Competition EN
Program
Friday 11 April 2025
Practice (18:00 – 21:00)
Alternating latin and standard dances.
Saturday 12 April 2025
8:30 – Doors open for competitors
9:00 – Doors open for the audience
9:00 – 10:00 – Warming up
Morning (10:00 – 15:00)
10:20 – 11:40 – Equality Open Ballroom
11:40 – 11:50 – Starters competition Latins (2 dances)
11:50 – 12:00 – Starters competition Ballroom (2 dances)
12:00 – 14:40 – Women’s Ballroom and Men’s Latins
14:40 – 15:00 – Awards ceremony
Lunch break (15:00 – 16:00)
Afternoon (16:00 – 21:00)
16:20 – 17:40 – Equality Open Latins
17:40 – 18:00 – Fun competition (tango / cha-cha-cha)
18:00 – 20:40 – Men’s Ballroom and Women’s Latins
20:40 – 21:00 – Awards ceremony
Evening (21:00 – 22:30)
21:00 – 22:30 – Social Dancing
23:00 – Closing doors
Rules
Competition rules are the ones of the EEDA, in their current version at competition time, that can be consulted here. The organisers draw competitors’ attention to article 6.3.a : « Couples shall dance in the International style only. Other dance styles such as free-style dancing, American style dancing and Show dancing are not permitted ».
As an exception to article 6.1.a, for the starters category, the two Latin dances are cha-cha-cha and rumba and the two standard dances are slow waltz and tango.
Ballroom, Latin and 10-Dance competitions
Dancers may participate to several competition categories with different partners. However, for a given category, all dances should be danced with the same partner.
Ranking for the 10-dance combined competition will be established for couples consisting of the same partners and who have taken part to both latin and ballroom competitions.
Dancers should wear clothes conforming to standards of decency.
Starters competition
This category is for couples who are new to dancing and who have no competition experience in either same-sex or mixed gender dancing competitions.
The dances are cha-cha-cha and rumba for Latins and Slow waltz and tango for Ballroom.
Each couple can compete in Latins and/or Ballroom
The fun competition
The fun competition is primarily made for the audience. Anyone can register on the spot, till the last minute, to feel the thrill of competition in either latin dance and/or ballroom dance.
The competition dance will be Tango and Cha-cha-cha.
The objective is not to confront the most experienced dancers (A and B classes dancers are kindly requested to give up their place), but to have fun, to enjoy, to feel the stress that precedes the entry on the dance floor, and so many other things.
The couples will be marked by judges present at the competition, according to the same criteria.
Categories
Age
Only one category is proposed: Open 18+
Gender
Equality Open competitions include the following couples on the floor:
• Couples of women
• Couples of men
• Mixed couples
• Non-binary couples
After each competition, only one ranking is established. There will not be a ranking per couple type.
Levels
Participants should register in the level that corresponds most to their usual level. For ballroom and latin dances, preliminary rounds will be organized so as to determine participants’ level. After participants’ level is defined, couples with the same level will compete in the same category, so as to have a balanced competition.
After preliminary rounds, if a level category includes more than 8 couples, elimination rounds will take place.
Level categories are as follows:
- Ballroom dances
- Level A : Slow waltz, Tango, Viennese waltz, Slow foxtrot, Quickstep
- Level B : Slow waltz, Tango, Slow foxtrot, Quickstep
- Level C/D : Slow waltz, Tango, Quickstep
- Level Starter : Slow waltz, Tango
- Latines dances
- Level A : Cha-cha-cha, Samba, Rumba, Paso doble, Jive
- Level B : Cha-cha-cha, Samba, Rumba, Jive
- Level C/D : Cha-cha-cha, Rumba, Jive
- Level Starter : Cha-cha-cha, Rumba