different regions.

The characteristic of the dance is basically stationary, although the couple can move with walks and

turns across the floor. Most of the time it is danced in double or one hand hold in every variation like

cross hand hold, right in right hand and others. Wrap figures, spin turns, pivot turns, throw outs, let go

and catch again actions are the main characteristics of the dance. Natural hip movements are accepted.

Posing as over sways, leans, checks, drops and points are allowed.

Discofox is danced in open or closed facing position with different handholds. It consists of basic steps

and basic step variation which are in the rhythm 1 2 X. X can be 3, &3, a3, 3&, 3a. Examples are 1 2

& 3, 1 2 3&, 1 2 a3. Any combination of those counts, like 1& 2& 3 are allowed as variation of

the basic step.

Poses and drops are allowed.

On acrobatic figures and lines there is a limit of two per performance. During a performance is allowed:

- One acrobatic figure and one line or

- Two acrobatic figures or

- Two lines.

Acrobatic figures and lines during the intro of the “fast” part of the Final are free.

An acrobatic figure is when:

An acrobatic figure is not allowed if:

Definition of a line figure

Dance music in Disco style in 4/4 or 2/4 timing.

In the Fast Dance, the Slow Dance and the Slow Dance in the Final the organizer chooses the music. In the

Fast Dance of the final round, the couple may use music of their choice. In that case the couple provides a

high quality recording on CD. If a couple has no own music the organizer will provide a choice of at least

three pieces.

Fast Dance 90 seconds

30 – 36 bars per minute in 4/4 timing

120 – 144 beats per minute in 4/4 timing

Slow Dance 60 seconds

20 – 26 bars per minute in 4/4 timing

80 – 104 beats per minute in 4/4 timing

Fast Final 120 - 135 seconds including introduction of a maximum of 20 seconds.

Shorter music is not accepted. Longer music will be faded out after 135

seconds.

After the introduction the music must comply to:

30 – 36 bars per minute in 4/4 timing

120 – 144 beats per minute in 4/4 timing

Slow Final 60 seconds

20 – 26 bars per minute in 4/4 timing

80 – 104 beats per minute in 4/4 timing

Organizer’s music in preliminaries and semi-final.

In the Preliminary and Semi final Rounds up to 6 couples dance at the same time depending on the size of

dance floor. First a Slow Dance with a length of 60 seconds and after a short pause of 10 seconds a Fast

Dance with a length of 90 seconds. The intro part of the music should be not longer than 20 seconds. The

music should end in a slow fade out after a short louder part. The slow and the fast dance together should be

not longer than 3 minutes.

First round:

40% of the couples are directly qualified for the next round. The remaining couples dance a lucky loser

round (Hope round) where another third (20% of all couples) are qualified for the next round. In total 60%

of all couples will be qualified for the second round.

The Slow and the Fast round will be evaluated as different dances by the adjudicators. This means that a

judge may give one couple one cross in the “Slow dance” but no cross in the “Fast dance”. In this way the

maximum amount of crosses for one couple to qualify for the next round will be 14 crosses from 7 judges.

In general 6 couples are qualified for the Final Round. Depending on the marks there may be no less than 5

and no more than 8 couples in the Final round.

The Music for the Slow Performance is of the organizers choice. Each couple will have a different piece of

music. The music and the start order are chosen by random choice. Each couple is dancing 60 seconds to the

music. The adjudicators will evaluate the Slow dance performance, as a separate dance.

Each couple is dancing a Fast Performance on music of their own choice with a length of 120 up to 135

seconds. Please refer to the paragraph “5. Music” for music definition.

The start order is the same than in the Slow Round. The judging starts with the first tone of the music. The

dancing intro should not be longer than 20 seconds. Afterwards the first recognizable Disco Fox step must

be danced. The adjudicators will evaluate the Fast dance performance, as a separate dance.

After that all couples has danced their solo performance, all couples will dance together for 90 seconds to

music of the organizers choice.

The adjudicators will place each couple in the order of merit for first the Slow dance Performance and will

than place each couple in the order of merit for the Fast dance Performance. The over-all placing of the

couples will be decided by the Skating system over the two dances.