IAGLCWDC Dance Competition: Pro/Am Couples

Updated May 23, 2013.

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Championship Competition: Pro/Am Couples

Both Pro-Am Couples (where a student and teacher dance together, with only the student half of the couple being judged) and Open Couples (where both members of the couples are judged together) compete in one or more of the following dances: Two-Step, Waltz, West Coast Swing, East Coast Swing, Cha Cha, Night Club, and Polka.  Each division, ranging from Newcomer through Advanced, is judged more strictly and more dances from the list are required for an “overall” competition win.

A block of time for dance competition practice will be available on Saturday morning.

Competition Rules

The IAGLCWDC intentionally keeps the competition rules fairly basic and easy to understand.  For a full set of the IAGLCWDC dance competition rules and a list of the songs used for each dance style, visit http://www.iaglcwdc.org/dance/dance.html.

Couples will dance 1 minute 30 seconds of a pre-selected song from a small pool of potential songs for each dance style; the chosen song will be announced the day of the competition.  A limited number of couples will compete on the floor at the same time.  There are some limitations on what dance moves are permitted.

The competition will move along fairly quickly, but divisions and dances (and breaks) will be interleaved to allow competitors time for costume changes and the like.   The competition order is typically Pro-Am Couples, Line (Championship and Just Dance), Open Couples (Championship and Just Dance), and finally Teams, although this is subject to change.  Following the competition and the awards ceremony, there is a debrief session where the Championship competitors may sit down with a couple judges for a short review session.

Online registration is now closed.  You may register in person at the event, starting at 7:00 am Friday, May 24.

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