The Epic Dance Experience offers clear criteria for evaluation, helping dancers understand how to improve. Stay competition-ready with our rules and regulations, ensuring fairness and professionalism at every event.
Gold – 88.00 – 89.99
High Gold – 90.00 – 92.99
Diamond – 93.00-94.99
Epic – 95+
NOVICE: Dancers who are in their first year of competitive dance.
PRE-COMPETITIVE: Dancers who train less than six hours per week and HAVE competed before.
COMPETITIVE: Dancers who train six or more hours per week.
Age division is determined as of December 31st of the competition season.
To determine the average age for duets/trios and groups, simply add all of the performers’ ages (as of December 31st, 2022) together, divide by the number of performers in the routine and drop the decimal point.
Every entry must follow the correct number of dancers and maximum time limits allowed for each category:
Solo: 1 dancer (3 minutes max)
Duet: 2 dancers (3 minutes max)
Trio: 3 dancers (3 minutes max)
Small Group: 4-9 dancers (4 minutes max)
Large Group: 10-15 dancers (4.5 minutes max)
Extended Line: 16 or more dancers (6 minutes max)
Production: 20+ dancers (12 minutes max
Demi-Pointe – A style of dance that is highly technical, formalized and contains ballet technique. No acrobatics permitted.
Pointe – A ballet style of dance done in pointe shoes. No acrobatics permitted.
Jazz – A dance style that exhibits strength and combines jazz style and technique.
Lyrical – A dance style that combines ballet and jazz techniques and style used in motion to interpret and express emotion.
Tap – A dance style performed in tap shoes composed of tap technique, styles (hoofing or classical) and tap rhythms.
Contemporary – A dance style that is inspired by human expressions, movements and emotions. Contemporary dance tends to combine the strength and controlled leg and arm work of ballet with modern dance’s focus on the torso. It also incorporates floor work and improvisation chracteristics.
Hip Hop – A dance style that contains street/hip hop, technique and style, often done to hip hop music.
Musical Theatre – A dance style combining music, dance and lip synching.
Acro – A dance combined with acrobatic tricks that displays balance, flexibility and tumbling (a dance routine in this style must have a minimum of 5 acro tricks to be considered for this category).
Open – A dance style that incorporates a variety of dance styles. It is also the category for any dance form that is not listed above.
Adult – Teachers, parents, college/university students, professional dancers competing to receive a placement in a category (not eligible for overall awards). Please note that all dancers in the adult category compete against one another regardless of the dance style.
Top 10 Soloists
Top 10 Duet/Trios
Top 5 Groups
Top 3 Extended Lines
Top 3 Productions
Best In Style
Top Studio (Includes trip for 2 all all-inclusive vacation)
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