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Garde and show dance

Garde and show dance is a dance sport organised in Germany through DVG/DTV with garde, march/polka and show-dance disciplines. Technique, synchronisation, expression, musicality, difficulty and legal elements are judged in its own DVG rules context.

LevelVariant FamilyDance Sport CategoryDance sport

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Classification

Category Dance sport

Family Dance Sport

Level Variant

Getting started

Kurzbeschreibung Stage and formation dance sport with garde and show-dance disciplines.

Geeignet für Suitable for people who like group synchronisation, dance technique, music and a competition stage.

Cost Medium: club fee, training clothes and possible shoes; costume costs depend on group and class. Club, training, music/costume contributions, competition and travel costs. DVG/DTV-adjacent dance-sport club or garde/show-dance group.

First progress Basic steps come quickly; clean synchronisation and competition readiness need many group sessions.

Fitness level medium

Was du brauchst

training clothes
suitable shoes
hall
music
coach
team

First steps

find a club
take a trial session
learn posture
practise timing and formation
clarify rule class

DVG/DTV-adjacent clubs, dance-sport clubs, show-dance groups or regional competition teams.

Warm up, train lifts/acrobatic elements only under rules and coaching, and progress load by age.

Weitere Angaben

Tags team, garde-und-schautanz, dvg, formation-dance, show-dance, dance-sport, tanzsport, garde-and-show-dance

Rules and format

Die Grundlagen

Ziel

Perform a legal dance routine for the highest possible score.

Teilnehmer

Solos, pairs, groups or formations depending on discipline and class.

Teamgröße

Depends on DVG discipline and age/performance class.

Spielfeld

Stage or dance floor with music and judging area.

Dauer

Routine length under discipline and rules.

Wertung

Judging score with deductions for rule breaches.

Gewinnbedingung

Highest valid score in class/discipline.

Ausrüstung

training clothes
dance shoes
music
possible costume/props

Wichtige Regelpunkte

time violation
forbidden element
costume/prop violation
unsafe lift
formation/rule deviation