Show:
Title Dancers
Dance Off
Awards
Grab Bag
100
The new Title competition for Nova and Classic dancers.
What is Emerging Artist?
100
The Top 5 performances from each Select solo and duet/trio division and age class compete in this.
What is Quest for the Best?
100
Performances in this level may win Top Scores but will not re-compete.
What is Nova?
100
This term means you don’t need to participate in Regionals in order to compete at Finals.
What is Open Invitational?
200
The Top 3 male & female Title contestants in each age class recompete in this.
What is the Elite 8 or Emerging Artist Dance Off?
200
The Top 5 of these from each Classic group division and age class compete in the Classic Dance-Off.
What are studios?
200
The daughter of our CEO, who once won Top Score at World Finals in Chicago.
Who is Jayme Wappel?
200
A fun celebration for the dancers, often Hawaiian-themed, that takes place on the third evening of Finals.
What is the pizza party?
300
A 2000 film about a young coal miner’s son who becomes a ballet dancer.
What is Billy Elliot?
300
The number of new judges flown in for Quest for the Best.
What are four?
300
Male Title winners receive this as a gift in place of a tiara.
What is a cap?
300
Throughout the week, these are led by our judges and offered to all dancers for free.
What are master classes?
400
The maximum number of routines a soloist may enter for a World Elite 8 Title.
What is unlimited?
400
2016 song released by Macklemore and Ryan Lewis, with a music video featuring British actor Idris Elba.
What is Dance Off?
400
They present the special awards onstage at Finals, though not at Regionals.
Who are the judges?
400
Michael Ian Cedar once dropped his pants backstage to force this staff member to Emcee.
Who is Caitlyn Pickering?