Competitive Ballroom Dancing is a highly competitive sport that is a lot of fun and great for your fitness. There are competitions happening all over Australia almost every weekend with people from almost ever age group involved.

Ballroom Dancing Competitions are held throughout Australia in capital cities and regional centers throughout the year. They are great spectacles of the skill that is involved with Ballroom Dancing. Dancers compete in three styles, over 5 grades in 6 different age groups. This means that whoever you are, no matter experienced you are, there is a competition for you.

There are three different styles that couples compete in during Ballroom Dancing competitions, these are Modern Ballroom, Latin American and New Vogue. Latin is the most popular of these forms, especially with the younger couples and is the most fiercely competitive, with many couples only competing in this style. In the different styles there are 5 grades. You begin at level 1 and work your way through to level 5 by winning at different competitions, there is also an Open level where dancers from different levels compete against each other. There are also 6 different age levels for dancers, Juvenile, Junior, Youth, Adult, Masters 1 and Masters 2. All of this means that you are only competing against people of your own age and skill level, in the styles that you want. If you arent sure if competition is your thing, you can start off with individual events where you dance with a more experienced dancer in only one or two dances.

Competitive Ballroom Dancers compete in high quality events and because of this they need to be fit and prepared for competitions. Dancers train almost every day and for several hours per session perfecting their routines and techniques, they also have several private lessons with their coaches during the week. A lot of work also goes into their outfits with a lot of time and money being spent of dresses, shoes and outfits as every dancer wants to look their best.

If you are interested in going along or getting involved with competitions go along to your local studio and ask for some information or check out the Dancesport Australia website. There are Ballroom Dancing Competitions held throughout Australia and they are great spectacles, especially events such as the Queensland Open, South pacific Championships, World Super Stars at Jupiters on the Gold Coast and the Australian Championships held every year in Melbourne, there will be a competition for you no matter who you are or where you are from. Go along and have a look, you are sure to enjoy competitive Ballroom Dancing.

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