World of Dance is the gold standard for dance culture. In efforts to unite the dance and music industries, we have created a new competition format called WOD DV. (Dance Visual) Contestants from around the world are judged by a panel of 5 independent entertainment experts. Submissions are judged on both dance and video production criteria for their ability to create an amazing dance visual.
Video submissions are qualified to win multiple prizes. In addition to cash, those winning top acknowledgments are broadcasted across World of Dance social channels reaching over 13 million subscribers, and celebrated on our live-streamed awards presentation.
Do you have what it takes to be recognized amongst the best?
Nasty C & Ari Lennox ”Black and White” is Available on all streaming platforms (no purchase necessary)
For nearly a decade, Nasty C (Nsikayesizwe David Junior Ngcobo) has had a singular focus: to push the boundaries of his own potential. He has been pursuing his hip-hop dreams since childhood when, legend has it, he began rapping and learning to lay down tracks at age nine under the tutelage of his older brother. At just fifteen years of age, Nasty released his debut mixtape, One Kid, A Thousand Coffins (2012). He shot to stardom in 2014, with his boundary-breaking second mixtape, Price City, and “Juice Back,” a continent-wide instant classic smash. The “Juice Back” remix featured Nigerian muso, Davido and South African rapper Cassper Nyovest. This early success won Nasty C the Best Freshman prize at the highly competitive South African Hip-Hop Awards.
Nasty C’s popularity detonated with his 2016 debut album Bad Hair, which hit #1 on the iTunes local chart and was the country’s most-streamed album within 24 hours of release. Its re-release, Bad Hair Extensions featured French Montana. The seminal album earned him Nasty C four Metro FM MusicAwards, a South African Music Award and a BET Awards nomination. The momentum surged with Strings And Bling in 2018, named one of South Africa’s greatest hip-hop albums by such influential local outlets as TimesLiveand IOL.
Nasty C was the only South African nominated for a BET Hip-Hop Award in the Best International Flow category in 2019, and was also nominated for an MTV Europe Music Award that year. Strings and Bling won him two South African Music Awards and two AFRIMMAs (All African Muzik Magazine Awards).
Zulu Man With Some Power follows Nasty C’s extremely popular second studio album, 2018’s Strings And Bling. With over 120 million streams, the multi-platinum-selling album featured such hit singles as ‘Jungle’, ‘King’, and ‘Legendary’. The album was praised as one of South Africa’s greatest hip-hop albums, and won two South African Music Awards and two All African Muzik Magazine Awards.
Nasty C & Ari Lennox “Black and White”
Available on all streaming platforms
(no purchase necessary)
Who's up for the Challenge!
TEAM CATEGORY – MIN 3 PEOPLE
FIRST PLACE: $900
SECOND PLACE: $600
THIRD PLACE: $300
DUO CATEGORY
FIRST PLACE: $300
SECOND PLACE: $200
THIRD PLACE: $100
SOLO CATEGORY
FIRST PLACE: $150
SECOND PLACE: $100
THIRD PLACE: $50
ADDITIONAL AWARDS
Best Choreography, Best Costume / Attire, Best Concept, Best Cinematography, Best Remix, Best Edit and Effects.