• Little League - 6 years old and under
• Future Hall of Famers - 7 and 8 year olds
• Junior - 9-11 years old
• Teen - 12-14 years old
• Senior - 15-19 years old
• 20+

• Solos: 3 minutes
• Duet/Trio: 3 minutes
• Small Group: 3 minutes
• Large Group: 4 minutes
• Line: 4 minutes
• Productions: 8 minutes

If your routine goes over the time guidelines by 30 seconds or more, you must note this upon registration where you will pay a fee for the extended time.

• Jazz - Contains traditional jazz movements and technique.
• Tap - Scored on tap technique.
• Lyrical- Dancers interpret the lyrics, mood and content of the music.
• Contemporary - Routine incorporating lyrical or jazz movement fused with modern elements.
• Hip Hop - Street or contemporary jazz-funk.
• Musical Theatre - A routine interpreting a song from a Broadway or Movie Musical.
• Character - A routine portraying an easily recognizable character.
• Ballet - Includes classical or contemporary ballet movements and technique. Ballet slippers only.
• Production- Must be 4-8 minutes long. May contain any style or combination of styles.
• Pointe - Must include classical or contemporary pointe technique and steps. Pointe shoes only.
• Acro-Dance - Combines gymnastic and dance choreography. Must contain at least 50% dance choreography.
• Modern - Consists of modern technique, movement and choreography.
• Pom Pon - Performed with pom pons for at least 75 percent of the routine.
• Dance Team/ Kickline - Must consist of traditional dance team and kickline choreography.
• Clogging - Performed in clogging shoes using clogging technique.
• Open - Any style of dance or combination of styles.
• Parent – recreational parent category. All Parent routines will compete as recreational.
• Pro/Am - Any routine that contains a professional dancer.

1. Create a free account by selecting a username and password.
2. Enter your contact information and student list only once.
3. Fill in the simple online entry form to submit your entries.
4. Log in to your account at any time to review your entries, add entries, or to make changes.

2021 UPDATE: FULL Refunds will be provided to the studio if an event is canceled or postponed by Hall of Fame. Studios, at their sole option, may also choose to move their entry fees to any other HOF event, including their rebooked event. In all other instances, any fee changes to entries that occur after registration and payment, including the studio deleting routines/dancers, will be issued to the studio as a never-expiring credit to a future Hall of Fame or League of Champions event.

All Entry fees can be found in your online account. Please note that payment by credit card will incur a 4% convenience fee. Please send payment by check or wire transfer to avoid this fee.

A soloist may compete in up to three solos in a regional competition. The routines must be in different performance categories. Only the highest scoring solo will appear in the top scores.

At Nationals, a soloist may compete up to two solos as long as he or she would have been qualified to perform those solos at a regional event or his or her studio has entered groups in the competition. If time & scheduling permits, we will open the National competition to additional solos, and soloists may compete up to 3 solos, as in regionals.

All routines must be entered under a studio name. Hall of Fame does not accept entries independently of a studio.

A studio may not compete against itself in the same category with identical performers.

This is a family event, sexually explicit dance or music will not be tolerated. No exceptions.

Props should be setup and removed from stage within two minutes. Please do not build props backstage this presents a danger to our performers. Dangerous props are not allowed. Performers can not stand above 6'6” on the prop. Props which exceed 10'6" in height cannot be guaranteed to fit on stage. Hall of Fame will not supply power.

Except for technical difficulties on the part of Hall of Fame, re-performance of any routine will be adjudicated only. If a junior, teen, or senior dancer leaves the stage without completing a performance, regardless of whether or not the dancer re-performs, the routine will be awarded a Participation Award and will not be eligible for high scores. 8 and under dancers may re-perform the routine for adjudication only and not be eligible for high scores. If the 8 and under dancer does not re-perform the routine, the routine will be awarded a Participation Award.

With the exception of the number of dancers in a routine, any challenges or concerns regarding an entry may be made to the competition director by a studio director/teacher only, before the awards ceremony for that routine. Any discrepancy in the number of dancers performing and the category entered at the time of their performance will result in the routine being adjudicated only. Adjudicated only routines are not eligible for high scores or the cruise. All judging decisions are final.

By performing at Hall of Fame Dance Challenge, you are consenting to the use of photographs and/or video footage for promotional purposes, which includes streaming your routines live on ustream.

There will be no filming or photography of any routines that violate copyright laws including, but not limited to, depictions of Moulin Rouge.

When the venue and circumstances allow it, Hall of Fame permits dimming of the lights for one routine per studio per competition.

NEW IN 2020 No substances of any kind are allowed on stage. This includes, but is not limited to: baby powder, flour, sand, glitter, powdered rosin, lotion, confetti, water, and paint. This rule applies even if you have a clean-up team. No helium or haze of any kind is allowed on stage.

2021 UPDATE: Masks will be required by all audience members, dancers, and participants throughout the venue. The only exception is that dancers will not be required to wear masks on stage unless it is required by local (state, city, county) government or by the venue. We will inform you as soon as we know about mask policies for each event. In cities where masks are required by dancers on stage, face shields are not considered masks. As of 3/1/21, at any event where dancers are required by local government or the venue to wear masks on stage, any routine that breaks the mask policy, including but not limited to wearing face shields on stage instead of a mask, will be disqualified from overalls. Mask policies are subject to change based on local and venue requirements.

All solos, duet/trios, and groups will be judged on a point system. Based upon the total score of three judges, each act will receive a high-silver, gold, high-gold, or platinum ranking. In the American League only, each act receiving a total score of 293.5 and higher will receive a GRAND SLAM ranking.

Awards for each solo and duet/trio will receive a beautiful plaque and each participant will receive a custom enamel pin. All GROUP dancers will receive a custom enamel lapel pin for each of their dances. (Plaques for teen and senior solos and duet/trios will be upon request).

As always, studios with group performances will receive a beautiful commemorative poster, which will be presented on stage at the final group award ceremony for the weekend.

1st Place Designations: A routine is designated as a 1st place (high gold and platinum only, depending on score) if it is the highest scoring routine for each age AND subject. For example, if there are four 11-year-old jazz solos in a junior solo category, the highest scoring 11-year-old solo receives a 1st place (high gold and platinum only, depending on score.) Only high gold and platinum scores can receive first place designations.