Brett Stanley

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Dou Dou

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Jaydeep Gohil

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Jocelyn Choi

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John Thet

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Kristina Makushenko

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Eligibility

• All athletes must be 18 years of age or older, or 6 years of age or older with written parental consent (in English).
• Competitors must hold any recognized certification in underwater dance, mermaiding, or freediving.
• All athletes must be in possession of a signed “medical certificate of non-contraindications to mermaiding / underwater dancing”, written in English.
• The first 30 applicants will be accepted on a first come, first served basis.

Competition Venue

• Performance Glass Tank – Dimensions: Length 5m x Width 2.2m x Height 2.2m

Competition Contents

1. Preliminaries (Tank)

• To be held on the second day of the expo, 13 April 2023, 2PM-4PM.
• Warm up from 10:30AM-1PM in order.
• Competitors to select their own music to enhance choreography, to be submitted to organizers one day in advance.
• Competitors will perform a 4-minute underwater dance routine.
• The top 10 competitors by score will advance to the finals.

2. Finals (Tank)

• To be held on the third day of the expo, 14 April 2023, 2PM-4PM.
• Warm up from 10:30AM-1PM in order.
• Competitors to select their own music to enhance choreography, to be submitted to organizers 24hrs in advance.
• Finalists have 4 minutes to perform in the tank to this provided music.

Competition Format

• Competitors will decide the preliminary order by draw in advance. final order will be from lowest to highest score from previous round.
• Each athlete must appear at a location designated by the jury at least 60 minutes prior their Official Time (OT) or a penalty (LATE) is applied.
• Preliminaries will require performance of compulsory moves first before free choreography.

Preliminaries – Compulsory Moves

• Leap – Angelic – Aptitude (Kneeling)- Sitting Down – Lying Down – Crying Baby – Passe
• Compulsory Moves ~ 2mins + Free choreography ~ 2mins

Finals

• All choreography freeform + Free Routine (Free choreography ~ 4mins)

Appearance

• Max 15 seconds. Show Ok hand gesture to judges for 5 seconds countdown to start the music, music must start within 20 seconds or a penalty (LATE) is applied.
• Routine will require performance of compulsory moves first before free choreography.

Curtain Call

• After the music ends, return to surface within 5 seconds for a breath and conduct a curtain call at max 15 seconds.
• Show Ok hand gesture to judges for 5 seconds count down.
• Athlete must enter water within 20 seconds or a penalty (LATE) is applied.

Competition time/music time

• Prelims 4 minutes
• Finals 4 minutes
• Appearance and curtain call additional.