CONSTITUTION AND RULES

Interim National Constitution

National Rule Book

IDSF Competition Rules

IDSF Dress Regulations

IDSF Anti Doping Code

The following are extracts from the rule book :

Age Categories

(Sections 1.B.1 and 1.B.2)

Title	Age Range	Provisions

Juvenile 1	Under 10	Both partners younger than 10
Juvenile 2	Under 12	Both parters under
Junior 1	Under 14 (12 & 13)	One may be under 11
Junior 2	Under 16 (14 & 15)	One may be under 14
Youth	16 - under 19	One may be under 16
Adult	19 year and over	One may be under 19
Senior 1	Over 35	Both partners over 35
Senior 2	Over 45	Both partners over 45

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Status Levels

(Section 1.B.5)

Status	Standard Dances	Latin Dances

Level 1	Slow Waltz Quickstep	Cha-Cha Jive
Level 2	Slow Waltz Tango Quickstep	Cha-Cha Rumba Jive
Level 3	Waltz Tango Slow Foxtrot Quickstep	Samba Cha-Cha Rumba Jive
Level 4	Waltz Tango Viennese Waltz Slow Foxtrot Quickstep	Samba Cha-Cha Rumba Paso Doble Jive
Novice	Waltz Tango Viennese Waltz Slow Foxtrot Quickstep	Samba Cha-Cha Rumba Paso Doble Jive
Pre-Champ	Waltz Tango Viennese Waltz Slow Foxtrot Quickstep	Samba Cha-Cha Rumba Paso Doble Jive
Championship	Waltz Tango Viennese Waltz Slow Foxtrot Quickstep Solo Dances	Samba Cha-Cha Rumba Paso Doble Jive Solo Dances

Syllabus

(Section 1.C.6)

Promotional Requirements

(Section 1.C.4)

Status Category	Points Required

Level 1 to 2	40
Level 2 to 3	40
Level 3 to 4	40
Level 4 to Novice	50
Novice to Pre Championship	60
Pre Championship to Championship	80

Partnership Change

(Section 1.B.4)

If either member if Championship status and the other is not, then go to Pre-Champ
If either member is Novice or Pre-Champ and the other is Star Grade (level 1 to 4), then go to Novice
If either member is Pre-Champ and the other is Novice, then go to Pre-Champ
If both are Star Grade then
- In the case of one level difference, take the higher grade
- In the case of two level difference, then take the middle grade
Note : Status points are earned by a partnership and not by an individual. New partnerships start on zero points.

Dress Code

(Section 2.A.6)

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Unrecognised Dance Structures/Organisations

(Section 4.A)

1. Any association, club, studio, school, university or any other structure having any connection to, or relationship with amateur dance sport, which is formed without the consent of FEDANSA or the regional member having jurisdiction over the area concerned, shall be deemed to be an unrecognised structure.

2. Any person, club, studio, school, university or association having any connection to, or membership with any connection to, or membership with any such unrecognised structure shall be guilty of misconduct and shall be refused participation in all amateur dance sport under the jurisdiction of FEDANSA and all of its members and their affiliated until such time as such person, club, studio, school, university or association is no longer a member of such recognised structure.

3. No person, club, studio, school, university or association shall be allowed to become a member of FEDANSA or it's members and affiliates if such person, club, studio, school, university or association is a member of an unrecognised structure.

In accordance with IDSF policy, couples are strongly advised that if they compete in any unrecognised competitions (ie competitions not organised or recognised by FEDANSA), they will lose their membership of FEDANSA, and thus may be stopped from competing in any country in the IDSF World Sporting System