A student amateur competitor competing in a Dancesport Competition with a professional partner/instructor.
Following are the NDCA PRO/Am Student Competitor Guidelines and Restrictions:
a. A Pro/Am Student Competitor competes with a professional partner.
b. A Pro/Am Student Competitor competes in Ballroom dance purely as an avocation.
c. A Pro/Am Student Competitor does not teach Ballroom dance under any circumstances.
Note: Ballroom dance is any dance that is included in any NDCA sanctioned Pro/Am competition or
championship event, and is not limited to the traditional championship dances.
d. A Pro/Am Student Competitor may neither demonstrate nor give shows for compensation in any style of Ballroom dance.
e. A Pro/Am Student Competitor is permitted to enter Ballroom dance “Pro/Am Scholarship Events” which offer monetary prizes. In this case, any prize money awarded belongs to the Pro./Am Student Competitor, not to the professional, and the Pro/Am Student Competitor may decide how it is to be used.
f. Pro/Am Student Competitors who are found to be in violation of any of the above definitions, will
not be permitted to continue to compete in NDCA sanctioned competitions or championships, and
the organizers of all NDCA sanctioned competitions and championships will be so notified.
Should the Pro/Am Student Competitor cease the activity that violated the above definitions, his
or her right to compete as a Pro/Am Student Competitor in NDCA sanctioned competitions and
championships may be restored upon application to the NDCA. A waiting period may or may not
be required when such reinstatements are made.
(1) It is within the province of the Ballroom department to discipline by way of suspension and/or
fines the professional partner of an amateur competing in pro/am competitions who is found
to be teaching ballroom dance lessons.