INTRODUCTION TO THE 2023 SEASON
SA Dance School Championships is excited to kick off a new and inspiring season for 2023. With our exceptional competitions and attention to detail, we are looking forward to welcoming you.
SA Dance School Championships has not lost sight of the fact that its success is owed to the hard-working teachers and studio owners that appreciate a fair, fun, organized, and on-time competition.
From its online registration, low-stress environment, unique awards and scoring system, SA Dance School Championships aspires to deliver a quality event to dancers, school directors, teachers and parents alike.
We are therefore very excited to announce the brand-new format of the SA Dance School Championships. Making it not only a learning experience for beginners on stage, but also a competitive competition. We would like to introduce the three divisions of the SA Dance School Championships.
Dance schools must enter at least 10 students to participate in the SA Dance School Championships, as the event is aimed at dance schools and all its dancers from beginners to advance entering and not only the top dancers. Dance schools entering for their first year may send in a request to be exempt from this rule
The learning, growing and exciting part of SADSC where a routine is given an award based on its individual standard, making it a fair opportunity for each routine, whether it is Beginner or Advanced, to showcase their art on stage and to be rewarded accordingly, without the competitiveness. This is a great platform for dancers to build self-confidence and to receive feedback from the adjudicators directly after their performance. The feedback may be very beneficial to the dancer if they are competing in the Championship division with the same routine.
The competitive part of SADSC where a routine is scored and ranked against dances from the same age and discipline. Dancers from different levels will compete against each other for top honours and awards
The challenging and expressive part of SADSC where a competitor goes up against dancers from the same age in improvisation rounds to show their diversity and to see who has what it takes to be awarded the title of DANCE OFF/IMPRO DANCER OF THE YEAR.
| Festival Division | Championship Division | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Registration | R50 per dancer | ||
| Solo | R220 per entry | R150 per entry | |
| Duet / Trio | R170 per dancer | R125 per dancer | |
| Group | R135 per dancer | R100 per dancer | |
| Dance Off / Impro Division | R50 per entry | ||
The SA Dance School Championship utilises a modern online system to manage the competition.
All registrations and entries are done on the online system via the internet and for a dance school the entries are very easy as the system automatically enters a dancer or group into the correct section according to the various rules. The dance school also has easy access to the competition schedule, student schedule, results and other information. Music for each routine is also uploaded into the system so there is no need for CD's.
For parents the online system also provides them with information regarding their child's entries, schedule, marks & placing's and where applicable judges' comments. All very convenient.
FESTIVAL : Medals are awarded to each dancer with a score above 60%. Dancers will be awarded a Bronze, High Bronze, Silver, High Silver, Gold, High Gold, Ultimate Gold, or Diamond, this includes each dancer in a Duo/Trio & Group.
CHAMPIONSHIPS : Ranking will take place in each section. Top honours and awards will be given to the Top 5 routines from each section.
IMPRO / DANCE OFF : Awards will be given to the Top 3 routines in each age group.
A Prize Giving ceremony will take place after a few sections have competed as per the schedule
Festival and Championships:
Solo's: 1:00 - 2:00
Duet/Trio: 1:00 - 2:00
Group: 2:00 - 3:30
R85 per person per day bought online
R100 per person bought at the venue
Acrobatics | Ballet | Disco Dance / Freestyle | Hip Hop / Commercial | Contemporary / Modern | Lyrical | Jazz | Tap | Show Dance | Open
FESTIVAL : Beginner Solo, Novice Solo, Intermediate Solo, Advanced Solo. For Duet/Trio & Groups there are Beginner & Novice and Intermediate & Advanced divisions.
(NO LEVELS IN CHAMPIONSHIP DIVISION)
The age group a dancer will compete in will be according to the age the dancer is on 1 July. The age division for Duet/Trio & Groups will be determined by the average age of all dancers on 1 July.
Please read through the rules and regulations for more details regarding each Discipline & Level.
