• Newcomer — Started dancing no earlier than August 2024. While there is no syllabus restriction for this level, we recommend that you attempt only steps in the Bronze syllabus.
• Bronze — Started dancing no earlier than January 2023. Only Bronze syllabus steps may be danced.
• Silver — Only Bronze and Silver syllabus steps may be danced.
• Gold — Only Bronze, Silver, and Gold syllabus steps may be danced. No open work.
• Pre-Championship/Open — Open work permitted and encouraged
• Open (to all) and Fun events — No syllabus restriction

(These rules do not apply to fun events)

• Gender-neutral partnerships are allowed. Other rules must be followed, including:
• Non-traditional partnerships must register with a declared leader and follower.
  • Level restrictions apply (a gold leader may not follow silver).
  • No role switching allowed.
• No person can dance the same dance in more than one level (someone leading gold standard waltz may not lead or follow silver standard waltz).
• Leaders who are not recalled from the first round of a bronze dance may lead a TBA follower in newcomer in that dance. 

You may only compete in one level for a particular dance/style.
This means that you cannot do both Bronze and Silver American Style Foxtrot, but you can do Bronze American Style Foxtrot and Silver International Style Foxtrot.

Exception: If you are dancing in Gold or Open, you may also dance in Pre-Championship. There are also a few “Open” (fun) events that are open to all and not subject to this restriction.

DC DanceSport Inferno has changed its point system this year. In order to become more inline with other competitions on the East Coast, we will be using  the YCN point system to enforce level-out restrictions. Click here to learn more about the YCN point system.

Ballroom at Maryland and DCDI believe that people who want to dance should have the opportunity to do so at our competitions. To help with this vision, the DCDI committee has created a unique TBA partner-matching system. Learn about that system here.

The competition is open to competitors of all ages, but only the Adult age category is offered. Youth, student, senior and adult competitors will all compete in the same events.

The organizers of this event have the right to cancel or combine events as deemed necessary. Please contact the organizers at organizers@dcdancesportinferno.com.