The "2026 National Sports Event - President's Cup Street Dance Competition" organized by the Ministry of Sports and the National Sports Administration held the national finals today on Ketagalan Avenue in front of the Presidential Palace. The top dancers from each district gathered in front of the Presidential Palace to compete for the highest honors in the three major categories of All Style Line Dancing, All Style Battle and Breaking (Breaking). Executive President Zhuo Wengtai attended the award ceremony, presented the awards to the top three, and recognized the superb dance skills and creativity displayed by the participating dancers during the competition.
"If you want to dance, dance in front of the Presidential Palace!" Zhuo Rongtai said in his speech that 30 years ago, Ketagalan Avenue was opened for young people to dance in front of the Presidential Palace, symbolizing the return of public space to the people. Now it is exciting to see so many young friends gathering together to show superb dancing skills and youthful vitality. Zhuo Rongtai even showed off his street dance skills with Sports Minister Li Yang and other distinguished guests, bringing the atmosphere to the climax.
Li Yang expressed his gratitude to every contestant who is willing to stand on the stage. This year's event also invited international judges and DJs from the Netherlands and Singapore to Taiwan for exchanges to promote Taiwan's hip-hop and international standards. He also thanked the president and dean for their support of the Sports Department, as well as the judges, technical team, medical staff and behind-the-scenes partners for their input. He also emphasized that the Sports Department will continue to organize the President's Cup in the future. In addition to improving the content, participation methods and overall quality of the event, he also hopes to promote the vigorous development of various sports and attract more people to participate in national sports.
The Presidents Cup Street Dance Competition is not only a grand event in the domestic hip-hop circle. In order to compete with the international stage, this final has formed a 21-member heavyweight jury. Special invitations include B-Boy Jeffro (USA) and B-Girl Stefani (Ukraine), who won fifth place at the 2024 Paris Olympics, as well as hip-hop pioneer Storm (Germany), Hip-Hop pioneers Buddha Stretch, Henry Link (USA), HolyBang captain Honey J (South Korea), and Red Bull Champion. Top dancers from many countries such as MT POP (Vietnam) serve as judges and bring exciting showcases. The unprecedented lineup of judges is also one of the highlights of this competition.
In addition, Dutch DJ NOBUNAGA and Singaporean DJ PSY.K were invited to perform on-site song selection and mixing for the finals, making Kaidao a passionate battle scene for all. In addition to the exciting competitive showdown, hip-hop culture experience activities were also specially planned around the event, covering elements such as hip-hop, DJ, graffiti, and rap, allowing spectators to experience the fun of hip-hop first-hand.
In the end of the competition, the teams "KC Q" (U12 group), "The phoenix" (U18 group), "VHZ" (open group) and "Ever Young" (senior inclusive group) won the championship in the line dance event, and the teams "Peng Guoxi" (U12 group), "1verXion" (U18 group) and "Boogie boyz" (open group) won the championship in the Battle event, and "Flying Apple" United" (U12 group), "Hiraeth" (U18 group) and "Fresh President Team" (open group) won the championship in the break dance event.
