CRISSA DANCE SYNERGY 2010 LAUNCHED

 

Dance, fashion and teen fun take the spotlight

in Crissa Dance Synergy 2010 

 All-girl dance groups from various high school and universities are all geared up to show off their passion for dance, love for creativity and fashion, and penchant for fun and friendships as they converge in the most anticipated clash of dance divas, the Crissa Dance Synergy 2010, the biggest and longest-running all-girl dance competition in the country.

 The only dance competition endorsed and accredited by the Department of Education, Crissa Dance Synergy gathers the best all-female dance groups from different schools in Metro Manila to showcase the best in contemporary dance. Now on its sixth year, this year’s competition promises to be a bigger and more exciting dance battle as it includes not only high school but college students who are all ready to display their artistry, creativity, and outstanding coordination to be named this year’s best and most fashionable all-female dance team.

 “For the past five years, Crissa’s teen dance competition, the Crissa Teen Synergy, has successfully become the most exciting and much-awaited dance contest for today’s teen girls, where girl groups get to express themselves through dance. It has afforded them the chance to showcase their talent, synergy and team spirit in front of a wide audience. This year, there had been a clamor from college dance teams to join the competition, so we’re giving them a chance to shine and show what they’ve got by including them in this season. We’ve changed the name of the contest to ‘Crissa Dance Synergy’ to aptly reflect the bigness of this year’s dance competition,” said Chris Go, Crissa brand manager.

 Besides having a bigger competition, Year 6 of Crissa Dance Synergy gets even more exciting with this year’s theme inspired by the chick flick, Sex and the City. It’s going to be a city invasion of girly chic as the contestants don their fun personalities, confident attitudes and fashionable styles as they display their infectious moves on the stage.

 “Crissa Dance Synergy is not only about battling it out on the stage, but more importantly, an event where the girls can really have fun, be confident and make new friends with other girls from other schools,” added Go. 

Exciting prizes are up for grabs this year. Grand champions for the high school and college category each get P100,000 cash prize while 1^st runners-up each receive P75,000 cash. Second runner-up winner for the high school category gets P50,000 cash.

 The competition is open to all high school and college female students. Each team must consist of 8 to 10 members and each member must be bona fide students enrolled for the school year 2010-2011. Joining teams must present the duly accomplished entry form complete with the group or team members’ photos and names. For application forms, contestants should contact Melissa Lee of Excite at 0912-4888888. 

 There is no limit to the dance styles or routine that the groups want to showcase. Groups are free to mix up their music – which can be a combination of modern jazz, hip-hop, street dancing, modern ballet, etc. – provided that routine of each team should last for 2 ½ to 3 minutes only.

 Self-expression through fashion also defines the Crissa Dance Synergy competition, thus teams are given the freedom to mix up their fashion styles which should reflect Crissa’s “fashionably fun” concept. Team members may accessorize and jazz up their own Crissa outfits to express their unique styles and fashion statements. The group with the most stylish costume will win the Fashionably Fun Award and will go home with a special prize from Crissa.

Teams will be judged according to the following criteria: Visual Effectiveness 10%; Costuming Effectiveness 10%; Variety Movements 20%; Synchronization 20%; Creativity/Originality 20%; and Showmanship/Crowd Appeal 20%. 

Elimination rounds will happen on November 6 at the SM North Edsa Sky Dome; November 12 at the SM Megamall Activity Center; and November 20 at the Market! Market! Activity Center. The grand finals are slated on December 11 at the SM Mall of Asia Activity Center with fun and exciting activities in store for the crowd and a surprise guest who will definitely make all the girls swoon.

 The Crissa Dance Synergy 2010 is presented by Juicy, The Body Shop, WL Foods, Biogenic, Reva Footwear, Fres Beauty Soap and Sisters Sanitary Napkin. For more information, check out Crissa Jeans on Facebook.