EVENT RULES

STAGE TANGO

Couples in this category each perform one tango to their selected music. All entrants in this category will automatically be accepted to participate in the Semi-finals on Thursday, 24 April, 2008 at the City Recital Hall Angel Place in Sydney.

SALON TANGO

In this category qualifying rounds will be conducted at scheduled milongas held throughout capital and other cities in Australia from March to April 2008.
You and your partner gain the opportunity to dance three unrehearsed tangos, with a group of up to 10 couples. The selection panel will judge your ability to perform specific Salón steps. Please refer to the "Qualifying Rounds" page for the locations of milongas where you may qualify.

Entry

The cost of entry and participation in the Australian Tango Championship for each category will be $50 per person.
Entry is open to couples of any nationality who can prove at least six months of residence within Australia and who are 18 years old as of the date of commencement of the Championship. [Additionally, applicants normally resident in regions nearest to Australia where a Regional Tango Championship is not being conducted are eligible to enter.]
Duplicate or more entries in the same category are not allowed. However, any competitor may enter in a different category with the same or a different partner.

Tango Championship Contest Rules

The Tango Salón category shall comprise three stages:

· Qualifying Round
· Semi-finals
· Finals.

In the Tango Salón category, couples shall dance three times in groups, with recorded or live music to be selected by the Judging Panel.

Be sure you understand the Salon Tango Rules.

The Tango Stage category shall comprise two stages:

· Semi-finals
· Finals

In the Tango Stage category, each couple shall dance once, with music selected and provided by the couple in CD format, for a period not exceeding four (4) minutes. Since the Judging Panel shall evaluate the variety of choreographies presented, it is recommended that competitiors use different choreographies for the Semi-finals and Finals of the National Championship, although this point is not mandatory.

Be sure you understand Stage Tango Rules

The Judging Panel

The Australian Tango Championship Judging Panel, composed of at least three members, and always made up of an odd number, shall be appointed by the authorities of the World Tango Championship.

The Judging Panel shall be entitled to remove participants from the competition in case of:

a) non-compliance with regulatory provisions;
b) loss of ethics or an improper act that may tarnish the Championship image or cause dislike by the audience

All decisions by the Judging Panel are final. It is assumed that participants have agreed to this condition when entering.

In case of doubt or disagreement, the interested party shall not address the Judging Panel directly but shall present the case in writing in English to the Local Producer / Organising Committee.

The Judging Panel together with the Local Producer shall duly solve any issue not contemplated in these regulations and shall provide such clarifications or constructions thereof as they may deem necessary.

In the event of a tie or as the Judging Panel may determine, competitors shall dance as many times as required, for the former to be able to make a final decision; competitors cannot refuse to dance.

Scores of each presentation are drawn from the sum of points allocated by each Judge on a 1- to- 10 point scale according to the format described below.

The Judging Panel shall select as many couples from the Qualifying Rounds as they deem worthy to progress to the Semi-finals.

The Judging Panel shall select couples from the Semi Finals for the Salón and Stage divisions to progress to the finals in each Division.

The Judging Panel shall select a winning couple of each category from the Finals. Furthermore, they shall award prizes and special mentions for the second and third place and shall be entitled to award other mentions as they deem suitable.