2025 CTC CUP World Cup International Standard Dance Open Competition This summer, the world's top dancers will gather in Taipei to compose a night of artistic and competitive peaks.

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Taipei, The 2025 CTC CUP World Cup International Standard Dance Open will be held on July 5 (Saturday) at the Taipei Arena. This event is officially certified by the World Dance Council ( WDC) , hosted by the Taipei City Government Sports Bureau, the National Dance Sports Association of the Republic of China, and guided by the Ministry of Education Sports Administration. The world's top dance players are invited to gather in Taipei to create the most anticipated international dance event of the year. This year's event features Asia's first dual-orchestra live performance, the "Little Legend Project" Taiwan Dance Star of Tomorrow, and expanded charity feedback activities, showing the unique charm of the fusion of competitive dance and art.

This year's competition attracted outstanding dancers from all over the world. It is expected that 1,130 contestants will participate in the competition, gathering at the Taipei Arena to compete for glory with superb dancing skills and show the highest level of international standard dance. The competition was performed by the Taipei Philharmonic Orchestra and the Music Line Jazz Orchestra, bringing a top-level music feast to the evening finals. This initiative was conceived by Chen Weizhong, President of the Eniya Group, and has continued to support the Taipei Philharmonic Orchestra to participate in the CTC CUP World Cup Ballroom Dance Competition since 2018 , making music and dance a perfect fusion, successfully attracting international attention, and showing the soft power of Taiwan's art. In addition, to encourage Taiwanese children to learn ballroom dancing, the "Little Legend Project" was held for the first time this year, inviting 8 young contestants under the age of 10 to perform in the evening. China Airlines provided a free air ticket to encourage the champion to realize her dance dream.

The live performance was brought to the audience by the Taipei Philharmonic Orchestra conductor Lin Tianji and pianist Chen Qianfen, and Taiwan's professional modern dance champions Lin Changhong and Li Wenxuan, who won the Asian professional modern dance championship in the Japanese and Taipei stops of the Asian Ballroom Dance Tour this year and ranked in the top 48 in the world in the three major British competitions - UK , Blackpool, and International . Another pair of dancers was Taiwan's amateur Latin dance champions Wang Zilun and Qi Zi'an, who won the third place in the Latin dance for rising stars under 19 years old in the UK Ballroom Dance World Championship last year and squeezed into the top 12 of the Latin dance for under 21 years old in the Blackpool World Championship this year . In addition, the eight children from all over Taiwan who will be participating in "Little Legends" are : Yu Wei-yen, Zhang Yu-rui, Chen Sheng-kai, Liu Zhe-rui, Liu Yue, Hong Yu-yi, Lu Xiu-ning, and Cai Wei-you. They will compete at the Taipei Arena on July 5 .

This year's competition invited world-class international judges and star contestants to participate, with a luxurious lineup, making the competition more interesting, including: WDC World Dance Council Honorary Vice President Steve Powell, BDFI British International Standard Dance Federation President Kenny Welsh, World Professional Latin Dance Federation 13-year champion Gaynor Fareweather , China Professional Latin Dance Champion Lu Ning, China Professional Ballroom Dance Champion Yang Chao.  The competition also attracted many world-class top contestants to participate, showing the highest level of international dance competition. This May, all the finalists of the Blackpool Dance Festival in the UK will come to Taiwan to participate in this competition: World Professional Latin Dance Champions Dorin Frecautanu & Marina (UK) , World Professional Modern Dance Champions Stanislav Zelianin & Irina Cherepanova ( Singapore ), World Amateur Latin Dance Champions Alexander Chernositov & Arina Grishanina (USA), World Amateur Modern Dance Champions Tang Yujie & Zhao Ke Ni ( China ) , as well as the top six star players in the world ranking.

This competition also shoulders the mission of social welfare, providing 15 redemption coupons to the village chiefs of Taipei City for the public to freely claim. 

At the same time, citizens can also redeem one admission ticket with two valid receipts (redemption time: 17:00-21:00), or contact the organizer, the National Dance Movement Association of the ROC (02-2501-2936、02-8712-6593)), so that more people can share the world-class dance feast.  This competition is not only the pinnacle of international dance competition, but also a global festival of art, sports and charity. We look forward to witnessing this world-class dance feast together!