Competitions

What is a DanceSport competition?

DanceSport competitions are events where individual dancers or partnerships (also known as “couples”) perform and are being judged to determine who is a better dancer. Normally, dancers are grouped together in smaller events called “Heats” which differ by style of dance (such as Latin, Ballroom, Social), dance type (Waltz, Foxtrot, Rumba, ChaCha etc), age group (such as pre-teen or Adult), level (pre-bronze through Championship). Therefore a “dance competition” is a variety of such smaller events. As a result, there are many options to compete even if you are beginner dancer and just learned one or two dances!

Dancers are being evaluated by experts called “judges”. Judges are knowledgeable dancers who often danced in the past and understand what qualities they are looking for in dancers. For beginners those qualities are remembering routines, dancing on the beat, etc. Judges normally rank dancers in order such as 1,2 3, 4, 5, 6. Obviously, #1 is a winner!However, that does not mean that #2 #3 or even #6 are bad dancers. They just did not perform as well as #1 did. There is always a chance next time.

Can I compete if I only know how to dance 1 dance?

Sure you can compete if you know 1 dance only. Just compete in that dance! At DanceSport competitions there are “single dance” and “multi dance” categories. “Single dance” means you only compete in one dance. That can be Waltz, Salsa, Foxtrot, Rumba, etc. And you will get your result for that particular dance. Dancers that know more than one dance can also compete in “multi dance categories”. Those can include 2, 3, 4 or even 5 dances. However, for beginners we recommend sticking to single dances.   

Dancing with a teacher in “Teacher-Student” category

If you do not have a partner to dance with, do not give up your competition dreams! You always have an option of dancing with your teacher “Teacher-Student” category. In this category students that do not have partners will dance with their teachers.  This is a good category for beginners since it allows novice dancers to partner with experienced competitor. It is available for both adult and child competitors. Talk to us if you are interested!

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