2024 U.S. NATIONAL AMATEUR DANCESPORT CHAMPIONSHIPS
COSTUME SPECIFICATIONS FOR: ADULT AMATEUR, SENIOR, UNDER-21, YOUTH, JUNIOR II, JUNIOR I
Below are the costume specifications for all amateur costumed events. No entry will be considered fully accepted without final costume approval. All Adult Amateur, Senior, Under-21, Youth, Junior II, and Junior I costumes must be approved no later than two hours before their event. Please contact Pamela Licht with any questions. Competitors may email photos of their costumes in advance to Pamela if they wish at pamela.pkdance@gmail.com
WOMEN
Shoulders
1. Shoulders require stoned straps or fabric. Straps must be a minimum of 1/4 inch in width. Flesh colored fabric must be heavily stoned.
Bodice
1. Bust must be fully covered, including the sides, with no plunging necklines.
2. Front and sides of the bodice must be covered with solid non-sheer fabric.
3. Back of bodice must be covered in solid non-sheer fabric from three inches above the waist down.
4. Open backs must taper inward to a point no lower than three inches above the waistline.
5. Flesh-tone fabrics require heavy use of rhinestones or similar decorations so as not to reveal the skin or create a similar effect.
6. Halter tops are not allowed.
Skirts
1. Must reach mid-thigh in length.
2. May not use transparent fabric above mid-thigh for the Latin and Rhythm styles.
3. May be broken or slitted from the trunk line down and fully cover the legs when not in motion.
4. Fringe skirts must reach mid-thigh in the front, back, and sides and must be thick enough to fully cover the legs when not in motion.
5. Flesh-tone fabrics require heavy use of rhinestones or similar decorations that do not reveal the skin or create a similar effect.
Trunks
1. Regular cut dance trunks.
2. No flesh tone fabric.
Fishnets
1. Fishnets or tights are required for lady competitors in the Adult Amateur Cabaret.
MEN
Shirts
1. Back and sides of the shirt may be of a sheer fabric. Front of the shirt must be of a solid non-sheer fabric. The front of the shirt must also come to a closed point.
*Parents, coaches, dressmakers, etc will not be included when addressing costume concerns unless the competitor is under the age of eighteen.
*Organizers reserve the right to require costume adjustments if deemed unacceptable, and also to cancel any entries for a couple who refuses to comply with the costume requirements.
[December 12, 2023]
