Dance Team Showdown
at the Ft. Wayne Dance For All
March 5,6,7,8 Ft. Wayne, Indiana Grand Wayne Center
Dance Team Showdown Event Hosts: Dale & Tanya Curry
In partnership with the World Dance Showdown
Call 260-466-2484 or email: hellotanyacurry@gmail.com for more information
Spotlight on Dance Teams
For the first time ever, The Ft. Wayne Dance For All will hold a Dance Team competition in conjunction with the Dance Team Showdown. Teams of all sizes, small to large, will compete or demonstrate their dance routines to share their love of dance with the Dance For All community. Dance Teams will perform in the Main Ballroom at the event.
Dance Teams will participate in the category of their choice based on their size, type and style of dance. More than one category can be entered with a different routine. Routines are 3-5 minutes long, done to country or non country music.
See the categories below for more details. Teams who prefer not to be scored can do a demo of their routine instead.
Refer to the Rules and Q & A pages on this website for more details. Dance Competition rules will be published on 12/15/25, All members on the competing dance team must have a weekend pass to the Ft. Wayne Dance For All. Visit www.ftwaynedanceforall.com for hotel and registration information.
Get information: Tanya Curry, 260-466-2484 or email: hellotanyacurry@gmail.com
Register for the Ft. Wayne Dance For All here:
click the link below
Dance Team
Choreography
Competition
We pick the song.
You create the routine.
Dance Teams dance individually, one at a time and judges pick the best routine to:
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Song to be released
January 1, 2026
Music available on Amazon
Dance Teams Everywhere,
The response to the Ft. Wayne Dance For All dance team competition has been tremendous. To give the teams their space to shine, teams will be dancing in the Main Ballroom at the event. Check the schedule and come watch this amazing rebirth of dance teams in 2026. Bring your friends and family to support these fantastic dance team. You can form a team and participate too. All teams, new and experienced are invited. See the Dance Team Showdown competition rules and guidelines posted on this website--updates made on November 1, 2024 are in red on the rules document.
Tanya Curry
260.466.2484
The Dance Team Experience You will remember forever
Select one or more of the dance categories below and choreograph your routines
LINE/SOLO
DANCE TEAM
Country
Music
3-5 Minute Routine
1 or more line dances
5 or more people
Country Music (up to 25% of the
music can be non country music )
LINE/SOLO
DANCE TEAM
Non Country
Music
3-5 Minute Routine
1 or more line dances
5 or more people
Non Country Music (up to 25% of the music can be country music )
LINE/SOLO
PARTNER
DUO, TRIO, QUAD
Country or Non Country
Music
3-5 Minute Routine
Line, Solo and/or Partner dances
2, 3 or 4 people
Your choice of music
Country/Non Country or Mix
PARTNER/SOLO
DANCE TEAM
Country
Music
3-5 Minute Routine
1 or more partner dances
5 or more people
Country Music (up to 25% of the music can be non country music )
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PARTNER/SOLO
DANCE TEAM
Non Country
Music
3-5 Minute Routine
1 or more partner dances
5 or more people
Non Country Music (up to 25% of the music can be country music )
SHOW-STOPPER
DANCE TEAM
Country or Non Country
Music
3-5 Minute Routine
Line, Solo and/or Partner Dances
3 or more people. Your choice of music, Country/Non Country or Mix.
Props and Sets allowed.
LEGACY
DANCE TEAM
Country or Non Country
Music
3-5 Minute Routine
Line or Partner Dancing
5 or more people age 55 or older
Country or
Non Country Music or Mix
DANCE TEAM
CHOREOGRAPHY
We pick
the music
3-5 Minute Routine
We pick the music.
5 or more people
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GRAND
CHAMPION
DANCE
TEAM
Everyone is a Champion.
Find out how you
can be the Ft. Wayne
Dance For All
Grand Champion Dance Team.
A dance team is a group of dancers who dance the same dances to their favorite music. Dance teams can dance a line dance, partner dance, solo dance (movements done as an individual dancer in sync with the whole group and done to emphasize parts of the music or to change formations) Dance Teams can include one or more line or partner dances in their routines, change formations, utilize vocals, hand motions, poses and freestyle elements in their routines. In the Show-Stopper competition category, dancers can use props and stage sets and include any forms or combination of styles of dancing and music in their routines.
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To start a dance team, get your friends together, select your favorite dances and music, choreograph a routine and start practicing. It is recommended that you practice once a week for two hours each time. Everyone should show up for every practice to achieve team unity and learn the routine together.
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Depending on the complexity of your routine and the level of dancers on your team, it could take 6 weeks to 3 months to learn one 3-5 minute routine with 2 hours of practice a week. Combine multiple routines into a dance show lasting 15-30 minutes or longer.
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Once the routine is mastered, the team can perform at public functions, like fair and festivals, concerts, private parties, corporate events, shopping centers, clubs, bars, dance studios, even hospitals, nursing homes, flash mobs and anywhere an audience exists.
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Get your team together and come to the Dance Team Showdown and join other teams to get ideas, have fun, support each other and share the love of team dancing.