OPEN ATTIRE GUIDELINES

COSTUME SPECIFICATIONS FOR PRE-TEEN

We adhere to the NDCA Pre-Teen costume rules, found in the NDCA rule book:

COSTUME SPECIFICATIONS FOR ADULT, YOUTH, JUNIOR

WOMEN
  • Shoulders
    • Shoulders require stoned straps or fabric. Straps must be a minimum of 1/4 inch in width. Flesh colored fabric must be heavily stoned.
  • Bodice
    • Bust must be fully covered, including the sides, with no plunging necklines.
    • Front and sides of the bodice must be covered with solid non-sheer fabric.
    • Back of bodice must be covered in solid non-sheer fabric from three inches above the waist down.
    • Open backs must taper inward to a point no lower than three inches above the waistline.
    • Flesh-tone fabrics require heavy use of rhinestones or similar decorations so as not to reveal the skin or create a similar effect.
    • Halter tops are not allowed.
  •  Skirts
    • Must reach mid-thigh in length.
    • May not use transparent fabric above mid-thigh for the Latin, Rhythm, and Cabaret styles.
    • May be broken or slitted from the trunk line down and fully cover the legs when not in motion.
    • Fringe skirts must reach mid-thigh in the front, back, and sides and must be thick enough to fully cover the legs when not in motion.
    • Flesh-tone fabrics require heavy use of rhinestones or similar decorations that do not reveal the skin or create a similar effect.
  • Trunks
    • Full coverage dance trunks are required.
    • No flesh tone fabric.
  • Fishnets
    • Fishnets or tights are required for lady competitors in the Adult Amateur Cabaret.
MEN
  • Shirts
    • Back and sides of the shirt may be of a sheer fabric.
    • Front of the shirt must be of a solid non-sheer fabric.
    • The front of the shirt must also come to a closed point.