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RULE REVISIONS FOR 2011-2012 CONTEST SEASON:
ISDTA Yearly Membership Fees: $50/school postmark by October 1. After October 1 - $60.00
Show Production:
- Majority of the performers must be members of the High School Dance Teams (i.e. varsity, junior varsity, alternates and/or managers.) This category is not open to non-dance team groups such as: show choirs, cheerleaders, theatre groups, studio dance, school clubs, etc. The performing team can be made up of any number or gender of performers. The members do not have to be duplicated in other categories.
- The routine should be a dance presentation that utilizes a combination of dance elements and styles. The performance should not be exclusive to one style of dance. This is not a winter/color guard category. The routine should interpret and develop a theme throughout.
- It will be up to the judges to determine if the routine has enough scoresheet content for the category entered.
- All props and backdrops must meet the height requirements as outlined in the general rules. All routines must be approved by the contest director by completing the registration form. Props and backdrops are not required. Refer to “Size of Backdrops” pg. 46.
- Even if your team has entered three other divisions, you can also enter this division, because you need not use all of your team members or you can add participants as stated above.
Add to all Team divisions:
It will be up to the judges to determine if the routine has enough scoresheet content for the category entered.
Choreography:
Add after age of performers…. “Routines should not reference to anything that pertains to illegal activity by minors (i.e. smoking, drinking, drugs.)”
Pg. 9, 44, 48,59
Wear Foot covering except in warm-up area and performance floor.
Tights are suggested.
Clothing Removal – pg. 45 – add to solo rules also.
Removal of clothing can not take place during the entrance, exit or performance.
Removal of clothing behind a backdrop also needs pre-approval.
Clothing removal needs to be pre-approved by the executive director.
Add under eligibility:
Dancers that fall under the category of foreign exchange students, home-schooled students and similar programs can be a member of the high school dance team as long as they are eligible under the school eligibility rules.
Backdrop sections can enter the floor in 8’ sections and the length can be added on the performance floor. The max. of a backdrop for the performance is 8’. Height
can not be added to the backdrop after it has entered the performance floor.
Solo Alternates will be accepted a week before the competition. Not within the week
or the day of the competition.
