AMERICAN SPORT DANCE GAMES® MEET RULES
American Sport Dance Games® is an alternative to the current studio dance competition model. It offers dance teachers, and studio owners, to present their own regional meets.
ASDG provides a competitive achievement experience based on the ballet and jazz training already offered in dance classrooms.
What Are They and How Do They Work?
ASDG uses a curriculum called Domain Dance®, based on the traditional techniques of ballet and jazz and structured on a model similar to youth sports. Acro is limited to Levels IV, V, and VI of the Domain Dance® skills curriculum.
STUDENT AGE/SCHOOL GRADE GROUPS LEVELS I AND II
Grades 1–10, studying up to three hours weekly
Primary: Kindergarten–Grade 2
Intermediate: Grades 3–5
Junior: Grades 6–8
Senior: Grades 9–10
ASDG uses school grades to make it easier for studios to place dancers in the appropriate Domain Dance® level. Age averaging is not used. All dancers must be enrolled in the school-grade group listed for each team entry.
TEAM SIZES
Small Team: 8–12 dancers
Coed Team: 10–15 dancers
Large Team: 13–20 dancers
All entries must follow the Domain Dance® curriculum skills assigned to the dancers’ current school-grade group and entry level.
Team-size requirements may be reviewed and adjusted based on recommendations submitted by active AADI members before each competition season.
FACILITY–STUDIO DIVISIONS
Division A: One location with one dance classroom
Division B: One location with two dance classrooms
Division C: Multiple locations or multiple dance classrooms
INDIVIDUAL TEAM MEMBER ENTRY FEE: $55
DOMAIN DANCE® LEVELS I–VI
Domain Dance® is the curriculum used for American Sport Dance Games® meets and is based on the traditional techniques of ballet and jazz. The six-level curriculum introduces the core skills dancers need to build competency in turns, jumps, flexibility, performance, and choreography patterns from Kindergarten through Grade 12.
Domain Dance® workshops introduce educators to choreographing team routines for greater consistency. American Sport Dance Games® meets use an objective rubric system, with routines scored on the skills and elements actually included in each performance.
The skills included at each Domain Dance® level are reviewed during in-person workshops. Active AADI members may recommend additions, changes, or deletions to the rules and rubric elements before each competition season.
Each team presents one routine with a maximum performance time of up to three minutes. The routine is designed by the entering studio and must follow the skills and requirements established for its Domain Dance® level.
Music must be appropriate for family audiences. Dancers wear their studio team uniform rather than costumes.
Studios compete only against other studios within the same facility division, Division A studios only compete with Divisiona A studios. American Sport Dance Games® meets are open only to active AADI members. Approved Regional Meet Directors may host one authorized meet under the terms of the ASDG Regional Host Agreement.
Regional Meet Directors are needed to help introduce American Sport Dance Games® to like-minded dance studios and educators in their area. Current priority regions include Rhode Island, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Connecticut, Maine, Upstate New York, Long Island, and selected areas of Florida. Regional meets may be scheduled on Saturdays, or Sundays.
Approved Regional Meet Directors pay the required ASDG Regional Host fee. After that fee is paid, all profit earned from their authorized Regional Meet belongs to the director.
Regional Meet Directors are responsible for building local participation through professional referrals, direct outreach, and communication with like-minded studios and dance educators.
Studios that host a Domain Dance® workshop receive a commission based on the number of paid attendees they help recruit.
A workshop may also be arranged for two or three like-minded studios for a fixed fee, with attendance limited to 35 participants.
The Domain Dance® workshop fee is $97 per attendee and is applied in full toward the first year of AADI membership when enrollment and payment are completed during the workshop. Workshop details, including refreshments or lunch when offered, will be provided with each scheduled date.
Dance studios may continue entering competitions owned by others, or they may create a new income opportunity by becoming an approved ASDG Regional Meet Director.
American Sport Dance Games® gives AADI members the opportunity to bring a different kind of competitive achievement experience to their region while retaining the profit from their authorized meet.
Applicants for the position of ASDG Regional Meet Director are subject to background and financial screening and must sign a confidentiality and nondisclosure agreement before approval.