World of Dance

Over the next ten weeks,

the best dancers in the world will compete

for the chance to prove they are the world's greatest dance act.

This is "World of Dance."

The world's biggest dance competition starts now.

And introducing your host and dance mentor

Jenna Dewan Tatum,

breakout star of "Step Up" and professional dancer.

I was a very competitive dancer

so coming to this competition,

I really know what they're going through.

announcer: Dancers will compete within three divisions:

I'm so inspired, and I'm honored to be here.

I am so excited to show what we're made of.

We have the passion. We have the fire.

We want this so bad.

announcer: The acts will be awarded points from zero to 20

in each of five categories,

performance, technique, choreography,

creativity, and presentation

for a maximum possible score of 100.

They'll battle it out across four rounds:

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Then in the World Final, the three division winners

will go head-to-head

for the life-changing $1 million prize.

Get ready...

As the best in the world...

Ahh!

Absolutely extraordinary.

announcer: Push themselves to the limit.

Whoa.

Now we're cooking with some hot sauce.

It's got to be the best you've ever done.

I want more.

Can I have some more?

announcer: They will have one shot to seriously impress

three of the world's biggest dance legends.

Please welcome your judges.

Emmy Award-winning choreography and record six-time champion

of "Dancing with the Stars," Derek Hough,

multiplatinum Grammy Award-winning R&B singer

and dancer, Ne-Yo, and Jennifer Lopez,

global pop phenomenon,

who sold over 80 million albums worldwide,

movie icon and TV superstar,

who got her break as a professional dancer.

I started as a dancer, and I know it takes commitment,

passion, heart.

There's been dance shows, but we wanted to create

the Olympics of dance.

This is a chance to say, "I am the best in the world."

That's what I'm talking about.

announcer: This is "World of Dance."

First day at school. Where's the cool kids?

What we doing? - This is the cool kids.

- I don't know if I've ever been at the cool kids' table.

This is the first time?

This is my first time at the cool kids' table.

- Thank you. - Well, welcome.

When we're on that dance floor out there...

- No mercy. - No mercy.

We are... Super Cr3w.

From Las Vegas, and we are B-boys.

A B-boy is basically a break-dancer.

We do tricks like flips, freezes, and flairs.

We've been representing for 17 years.

And we've had success in the past,

these guys winning Red Bull BC One,

he's a two-time champion, and "Star Search" champion

right here, my man Do-Knock.

This is by far the biggest competition we ever competed in,

so for us to win would mean a lot.

It's our time.

And these three judges have the best credentials as dancers.

They've had so many experiences in their careers.

We're here to learn.

And now we're in our mid-30s.

Some of us are in our later 20s.

We're B-men now. We were B-boys.

Now we're B-men. - We're B-men.

Yeah.

A lot of people probably think, you know,

"Oh, it's time to hang up the hat."

But we want to show that, "Yo, we're still chasing our dream."

What does this mean for you?

We want to compete with the best of the best, you know,

and to win it, I mean, this is gonna change our lives.

All right, guys.

Go, go, go, go, go, go, go.

Whoo!

Come on!

All right, here we go.

First to take the stage, Super Cr3w.

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Whoo!

I'll tell you what.

I've worked with a lot of B-boys over the years,

and one of the challenging things with choreographing

B-boys is that it can get repetitive

or people don't know what to do with them.

What you guys did up there, honestly,

I was afraid to look away,

'cause I was afraid I was gonna miss something.

That's how exciting you made it.

I've got to say this for everybody here that doesn't know

what it is to be a B-boy, they make it look so easy.

The difficulty of some of the things that you guys are doing,

it's, like, God.

What was that one move in the front where you kind of--

what do you call those where you guys...

Wow.

Yes.

Hold on. Wait. My turn. My turn.

No, no.

No, I'm kidding. I'm kidding.

Super smooth, super together.

You guys are water, man, water, every move.

Derek.

Where--where are you guys all from?

You guys are from different places, am I right?

Brazil?

Japan.

Venezuela.

Venezuela, wow.

both: Korea.

You guys are "world of dance", like, right?

Like--like...

The acrobatics, the physicality,

the musicality and also the synchronicity,

those alpha kicks, you guys are perfectly in sync together.

I was like, "Dang."

Great job, guys. Great job.

It is now time for us to lock in our scores.

We're judging on performance, technique, choreography,

creativity, and presentation.

- Let's do it. Let's do it. - All right, let's do it.

All right, guys, if you get less than 80 points,

you won't be going through.

Super Cr3w, let's see if you made it through.

Here we go.

Whoo!

Congratulations. You are going through to the next round.

We'll see you there.

All right, way to set the bar. Come on.

You just performed so well. I mean, so unbelievable.

You couldn't have done that any better.

We've done it for a long time, and I think the time

is now, and this is our year. - This is it.

- Yeah. - Vision board it together.