THE FIFTH ANNUAL
UK SAME-SEX SHOW DANCE TROPHY

Saturday 2nd October 2010
2.00pm-6.00pm (prior to Jacky's Jukebox social dance in the evening)
The Rivoli Ballroom, London
(350 Brockley Road, London SE4 2BY)

Welcome to our show dance website!

This year we are pleased to present our fifth annual UK Same-Sex Show Dance Trophy following last year's spectacular competition which offered a unqiue and outstanding selection of show dances from many top same-sex ballroom and Latin couples. This year we look forward to more of those "crowd pleasin" steps!

>> ENTRY FORM FOR COMPETITORS << [available for download soon...]
The deadline for show dance entries is 4th September 2010.

SPECTATORS may purchase tickets in advance using the UK Fun Competition entry form which includes admission to the entire competition plus the Show Dance Trophy and can be downloaded at www.funcompetition.co.uk ( £TBC in advance or £TBC at the door).

COMPETITION GUIDELINES [Updated 3rd March 2010]

All entries must be couples (2 dancers only). All entrants must be 16 years of age or older.

Order of Dancing
There will be no rehearsal for Show Dance entries prior to the competition. The order of dancing will be drawn by ballot on the day of the competition. There will not be more than two rounds in the competition. The competition organisers may at their discretion dance all entries together or in separate heats. Only one show dance entry per couple will be permitted.

Required Elements
Show Dance entries must be based upon and exhibit at least one (or more) recognised ballroom, Latin or other syllabus partner dance (e.g. Waltz, Quickstep, Cha-Cha, Jive, Argentine Tango, Salsa, etc). Elements from other dance forms, lifts, drops and physical movement may be used to enrich and complete the choreography. Entries which do not exhibit a significant element of a recognised partner dance may be disqualified.

Music
Music must be supplied on Compact Disc (CD). The music must be on a single track and must be between 2 minutes 15 seconds and 3 minutes 30 seconds long.

Entry and Exit
Couples are requested to walk onto the floor within a period not to exceed fifteen seconds. At the conclusion of the actual performance, the couples may take their bows, and walk off the floor within a period not to exceed 30 seconds. For the exit the couples can use music. The time length of the exit music is strictly limited to the same 30 seconds. During entrance, performance and exit the couple must be alone on the floor.

Marking System
For the final round, marks will be given for:

The range of the marks will be between 1.0 (lowest) and 10.0 (highest) in each caption. There will be separate adjudicators for Technical Merit and Artistic Impression. The Technical adjudicator will be a qualified ballroom judge and the Artistic adjudicator will be a professional dance artist/choreographer. Both judges will give a mark for Entertainment Value which will be averaged together.

The marks for all 3 categories (a, b, and c) will be added together and a placing allocated to each couple, with the highest total receiving first place, the second highest receiving second place, etc. In the event of a tie, the better of (a) and (b) combined will decide the result, and if a tie still exists then the better of (a) alone will decide the result.

The above marking system will apply to the Final Round only. If there is a preliminary round, the Technical and Artistic adjudicators will select the required number of couples considering the same principles as in the final (ie. by considering technical merit and artistic impression). Entertainment value (c) will not be applied to preliminary round selection.

The marks of the judges will be final.

Changes to Competition
The competition organisers reserve the right to alter any guidelines or competition details at their sole discretion.


If you have questions or for further information please email us at: info@showdancetrophy.co.uk