Shooting Stars

Studio List

NorCal/Bay Area Just Dance Ballroom Fruitvale, CA Starlite Ballroom San Jose, CA Dance Vita San Mateo, CA Rose Ballroom Emeryville, CA Greater Los Angeles Area Westmor Dance Studios Koreatown, Los Angeles, CA Soho Dance LA Los Angeles, CA Club One Studio Costa Mesa, CA Sloan and Sloan School of Dance Glendale, CA  Vivo Dancesport Center Hacienda Heights, CA Hollywood Academy of Dance Van Nuys, CA […]

Leadership Development and Teaching Workshops

Leadership Development Resources Leadership Development Folder Leadership Development Seminar Teaching Workshop Notes Teaching Workshop Notes Recruitment Workshop Notes

Syllabus and Figure Resources

Syllabus and Figure Resources Ballroom Guide – charts and videos for International Standard & Latin NDCA YouTube channel – NDCA syllabus videos  Official NDCA Syllabus Official USADance Syllabus CDA Bronze Guide

Music Resources

Music Resources CDA Spotify Playlists – Competition speed music Unless otherwise marked, all playlists are NDCA-approved tempo Smooth Music: Waltz (30 mpm) Tango (30 mpm) Foxtrot (30 mpm) Viennese Waltz (53 mpm) International Standard: Waltz (29 mpm) Tango (32 mpm) Foxtrot (28 mpm) Viennese Waltz (58 mpm) Quick-Step (50 mpm) International Latin: Cha Cha (31 […]

Fair Level Certification

What is Fair Level Certification? Fair Level Certification is an opt-in program offered by CDA to member colleges to assist in ensuring fair levels of competition at intercollegiate dancesport competitions. Fair Level is based on the philosophy that space should be kept for new and less experienced dancers to be successful at entry levels of […]

Costume Guidelines

Purpose CDA believes in minimizing financial barriers to new dancers, real or apparent. In support of that, CDA offers this set of guidelines to define what constitutes a dancesport “costume” with these ends in mind: to improve clarity across the dancesport community to avoid conflicting definitions across participating collegiate competitions to be objective, simple, and […]