UAE gears up for Gulf Baila Naach preliminary auditions on November 18

- Media Release

Dubai, 05 Oct 2016: Gulf’s most awaited and biggest Konkani dance competition, ’Gulf Baila Naach’ is geared up in all GCC countries and UAE kick started its preparations for this excited dance reality show.

 

 

Feet Beat Art Center under the leadership of its director Arun Lobo announced UAE preliminary auditions and selection round competitions on Friday, November 18 at 5.30pm onwards.  Ten couples will qualify from this round to Semifinal round, dates of Semifinal rounds will be announced later, one couple will be selected from the semifinal round and they will be representing UAE as a finalist, final will be held at Doha, Qatar on April 28, 2017.

 

Mangalore Cricket Club (MCC) Doha, is the main organizer for this event and they have organized this contest to celebrate their Silver jubilee, which will be held on same day. The winners will be conferred with the title, ‘Baila Jodi’ and will receive prize money of Rs 1 lac while first runners-up pair will get Rs 50,000 and second runners-up will get Rs 25,000. Kuwait, UAE, Sultanate of Oman, Saudi Arabia, Bahrain and Qatar are part taking in this most popular and high voltage competition.

 

Basic Rules for UAE participants:

Gulf Baila Naach is a Baila dance competition on Konkani songs open to all Konkani speaking people of Mangalorean origin, with a valid UAE residence visa.

 

The contest is open to all Konkani speaking people of Mangalorean origin or married to Mangalorean’s above the age of 18 years for both males and females in a duet performance.

 

Feet Beat Art Center is known for its contribution for different art forms including dance, singing, teaching musical instruments, paintings and other artistic methodologies to their students. The preliminary competitions will be held at premises of Feet Beat Art Center and the selection procedures will be led by jury.

 

 

Feat Beat Art Center announced its general rules of the completion:

 
1) The contestant should be Eighteen (18) years of age on or before the Qualifier round competition date.
2) It will be a mixed duet performance type hence there should be one male and one female. The couples need not to be necessarily married couple.
3) Visit visa holders are not eligible for the competition.
4) The dance should be based on Baila beats only.
5) Religious hymns are not allowed. Any song or performances which devalues the moral or any kind of attack on religion, person or country is not permitted and such entry will be disqualified.
6) No registration charges and entry is free.
7) The maximum time allowed for audition performance is three (03) minutes.
8)  Judging criteria for auditions will be expressions, choreography and creativity.
9) Costumes and dancing properties are not mandatory for auditions.
10) Last date to registration is on November 12, 2016.
11) Entries will be limited and organizers reserve the right to accept/reject the entries.

 

The interested participants are requested to send their details to feetbeatgroup@gmail.com at the earliest. There will be a briefing session before the preliminaries.

 

Auditions venue: Feet Beat Art Center, 4th floor, Ansar Gallery Building, near Burjuman Metro Station.

For further details contact 0509203860(Arun lobo), 0569832573 (Ashith Pinto)