Rule Reminder - New Vogue Performance Restrictions
What are New Vogue Performance Restrictions?
As per the Approved Syllabus, the development of basic technique is prioritised for all dancers during their early years of learning and in New Vogue this is achieved by restricting their performance to the technique as described in the accepted reference publications.
In particular, the hold must be maintained in all instances.
Hence this rule is often referred to as ‘New Vogue Arm Restrictions’.
Who do the restrictions apply to?
- Juvenile – All events
- Junior – C and B Grade only
- Recreational – All events
- Amateur Division – C Grade only
Which technique books are approved by DSA?
DanceSport Australia has accepted the following publications as being technical reference manuals for the New Vogue style:
The technique of the Championship and Competition Dances by Neville Boyd
Revised Edition
By Russ Hesketh. Revised Edition
DSA acknowledges that there are differences between the accepted technical manuals and those differences are a matter of opinion. DSA does not attempt to judge one manual as being preferable to the other and further accepts that such judgment will remain the prerogative of the coach or competitor.
What does UNRESTRICTED performance allow?
Competitors dancing in unrestricted Divisions and Grades are permitted a reasonable relaxation of hold for the purposes of style and expression.
The technique (i.e. alignment, timing, positions of feet, amount of turn etc.) must be maintained in all instances.
Reasonable relaxation allows for a release or relocation of the hand contact whilst retaining the general line or shape of categorised hold. It does NOT extend to the adoption of a different hold or the use of ‘NO HOLD’ where a hold is described as part of the technique in the publications accepted as reference manuals by DSA.
DanceSport Australia website link... STANDARDISED GENERAL COMPETITION TECHNIQUE FOR THE NEW VOGUE CHAMPIONSHIP DANCES
