Can I dance pro as an amateur?

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tangoking

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I have a lady friend who is an excellent dancer. She started teaching at FADS when she was only 17 years old, and now can't dance amateur. I have never taught, still have amateur status. I would like to compete with this lovely lady, but want to maintain my amateur status.

If we dance pro/am, the judges will just base their marks on the guys, right? I want us to be judged as a couple. That leaves pro/pro. Can I dance in a pro/pro comp and stay an amateur?
 
Good questions tangoking

Judging pro/am - only the pro/am student is judged in single dance events - as you move up and enter scholarships, etc., the couple will be judged.

I believe once you compete as a pro or declare yourself a pro, you're a pro (we'll need some others to weigh in here on that).

Another option is for the lady to petition USA Dance to become an amateur - assuming this is granted, then you two could compete as an amateur couple.

Depends on your choices of livelihood vs being a couple . . . choices . . .
 
tangoking said:
If we dance pro/am, the judges will just base their marks on the guys, right? I want us to be judged as a couple.
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Then enter the Open-level events -- if you're in Open Gold, Gold Star, Gold Bar, or Advanced, and especially if you do the Open Championships and Scholarships, then the Pro/Am couple is judged as a unit.

Your other options are to turn pro, or for her to try to reinstate into being an Amateur.
 
Laura said:
Then enter the Open-level events -- if you're in Open Gold, Gold Star, Gold Bar, or Advanced, and especially if you do the Open Championships and Scholarships, then the Pro/Am couple is judged as a unit.

Your other options are to turn pro, or for her to try to reinstate into being an Amateur.
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:confused:

they told me differently. If you are dancing open or close and you are dancing Pro/Am they will mark only Am.
 
Well, I'm just going by what I've been told after having 10 years experience in NDCA competitions. Your chain might be different...so I guess if Tangoking wants to stay in the FADS system, then his choice is to turn pro. But if he goes on the outside, then there are more options.
 
Laura said:
Well, I'm just going by what I've been told after having 10 years experience in NDCA competitions. Your chain might be different...so I guess if Tangoking wants to stay in the FADS system, then his choice is to turn pro. But if he goes on the outside, then there are more options.
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;)

truth.
 
Assuming probably this girl doesn't want to stay in FADS anymore and even though she had competed in some comps as pro, might still be able to re-instate as amateur unless she won some major titles such as National RS first place.
 
lol. I know what you are talking about. let's don't get into detail of that since it's sensitive topic and very much likely to open a can of worm
 
OK so I went to a competition a few weeks ago and there was a lady dancer who both partnered pro/am students AND competed as the student in a pro/am with a pro (a studio owner).

So how can that happen???
 
Looks like someone was breaking the rules then.:) It's one thing to compete as an am, but be teaching out in the world. It's even one thing to compete as an am at comp A and a pro at comp B. But pretty audacious to do it at one comp.
 
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