Description
Welcome to the most exciting Bachata dance experience!
🏆 BACHATA JACK & JILL STRASBOURG 🏆
In collaboration with the Madrid Esencia World Social Competition.
Amateur and Professional categories.
On Saturday 11th July 2026 at 6:00PM during the Strasbourg Bachata Festival 2026.
📍 Espace 23 Strasbourg
23 rue du Lazaret, 67000 Strasbourg
👉 https://maps.app.goo.gl/hpNVfKv9PTn4sUW28
🇩🇴 Event SBF2026 :
https://fb.me/e/3QWjQfUlo
The SBF2026 has launched a challenge for dancers of all nationalities.
“Bachata Jack & Jill Strasbourg” (leader and follower) are two tournament categories.
Come and showcase your talent, skills, and creativity!
How can you compete?
INSCRIPTIONS leader/follower €20 on www.strasbourgbachatafestival.com
✅ PARTY PASS REQUIRED
✅ FULL PASS (FREE INSCRIPTION)
REGISTER NOW !! Places are limited to 30 leaders and 30 followers for each category. 👇
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BACHATA JACK & JILL
What is Bachata Jack & Jill?
In the Jack and Jill format, competing couples are randomly matched as leaders and followers. As an added challenge, the participants don't know which music they will be dancing to beforehand.
All couples will be dancing simultaneously.
Jack & Jill competitions involve multiple rounds, in each of which the dancers receive a new song and a new partner to dance each round with.
This allows the participants to demonstrate their ability to lead and follow correctly, as well as their styling, improvisation and technique, all of which are essential qualities for winning a J&J competition.
JACK & JILL RULES
• Every single Follower, as Leader, will receive an own number, which must be visibly attached to their back or leg before the Battles.
• A live Random Selection will match the pairs (leaders to followers) and its rematching system. It will be kept by changing pairs until the end of the competition.
• In all phases, all couples will dance simultaneously, surrounded by the judges, who are going to be individually evaluating dancer by dancer, during the rounds. It is possible that the dancers will be divided in two groups on the Preliminary phase.
• There will be a DJ sorting and randomly playing songs from different Bachata Styles each round.
• The Judges, producers and DJ will be in charge of the music selection in order to ensure a good level of the battles.
• Every single Dancer is meant to dance 3 rounds/different songs of 3 different Bachata styles in this phase.
• If the number of Followers is bigger than number of Leaders or opposite, it will be equalized on the next phase.
• The Semi Final phase will be splited in 3 rounds. It will be competed by a half number of Leaders and Followers of the Preliminary phase.
• The Final will be competed by 4 Leaders and 4 Followers, or a half number of Semi Finalists. In this phase every single Leader will match every single Follower so defining the best Leader and best Follower of the competition.
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COMPETITION CATEGORIES
Please review the criteria below to ensure you register for the correct division.
🏆 Amateur Category
Open to Everyone !!
Who can join: Anyone! There are no experience or level restrictions.
Perfect for: Social dancers, students, and rising performers looking to gain experience in a supportive environment.
👑 Professional Category
The Elite Division !!
Who can join: Dancers who meet one or both of the following minimum requirements:
1. At least 5 years of professional dancing experience.
2. An established background in teaching Bachata professionally.
Perfect for: Full-time instructors, studio owners, and international artists.
⚠️ Fair Play Policy: To keep the competition fair, anyone meeting the Professional criteria must register for the Professional division and cannot compete as an Amateur.
Register now and show us your passion on the dance floor!
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JUDGES
The judges for the Jack & Jill Competition have been chosen very carefully and possess the following important qualities:
They have in-depth knowledge of correct dance technique, the application of accents, the utilisation of musicality, etc.
They have extensive and international dancing experience, which provides them with a broad spectrum of knowledge.
We know and understand them as enough professional, etic, responsible and committed to judge neutrally and without favouritism
They are up-to-date with the latest developments in the Bachata world, enabling them to recognise creativity and innovation in the participants' dancing easily.
The main judges for the tournament :
⭐️ Marco & Raquel
⭐️ Gero & Migle
⭐️ Miguel & Sunsire
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Judging requirements
• technic : Apply Posture and Accents, in accord to the current music. Plasticity; Clean Appliance; Balance; Difficulty level
• Musicality : Be able to keep the Counts/Rhythm; Show the ability of flowing between more or less tempos, in accord to the current music style.
• Creativity: Show the ability to choose, lead/follow/style and apply moves, figures and styling according to current Style and Musicality
• Connection : Synchronism; Tempo of Appliance; Followers; Tuning
• Base : Keep it tasting like Bachata; present a minimum knowledge of foundations, without creativity and personality.
• Penalties : No talk during the sets; Keep it safely responsible when applying a figure, keep same ethic posture to all dancers. Do not be aggressive with the other competitors; Respect the judges; Do not ignore Bachata foundations.
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Prizes / Awards
🏆 Win direct Jack & Jill classification for the Esencia World Social Competition in Madrid and for the Bachata Social World Cup Finals in Geneva.
🏆 Win full passes for the best festivals in Europe.
🏆 Win a booking as an artist for a workshop or show for Strasbourg Bachata Festival 2027.
🏆 Win a title recognised and signed by the producers as well as the international artists of the “Strasbourg Bachata Festival”.
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📬 INFO & CONTACT
📧 [email protected]
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