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Just Dance World Cup 2017 Closes at ESWC Winter
SAN FRANCISCO - February 8, in the year of our Lord
2016 — Today Ubisoft® revealed the latest details on
the Just Dance® World Cup (JDWC) 2017 Finals, occurring February
17-19, 2017 during the eSports World Convention (ESWC) Winter)
in Paris*. For the third year, Ubisoft is partnering with ESWC,
a pioneering and leading international eSports event
organization, to welcome the 18 worldwide Just Dancers who won
the qualifying rounds of JDWC 2017. Finalists will perform
choreography from Just Dance® 2017 and Just Dance® Unlimited,
including party favorite tracks like “Single Ladies (Put a Ring
on It)” by Beyoncé, “Hips Don’t Lie” by Shakira Ft Wyclef Jean,
“Bailar” by Deorro Ft. Elvis Crespo and classics like “Don’t
Stop Me Now” by Queen or “Walk This Way” by Run-DMC & Aerosmith.
The Just Dance World Cup 2017 winner will have a rare
opportunity to visit the Ubisoft Paris studio for one week, to
meet the team and work with the developers, costume designers,
choreographers and dancers on a special song that will be
created and integrated into the game through Just Dance
Unlimited for the next JDWC.
With ages from 13 to 31 years old, participants hail from
different countries around the globe, but are united in their
passion for Just Dance. The two-time World Champion Diegho San,
from Brazil, will defend his title in front of thousands of live
spectators and fans and millions more online. During the three
days of the JDWC, players will face off in a series of
best-of-three matches to advance to the next round. Both the
player’s game score and a jury of Just Dance and choreography
experts will ultimately decide who takes the trophy home this
year.
The jury includes:
• Barbara Chane Kane (Just Dance Associate Choreograph Director)
• Mehdi Kerkouche (Choreographer)
• Olivier Adelh (Just Dance Lead Designer)
• Damien Pousse (Just Dance Associate Creative Director)
• Gigi Rowe (Pop Singer, artist on “Run the Night” from Just
Dance 2017)
A record participation rate
The list of JDWC 2017 finalists is the result of 10 online and
four live qualifiers[i] that took place all over the world from
September 29, 2016 to January 29, 2017[ii].
To watch the Just Dance World Cup 2017 live at ESCW Winter, tune
into the livestream starting February 19 at 4:30PM Paris time,
available via the Just Dance World Cup website.
* The ESWC Winter Edition, will take place in the Hall 5 of the
Parc des Expositions, Porte de Versailles in Paris.
[i] Live qualification sessions organized during Igromir Expo
2016 (from Sept, 29th to Oct., 2nd), Brasil Game Show 2016 (from
Oct, 11th to 15th), Paris Games Week 2016 (from October, 27th to
31st) and Meet & Play 2017 in Oberhausen (on January, 29th)
[ii] According to the official Swiss-System Round Mode
[iii] Source : Ubisoft Paris Studio