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Re: Best advice before my first competition?
Posted by olderpartner
6/30/2016  3:19:00 PM
Congratulations indeed!

I love show choreography! We have a great bolero show which was performed a couple of months ago. Now I am working on a waltz show and a really fun combination of rumba and cha cha. I find that the shows really serve to develop the performance aspect of comp events.

Good luck in all your future comps and shows. You never know what you can do until you try.
Re: Best advice before my first competition?
Posted by TundraDancingGal
7/5/2016  7:19:00 PM
Thanks older, but I don't understand what you mean by show choreography vs comps. Is that what I think of as a showcase? I'll have one of those in October. I thought it was a comp, but my teacher said there aren't any scores.
Re: Best advice before my first competition?
Posted by olderpartner
7/8/2016  6:31:00 AM
I suppose you could refer to it as a showcase. The difference for me is that comp routines stay within a particular standard syllabus. Show dances, or showcases, expand beyond standards to include figures and amalgamations beyond the syllabus.

Performing and linking choreographic elements creates, for me, challenges to balance, core stability and frame. I always find that what I learn preparing for a show really identifies technical flaws and performance opportunities. The result is significant improvement executing syllabus material.

Many comps have "open" categories where a percentage of the routine can be choreographed non-syllabus material and which are scored. Demonstration dances which are not scored need not employ standard figures.
Re: Best advice before my first competition?
Posted by Open Follower
7/12/2016  10:33:00 AM
I've actually had this happen to me. I had a few of the judges outright give me 3rd for the performance I did, and others just disqualify me. It was a closed syllabus event and we danced for the crowd... messed around with my pro on our cha cha routine.

It was fun, but I wasn't terribly happy after I found out you don't automatically get first place.

It was still worth it. :)
Re: Best advice before my first competition?
Posted by TrumpetsGo
8/3/2016  9:05:00 PM
Pray :)
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