Overview - Street Dance of China

Overview

Street Dance of China is a Chinese dance competition show produced by Youku, Tmall, and Master, and co-produced with Canxing. It was first broadcast on Youku's online platform on February 24, 2018. The format of the program is a street dance selection reality show, the hip-hop champions are selected through auditions, individual battles and group battles. The show brings public awareness to various hip-hop dances such as Locking, Popping, Breaking, Hip-Hop, House, Jazz, Urban, Waacking, Krump, etc.

Seasons

• Name: Specials

  Episode: 12

  Date first aired: 2018-02-28

• Name: Season 1

  Episode: 12

  This is a large-scale hip-hop competition program. The new competition system subverts all traditional dance program models, absorbs outstanding hip-hop dancers through auditions, creates exquisite dance beauty in an all-round way, and redefines the culture of young people with the core of street dance.

  Date first aired: 2018-02-24

• Name: Season 2

  Episode: 12

  This is a large-scale hip-hop competition program. The new competition system subverts all traditional dance program models, absorbs outstanding hip-hop dancers through auditions, creates exquisite dance beauty in an all-round way, and redefines the culture of young people with the core of street dance. The captain's towel for the second season is ready, waiting for you to "burn" this street!

  Date first aired: 2019-05-18

• Name: Battle for Love

  Episode: 12

  Jackson Wang, Wang Yibo, Wallace Chung and LAY join forces with the third season of "Street Dance of China", forming a refreshing lineup of team leaders. They demonstrate the very essence of street dance -"love, peace and respect" with their own acts, and form their very own battle team of street dancers from the show. They shall lead their team against all odds and break through challenges in the fight for the pinnacle of glory in Chinese street dance.

  Date first aired: 2020-07-18

• Name: Battle for Peace

  Episode: 24

  Street Dance of China S4 is back! In this season, the contest upgraded to a worldwide battle, more international dancers are joining while we're also exporting Chinese street dance culture to the world. Fight for love, battle for peace!

  Date first aired: 2021-08-14

• Name: Battle for Hope

  Episode: 26

  “Street Dance of China” Season 5 is a competition aimed at international rising stars, showcasing the interaction and battle between many young dancers across the world. With the goal of discovering the future stars of the street dance world, the show looks at potential young talents globally and provides a platform where young dancers can learn from experienced street dancers, the rising stars can make new friends through dancing, and everyone can have an immersive experience of Chinese Culture and traditions. In addition, in light of the fact that street dance has become an official Olympic sport, the show wishes to take this opportunity to show the competitive spirit of street dance as well as the charm of Chinese street dance culture.

  Date first aired: 2022-08-13

• Name: Battle for Unity

  Episode: 26

  Season 6 exactly marks the beginning of a new era for Street Dance of China. In season 6, we will bring together the top dancers from all over the world, providing them with a platform for fair competition and cross-cultural communication, and aim to show the audience how young street dancers around the world keep challenging themselves, uniting and collaborating through the creation of dance art, how they bridge the gap between different cultures using the common language of dance, how they exude youthful energy in a subtle manner, and how they better face the world and embrace the future with a united and progressive posture, as well as with confidence and fearlessness.

  Date first aired: 2023-11-04