ASC 2025 info

Competition and Event Rules

Competition entry fees

J&J - 15EUR / competitor
Strictly - 30EUR / couple
Rising Star - 40 EUR / couple

Scoring System

We are using Andreas Kasper's Scoring.Dance system. You can sign up for competions on the website:

https://scoring.dance/enCA/events/325/register

All competitions have to be paid at the event in cash.

Strictly Swing Registration rules

Divisions offered at the event

Novice&Intermediate, Open, Champions

Strictly competition rules

You are allowed to dance in both Novice-Inter and Open Strictly competitions but not with the same partner combination.

Novice&Inter strictly: You and your partner are allowed to dance, if the event division for your role is Intermediate or below.

Open Strictly: You and your partner are need to dance in the eventdivision All-Stars or below. Eventdivision Champions is not allowed to compete.

Champion Strictly [NEW in 2025]: at least one member of the couple must be a Champion OR has to have at least 100 Allstars point. The other member has to be at least at WSDC Allstar level. Anyone entering Champion Strictly is not allowed to dance in any other Strictly division!

Your level: the JnJ comp level you can enter according to the WSDC rules valid at the time of the event

Dancers can enter both Novice&Inter and Open divisions if eligible. E.g. an intermediate dancer may enter novice-inter strictly with a novice partner and open strictly with an allstar partner.
You CANNOT enter with the same partner in Novice-Inter and Open Strictly.
Newcomer dancers are allowed to enter Novice&Inter Strictly, also Open Strictly.

Jack and Jill Competition Rules

The following J&J competitions will take place at the event:

Sophisticated, Newcomer, Novice, Intermediate, Advanced, Allstars, Champions

All these divisions are organized under WSDC rules and are awarding points to the finalists/winners according to WSDC policies.

Rising Star Choreography division

The rules of the choreographies:

Expected swing content is 75%. It is at the Judges’ discretion to determine that the swing content requirement has been met. NASDE swing content guideline (https://nasde.net/swing‒content‒guidelines/).
Performance time is a minimum of 2 minutes and maximum of 3 minutes. The clock begins and judging starts at the first dance movement of the performance, with or without music.
Competitors select their own music.
Costumes are allowed and encouraged.
Separate entrances are permitted, couple must physically join together within 32 beats of music.
Couples must maintain physical contact except for spins, turns, short break-aways, and recoveries. If combined, separation cannot be more than 8 beats of music. For example, if a competitor does a free spin or a turn, is not connected to their partner, and goes straight into a side by side break-away, the entire separation cannot be more than 8 beats of music.
A maximum of seven (7) partner weight-support moved are permitted, with up to three (3) of them seven (7) available as optional lifts.
Both partners must keep at least one foot on the floor during weight-support moves. If the foot comes off the floor, it will be considered a lift

Champion JnJ rules

Champions JnJ is organised according to the WSDC rules.

Auditions

There will be no regular level auditions for ASC 2025. Levels have clear requirements and those who registered for the wrong level will be reassigned.

Level 2: Newcomer and beginner novice dancers Level 3: Experienced Novice (has points, has chance to get into the final) Level 4: Intermediate Advanced&Allstar: WSDC advanced and above levels

In the past, over 95% of dancers registered at the correct level. However, if someone registers for a level where they don’t belong, they will be reassigned at the registration desk or by the teachers during the initial workshops.

Please be respectful and accept these decisions! We try to be empathetic and reasonable, no one wants to humiliate anyone.

For those who feel they are not at the right level after this process, they can ask the teachers to look at them and move them up. Please accept their decisions as well, they are professionals who know best.

This way we can avoid the time-consuming, humiliating, and overall unpleasant process of auditioning.