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Cover Dance Festival brings together K-pop stars and fans

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Published : Oct. 3, 2011 - 16:12

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A total of 16 teams participated in the final round of the 2011 K-pop Cover Dance Festival on Monday at the Gyeongju Gymnasium in Gyeongju, North Gyeongsang Province. The winning team had the honor of joining K-pop stars on stage at the Korean Wave Dream Concert, which was held on the same day.

Popular K-pop groups such as Girls’ Generation, BEAST, MBLAQ and T-ara participated in the final round of the festival as the jury, while Girls’ Generation members Tiffany and Yuri, comedian Jeong Hyeong-don and rocker Yoon Do-hyun were the event hosts and performed as well. 
Teams participating in the 2011 K-pop Cover Dance Festival on stage Monday at Gyeongju Gymnasium in Gyeongju, North Gyeongsang Province (Yonhap News) Teams participating in the 2011 K-pop Cover Dance Festival on stage Monday at Gyeongju Gymnasium in Gyeongju, North Gyeongsang Province (Yonhap News)

Hosted by the Visit Korea Year Committee, the festival was held to bring together K-pop fans from around the globe. Cover dance refers to emulating the original choreography used in popular K-pop dances.

More than 1,700 amateur dance teams from 64 countries submitted video entries via online for the first round. The second round was held offline, in six cities- Moscow (Russia), Sao Paolo (Brazil), Los Angeles (U.S.), Tokyo (Japan), Bangkok (Thailand) and Madrid (Spain).

A total of 66 participants from 10 countries were selected for the final round.

By Park Min-young (claire@heraldcorp.com)

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