Artistic Dance Departments Divisions and Competition Rules Artistic Acrobatic Dance Department Acrobatic Dance Division Artistic Pole Dance Division Cheerleading Division Artistic Couple Dance Department Artistic One Dance Division Artistic Three & Five Dance Couple Division Artistic Formation Division Artistic Multi Dance Division Video & Hit-Song Dance Division Arts & Culture Department Belly Dance Division Bollywood Division Ethno Dance Division Folklore & Folk Dance Division Performing Arts Division Production Division International 10-Dance Department Ballroom (Standard) Division Latin American Division Combined Division Formation Division Stage Dance Department Ballet Division Dance Show Division Tap Dance Division Street and Pop Dance Department Break Dance Division Urban Pop Dance Division Urban Street Dance Division Confirmed by the WADF Annual General Assembly, November 2017 Document active from 1st January 2018 Artistic Dance Departments, Divisions and Competition Rules WADF Managing Committee Nils-Håkan Carlzon Irina Shmalko Stuart Saunders President 1st Vice President Executive Secretary Guido de Smet Gordana Orescanin Marian Šulc Vice President Vice President Vice President Page 2 Index Artistic Dance Departments, Divisions and Competition Rules Contents Page Artistic Acrobatic Dance Department Section A General Rules for the Artistic Acrobatic Dance Show Division . A-0-1 Age Groups . A-0-1 Dress Regulation . A-0-1 Music . A-0-1 Section A-1 Artistic Acrobatic Dance Division Artistic Acrobatic Dance Show Competitions Categories . A-1-1 Competition Styles . A-1-1 Artistic Acrobatic Dance competition format . A-1-1 Time Limits . A-1-1 Lifts and Acrobatics . A-1-1 Props . A-1-1 How to perform Artistic Acrobatic Dance disciplines . A-1-1 Criterion for Judging . A-1-2 Free Acrobatic Dance Show Competitions Categories . A-1-3 Competition Styles . A-1-3 Artistic Acrobatic Dance competition format . A-1-3 Time Limits . A-1-3 Lifts and Acrobatics . A-1-3 Props . A-1-3 How to perform Artistic Acrobatic Dance disciplines . A-1-3 Criterion for Judging . A-1-4 Section A-2 Cheerleading Division Pom Cheer Dance Competitions Categories . A-2-1 Competition Styles . A-2-1 Pom Cheer Dance competition format . A-2-1 Time Limits . A-2-1 Lifts and Acrobatics . A-2-1 Props . A-2-1 How to perform Pom Cheer Dance disciplines . A-2-1 Criterion for Judging . A-2-2 Artistic Cheerleading Competitions Categories . A-2-3 Competition Styles . A-2-3 Artistic Cheerleading competition format . A-2-3 Time Limits . A-2-3 Lifts and Acrobatics . A-2-3 Props . A-2-3 How to perform Artistic Cheerleading Competitions . A-2-4 Criterion for Judging . A-2-4 Index Page 3 Artistic Dance Departments, Divisions and Competition Rules Contents Page Section A-3 Artistic Pole Dance Division Artistic Pole Dance Show Competitions Artistic Pole Dance Show Categories . A-3-1 Artistic Pole Dance Show Age Groups . A-3-1 Competition Styles . A-3-1 Artistic Pole Dance Show competition format . A-3-1 Time Limits . A-3-1 Lifts and Acrobatics . A-3-1 Props . A-3-1 How to perform Artistic Pole Dance Show competitions . A-3-1 Criterion for Judging . A-3-1 Artistic Couple Dance Department Section B General Rules . B-0-1 Music . B-0-1 Dances . B-0-1 Age Groups . B-0-1 Dress Regulation . B-0-2 Lifts and Acrobatics . B-0-2 Section B-1 Artistic One Dance Division Solo Dance Competitions Categories . B-1-1 How to perform Solo Dance Competitions . B-1-1 Solo Dance competition format . B-1-1 Format for dancing the Final . B-1-2 Criterion for Judging . B-1-2 Duo Dance Competitions Categories . B-1-3 Definition of a Duo . B-1-3 How to perform Duo Dance Competitions . B-1-3 Duo Dance competition format . B-1-3 Format for dancing the Final . B-1-4 Criterion for Judging . B-1-4 Triple Dance Competitions Categories . B-1-5 Definition of a Triplet . B-1-5 How to perform Triple Dance Competitions . B-1-5 Triple Dance competition format . B-1-5 Format for dancing the Final . B-1-6 Criterion for Judging . B-1-6 Artistic One Dance Competitions Categories . ..