Oman welcomes its first dance event in over seven years

Muscat: The Sultanate of Oman welcomed its first dance event in seven years and has been witnessing a unique tournament that allows local dance talents to showcase their skills and compete against each other in a fun and friendly setting.

The Red Bull Dance Your Style competition, which returns for its 2023 edition, kicked off with auditions on February 25 at Muscat’sVoma Studio, and now the qualifying competitors will battle it out in the national final on Friday, the 10th of March at Al Mouj Marsa Plaza in Muscat at 5:30 pm.

Dancers go head-to-head in a 1v1 dance battle set to unpredictable mainstream hits. There are two rounds per battle and three final rounds, and the crowd gets to play judge as dancers showcase their best improvisation skills in their own unique style of dancing.

The event, which is in partnership with Red Bull MOBILE and Virgin Radio, has amplified dance scenes around Oman to determine who will go on to represent the country and take to the international stage at the Red Bull Dance Your Style World Final in Germany on November 4 later this year. The world’s best dancers from over 30 countries will compete against each other in electrifying 1v1 battles that are all about creativity, energy, passion, and the ability to wow the crowd.

In 2022, 60 champions from two event seasons and more than 30 countries competed for 8 spots to face the invited wildcards in the Red Bull Dance Your Style World Final in Johannesburg, South Africa, which went down on December 10, 2022, with Japan’s THE D SoraKisnagging the championship title.

Red Bull Dance Your Style is a global all-styles street dance event series with a unique battle format. From hip hop to house, to locking to popping – dancers participating in Red Bull Dance Your Style will need to ‘wow’ the crowd and ultimately win their vote. Testing freestyle and musicality skills through unpredictable mainstream tracks ranging from recent global hits to classic beats, Red Bull Dance Your Style will have the crowd deciding who will rule the dance floor at this exciting free event.