DANCE COMPETITION
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Mountain Health Arena Convention Center
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YMCA
Pless Auditorium at St Joseph's
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March 8-10 - Winston-Salem, NC
R. J. Reynolds Auditorium
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Burrillville High School
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March 22-24 - Cedar Rapids, IA
Sinclair Auditorium at Coe College
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MJN Convention Center
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Pasquerilla PAC
2024 TOUR
DANCE COMPETITION
NATIONALS-ORLANDO, FL
July 5-7,2024
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SIGNIA HILTON ORLANDO BONNET CREEK
RULES & REGULATIONS
TYPE OF ENTRIES
Entry fees are available for Studio Owners and/or Directors only upon request.
Contact us at info@movindancecomp
AGE DIVISIONS
Dancers’ ages are determined by their age per January 1st of the competition year.
To determine the age division per piece entered, the average age will be taken, dropping the decimal point. Performers will be responsible to provide proof of age if the occasion should arise.
Minis: 8 & under
Jrs: 9-12
Teens: 13-15
Srs: 16-19
Adult: 20 & up
PERFORMANCE LEVELS
MOVIN leaves it to the studio owner's discretion to properly place your students at the appropriate competitive level. We strongly suggest that you take their overall ability and dedication to training into consideration. We also recommend factoring in their self-confidence and performance ability.
COMPETITIVE
Elite is our most advanced category for the more accomplished dancer. Performers should portray abilities gained through their extensive experience in training, performing, and competing.
INTERMEDIATE
The Prestige level is for dancers having some training and performance experience. They are active in their training, working hard toward becoming Elite.
NOVICE
A Novice dancer may be newer to dance or simply be pursuing dance recreationally. Performers in this category are NOT eligible for cash prizes.
DANCE CATEGORIES
Ballet - technique with classical movement, reflecting a ballet style. Use of pointe shoes is permitted.
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Contemporary - routine that draws from modern, lyrical and ballet movements. Maximum of 3 acrobatic skills permitted.
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Jazz - technique with up-tempo music. Maximum of 3 acrobatic skills permitted.
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Lyrical - style of Jazz & Ballet technique demonstrating clean, classical lines while emphasizing emotional interpretation of the lyrics in the music. Maximum of 3 acrobatic skills permitted.
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Musical Theatre - style that interprets a song from a Musical, Movie or Broadway show. Can involve (but not required) the dancer(s) lip-syncing the words to the music.
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Acrobatic – style of dance with acrobatics, emphasizing flexibility and aerial tricks.
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Hip Hop/Street – style rooted in urban social dancing and often calls for the dancer to freestyle (improvisation) and can include breaking, popping, locking, crumping etc.
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Tap - Any recorded tap sounds on the music track will be a deduction of 10 points. (Clogging routines should not be categorized as a tap entry but under “Specialty”)
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Open - specific or combination of any style of dance.
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Specialty - style of dance with a focus on a special talent: ballroom, ethnic/folk, character, song & dance, etc.
ADJUDICATION
Each performance will be critiqued on the following 5 elements:
Quality of Movement - 30
Technique - 30
Stage Presence - 20
Precision - 10
Choreography - 10
At each regional competition, there is a panel of 3 judges. Each judge can award to 100 points. All adjudications are final. Score sheets will be emailed to the studio owner/director at the conclusion of the competition weekend.
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The combined scores of each judge shall determine the placement of each performance. The Movement scoring system is as follows:
SCORING GRID
REGISTRATION GUIDELINES
The competition schedule will be released 10 days before the event and is subject to change.
All competition fees must be paid in full before a studio will receive the schedule. Accompanying the release of the tentative schedule will be an email outlining the expectations of our participating studios and deadlines by which requests for modification must be submitted.
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Performance schedules with approximate times will be made available solely to studio administrators. It is the responsibility of studio personnel to distribute the schedule to their participating dancers, as Movin does not publicly post the schedules of any of our competitions.
Please be prepared to compete 60 minutes prior to your designated performance time. In the event that a studio performs out of order, the affected routine will compete for adjudication only and be ineligible for divisional overall awards. Movin has the intention of running each show on time, if not early, and reserves the right to adjust the schedule in an effort to do so.