Age Division and Classification

Updated October 2022

Age Division

***NEW*** Contestants are to be entered in the age category that applies to them as of December 31 2022. All contestants will compete in the following age groups: (5 yrs & under), (6 yrs), (7 yrs), (8yrs), (9 yrs), (10 yrs), (11yrs), (12 yrs), (13 yrs), (14 yrs), (15 yrs), (16yrs), (17 yrs), (18 yrs), (19 yrs), (20+ Adult)

The age divisions of contestants in duet/ trio and group categories will be determined by average age. Add all ages of the performers and divide by the number of performers in the group.
The birth dates and ages of all performers are required for the entries.

Competitive and Pre- Competitive Divisions Overall Age Groupings

Mini Division- 9 & under

Junior Division- 10- 12

Intermediate Division- 13- 14

Senior Division- 15 & over

Adult Division- Any dancer 20 years of age or older

Professional/Teacher Division- Any dancer 20 years of age or older, who has been contracted to perform in a professional production, and/or, is a teacher either freelance or as part of a studio faculty.

Novice Division Overall Age Groupings

Junior Division- 10 & Under

Intermediate Division- 11- 14

Classification

Competitive Division

Any competitor taking 6 or more hours of training in any combination of dance.

Pre-Competitive Division

Any competitor taking 5 hours or less of training including rehearsal in any combination of dance.
Any dancer that has a competitive solo is not eligible to participate in the Pre-Competitive.

Novice Division

Any dancer who has not competed in a solo category, or any group who has not entered a competition prior to this dance season.
Any novice competitor entered in a Duet/Trio category must be 100% novice, (ie) all members of Duet/Trio have not competed in a solo category prior to this dance season.
Any group entered in the novice category, must have a minimum of 75% novice dancers.
The maximum age for novice entries is now 14.

Professional/ Teacher Division

Any routine competing in any specific category, containing 1 or more professional/ teacher dancers where 50% of your income is earned as a professional dancer or teacher. Failure to comply may result in disqualification.