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Dance World Cup

French qualification by video, world finals abroad · Europe

Usual dates (to be confirmed)Finals in July — Dublin, 8-18 July in 2026

Length
11 days in 2026
Entry fee
French fees not published — the dollar price list found online is the Québec one
Deadline
Video in early February — 7 February in 2026
Age reference
Not published

Age categories

  • Under 6 — 4–6 years old
  • 7-9 — 7–9 years old
  • 10-12 — 10–12 years old
  • 13-15 — 13–15 years old
  • 16-19 — 16–19 years old
  • 20-29 — 20–29 years old

Levels

Recreational — No skill levels within the age brackets — everyone competes together. This is the dance-school circuit, not the pre-professional one.

Variations

Free
  • Free — Free choreography, all styles, no set repertoire · 4–29 years old

Free choreography, with at least 50% dance technique. Solo 3 minutes. Nine genres, ballet being just one section among them.

Masterclasses. Not published.

Jury. A Dance World Cup judging panel for the video selection. Names not published.

What you can win. Rankings by style and division.

Worth knowing. The video selection costs no travel: you only commit financially once selected. The atmosphere is excellent, but no professional school director recruits there.

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Built from official websites and published rulebooks, checked in September 2026. Nothing is guessed: where a date, a fee or a jury is not published, the guide says so rather than inventing one. Rules change from season to season — always check the competition's own site before entering.