DANCE TEACHERS UNITED

Dance Teachers United

Mississippi, Louisiana, Alabama, Florida, Arkansas, Tennessee, Texas, Georgia

The DTU Competition Philosophy Competition will take place with the emphasis being placed on excellence in the dance arena. Since dance today has encompassed so many forms, DTU has adopted the format to promote excellence and to reward all levels of achievement. All teachers want to promote excellence and DTU wants your participation to encourage growth at your studio.
	Competition of Excellence

Giving you and your students much more!

Registration is on site and will open one hour before the competition begins

All dancers and teachers must be pre-registered for the convention in order to compete

Fees are payable by studio check, cashiers, check or money order. Please do not send cash or your student’s checks. Send us one check for convention money and one check for competition money. There can be no refunds allowed for any reason.

ATTENTION members – bring 12 or more students or assistants and receive your workshop for free. Non-members can bring 15 or more students and receive their workshop for free.

DTU Identification braclets must be worn the entire weekend. Bracelets will be issued at pre-registration and to all paid attendees. There is a $5.00 repelacement fee for lost or borken braclets.

DANCE TEACHERS UNITED

TALENT ASSOCIATION COMPETITION
Dance Teachers United National Talent Competition will be held at
each workshop. Talent Competition will be offered only to DTU
members for their students. There will be no talent registration at
the door. Talent entries will be mailed in advance of the talent
program to meet the deadline obligation.

PHILOSOPHY STATEMENT
Since this is considered a Talent competition, with an emphasis
being placed upon excellence in the dance arena, and since dance
today has encompassed so many forms, Dance Teachers United has
adopted the following format to promote excellence and to reward
all levels of achievement.

SETTING THE STANDARDS OF EXCELLENCE
All teachers want to promote excellence and we want your
participation at our Talent Competition to encourage growth at the
home studio, we will reward excellence with the following rating
scale. There will be a panel of three qualified judges that will
have a maximum of 100 points a piece. The maximum total points
available to any act will be 300. If your act receives a score of
230 – 259 the act will receive a Platinum trophy. If your act
receives a score of 212 – 229 the act will receive a Gold trophy.
If your act receives a score 211 – 185 the act will receive a
Emerald place trophy. If your act receives a score below 184 then
the act will be awarded an Silver trophy. Also, if the act receives
a score of 260 – 300 the act will be awarded a Diamond Performance
Award.

AGE DIVISIONS

Age is determined by the average age of the ensemble. (Round up if
.5 or higher)

6 – 8 years old PETITE
9 – 12 years old JUNIOR
13 – 15 years old TEEN
16 – 18 years old SENIOR
19 years and up COLLEGE
any age PRO-AM

TIME LIMITS ON ACTS

Any act running five seconds or more overtime will be
disqualified. Please note these time limits!

Solos 2 1/2 - Minutes
Duets 3 - Minutes
Trios 3 - Minutes
Small Groups (4-8 dancers) 3 Minutes
Large Groups (9 or more) 4 Minutes
Production (12 or more) 6 Minutes

This time rule will be strictly enforced