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DISCO-HUSTLE / DISCO-SWING / DISCO-FOX (AGM 2009)
1. Both a Slow and a Fast Round is required. Technique and improvisation are highly important in the Slow Round,and overall agility and partnership dynamics are highly evaluated in the Fast Round. 2. Definition: Disco Fox could be known and named as Disco Hustle, Swing Fox, Disco Swing, Rock Fox in different regions. 3. Accepted characteristics and movements: the characteristic of the dance is basically stationary,
Although the couple can move with walks and turns across the floor. Most of the time it is danced in double or one handhold in every variation like cross handhold, right in right hand and others. Wrap figures, spin turns, pivot turns, throw outs, let go and catch again actions are the main characteristics of the dance. Natural hip movements are accepted. Posing as over sways, leans, checks, drops and points are allowed. Disco Fox Style must be shown. 4. Basic steps and rhythms: Disco Fox is danced in open or closed facing position with different
handholds It consists of basic steps and basic step variation which are in the rhythm 1 2 X. X can be 3,&3, a3, 3&, 3a. Examples are: 1 2 & 3, 1 2 3&, 1 2 a3. Any combination of those counts, like 1& 2& 3 are allowed as variations of the basic step. 5. Poses, Drops: Poses and drops are allowed. 6. Acrobatic figures and lines are limited to two (2) per performance (2 in slow, 2 in fast) , combined as follows:
One acrobatic figure and one line or
Two acrobatic figures or
Two lines.
In the Final Show is no limit for Acrobatic figures
An acrobatic figure is when:
A dancer is lifting the partner above the dance floor, so he or she has no contact to the floor (lift)
A dancer is swinging the partner, e.g. floor spin
An acrobatic figure is not allowed if:
• Both feet of one partner are higher than his/her own head.
• One partner is thrown. (Like in figure skating or in Rock-n-Roll).
• One partner is turning on more than one axis during one move
Definition of a line figure: A line is more than one dance move without having contact to the partner with a length of more than 16 beats.
Competition Mode:
In every round except the "Final Show", all couples will dance an opening 1 ½ minute and a final 1 ½ minute together. These rounds are called "Overview". If there are too much couples for the dance floor the Supervisor has to decide how many couples should dance in the "Overview Round" together. The music hast to start at the slowest allowed tempo and rise round for round.
Round | Couples | Speed of music slow | Length slow | Speed of music quick | Length fast | Music by | Preliminary | Up to 6 per heat | None | None | 120 - 128 bpm | 1 ½ min. | Organizer | Hope round | Up to 6 per heat | None | None | 120 - 128 bpm | 1 ½ min. | Organizer | Intermediate to Semi Finals | Up to 6 per heat | None | None | 124 - 140 bpm | 1 ½ min. | Organizer | Semi Finals | Up to 6 per heat | 80 - 104 bpm | 1 ½ min. | 124 - 140 bpm | 1 ½ min. | Organizer | Final Round | Up to 6 per heat | 80 - 104 bpm | 1 ½ min. | 130 - 144 bpm | 1 ½ min. | Organizer | There must be a break for the couples to change clothes before Final Show starts. | Round | Couples | Start order | | Speed of music | Length | Music by | Final Show | each couple separate | arranged by lottery | | 80 - 144 bpm | 2.15 min. max. | Couples choice |
Final Show: Longer music will be faded out after 2.15 min. Preliminary Rounds The intro part of the music should be not longer than 20 seconds. The music should end in a slow fade out after a short louder part.
Hope Round:
The Organizer has to run a "Hope round" as a mandatory regulation in order that all couples may dance twice.
Semi-final:
In the semi final the Slow round is added.
Opening overview (1 ½ min slow) - first heat Slow - second heat Slow - ... first heat Fast - second heat Fast -... closing overview (1 ½ min. fast)
The Slow and the Fast round will be evaluated as different dances by the adjudicators. This means that a judge may give one couple one cross in the "Slow dance" but no cross in the "Fast dance". In this way the maximum amount of crosses for one couple to qualify for the final will be 14 crosses from 7 judges.
Final Round
In general 6 couples are qualified for the Final Round. Depending on the marks there may be no less than 5 and no more than 8 couples in the Final round
The over-all placing of the couples will be decided by the Skating system over the three dances. The adjudicators will place each couple in the order of merit for first the Slow dance Performance and will then place each couple in the order of merit for the Fast dance Performance and finally place each couple in the order of merit for the Show dance performance, with open marks in every dance, if at the same event not more than two disciplines, included Disco fox, are being organized. At events with more than two disciplines, included Disco fox, it is the choice of the organizer to decide if open marking should be used. The over-all placing of the couples will be decided by the Skating system over the three dances. The adjudicators will place each couple in the order of merit for first the Slow dance Performance and will then place each couple in the order of merit for the Fast dance Performance and finally giving the placing in the Show dance performance. 8. Music
Type of music: Dance music in Disco style in 4/4 or 2/4 timing.
Choice of music: In the Show Dance of the final round, the couple may use music of their choice. In that case the couple provides a high quality recording on CD. If a couple has no own music the organizer will provide a choice of at least three (3) pieces
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