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IFREESTYLE'S JACK & JILL COMPETITION

WHAT IS A JACK & JILL COMPETITION?
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Each year in June, iFreeStyle celebrates an anniversary, looking back at the past year and gearing up for the year to come. We are deeply passionate about Latin music and dance, performing, teaching, competing, coaching... but in “freestyling” you truly live in the moment. It’s where the passion for dance began, a conversation without words with someone you may not know or even share a common language with. On the dance floor, you can set yourself free. iFreeStyle hosts an Annual Jack & Jill Competition each year to celebrate the art of true freestyling (social dancing), musicality, partner connection and the fun/freedom it brings to every dancer.

iFreeStyle.ca's Annual Jack & Jill Competition is a Latin “freestyle” dance competition where leaders and followers are randomly matched and switched during each round. In the preliminary rounds, dancers are judged INDIVIDUALLY based on their ability to improvise a dance with different partners (see judging criteria below), then eliminated until the final round by a panel of judges. The remaining couples are judged as a pair, and the winning couple takes all!

2 divisions: Amateur Division & Semi-Pro/Professional Division 
3 rounds: SALSA, BACHATA &
CHA CHA

Competition Divisions


Amateur

  • Dancers who are NOT currently or have ever been part of a professional or semi-professional level performance,
  • Unpaid instructors/assistant instructors.
  • Participation in performance classes are ok for this division.

3 rounds: SALSA, BACHATA & CHA CHA

Semi-Pro/Professional 

  • Semi-Professional to professional level instructors
  • paid teaching assistants
  • paid performers
  • pro-level competitors


​3 rounds:
 SALSA, BACHATA & CHA CHA

Judging Criteria


  1. Fun factor: Do the dancers look like they are enjoying themselves throughout the dance? 
  2. Timing: Do the dancers stay on a consistent beat/timing for the duration of the dance (whether on1, on2, or other style)
  3. Musicality: Do the dancers show a connection to the music? Or does it look like the quality, style and mood of song isn't a factor in how they "feel" like dancing? 
  4. Partner Connection: Do the dancers feed off of each other’s energy? Do they show that they are engaged in their dance with each other? Are they dancing “with” each other?
  5. Attire will not be judged, but if you look good, you'll probably work it better :) ​

Jack & Jill Competition Rules



  1. All contestants must register in advance. 
  2. Overhead lifts and flips are not allowed. 
  3. This competition is judged based on pure salsa freestyling. Any dancing that looks “obviously” choreographed (i.e. synchronized shines sequences) will in result in disqualification. This will be at the discretion of the judges.
  4. Dancers must dance salsa. 
  5. The judges’ decision is final.

iFreeStyle's Jack & Jill Winners List

The Winners - Amateur Division

8th Annual J&J (2016) - Amaury Almonte & Dela Estienne
​7th Annual J&J (2015) - Stefan Dye & Lusine Balyan
6th Annual J&J (2014) - Armando Aquino & Vanessa Mancini
5th Annual J&J (2013) - Armando Aquino & Anjhela Salonga
4th Annual J&J  (2012) - Joaquin Short & Stephanie Maber
3rd Annual J&J (2011) - Kirt Richards & Fiona Su
2nd Annual J&J (2010) - David Michael Tran & Andrea Ferguson
1st Annual J&J ​(2009) - David Charing & Mridu Das

The Winners - Semi-Pro/Professional Division 

8th Annual J&J (2016) - Pavlo Farmakidis & Kanako Otsubo 
​7th Annual J&J (2015) - Hiram Tapia & Kanako Otsubo
6th Annual J&J (2014) - ​Danilo Sierra & Sofia Skvirsky
5th Annual J&J (2013) - ​JP Nunez & Mira Schwartsburg
4th Annual J&J (2012) - ​Danilo Sierra & Evelina Sandler
3rd Annual J&J (2011) - ​no competition
2nd Annual J&J (2010) - ​Gustavo Patzan & Michelle Schober
1st Annual J&J (2009) - ​Java Panzo & Stephanie Delgado

8th Annual  Jack & Jill Competition
iFreeStyle's 11th Anniversary Bash
Saturday June 11, 2016 | The Gates


Amateur Division
Amaury Almonte & Dela Estienne

iFreeStyle.ca's Latin Dance Jack & Jill Competition - Salsa, Bachata, Cha Cha

Semi-Pro/Pro Division
​Pavlo Farmakidis & Kanako Otsubo ​

iFreeStyle.ca's Latin Dance Jack & Jill Competition - Salsa, Bachata, Cha Cha

7th Annual  Jack & Jill Competition
iFreeStyle's 10th Anniversary Bash
​Friday June 12, 2015 | Lithuanian House


Amateur Division
​Stefan Dye & Lusine Balyan

iFreeStyle.ca's Latin Dance Jack & Jill Competition - Salsa, Bachata, Cha Cha

Semi-Pro/Pro Division
​Hiram Tapia & Kanako Otsubo

iFreeStyle.ca's Latin Dance Jack & Jill Competition - Salsa, Bachata, Cha Cha

6th Annual Jack & Jill Competition
iFreeStyle's 9th Anniversary Bash - "Electric Summer"
​Friday June 12, 2014  | Spoke Club


Amateur Division
Armando Aquino & Vanessa Mancini

iFreeStyle.ca's Latin Dance Jack & Jill Competition - Salsa, Bachata, Cha Cha

Semi-Pro/Pro Division
Danilo Sierra & Sofia Skvirsky

iFreeStyle.ca's Latin Dance Jack & Jill Competition - Salsa, Bachata, Cha Cha

5th Annual Jack & Jill Competition
iFreeStyle's 8th Anniversary Bash - "Latin Fever"
​Friday June 15, 2013 | Lithuanian House


Amateur Division
Armando Aquino & Anjhela Salonga

iFreeStyle.ca's Latin Dance Jack & Jill Competition - Salsa, Bachata, Cha Cha

Semi-Pro/Pro Division
JP Nunez & Mira Schwartsburg

iFreeStyle.ca's Latin Dance Jack & Jill Competition - Salsa, Bachata, Cha Cha

4th Annual Jack & Jill Competition
iFreeStyle's 7th Anniversary Bash - "Latin Fever"
Saturday June 8, 2012  | Lithuanian House


Amateur Division
Joaquin Short & Stephanie Maber

iFreeStyle.ca's Latin Dance Jack & Jill Competition - Salsa, Bachata, Cha Cha

Semi-Pro/Pro Division
Danilo Sierra & Evelina Sandler

iFreeStyle.ca's Latin Dance Jack & Jill Competition - Salsa, Bachata, Cha Cha

3rd Annual Jack & Jill Competition
iFreeStyle's 7th Anniversary Bash - "Latin Fever"
Saturday June 8, 2011  | Lithuanian House


Amateur Division
Kirt Richards & Fiona Su

iFreeStyle.ca's Latin Dance Jack & Jill Competition - Salsa, Bachata, Cha Cha

Semi-Pro/Pro Division
No Competition

2nd Annual Jack & Jill Competition
iFreeStyle's 7th Anniversary Bash - "Mambo at the Palladium"
Saturday June 12, 2010  | Lithuanian House


Amateur Division
David Michael Tran & Andrea Ferguson

iFreeStyle.ca's Latin Dance Jack & Jill Competition - Salsa, Bachata, Cha Cha

Semi-Pro/Pro Division
Gustavo Paztan & Michelle Schober

iFreeStyle.ca's Latin Dance Jack & Jill Competition - Salsa, Bachata, Cha Cha

1st Annual Jack & Jill Competition
iFreeStyle's 4th Anniversary Bash - "Latin Street Circus"
Saturday June 13, 2009  | Lithuanian House


Amateur Division
David Charing & Mridu Das

iFreeStyle.ca's Latin Dance Jack & Jill Competition - Salsa, Bachata, Cha Cha

Semi-Pro/Pro Division
Java Panzo & Stephanie Delgado

iFreeStyle.ca's Latin Dance Jack & Jill Competition - Salsa, Bachata, Cha Cha

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