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STREETDANCE INTERNATIONAL RULES FOR
STREETDANCE COMPETITIONS & CHAMPIONSHIPS
Streetdance
International (SDI) are affiliate members of the BDC and IDO England.
The BDC recognise the SDI as the official governing body of Streetdance in
the UK and have given the
SDI the sole rights to grant all streetdance championships throughout the UK. IDO England has also given the sole rights to the
SDI to select dancers to represent England at all IDO events.
These Rules are effective from January 1st 2009
1. DANCERS may only
dance in one grade category at any event.
2. AGE GROUPS....
Organisers are requested to use similar age ranges as below but are free to
change age ranges as they deem fit.
UNDER 8, 10, 12, 14,
16, 18 and over 18 years.
Over 16 OPEN events are
open to amateurs and student professionals.
Over 18 OPEN events are
open to amateurs and professionals. A professional dancer is someone who has
a professional qualification and or has been paid for teaching. Professionals
who have been judging competitions or have been employed giving workshops are
deemed to have lost their competition status.
3. GRADES FOR SOLOS
& PAIRS.
In Solos and Pairs
events no status is lost when there are 6 entries or less in an event.
a) FIRST TIMERS EVENTS.
Dancers may dance in First Timer events but upon achieving 3 finals or
winning a First Timer event they will automatically move up to the CLOSED
EVENTS section.
b) CLOSED EVENTS ...
OPEN TO ALL COMPETITORS THAT HAVE ONLY EVER DANCED IN FIRST TIMERS EVENTS AND
THE FOLLOWING DANCERS. This grade is only open to dancers who have not made a
final of an OPEN Streetdance event .... i.e. at an SDI rules Streetdance
competition OPEN event or at a FREESTYLE event when there is a Streetdance
competition. Dancers may remain competing in the CLOSED event section until
they win a CLOSED event, or finish in first three on three occasions or
alternatively make the final of an open competition, when they will
automatically move up to OPEN events.
c) OPEN EVENTS ... OPEN
TO ALL COMPETITORS.. Any dancer making an Open final must remain in Open
grade.
4. GRADES & RULES FOR
TEAMS & GROUPS ...Group Grades .. First Timers, Closed & open. Teams
.. Beginner/Closed and Open
A group may consist of
any number of dancers from 5 to 7 and may dance for a maximum time of 90
seconds (Open groups 2 minutes). A team may consist of a minimum of 8 dancers
and a maximum of 24 and may dance up to two minutes (two and a half minutes
Open teams). All groups and teams may dance to their own music except OPEN
GROUPS who will dance to promoters music.
Promoters may choose to
include either or both Teams & Groups events and dancers are permitted to
dance in both events. However as team and group events take a considerable
time promoters may request dancers to dance in only one event, if this is the
case it must be stated in programme sent to teachers. Status is not lost if
there are less than three in an event.
Please note dancers can
only dance with one team, group or pairs during the day. i.e someone can not
dance in U16 closed group with 5 others then in an U16 open group with
different members.
5. MUSIC for teams and
groups should not contain abusive or emotive words.
6. COSTUME RESTRICTIONS
a) All outfits must be
age appropriate and in keeping with Street/Hip Hop Clothing style and
personal names and team/group names are allowed on all costumes.
b) All dancers must
wear suitable footwear to be securely fastened.
7. DANCE RESTRICTIONS
Streetdance should be a
mix of styles (Hip Hop, Popping, Locking, Breaking and street jazz etc and
routines should not be dominated by any one of these styles).
Dancers are not allowed
to run, skip or travel round the floor and any movements off the spot must be
danced with a hip hop or street action.
Dancers are not
restricted from performing any move but they must be aware that it is their
own responsibility to ensure that they do not perform dangerous moves that
could injure themselves or others.
Promoters have the
right to bring in safety restrictions
8. VIDEO and
PHOTOGRAPHY.
Photography is only
allowed at the discretion of the promoter and on no account should dancers be
photographed without their permission. Each school may have their teams or
groups videoed by the designated schools representative.
9. COMPETITION
ETIQUETTE.
a) Judges decision is
final at any competition b) At competitions only teachers and or school
representatives are allowed on the stage area.
c) SDI will not
tolerate threatening or aggressive behavior.
d) Dancers should be
aware that their dance moves should be appropriate and that moves should not
be distasteful or crude.
e) Dancers and parents
should be aware that they should sit in their designated seating area and
that they should not block the views of other schools.
f) Gangways should be
kept clear at all times for safety reasons and to give free access to the
floor for dancers.
10. DANCERS who compete
in unrecognised competitions or championships run under rules not recognised
by the SDI may be subject to disciplinary action and dancers failing to
adhere to the above rules risk disqualification
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