ROUTINE LENGTH

Intro & Beginner: Max 2 mins

Intermediate: Max 2 mins 30 secs 

Advanced: Max 3 mins.

TEAM ABILITIES

INTRO - U6 U8 U10 U12 U14 U16 16+

BEGINNER - U6 U8 U10 U12 U14 U16 16+

INTERMEDIATE - U8 U10 U12 U14 U16 16+

ADVANCED - U10 U12 U14 U16 16+

PARENT - OPEN (No teachers)

Music – Please email your music to info@callinguout.co.uk

14 days before the event.

If music is not provided you may not be allowed to take part on the day. 

Please also bring a copy with you on your phone/laptop/usb device as a back-up.

RULES

- A Crew, minimum of 5, maximum of 28 dancers performing a street style choreographed routine to music of their choice.

- Dancers can only dance in one team and with one school (If this rule is broken all teams concerned will be disqualified).

- Each school is permitted to enter as many teams as they wish in each division, and each team must be named. (Please do not use the name of your school!). 

- Music must be sent to info@callinguout.co.uk no later than one week before the event. Please also bring a copy with you on your phone/laptop/usb device as a back-up.

- Some break-dance and aerial moves are allowed in intermediate and advanced categories only and must be kept within the context of a street dance performance and performed at the dancers’ own risk.

- Lifts are permitted if they are controlled and executed safely.

- Props are allowed however nothing that will take time to clear up after your performance e.g. Dust/Glitter/Water.

- Clothing should be age-appropriate street style, suitable footwear must be worn.

- 75% of the team must be within the age category 25% of the team may be above age. Adult dancers must dance in the adult section and numbers are ALWAYS rounded up.

- CUO may choose to split a category if there are > 8 teams in a category. CUO also reserves the right to merge categories together if there are < 3 teams in a category. 

- All dancers in a team must be from the same school. Any evidence of poaching dancers will result in that school concerned being disqualified.

- NO bad language or inappropriate movement for age is permitted in your recorded music or piece - team points will be deducted.

- If a teacher dances with their students the team must dance in intermediate/ advanced.

- Teachers/parents are not permitted to intervene, coach or demonstrate movement from the sidelines once the music has started without permission from the event organisers. 

Judges’ Criteria

Judges will score each team from 1 to 10 to total out of 50 in the following subcategories:

Musicality

Spacing and Formations

Choreography

Technicality

Performance 

DEDUCTIONS

Points may be deducted for the following: 

- Use of foul language (3 points per judge)

- Crashes and dance style mistakes (1 point per judge)

- Loss of clothing or other mistakes (1 point per judge)

- Music running over the specified time (1 point per 5 seconds per judge).

Collecting your Feedback – You may collect your score sheets for teams anytime on the day after the results have been announced, score/feedback sheets will be disposed of if uncollected.  An announcement will be made by the compere to collect your score sheets.

Prizes - We reserve the right to remove this offer at any time for any reason without notice or explanation.

The decision of the Judges and contest coordinators are FINAL.

Dancers are not permitted to ask the judges about their placements.

RESPECT IS IMPERATIVE WHEN PERFORMANCES ARE TAKING PLACE. 

We expect all dancers to support each other throughout the event. If you see someone needing a confidence boost – please make it your responsibility to help!

TEAM SCORESHEET

SOLO ABILITIES

INTRO -  U4 U6 U8 U10 U12 U14 U16 16+

BEGINNER - U6 U8 U10 U12 U14 U16 16+

INTERMEDIATE - U8 U10 U12 U14 U16 16+

ADVANCED - U10 U12 U14 U16 16+

PARENT - OPEN (No teachers)

DUOS

BEGINNER - U6 U8 U10 U12 U14 U16 16+ PARENT

INTERMEDIATE - U8 U10 U12 U14 U16 16+

ADVANCED - U10 U12 U14 U16 16+

PARENT & CHILD - OPEN

Note: When entering duets on our system, Into and Beginners are combined

SOLO AND DUO RULES

- Two dancers (Duo)/one dancer (solo) performing a street style choreographed routine or freestyle interpreting the music played by the DJ.

- Intro/Beginner solos and duos are not permitted to perform travelling or uncontrolled movements (including acrobatics) - any breach of this rule will lead to the dancer being removed from the dance floor.

- Intro Level - Dancers who are brand new to the style

- Props are NOT allowed and clothing should be appropriate for street dance.

- Duo dancers must only dance with one duo on the same day and both dancers must be from the same school .

- Dancers must enter in their age category of the eldest dancer.

- Dancers must obtain a number upon arrival and wear their number clearly visible and pinned on their front; Only one number is required for a Duo.

- In heats, groups of dancers will be performing on stage together.

- The DJ will play approximately 30 – 90 seconds of a random track each time; dancers must continue to dance for the duration of the track.

- Dancers must stay in their own space and not move around the floor in solos/duos

- Rule of 33%, when running sections we maintain 

a min of 33% dancers moving to the next round, e.g 15 dancers , 5 will be called back, placing 1st-5th. 

The decision of the Judges and contest coordinators are FINAL.

Dancers are not permitted to ask the judges about their placements.

RESPECT IS IMPERATIVE WHEN PERFORMANCES ARE TAKING PLACE. 

We expect all dancers to support each other throughout the event. If you see someone needing a confidence boost – please make it your responsibility to help!

BATTLES

(time dependent)

5v5

Under 12 and 12&over 

OR Under 14 and 14&over 

(entry dependent)

Max 8 crews – online registration required.

Battles timed to last for 5 mins per crew battle, max 30 seconds per set giving a total of 5 sets per crew, If we have more than 2 crews and if there is limited time we will split judges and run crew battles at the same time with 1 judge per crew battle. 

1v1 

Open style, open ability (NO age restrictions)

First Round - top 4 selected from open floor

Semis/Finals - dancers battle 1v1

(Time Dependent)

MEGACREWS

(selected events, please enquire)

All Ages, All Levels, 3 mins max, 15-50 dancers per crew.

66% of the megacrew must dance on stage for at least 2 minutes of the routine, all members of the crew must dance together on stage for at least 30 seconds

Same rules as teams (see above), controlled tricks/aerial moves allowed if performed safely.

The decision of the Judges and contest coordinators are FINAL.

Dancers are not permitted to ask the judges about their placements.

RESPECT IS IMPERATIVE WHEN PERFORMANCES ARE TAKING PLACE. 

We expect all dancers to support each other throughout the event. If you see someone needing a confidence boost – please make it your responsibility to help!

All our regional events are all qualifiers for our annual championships, click here for information on our qualifying criteria.

Parent Teams Guidelines

Our Parent Teams are evaluated using the same criteria as our regular teams, ensuring consistency across all performances.

Team Size: A minimum of 5 parents and a maximum of 40.

Performance Time: Limited to 2 minutes and 30 seconds.

Content & Movements: No restrictions on movements or content, provided they adhere to our standard guidelines. Scoring will be based on beginner-level criteria.