronavirus proves to be relatively innocuous when compared to “classic” influenza, it could have dramatic lasting economic impacts. But for dancers, who work in close physical proximity to one another, there's an added element of risk. Dancers can't exactly "work remotely," after all, and the dance world functions through large gatherings—classes, performances, rehearsals, events—that we have to avoid as the situation escalates.

For the moment, there seems to be one area where there could be significant opportunity in a world that’s moving away from in-person gatherings: virtual events. Therefore, instead of cancelling the event, the World Dance Group will celebrate the 6th WSC virtually from San Juan, Puerto Rico. In order to continue practicing social distancing the 6 traditional categories of the WSC will not be celebrated. Instead, we will celebrate an online competition following the crowdsourcing model. 

With the digitization process currently underway, the dancing community needs to evolve, which is why WDG debuts its new platform, LIKE$, where artists will be able to convert votes in the LIKE$ platform, into dollars.

The initiative is based on crowdsourcing, the practice of engaging a group for a common goal, innovation or problem solving. It is powered by new technologies, social media, and user generated content (Web 2.0).

Crowdsourcing can take place in various industries, but until now it had not been applied on a large scale for the world of dance.

Thanks to our growing connectivity, it is now easier than ever for people to collectively contribute—with ideas, experience, or funds—to a cause. In this case, the cause is dancing and love for music.

For every vote liking your performance videos on the WDG platform, you'll be able to collect $1 per vote from your “FFF” circle (Friends,Family,Fans). One vote=$1.00. The World Dance Group will guarantee $2,020 as a grand prize. The contest starts Nov 1st and ends December 31,2020. All dance genres can participate.

The payment will be made in January 2021 and will be the cumulative in votes (=money) that your videos get from today until December. If your “FFF” circle support you, the price in December will be of high impact. All credit card payments received are processed secure by Stripe Global Payment. Some processing fees apply.