DanceMentor
11-16-2007, 10:30 PM
I just read over the rules, and it seems to me you would need a good lawyer just to understand what one can and cannot do.
RULE 8 - RULES OF AMATEUR CONDUCT (effective April 14, 2006)
8.01 Competitions between amateurs and professionals are prohibited.
8.02 An amateur is one who does not earn his livelihood from participation in DanceSport.
8.03 In particular a dancer loses Amateur Status if he or she works as a dancing teacher, as a paid
assistant to a teacher, or as a paid dancing partner, or demonstrator, (provided always that
commercial teaching and coaching activities in dance and DanceSport in Canada are not restricted to
any limited group of people except on the basis of skill or knowledge), except that a dancer may teach
dancing and coach DanceSport without losing Amateur Status provided he or she:
a) is at least 18 years of age;
b) Is a member in good standing of his or her Regional Association and is registered in the
Canadian Registry of Amateur Dancers (CRAD);
c) qualifies according to the competition rules of his or her Regional Association to compete at
the Championship Level in that region and has competed at the Championship level for at
least 2 years, or alternatively qualifies at a level of competitive skill and accomplishment
determined by the Board;
d) was a member of a couple who placed in one of the top 3 places in the 2004 Canadian
Closed Amateur Youth Standard or Youth Latin Championships, 2004 Canadian Closed
Amateur Adult Standard or Adult Latin Championships, 2004 Canadian Closed Amateur
Senior I Standard or Senior I Latin Championships; OR
is a member of a couple who places in one of the following:
i) top 3 places in future Canadian Closed Amateur Youth Standard or Youth Latin
Championships;
ii) top 3 places in future Canadian Closed Amateur Senior I Standard or Senior I Latin
Championships;
iii) the Final if a Quarter-Final was held, if not, then the top 3 in future Canadian Closed
Amateur Adult Standard or Adult Latin Championships
iv) top 2 in future Canadian Ten Dance as long as a Ten Dance Championship was held;
OR
is a dancer who otherwise is permitted to teach under this Rule 8.03 and who holds a valid
and subsisting teaching certificate issued by the Ministry of Education of the Canadian
province in which he or she resides or in which he or she works as a school teacher;
e) only teaches steps or movements set out in that Regional Association’s competitive syllabus,
or alternatively steps or movements determined by the Board;
f) (notwithstanding the terms of any other part of these Rules) submits to the Treasurer and his
or her Regional Association on or before December 31st of each year an accounting of :
i) his or her earnings from such teaching, and
ii) a summary of dance related expenses.
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Competitors should be prepared to make available all receipts for, or reasonable records
of, these expenses upon request or audit;
g) remits to that Regional Association upon its or the Treasurer’s request, any earnings from
such teaching which exceed the said dance-related expenses, in trust for his or her future
dance-related expenses, or after the lapse of one year without a claim for such expenses, for
use by that Regional Association according to law;
h) successfully passes the Student teacher exam within 3 months of the commencement of
teaching;
i) finds a Canadian Professional Adjudicator from his or her Region to act as his or her mentor
and gives the name of his or her mentor to his or her Regional Association and CADA;
j) renews his or her eligibility to remain an Amateur Teacher by qualifying in the next Canadian
Closed Championship in one of the following
i) the Final in Adult Championship Standard or Latin if a Quarter-Final was held, if not,
then the top 3 in either;
ii) the top 3 in Youth or Senior Championship Standard or Latin;
iii) the top 2 in Adult Ten Dance Canadian Closed Championship only if an event is held.
Ten-Dance couples must re-qualify at the regular Canadian Closed Championship in
either Standard or Latin if a Ten-Dance Championship is not held in subsequent
years;
If for any reason an Amateur Teacher does not qualify at the next Canadian Closed
Championship then he or she must re-qualify at the subsequent Canadian Closed
Championship otherwise his or her license will be revoked
k) pays a fee, as set out in Schedule A to the Corporation’s Bylaws, per year or part thereof.
l) signs the form of Release of CADA and its Board as set forth herein before commencing
teaching;
from 2006-2007 Cada Rules (http://www.dancesport.ca/downloads/1/2006-2007_Rule_Book_V1.pdf)
RULE 8 - RULES OF AMATEUR CONDUCT (effective April 14, 2006)
8.01 Competitions between amateurs and professionals are prohibited.
8.02 An amateur is one who does not earn his livelihood from participation in DanceSport.
8.03 In particular a dancer loses Amateur Status if he or she works as a dancing teacher, as a paid
assistant to a teacher, or as a paid dancing partner, or demonstrator, (provided always that
commercial teaching and coaching activities in dance and DanceSport in Canada are not restricted to
any limited group of people except on the basis of skill or knowledge), except that a dancer may teach
dancing and coach DanceSport without losing Amateur Status provided he or she:
a) is at least 18 years of age;
b) Is a member in good standing of his or her Regional Association and is registered in the
Canadian Registry of Amateur Dancers (CRAD);
c) qualifies according to the competition rules of his or her Regional Association to compete at
the Championship Level in that region and has competed at the Championship level for at
least 2 years, or alternatively qualifies at a level of competitive skill and accomplishment
determined by the Board;
d) was a member of a couple who placed in one of the top 3 places in the 2004 Canadian
Closed Amateur Youth Standard or Youth Latin Championships, 2004 Canadian Closed
Amateur Adult Standard or Adult Latin Championships, 2004 Canadian Closed Amateur
Senior I Standard or Senior I Latin Championships; OR
is a member of a couple who places in one of the following:
i) top 3 places in future Canadian Closed Amateur Youth Standard or Youth Latin
Championships;
ii) top 3 places in future Canadian Closed Amateur Senior I Standard or Senior I Latin
Championships;
iii) the Final if a Quarter-Final was held, if not, then the top 3 in future Canadian Closed
Amateur Adult Standard or Adult Latin Championships
iv) top 2 in future Canadian Ten Dance as long as a Ten Dance Championship was held;
OR
is a dancer who otherwise is permitted to teach under this Rule 8.03 and who holds a valid
and subsisting teaching certificate issued by the Ministry of Education of the Canadian
province in which he or she resides or in which he or she works as a school teacher;
e) only teaches steps or movements set out in that Regional Association’s competitive syllabus,
or alternatively steps or movements determined by the Board;
f) (notwithstanding the terms of any other part of these Rules) submits to the Treasurer and his
or her Regional Association on or before December 31st of each year an accounting of :
i) his or her earnings from such teaching, and
ii) a summary of dance related expenses.
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Competitors should be prepared to make available all receipts for, or reasonable records
of, these expenses upon request or audit;
g) remits to that Regional Association upon its or the Treasurer’s request, any earnings from
such teaching which exceed the said dance-related expenses, in trust for his or her future
dance-related expenses, or after the lapse of one year without a claim for such expenses, for
use by that Regional Association according to law;
h) successfully passes the Student teacher exam within 3 months of the commencement of
teaching;
i) finds a Canadian Professional Adjudicator from his or her Region to act as his or her mentor
and gives the name of his or her mentor to his or her Regional Association and CADA;
j) renews his or her eligibility to remain an Amateur Teacher by qualifying in the next Canadian
Closed Championship in one of the following
i) the Final in Adult Championship Standard or Latin if a Quarter-Final was held, if not,
then the top 3 in either;
ii) the top 3 in Youth or Senior Championship Standard or Latin;
iii) the top 2 in Adult Ten Dance Canadian Closed Championship only if an event is held.
Ten-Dance couples must re-qualify at the regular Canadian Closed Championship in
either Standard or Latin if a Ten-Dance Championship is not held in subsequent
years;
If for any reason an Amateur Teacher does not qualify at the next Canadian Closed
Championship then he or she must re-qualify at the subsequent Canadian Closed
Championship otherwise his or her license will be revoked
k) pays a fee, as set out in Schedule A to the Corporation’s Bylaws, per year or part thereof.
l) signs the form of Release of CADA and its Board as set forth herein before commencing
teaching;
from 2006-2007 Cada Rules (http://www.dancesport.ca/downloads/1/2006-2007_Rule_Book_V1.pdf)