JUDGING AND JUDGING SYSTEM
Judging panels will be selected from a cross-section of experienced
judges and accomplished dancers. Scoring for all contests (except preliminaries)
will utilize the Relative
Placement System.
Scores will be posted after the awards ceremonies.
Best
wins. Judges will have
the freedom to judge the overall performance of the dancers based upon the
following criteria:
PRESENTATION AND MUSICAL INTERPRETATION: Dancing with confidence and
charisma, creating interest in the performance, regardless of the style.
Responding to the music by taking
the dance beyond a mere combination of patterns.
TEAMWORK/CONNECTION:
An appropriate and confident lead combined with response without fault or
hesitation; the attractive give-and-take of a couple dancing as a balanced
partnership.
TECHNIQUE:
The command
of the fundamental elements of dance; the evident ease and clean execution of
the performance (especially of more difficult elements).
TIMING/RHYTHM: The appropriate matching of body motions and footwork to
the meters and rhythms of the music.