Dance Competition
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Rules:
- This is a PG-13 Event. Anyone under the age of 18 must use PG rated All music must be appropriate. Any music involving inappropriate topics such as lewd, profane or provocative content will not be allowed under any circumstances. Songs must be radio-friendly, meaning no vulgarity. Music used for preliminaries must be used in the main event, unless otherwise discussed with the coordinator.
- Music length must be minimum 1 minute and 30 seconds long, and no longer than 2 minutes and 15 seconds. For every additional dancer in the performance, you will be given an extra 30 seconds added to your maximum time. You may not exceed 4 minutes and 15 seconds (5 dancers).
- What you perform in preliminaries, must be what you perform in the main event! If you are wearing a fullsuit to the main event, you must wear your fullsuit to preliminaries, and vice versa.
- The minimum requirements to participate in the dance competition is a fursuit head, hands, tails and feet. (However, we do recognize that some fursonas don’t have tails!) Any skin must be covered and follow TTFC dress COC. Your fursuit must stay on for the entire performance, except for in cases of emergency.
- Any unconventional fursuit parts such as “Happy Feet” (fursuit sneakers) or footwear pertaining to the performance (ballet shoes, tap-dance shoes, etc.) can be used with permission of the coordinator. You can reach out to us at dancecomp@tailsandtornadoes.org!
- All WINNING choreography and routines must be original and made by the dancer. We will not tolerate any intentional or blatant copies of pre-existing choreography of any kind. Any plagiarism will result in an instant disqualification and a revocation of any awards given. If you wish to use unoriginal choreography, you must inform the coordinator so we may inform the judges. You will not be allowed to win, but you will be allowed to perform.
- Only small props, clothing, or accessories are allowed to be used in your performance. If you wish to perform with a larger prop that may be hazardous or difficult to use, please reach out to the coordinator for permission.
- Coordinators reserve the right to make decisions for any performances in the event where necessary. This includes but is not limited to: disqualification, dancer position in the lineup, or asking you to change your song, dance, or attire.
- Have fun! This competition is to showcase the amazing talent of our community, and to have a moment in the spotlight. Bad sportsmanship will not be tolerated, and offenders will be punished at the discretion of the coordinator.
A brief example of some things that our judges look for in both the preliminaries and main event:
- Execution: How clean and polished do your moves look?
- Originality: How unique is your dance, does it look fresh and non-repetitive?
- Musicality: How well does your dance match the music selection?
- Dynamics: How dynamic and/or exciting is your dance?
- Showmanship: How does your dance appeal to audiences/judges?
- Tiebreaker: In the event of a tiebreaker in the Main Event, individual judges’ marks will be considered to break the tie, where the finalist with the highest individual judge score will supersede the other.
