Prize Money
Prize Money and Awards
Professional Open Division
OPEN PROFESSIONAL AWARDS: Total $16,400
Open Ballroom, Latin, Smooth, Rhythm
- 1st Place
$1,200
- 2nd Place
$1,000
- 3rd Place
$700
- 4th Place
$400
- 5th Place
$300
- 6th Place
$200
Professional Show Dance
OPEN PROFESSIONAL SHOW DANCE AWARDS: Total $1,200
- 1st Place
$500.00
- 2nd Place
$300.00
- 3rd Place
$200.00
- 4th Place
$100.00
- 5th Place
$50.00
- 6th Place
$50.00
Top Teacher Awards
2021 TOP TEACHER AWARDS:
Top Teacher prize money for 2021 listed below.
1st – $5000; 2nd- $3000: 3rd – $2000; 4th – $1000; 5th – $700; 6th – $500
Pro/am entries only. All entries must be danced to be eligible for the bonus.
- Top Teacher Qualifications: Must have a minimum of 50 Pro/Am Entries
- For 1st, 2nd, 3rd and 4th places, the teacher must have a minimum of 250, 200, 150 and 100 Pro/Am entries respectively. Teacher must meet minimum entry requirements for prize money. In the event the 1st, 2nd, 3rd and 4th top teacher does not meet the minimum requirements, prize money will be awarded according to the minimum number of entries required for each place.
- All dances must be danced to qualify for top teacher points which include qualification for Pro/Am DanceSport Series entries.
- Calculation of Entries: Each single dance counts as 1 entry. Multi-dance events count as 2 entries. Closed scholarship events count as 2 entries. Open scholarship events count as 3 entries.
Placement Points to Teachers for each Pro/Am or Student/Student Entry:
**Adult Single and 3 Dance Entry; Pro/Am Multi 4 or 5 Dance Entries are doubled
For each 1st Place 8 points
For each 2nd Place 7 points
For each 3rd Place 6 points
For each 4th Place 5 points
For each 5th Place 4 points
For each 6th Place 3 points
For each 7th Place 2 points
For each 8th Place 1 point
For each and every recall from preliminary rounds 1 point
**If a placement is in an uncontested division, the points will be halved.
- 1st Place
$5,000.00
- 2nd Place
$3,000.00
- 3rd Place
$2,000.00
- 4th Place
$1,000.00
- 5th Place
$750.00
- 6th Place
$500.00
- 7th Place
$250.00
- 8th Place
$100.00
Professional Rising Star Divisions
- 1st Place
- 2nd Place
- 3rd Place
- 4th Place
- 5th Place
- 6th Place