COPAA Scoring Criteria Across Departments
Delve into the detailed scoring guidelines for COPAA’s Performing Arts, Street Dance, Couple Dance, Majorettes Sport, and Cheerleading departments, each designed to uphold fairness and excellence.
Learn how each department’s scoring reflects skill, creativity, and performance quality, ensuring clear and consistent judging standards.
Performing Arts
- Acrobatic Dance
- Modern Contemporary
- Jazz Dance
- Lyrical Dance
- Folk Dance
- Ballet (Open Classical)
- Oriental Dance
- Tap Dance
3D system is used for the evaluation.
Criteria:
Technique, Composition, Image
In preliminary rounds – crossing system
In final round – placing system
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- Show Dance
4D system is used for the evaluation.
Criteria:
Technique, Composition, Image, Show Value
In preliminary rounds – crossing system
In final round – placing system
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- Ballet Repertoire
2D system is used for the evaluation.
Criteria:
Technique, Image
In preliminary rounds – crossing system
In final round – placing system
Street Dance
- Hip Hop
- Disco Dance
- Disco Slow
- Popping
- Locking
- Commercial
3D system is used for the evaluation.
Criteria:
Technique, Composition, Image
In preliminary rounds – crossing system
In final round – placing system
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- Street Dance Show
4D system is used for the evaluation.
Criteria:
Technique, Composition, Image, Show Value
In preliminary rounds – crossing system
In final round – placing system
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- Hip Hop Battles
- Breaking
Spider system is used for the evaluation.
Criteria:
Technique, Musicality, Image
In preliminary rounds – spider system
In final round – placing system
Couple Dances
- Latin Style (Cha-cha-cha, Samba, Rumba, Paso-Doble, Jive)
- Salsa
- Bachata
- Standard Style (Waltz, V W, Tango, Foxtrot, Quick Step)
Crossing and placing system is used for the evaluation.
Criteria:
Technique, Composition, Image
In preliminary rounds – crossing system
In final round – placing system
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- Latin Show
- Caribbean Show
4D system is used for the evaluation.
Criteria:
Technique, Composition, Image, Show Value
In preliminary rounds – crossing system
In final round – placing system
Majorette Sports and Cheerleading
- Batton stage
- Pom pom Stage
- Cheer Dance
4D system is used for the evaluation.
Criteria:
Technique, Composition, Image, Difficulty
In preliminary rounds – crossing system
In final round – placing system
