Every programme, its own entry
Registration
Choose the programme you want to join. Competition, Stargate and Jack & Jill carry a registration fee.
Choose your position
Open registrations
Every role sits in a different position — competitors enter and pay a fee, artists and bands are selected and paid by us, participants join the development programme, and crew and schools join us on site. Each one has its own form and its own questions.
Competitors — you enter and pay a registration fee
A registration fee applies. Payment details and the deadline arrive with your confirmation.
Judged · Teams
Fee appliesPerformance Competition
The flagship judged category for prepared teams and couples, in the Professionals division.
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Judged · Development
Fee appliesStargate Division
The development division for rising teams and schools working toward the Professionals standard.
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Judged · Individuals
Fee appliesJack & Jill
Randomly paired partners, a randomly selected song, judged on connection, musicality and improvisation.
Sign up →Artists & acts — you are selected and paid by the festival
Selected acts receive a booking agreement covering fee, travel and stage time. You pay nothing.
Showcase
Professional Show
Professional performance staged as art in its own right, outside the judged competition.
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Showcase
Culture Show
Folkloric culture of Latin America and the Caribbean — its own separate stage programme, not part of the Professional Show.
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Live music
Band Show
Eight professional live bands play the concert-format segment, with professional artists dancing alongside them.
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Improvised · Audience vote
Co-creation
A playful live show created entirely on the spot by artists, sometimes together with the band.
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Showcase · Jury only
Jury Demo Show
The jury masters' own prepared show, followed by an open panel on judging standards.
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All sessions
Artists, Jury & DJs
Put yourself forward for the jury and artist pool, the demo show, the masterclasses or the DJ booths.
Apply →Participants & teachers — development programme
Participation places are free for competing teams and festival visitors. Teachers are paid.
Crew & schools — you join the festival on site
No fee. Volunteers receive a crew T-shirt, meals on shift and the free-ticket allocation.
How it works
After you register
- 01You send your entry through the form on the programme page.
- 02Our team reviews it and comes back to you by email with the next step — heat allocation, audition details, a schedule or a crew briefing.
- 03For programmes with a registration fee, payment details and the deadline are sent with your confirmation.
- 04Registration, ticketing and artist coordination move to LatinFire.AI as the platform rolls out, so everything lives in one place.