COMPLAINTS REGARDING AN INDIVIDUAL OR COUPLE's ELIGIBILITY WLL NOT BE CONSIDERED UNLESS RECEIVRED PRIOR TO MARCH 7, 2026

NEWCOMER COMPETITORS
Click here to open a PDF file that lists all individuals who have placed in the final of a Newcomer division at a previous NDCA sanctioned competion provided a quarter-final round was held.  These individuals are not eligible to dance in the same school Newcomer division at future NDCA sanctioned competitions.  [This file is current as of the conclusion of the 2026 Utah DanceSport Challenge - February 2026]

"Newcomer" competitors are eligible for this category until they place in a final of a Newcomer competition held as part of the BYU DanceSport Championships, the Utah DanceSport Challenge, or the U.S. National Amateur DanceSport Championships, provided a quarter-final was danced.  Competitors who lose their eligibility for a particular newcomer school event will become eligible once again for the newcomer category when they move up to the next school age level.  However, competitors who dance up into a higher school level newcomer event, and then place in the final of that event when a quarter-final was held, will not be eligible in the future to dance "back down" in the newcomer division of their true school level.


NOVICE AND PRE-CHAMPIONSHIP PROFICIENCY POINTS
1. A competitor is eligible to dance in the "Novice" and/or "Pre-Championship" proficiency classifications until they accumulate three proficiency points.  There is no limit to the number of proficiency points that may be accumulated in the "Open Amateur" level.
2. Proficiency points in one age division do not count or apply in any way towards ineligibility in another age division.
3. A competitor receives one point when they either a) place first in their current classification when a quarter-final was danced, or b) dance in the final of a higher proficiency event where a quarter-final was danced.
4. In the "Syllabus" categories proficiency points should be accumulated independently for each dance.
5. The eligibility to compete in a classification is applied to individual amateur competitors and not the couple as an entity.
6. An amateur couple is only eligible to compete in a classification if both members of the couple are eligible.
7. An amateur competitor's eligibility is based on his/her accomplishments regardless of the number or length of partnerships they have had.
8. It is the responsibility of all amateur competitors to ensure that they are eligible for the category in which they desire to dance.
9. An amateur competitor may enter at most two consecutive proficiency classifications in any particular style and age group at a particular competition.
10. An amateur competitor's ineligibility begins at the conclusion of the competition in which his/her third point was acquired.  In this case the word "competition" refers to the entire event (generally a "weekend").
11. An amateur competitor's proficiency level as a Pro/Am shall not be used in determining his/her amateur proficiency level.

SPECIAL ORANIZERS RULE FOR THE 2026 U.S. NATIONAL AMATEUR DANCESPORT CHAMPIONSHIPS
If a couple enters a Pre-Championship event or an Open Amateur event in a specific style at the 2026 Utah DanceSport Challenge or the 2026 California Open, and withdraws from that event after dancing the semi-final and then being recalled to the final, then the 2026 U.S. National Amateur DanceSport Championships will NOT accept any entry from that couple for a Pre-Championship event in the same style.