***Early registration is open!!!*** -->

Click here to register for the competition or edit your registration!

If you are looking for a partner to TBA with, use this sheet to find a partner on your own (please remember to remove yourself once you've found a partner).

We are looking for volunteers! A $20 discount will be applied to your registration fee for EACH volunteer shift you sign up for. See this link to sign up for shifts, and we will assign your discount on the day of the competition.

Rules

Student: Any full-time high school, undergraduate, or graduate student

Adult: Any non-student amateur

Double registration in two consecutive levels is allowed in silver and above. A single couple can register in silver and gold, but not in silver and bronze. Open couples can register for free if they only dance in the Open level.

Multi-level couples must dance at the level of the more advanced partner.

A dancer may register for bronze and silver only if he/she dances with different partners and neither of these partners is double-registered.

Same-sex partnerships are allowed.

Costumes are allowed in Bronze and above.

There are no restrictions on age or affiliation. Youth, adult, and non-collegiate competitors are welcome.

All dancers must register for at least one event. Registration will be closed for individual events 30 minutes prior to that event.

Checks should be made out to Princeton University with 'Princeton Ballroom Dance Club' on the memo line.

Dancers will be charged based on the date of the latest edit to their registration information. (Example: If I register early for Bronze Smooth events, but decide to add Bronze Standard events to my registration during normal registration period, the overall fee will correspond to normal registration).

Dropping all events from a registration constitutes a cancellation of the registration.

Refunds will be determined according to the following:

• Before Nov 14: 100%
• Before Nov 30: 50%
• Nov 30 and after or no shows otherwise: 0%
• We reserve the right to turn away any competitors who have not paid by the start of an event.

• Dancers may compete in newcomer only if they started dancing after December 1st, 2024.
• The accumulation of seven or more points in an event at a particular level according to the YCN point system makes a competitor ineligible to compete in that event/level.
• The YCN points system will be used for all levels. Any dancers disobeying this system can be disqualified, even after the competition.

Conduct and Liability

The organizers have the right to eject anyone from the premises for unruly conduct or for violation of any of the rules or guidelines. Flagrant disregard of any of the rules or regulations will result in a mark down of placement or in a disqualification where necessary.

Princeton University and the Princeton Ballroom Dance Club are not liable for any property lost or damage and injury or other misfortune that occurs during the competition.

• Newcomer and Bronze: ISTD Bronze syllabus for International style, USISTD Bronze syllabus for American style. No continuity footwork.
• Silver and Gold: ISTD Silver or Gold syllabus respectively for International style, and USISTD, DVIDA, FADS, AMDS Silver or Gold syllabus respectively or any other major syllabus for American style.
• Syllabus Viennese Waltz and Paso Doble: ISTD Gold syllabus and below for International style, and USISTD, DVIDA, FADS, AMDS Gold syllabus and below or any other major syllabus for American style.