Registration

Online Registration

Registration information will be posted closer to the competition.

Rules

  1. All categories and events are subject to change without notice.
  2. Fee & payment: A single entry fee of $40 dollars covers all eligible dances and covers the Friday night social.
  3. A late fee of $5 will assessed after the registration deadline (Sept 19, 2009)
  4. Level eligibility requirements and definitions
    • There are no age-based levels and restrictions.
    • There're no affiliation-based restrictions, hence non-collegiate competitors are welcomed.
    • Level eligibility for this competition will be determined in accordance to the YCN Proficiency Points System.

    Event Category Eligibility Requirement Syllabus Restrictions Costumes
    Newcommer This is your first semester dancing Bronze-level from all major syllabi material will be allowed. Open material will be penalized. No Continuity footwork. No
    Bronze Working knowledge of the bronze syllabi, YCN rules apply Bronze-level from all major syllabi material will be allowed. Open material will be penalized. No Continuity footwork. No
    Silver YCN rules apply Up to Silver-level from all major syllabi will be allowed. Open material will be penalized. Yes
    Gold YCN rules apply Up to Gold-level from all major syllabi will be allowed. Open material will be penalized. Yes
    Pre-Champ YCN rules apply. Gold dancers are allowed to dance in this category in addition to their closed event. Anything goes. No lifts allowed Yes
    • Syllabi: Internation Style - ISTD or IDTA. American Style - ISTD, IDTA, NCDA, Fred Astaire, or Arthur Murray
    • Costumes: for events where costumes are not allowed: Gentlemen please consider wearing e.g. white shirt and black pants for smooth/standard, black shirt & pants for rhythm/latin. Muscle shirt and latin pants are acceptably considered as non-costumes. Ladies would wear evening and cocktail dresses. Needless to say, tailsuits and ball gowns would be considered costumes.
  5. Registration:
    • Silver and above dancers will be allowed to compete in two levels, provided they are consecutive.
    • Multi-level couples dance at the level of the more advanced partner. e.g. John is Silver and Jane is Bronze, together they should compete in Silver
    • Couples must dance at a level of a more advanced dancer. If Brian is Silver and Mariya is Bronze, they must compete in Silver.
    • A dancer may register for both bronze and silver in the same dances ONLY if he/she dances wtih different partners, and neither of these partners is double-registered. For example, if John is bronze, he may do bronze with Lillian and Silver with Julia, but then Lillian may not do Silver and Julia may not do gold. However, a Silver dancer MUST NEVER dance down to bronze, even if the team is short on leaders/followers.
    • We will run bronze callbacks before the first newcomer round, and any unpaired newcomes will be able to dance with those who did not get called back in bronze.
    • A competitor's registration may not span more than two consecutive levels within standard/smooth or latin/rhythm. For example, if Jane is a gold latin competitor, she may only do silver, gold, or pre-champ rhythm; but she can do bronze smooth or standard.
    • A competitor can have multiple partners in the same style. Alex may do Silver Cha-cha/Rumba with Natasha and Silver Jive/Samba with Julie.
    • Same-sex partnerships are allowed in newcomer through gold.
  6. Judging: The committee of judges will be responsible for decisions made regarding problems of marking, ties, and adjudication.
  7. Scrutineering results: Cornell will endeavor to provide the scrutineering results posted for review for all dancers at the venue. However due to time constraints this may not be feasible, in which case efforts will be made to make them available through our website.
  8. Liability: The organizers of this event bear no responsibility for the loss or theft of personal property. Cornell University and the Cornell University Ballroom Dance Team cannot be held liable for any injury sustained while in attendance at this event. Persons attending do so at their own risk. Conduct. The organizers have the right to eject anyone from the premises for unruly conduct or for violation of any of the rules or guidelines. Flagrant disregard of any of the rules or regulations will result in a mark down of placement or in a disqualification where necessary.