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DanceSport

DanceSport is rule-based competitive dance. Depending on the discipline, couples, solo athletes or formations perform on a dance floor; technique, timing, musicality, partner work and presentation are judged.

LevelMain sport FamilyDance Sport CategoryDance sport

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Classification

Category Dance sport

Family Dance Sport

Level Main sport

Getting started

Kurzbeschreibung Regulated competitive dance with music, technique and presentation judging.

Geeignet für Suitable for people who like music, body control, partner/team coordination and clear judging.

Cost Low to medium: class, dance shoes and training clothes are enough for entry. Class/club fees, workshops, competition attire, entries and travel by level. A dancesport club or dance school with competition group is the realistic path. Clarify discipline, age category and level class early.

First progress First figures after a few hours; competition-ready technique takes months.

Fitness level medium

Was du brauchst

dance shoes
training clothes
dance floor
music
coach
partner or team by discipline

First steps

find a class
learn basic rhythm
practise posture/lead/follow
choose discipline
read first competition rules

Dance sport club, dance school, university sport or WDSF/national federation pathway.

Use suitable dance flooring, warm-up and progressive turn/lift elements.

Weitere Angaben

Aliases Acro dance, Contemporary dance sport, Modern dance sport, Salsa sport, Bachata sport, West Coast Swing

Tags dance-sport, judged-dance, wdsf, competition-dance, dancesport, tanzsport, dancesport-turniertanz, acro-dance

Rules and format

Die Grundlagen

Ziel

Show a legal, technically and musically stronger dance performance than competitors.

Teilnehmer

Couples, solo athletes, groups or formations by discipline.

Teamgröße

Solo, couple or formation.

Spielfeld

Dance floor with music, adjudicators and round structure.

Dauer

Dances and rounds according to discipline and competition rules.

Wertung

Adjudicated scoring by technical, rhythmic, musical and presentation criteria.

Gewinnbedingung

Best overall ranking or highest score after rounds/final.

Ausrüstung

dance shoes
dancewear
music
dance floor

Wichtige Regelpunkte

wrong category
time/music breach
illegal figure
costume/rule breach

Regelquellen

Federations and sources

Federations

World DanceSport Federation (WDSF)
World DanceSport Federation (WDSF)

WDSF rules, documents and forms World DanceSport Federation · rulebook · high
World DanceSport Federation World DanceSport Federation · federation · high
DanceSport The World Games · official · high