DanceMakers is excited to offer a streamlined and contactless registration check-in. New this year, all studios will receive their registration kits in the mail pre-event. Our admin team will be sending each studio a tracking number and all kits will be delivered by the Wednesday before the event. If you have any changes that need to be made please send a detailed list of these to our admin team by 10am on the Thursday before your city and we will have them ready for you at our registration desk for a swift pick up process.
We ask all studios to distribute wristbands and scholarship numbers to their dancers before coming to the venue, which will significantly help with social distancing standards at venues.
We ask that all competition music is uploaded to support our contactless check in. If you need assistance, please contact our admin team prior to your event to assist.
We are working with all venues to provide larger ballroom space for convention to accommodate social distancing. In some instances, age divisions will have more than one ballroom. More info to come per city.
Mask Regulations: All attendees are required to wear a mask while in public spaces including pre-function space, convention classrooms, and competition setting. Masks while dancing will be based off the local mandates surrounding masks while exercising as dancing is an exercise. If local mandates do not require masks while dancing (exercising) DanceMakers will not require, but highly suggest wearing a mask while in our convention ballrooms and dancing.
DanceMakers will now have industry forward thermal temperature scanners at each ballroom door for additional safety measures. All attendees will be required to have their temperature taken at the door before entering the ballrooms for convention and competition. Once you have been cleared you will receive a colored wristband that is good for admittance for that day only. This wristband will gain you access to all DanceMakers activities along with your designated DanceMakers classroom wristband.
All attendees will be required to sign a Covid-19 waiver. Our admin team will be contacting all studios directly to execute this process once your registration is completed.
DanceMakers will be a cashless event including registration, merchandise and photo booth purchases.
Our official autograph session will be canceled.
We will not be issuing our complimentary DanceMakers teacher coffee mugs due to safety protocols.
DanceMakers and all venues will be continuously cleaning throughout the event to support a safe environment. This includes throughout the entire hotel, event space, registration, merchandise and photo booths in our pre-function space as well as all stages.
DanceMakers will continue to offer our FULL refund policy for any events canceled due to the COVID-19 guidelines. All refunds for canceled events will be returned within 10-15 business days post event. If you choose to pay with a credit card, there will be a credit card processing fee of 3% deducted from your total refund. If you choose to pay with a check there will be no processing fee deducted and you will receive your full total paid. This policy will only be available if the event in its entirety is canceled.
All attendees will be required to have their temperature taken at the door before entering the ballrooms for convention. Once you have been cleared you will receive a stamp that is good for admittance for that day only. This stamp will gain you access to all DanceMakers activities along with your designated wristband.
Classroom water stations will not be provided due to safety protocols. Please come prepared.
Classrooms will be limited to registered dancers and teachers only. No observers will be allowed in the convention ballrooms in order to limit the amount of people in each room. The exception to this will be our Camp Dance classroom. We ask that each studio only have one observer in this room, but understand with this age group if that is not possible. We are planning accordingly to have larger ballrooms available.
All dancers will report directly to their classrooms on Saturday and Sunday morning. Our Warm Up and Dance Party with our faculty will be conducted in each classroom.
DanceMakers will now be offering LIVE Streaming for all competition.
All seating for competition will be based on current CDC and local guidelines in your city.
Observers for competition will be limited based on the square footage of the ballroom. We ask that you help us by limiting observers and watching your dancers only. Once the room hits the capacity the room will be closed. Please remember to check out our Live Stream.
We will be limiting backstage to dancers only.
We will be limiting the number of routines staged backstage.
We ask that all competition music is uploaded to support our contactless check in. If you need assistance, please contact our admin team prior to your event to assist.
Dancers will not be required to wear masks while performing or as they travel from dressing room to backstage, but are welcome to! They must stay with their team at all times. Our staff will be assisting with social distancing between studios. If your dancers choose to wear masks while performing there will be no point deductions.
DanceMakers has decided there will not be in-person awards until the pandemic of Covid-19 is resolved. This does include the Wrap It Ceremony on Sunday.
All adjudication awards on Friday and Saturday following competition, as well as the Wrap It Ceremony on Sunday, will be streamed live. The live stream will be available to watch on all your mobile devices, tablets and/or computers.
DanceMakers is introducing our NEW At Home! Awards Kits! They will be available for contactless pick up on Sunday starting at 12:00 pm. These kits will include your awards from all our adjudication award ceremonies on Friday and Saturday, as well as your awards for the Wrap It Ceremony. The awards from the Wrap It Ceremony will be in a sealed envelope and we ask for these not to be opened until post Wrap It Ceremony on Sunday afternoon. Within your At Home! Awards Kit each dancer in each routine will receive a “trading card” of their adjudication award as well as any overall awards! We invite you to have an in-studio awards ceremony where you and your dancers can celebrate all of your hard work!
DanceMakers will still be offering our DanceAgain! Awards. These are our judges' favorite routines from the entire competition, nondependent on scores. These routines will have their performances from Friday or Saturday streamed live during our Wrap It Ceremony on Sunday! Be sure to tune in to the Wrap It Ceremony to see if your routine was chosen to DanceAgain!
The timing of our Wrap It Ceremony stream will be adjusted to allow dancers to pack up from the event. Please see your city’s schedule for timing!