American Sport Dance Games®

 

American Sport Dance Games® is a team-based alternative to the traditional studio dance competition model. WE ARE NOT A TOUR, events are owned by members of the American Association of Dance Instructors under an educational site license, for PROFIT by the licensee. All information is given to individuals who attend one of our 4 hour seminars, including RECITAL BY DESIGN.

 

Events are designed for dance studios, school dance teams, and after-school enrichment programs that want a more educational, structured, and achievable way to recognize student progress. American Sport Dance Games® are for teams only, beginning with 8 members for grades K–2 and 10 or more members for other grade levels. Students are grouped by school grades, not age averaging, and each event is built around studio size, team size, and curriculum level so teams compete within appropriate divisions.

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This Is Our Format

 

Objective Scoring and Curriculum Foundation

American Sport Dance Games® introduces a unique competition model for studios. Teams are evaluated through a rubric-based scoring system, allowing judges to be trained in specific dance elements and creating a more objective outcome.

• Domain Dance® is the curriculum designed for participating facilities.

• The curriculum is built on the traditional foundations of ballet and jazz.

• Hip hop and other dance genres are not included.

• Acro is limited to Levels 5–6 of the skills curriculum.

 

Student Grade Groups

Novice: Grades 1–10 for students studying up to three hours per week

Primary: Kindergarten–Grade 2

Intermediate: Grades 3–5

Junior: Grades 6–8

Senior: Grades 9–10

 

Grade-Based Placement

• Students are grouped by school grade to make enrollment in the Domain Dance® program easier for studios and their facilities.

• Age averaging is not used; students must be placed in the school-grade groups listed.

 

Facility-Studio Divisions

Division A: One location with one dance classroom

Division B: One location with two dance classrooms

Division C: Multiple locations with multiple dance classrooms

 

DOMAIN DANCE® LEVELS I-VI​

Domain Dance® is the curriculum foundation for American Sport Dance Games® programs. Built on the traditions of ballet and jazz, it identifies the core skills students need to build competency in dance from grades K–10.

• Turns

• Jumps

• Flexibility training

• Performance quality

• Traveling movement

• Choreography patterns

Seminars introduce educators to methods for choreographing consistent team routines that support objective rubric-based scoring at American Sport Dance Games® events.

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Seminar Review and Member Input

• At in-person seminars, attendees review what is included at each Domain Dance® level to support understanding, curriculum planning, and design development.

• Members of the  American Association of Dance Instructors may discuss rubric elements and participate in decisions about adding or removing rules.

 

Team Routine Format

• Each team competes in a four-minute format that includes one compulsory routine learned through teacher/student conferences and one creative routine designed by the entering studio.

• Music must be appropriate for family listening.

• Dancers wear their dance studio team uniform, not costumes, for both routines.

 

Division-Based Competition and Member Access

• Studios compete only against other studios within the same facility-studio division.

• The educational site license is offered at one of three levels, aligned with the division selected for hosting events.

• Events are open exclusively to AADI members.

 

Hosting and Sponsoring Dance Studios

• Hosting or sponsoring dance studios are needed to help promote seminars through word-of-mouth referrals.

• Host studios are asked to refer 10 or more like-minded studios or educators who may be interested in attending.

• Current outreach is focused on studios in New England.

• Host studio owners receive a commission for each attendee they recruit.

• A studio may also host a seminar with two or three like-minded studios for a fixed seminar arrangement, with up to 25 attendees per seminar

 

A New Model for Dance-Team Competition

• American Sport Dance Games® offers an alternative to the current studio dance competition model.

• The program gives teachers, studio owners, school dance team coaches, and after-school enrichment programs the opportunity for event ownership.

• Events focus on competitive achievement based on what students are learning in the dance classroom

 

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