- This is a division meant for dancers who consider themselves as amateur dancers, as such it has no prize money as a reward for placement, please act accordingly to your best ability.
- Teams consisting of mostly professional dancers should not compete in this division.
- Same rules as team showcase.
- CSC reserves the right to require that a team competes instead in the team showcase division.
- Music is at discretion of the competitors. CSC recommends that you remain on the dance floor and keep routines between 2–4 minutes.

- Open to all teams (Professional and Amateur wishing to compete against the best)
- Choreographed Swing, any style.
- Teams must consist of at least 2 couples (4 dancers)
- 70% swing content required.
- Competitors supply their own music, between 2 and 4 minutes
- All dancers must be dancing at all times (reasonable breaks and freezes allowed)
- Costumes and/or matching or themed clothes are allowed and encouraged.
- Break-a-ways, lifts, drops, side-by-side patterns, aerials, and air steps are permitted.
- Music is at discretion of the competitors. CSC recommends that you remain on the dance floor and keep routines between 2–4 minutes.

- Choreographed Swing: 70% Swing, any style
- Partners only, no solos.
- Competitors supply their own music, between 2 and 4 min. Music is at the discretion of the competitors.

- Costumes and/or matching or themed clothes are allowed and encouraged.
- Break-aways, drops and side-by-side patterns are permitted.
- Partner-supported lifts, aerials and air steps are NOT permitted.
- Danced as a spotlight performance.

- Same rules as Classic Swing, except partner-supported lifts, aerials and air steps are permitted and encouraged

- Amateur dancers dancing with professional dancers.
- The pro dancer must dance, teach or perform swing dance as a source of regular (every month throughout the year) revenue; by extension the amateur can not teach, perform or dance any style of dance for regular revenue.

- Fee for the competition is to be paid by the amateur.
- Pros may dance up to 3 times with different amateurs during the competition.
- Showcase rules apply except that it is permitted to dance a routine partially or completely made up of  solo dancing.

- Choreographed routines.  

- Showcase rules apply except that Partnered Swing or Solo Routines are allowed with no more than 2 participants.

- Maximum length of 90 seconds.

-  A couple may consist of opposite or same-sex dance partners.
- Minimum number of entries = three (3). If there are less than 3 couples, the event shall offer the competitors the opportunity to perform an exhibition, with judge's feedback.
- Expected swing content of any style is 70%. It is at the judges’ discretion to determine that the swing content has been met.
- Performance time is a minimum of 2 minutes and maximum of 3 minutes.
- Competitors select their own music.
- Costumes are required.
- Time and judging starts at first movement of performance with or without music
- Separate entrances are permitted.
- Break-a-ways and side-by-side patterns are permitted, not longer than 8 beats.
- Lifts are optional.
- Maximum 5 partner weight support moves are allowed with the partner at knee level or below.

- 3 entries are required in each sub category for the sub categories to be judged separately.

- Choreographies  are recommended and will be given preference.
- Music is at discretion of the competitors. CSC recommends that you remain on the dance floor and keep routines between one and four minutes.

- Cabaret Crazy - Anything goes!  Total freedom is given to competitors as to the content of the performance.

- Cabaret Solo - the performance will be entirely solo swing dancing.

- The Strictly Rhythm and Blues is a couple’s competition in which groove, bounce and musicality are put forward.

- The dancers are evaluated on their ability to perform Rhythm N Blues music.

- The selection criteria will be: groove, creativity, improvisation and chemistry between partners.

- This competition does not value complex and acrobatic sequences. Short sequences are accepted.

- For safety reasons, any acrobatics during the All-Skate will be penalized or even a reason for disqualification.

- The finals will be in the form of a 1min Spotlight.

- The finals will be on a live band.

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**This competition is sponsored by Savoy Cup

- The object of this category is to highlight the best all-around Lindy Hop dancers in Canada, with strong emphasis on improvisation and choreography set on the music. Competitors must register with a partner.
- Proof of Canadian residency is required.
- 70% swing content required (ECS, Various forms of Shag, Balboa, Charleston, traditional jazz steps and of course Lindy Hop).
- Pre-choreographed sequences are allowed.
- Music is chosen by the organizers.
- Costumes and/or matching or themed clothes are allowed and encouraged.
- Break-a-ways, side-by-side patterns and partner support (aerials, lifts, drops, etc.) are encouraged.
- Prelims may or may not take place.  If the number of competitors registered is too high, the prelims may not contain spotlight format component.

- The finals will take place Spotlight-style in this order;

1nd song (150 bpm) - Begin all skate moving into Spotlight for each couple : half chorus (8x8) 
2nd Song (190 bpm)  - Jam Format: Each couple dances full chorus (16x8) of music first time through, half chorus (8x8) second time through, finish all-skate
3rd Song - Each couple dances full chorus (16x8) of music first time through, half chorus (8x8 ) second time through, finish all-skate
4th Song - Fast jam - anything goes, no order! no AABA structure
 

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- Music chosen by organizers.
- Prelims will be danced in all-skate heats, finals in spotlight/jam format.
- Competitors must register with a partner.

- The music will be chosen by the event.

- This division will be danced in waves (heat) and in all skate for the final.

- Competitors must register with a partner.

- CSC is committed to its original mission of giving future dance talent their first podium opportunity.
- Same rules as Intermediate Lindy Hop Mix & Match. Except:
- Participants should be new-to-dancing and competing, likely having danced less than one year.
- Participants must dance in their primary dance roles learned (lead/follow).

- CSC reserves the right to require participants to compete in the Intermediate Lindy Hop Mix and Match in the event of a doubt of a participants status as a newcomer to dancing.

- Improvised Lindy Hop.
- Competitors register individually

- Music will be chosen by the event.
- Participants cannot receive regular revenue from teaching or performing Lindy Hop, and cannot have placed in an Intermediate level Lindy Hop competition at a major contest event.

- Same rules as Intermediate Lindy Hop except:
Participants may be paid members of a performing or teaching organization and/or have placed in a Mix & Match competition.

- Same rules as Advanced Lindy Mix & Match, except:
This division is open to all participants and will offer a big money prize.

- Competitors register with a partner.
- Prelims consist of three songs in all-skate format.
- Music provided by the event for prelim
- Finals will be in spotlight jam format on live music.
- Judging is based on: blues aesthetic, respect of tempo, styling and originality of movement, and performance.

- They will be separated according to the levels of the World Swing Dance Council (WSDC):
-Novice
-Intermediate
-Advanced
-All-Star
- This division is divided into Novice/ Intermediate and Advanced/All-Star. The couple has to dance at the level of the highest rated partner in WSDC points.
- Partners only, no solos. Competitors must register with a partner.
- Costumes and/or matching or themed clothes are allowed and encouraged.
- Break-aways, drops and side by side patterns are permitted.

They will be separated according to the levels of the World Swing Dance Council (WSDC): Newcomer, Novice, Intermediate, Advanced, All-Star
- Improvised West Coast Swing.
- Competitors register independently according to their WSDC points. Partners are chosen at random and competitors will have to dance with more than one partner.
- Music chosen by the event.
- Individuals may be chosen to dance in a final if need be.

- Improvised Balboa
- Competitors register as individuals.
- Music will be chosen by the event.
 

- Competitors must register individually.

- Improvised swing: only balboa and bal-swing are allowed.- The music will be chosen by the event.

- The final could be done in “Spotlight”.

- Improvised Rockabilly Jive possibly with some pre-choreographed sequences.
- Competitors register with a partner.
- 70% of Rockabilly Jive content required.
- Music provided by the event will be Rockabilly/Rock & Roll/Jump Blues.
- Finals may be conducted in Spotlight fashion.

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- The CSCs continue to prioritize their primary mission - to enable future Canadian talent to stand on the podium for the first time.

​- Improvised Rockabilly Jive.

​- Finals will be held in All Skates style.

​- Competitors must register individually.

​- The music chosen for the event will be Rockabilly/Rock & Roll/Jump Blues.

- Participants must be new to dance competitions and events. Participants should have been dancing for less than a year.

- Participants must dance in their first learned role (lead or follow).

​- The CSC reserves the right to ask you to move up a division if there is any doubt about your status as a newcomer to dance.

- Improvised Rockabilly Jive.

- Competitors must register individually.

- The music chosen for the event will be Rockabilly/Rock & Roll/Jump Blues.

- The finals will be held Spotlight-style.

- Participants may not receive and/or have received regular income from teaching or performing Rockabilly Jive. Participants may not have placed in an Open Jive competition at an event.

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- Format Tap-Out.

- All dancing at once.

- Songs going faster and faster.

- The CSCs continue to prioritize their primary mission - to enable future Canadian talent to stand on the podium for the first time.

- Competitors must register individually.

- Music chosen by the event

- Participants must be new to dance competitions and events. Participants should have been dancing for less than a year.

​- The CSC reserves the right to ask you to move up a division if there is any doubt about your status as a newcomer to dance.

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- Competitors must register individually.

- Open to all levels
- Music chosen by the event

- The finals will be on a live band.

- Participants may not receive and/or have received regular income from teaching or performing Rockabilly Jive. Participants may not have placed in an Open Jive competition at an event.

- Competitors register individually.
- Improvised solo vintage jazz dancing: 70% of vintage solo dance content is required (Charleston, Jazz, Soft Shoe, etc)
- Music provided by the event.
- Participants cannot receive regular revenue from teaching or performing dance.

- Competitors register individually.
- Improvised solo vintage jazz dancing: 70% of vintage solo dance content is required (Charleston, Jazz, Soft Shoe, etc)
- Music provided by the event.

- This division prelim will run as a tap-in format and final will be run directly after
**Participants cannot receive regular revenue from teaching or performing dance.

- Competitors register individually.
- Improvised solo vintage jazz dancing: 70% of vintage solo dance content is required (Charleston, Jazz, Soft Shoe, etc)
- Music provided by the event.
Participants cannot receive regular revenue from teaching or performing dance.

- Competitors register individually.
- Improvised solo vintage jazz dancing: 70% of vintage solo dance content is required (Charleston, Jazz, Soft Shoe, etc)
- Music provided by the event.
Participants cannot receive regular revenue from teaching or performing dance.

- Competitors register individually.
- Prelims consist of three songs in all-skate format.
- Music provided by the event for prelim
- Finals will be in spotlight jam format on live music.
- Judging is based on: blues aesthetic, respect of tempo, styling and originality of movement, and performance.