Judgement Time!

You perform all your dances in from of 3 to 6 judges that are experts in their field of dance. The competition are judged the same way they are performed. The award ceremony are divided by age and sometimes there will be three awards a day for each age. The dances go by average age of the dancers in them. That's why as a teen and senior soloist you may still be in different aged dance numbers based on the average with the younger kids in the dance. Each dance that is performed gets an award like (from highest to lowest) platinum, gold, silver, or bronze.

Some dances get overall, normally top ten, and those are the highest out of all the award given out in that age. Overalls are not based on category normally, although some competitions give category cups which re the highest dance in that style like jazz, lyrical, hip hop, and so on. Some competitions give out stars rather than gold, silver, and bronze to each dance. Dances are judged based on performance. technique, showmanship, and style, some competitions vary. That is a bit about how dance competitions are judged.