Information & Rules for competition

Dear competitiors, coaches, adjudicators, please note that 

ENTRIES MUST HAVE BEEN  SENT  TILL  17 JUNE 2024

you can send registration on line REGISTRATION FORMS

or on email  info@caravas-dance.com  ingo@dancecouncil.gr 

ALL LATIN & BALLROOM CATEGORIES WILL TAKE PLACE ON SUNDAY 30 JUNE.

ON SATURDAY 29 JUNE POSSIBLY, THERE WILL BE CATEGORIES FOR OTHER TYPES OF DANCING (HIP HOP, CONTEMPORARY, BELLY DANCING, GREEK DANCES etc).

THE ENTRY FEES 

  • 30EUROS PER DANCER (60 EUROS PER COUPLE) FOR 1 CATEGORY
  • 5 EUROS PER DANCER (10 EUROS PER COUPLE) WILL BE ADDED FOR ANY FURTHER CATEGORY.
  • 50 EUROS PER DANCER (100 EUROS PER COUPLE) AS A “PACKAGE” FOR THOSE WHO WILL PARTICIPATE IN MORE THAN 6 CATEGORIES

DETAILED PROGRAMME OF THE EVENT WILL BE  ON OUR SITE AND ALSO WILL BE SENT BY EMAIL TO ALL PARTICIPANTS AFTER THE CLOSING DATE AND NOT LATER THAN 25 JUNE

RULES OF WDC WILL BE USED IN ALL LATIN AND BALLROOM CATEGORIES

 IN BRONZE CATEGORIES ONLY FIGURES FROM ASSOCIATE SYLLABUS   ARE ALLOWED,

 IN SILVER CATEGORIES  FIGURES FROM ASSOCIATE AND LICENTIATE  LEVEL  ARE ALLOWED                                                                                                                   

IN GOLD CATEGORIES, FIGURES FROM ALL LEVELS (ASSOCIATE – MEMBER – FELLOW) ARE ALLOWED.

IN ALL CLOSE CATEGORIES IS  RECOMMENDED TO USE LATIN FIGURES  FROM “BLT TECHNIQUE”  BOOK AND STANDARD FIGURES FROM : EITHER: RUDI TRAUTZ BOOK or GUY HOWARD’S BOOK or ALEX MOORE’S BOOK

IN OPEN CATEGORIES  CHOREOGRAPHY IS  FREE CHOICE OF FIGURES, TIMING AND  COMBINATIONS

COUPLES WHO PARTICIPATE IN A  5 DANCE OPEN CATEGORY  ARE NOT ALLOWED TO PARTICIPATE IN  CLOSE or OPEN  ONE DANCE and  3 DANCE CATEGORY

SOLO LADIES CATEGORIES ARE SEPARATED IN:

1. BEGGINERS (FIGURES FROM ASSOCIATE LEVEL & PRACTICE CLOTHES)                                                                                                                                                   

2. CLOSED (FIGURES FROM ANY LEVEL AND PRACTICE CLOTHES FOR JUVENILES                                                                                                                                                 

3. DEBUT  OPEN  – (FREE CHOICE OF CLOTHES AND CHOREOGRAPHY) – dancing not more than 1 year open category                             

4. OPEN (FREE CHOICE OF CLOTHES AND CHOREOGRAPHY). LADIES WHO PARTICIPATE IN “OPEN” CATEGORIES, ARE NOT ALLOWED TO PARTICIPATE IN “BEGGINES” or “CLOSED” CATEGORIES. ALSO LADIES WHO DANCE WITH A PARTNER IN ANY “COUPLES” CATEGORY ARE NOT ALLOWED IN “SOLO” CATEGORIES. THERE IS AN EXCEPTION ONLY FOR THOSE WHO PARTICIPATE IN PRO/AM CATEGORIES

 IN FORMATION – GROUPS AND ALL LADIES CATEGORIES, MINIMUM 70% OF FIGURES AND MUSIC, MUST BELONG TO THE RELEVANT STYLE OF  DANCES (LATIN or BALLROOM). THE REST 30 % OF FIGURES AND MUSIC, IS FREE CHOICE OF THE COACHES  WITH MAXIMUM 3 LIFTS.

IN ALL LADIES – HIP HOP AND BREAK DANCE GROUPS THE MAXIMUM TIME OF MUSIC, WITH ENTRANCE AND EXIT  IS 3 MINUTES.                           IN FORMATION GROUPS (LATIN AND BALLROOM), IS  5 MINUTES.

FORMATION GROUPS (LATIN & BALLROOM), MUST INCLUDE MINIMUM 4 AND MAXIMUM 8 COUPLES

LADIES GROUPS CATEGORIES ARE SEPARATED ACCORDING TO:

-DATE OF BIRTH IN: 

JUVENILES

JUNIORS

YOUTH

ADULTS

SENIORS

-NUMBER OF PARTICIPANTS IN:

GROUPS WITH 3 LADIES 

GROUPS WITH 4-6 LADIES 

GROUPS WITH 7-10 LADIES 

GROUPS WITH 11 AND MORE LADIES

ADDITIONALY, THERE CAN BE SEPARATION IN:

BEGGINER GROUP

CLOSED GROUP 

OPEN GROUP

FOR LADIES GROUPS IT IS IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT THERE ARE 2 POSSIBILITIES FOR ALL THE ABOVE CATEGORIES:

1 – STRICTLY LATIN or BALLROOM GROUPS WITH “CLEAR” CLOTHES FOR LATIN or BALLROOM DANCES AND 70% OF MUSIC AND FIGURES FROM LATIN or BALLROOM DANCES AND

2 –LATIN or BALLROOM “SHOW GROUPS WITH FREE CHOICE OF MUSIC – CLOTHES AND FIGURES

SINCE IN THIS COMPETITION WILL BE INCLUDED   : GREEK DANCES – CONTEMPORARY DANCE – HIP HOP – COMMERCIAL – LYRICAL – JAJJ – BELLY DANCING, IN THOSE  CATEGORIES INTERNAL NDCG’s RULES WILL BE USED 

IN CLOSED PRO/AM CATEGORIES, THE PROFESSIONAL IS  MAN AND IN AM/ PRO CATEGORIES, THE PROFESSIONAL IS  LADY. IN THESE CATEGORIES THE “PRO” CAN BE EITHER A MAN or LADY,

IN CLOSED CATEGORIES “PRACTICE CLOTHES” ARE RECOMMENDED   

 IN “JUVENILE CATEGORIES” ONLY PRACTISE CLOTHES ARE ALLOWED