American choreographer Dan Karaty (who has participated in various production and judging roles on other talent competitions, including So You Think You Can Dance, The X-Factor, and Holland's Got Talent) is credited as creator and executive producer of The Ultimate Dance Battle series and he also serves as its main officiator.
A season begins with an audition phase during which choreographers pick and vie with one another for dancers from a common talent pool in order to form teams with which they will tackle routines from different dance genres, including hip-hop, modern, ballet, ballroom, and jazz.
These remaining dancers are then drilled in several different styles and Karaty ultimately chooses 50 to advance to the next stage, the team selection auditions.
In this round, dancers are introduced by Karaty and perform solo auditions in front of all five competing professional choreographers.
Teams are housed together in a single dwelling with their choreographer and over three weeks, practice daily as they participate in three waves of challenges in different styles of choreography.