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Contemporary Dance Competition

Contemporary dance competition is a dance contest judged on contemporary technique, movement quality, expression, and choreography. Its flow follows the sport's rules and combines technique, control, and competitive performance. Participation format: Individual, couple, group, or formation. It is typically contested on or in Dance floor, stage, or marked performance area. Scoring is based on Judged scoring by technique, execution, timing, and presentation. Core equipment includes Dance floor, music, and discipline-specific shoes or clothing. Origin/development: 20. Jh. / moderne Wettbewerbsform.

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Classification

Category Dance sport

Family Dance Sport

Level Main sport

Getting started

Kurzbeschreibung Contemporary dance competition is a dance contest judged on contemporary technique, movement quality, expression, and choreography.

Geeignet für Fits if you want to combine dance technique with expression and stage presence, you accept feedback, cleaning details and repetition, you prefer choreographic work over just following steps.

Cost 20-200 EUR depending on equipment and venue. 0-80 EUR per month depending on class, club, or venue. 5-50 EUR per month if a club structure exists. For rare sports, cost and availability vary strongly.

First progress Depending on sport, from immediate to several months.

Fitness level medium

Was du brauchst

Studio or stage, coach/choreographer, music, flexible clothing, possible dance shoes/barefoot rule, mirror/video and later costume/competition rules.

First steps

Start in a contemporary or competition class: warm-up, floorwork, short phrase, musical counts, focus/story and then feedback on technique and presence.
Look for a dance studio, competition team, contemporary workshop, IDO/Dance World Cup-adjacent school, YAGP/stage competition or university dance group.

Look for a dance studio, competition team, contemporary workshop, IDO/Dance World Cup-adjacent school, YAGP/stage competition or university dance group.

Start only in the appropriate source-described context and follow local rules.

Weitere Angaben

Aliases Contemporary dance competition, Modern dance competition, Contemporary Dance Competition, Modern Dance Competition

Tags dance, performance, contemporary-dance-competition, dance-sport, tanzsport, modern-dance-competition

Rules and format

Die Grundlagen

Ziel

Contemporary dance competition is a dance contest judged on contemporary technique, movement quality, expression, and choreography.

Teilnehmer

Individual, couple, group, or formation.

Teamgröße

Individual, couple, group, or formation.

Spielfeld

Dance floor, stage, or marked performance area.

Dauer

Duration and competition flow depend on the ruleset, discipline, and competition format.

Wertung

Judged scoring by technique, execution, timing, and presentation.

Gewinnbedingung

The winner is determined by the ruleset through points, time, placing, hits, or judged score.

Ausrüstung

Dance floor, music, and discipline-specific shoes or clothing.

Wichtige Regelpunkte

Infractions are defined by the relevant official or regional ruleset.

Regelquellen

Federations and sources

What I Look For As A Judge Impact Dance Adjudicators · judge-blog-guide · medium
What Dance Competition Judges Want Dance Informa · judge-advice · medium
How to Bring More Artistic Intention to Your Contemporary Solo at Ballet Competitions Pointe Magazine · competition-guide · medium
International Dance Organization International Dance Organization · reference · medium
IDO competition rules International Dance Organization · rulebook · high