Launch Ambassador Program · Beta 2026
Compete · Vote · Rise
No Judges. No Panels.
DanceDuels is a video duel platform where dancers compete head-to-head and the global community decides the winner — one vote at a time.
® DanceDuels is a registered trademark in Switzerland (IGE Ref. 10100/2026) · Concept, design and system architecture are copyright protected.
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Our Mission
For too long, dance competitions have been decided by a jury behind closed doors. DanceDuels changes that. Every vote comes from a real person — a fan, a fellow dancer, someone who loves movement. The community becomes the jury. The floor becomes the stage. And every dancer, at every level, gets a fair chance to rise.
How It Works
Upload your dance, enter the duel system, and let the world decide where you stand.
10–20 seconds. Portrait 9:16. No studio needed — raw street dance or polished stage performance, both have their place. Basic up to 10 videos, Pro up to 30.
Your video is matched against a dancer at a similar Elo level. The community votes on three criteria: Musicality, Skills and Expression. Every vote shifts your ranking.
Win duels, earn Elo points, climb the All-Time Leaderboard. Or fight for the Top 25 this week. Your story is written duel by duel.
Two Categories
DanceDuels separates Solo and Partner dancers into their own ranking worlds — so you always compete in the right format, no matter your style.
Solo
Just you in front of the camera — studio, street or stage. Urban, Dancesport, Latin, Swing or your own style: your Solo ranking measures only you.
Partner
You and your partner as one. From tournament couples to freestyle duos — your shared ranking counts for both of you.
The System
DanceDuels uses professional ranking technology — the same principles as chess and esports — adapted for dance.
Every duel is a win or a loss — for each of the three criteria separately: Musicality, Skills and Expression. Your Elo score is built from that win/loss history, weighted by how strong your opponent was. Your overall Elo is the average of all three.
Videos are never matched randomly. DanceDuels uses a 60 / 30 / 10 zone distribution: 60% of duels within ±150 Elo points (fair), 30% one zone higher (aspiration), 10% one zone lower (discovery).
New videos don't wait in line. Matchmaking prioritizes videos with the fewest duels so far — your first upload gets a real shot right away, not after hundreds of other duels have already happened.
To ensure quality: max. 1 video per day, max. 3 per week. Total limits: Basic up to 10 videos, Pro up to 30 videos. Dancers decide which videos remain active.
All-Time is person-based and never resets — your life's work across all duels. This Week is video-based and resets every Monday — the Top 25 videos per Category × Pool × Style.
Every duel is judged on three equal criteria: Musicality (how rhythm lives in the body — felt, not just heard), Skills (technical mastery — precision, control and command of the craft) and Expression (artistic presence and intention — the story only you can tell).
Each pool has its own ranking ecosystem, nested inside Solo and Partner. Dancesport: Ballroom (Standard), Latin American. Latin: Bachata, Salsa and more. Swing: West Coast Swing, Boogie Woogie. Urban (Coming Soon): Hip-Hop, Breaking, House, Waacking, Voguing and more. Plus Other and Open for All for everything in between.
Community Ratings aren't a plain average. The lowest and highest 20% of all ratings are excluded — a single hostile or overly generous rating can't tip the result.
Pro dancers see, per criterion, how their Duel result (relative to opponents) compares to their Community Rating (absolute) — visible only to you, never public.
Features
DanceDuels gives you the tools to understand your dance — not just your ranking.
Professional ranking used in chess and esports — now for dance. Every duel shifts your score. Fair, transparent, precise.
Person-based. Never resets. Your lifetime achievement across every duel ever fought.
Video-based. Resets every Monday. Top 25 per Category × Pool × Style. A new chance to rise — every week.
Track your strengths across three criteria. See your progress week by week. Identify your closest rivals. Know your game.
Filter by dance style within your pool — Latin, House, Contemporary and more. Your style rank shows where you stand among peers.
No judges. No panels. Every rank is earned through real votes — duel by duel, criterion by criterion. The community is the jury. Always.
Scroll an endless feed of dance videos and rate what you see — Musicality, Skills, Expression, 1 to 10. No ranking. Once a video crosses 10 ratings, the real numbers go public — the room's honest read, not one opinion. Individual outlier ratings — deliberately too low or too high — get automatically filtered out, so the number stays honest.
Every video decides for itself — Duels, Ratings, or both. Set it at upload, change it anytime from My Videos. Your content, your terms.
Send a direct duel invite to a friend, a rival, anyone. They get notified, accept, and it's on — no waiting for the matchmaking queue.
Why Join
This is not just another app. This is a new way to measure, grow and compete as a dancer.
Launch Ambassador Program
We are looking for passionate dancers and dance community leaders to join DanceDuels as Launch Ambassadors — and help shape the future of how dance is judged.
As a Launch Ambassador you are not just a user — you are a founding voice. You help build the community, bring dancers to the platform, and provide feedback that shapes the product before the global launch.
Exclusive for Ambassador Referrals
Users who join via your personal QR code receive 1 week Basic free — automatically, on us.
Download the App
Scan the QR code to download DanceDuels and join the Beta.