November 8 - 9, 2024
BYU Wilkinson Center
Costume Specifications for Junior, Youth, & Adult

2023 BYU DANCESPORT CHAMPIONSHIPS
COSTUME SPECIFICATIONS FOR: ADULT AMATEUR, YOUTH, JUNIOR I, JUNIOR II

Below are the costume specifications for all amateur costumed events. No entry will be considered fully accepted without final costume approval. All Adult Amateur, Senior, Under-21, Youth, Junior II, and Junior I costumes must be approved no later than two hours before their event. Please contact Pamela Licht with any questions.  Competitors may email photos of their costumes in advance to Pamela if they wish at pamela.pkdance@gmail.com

WOMEN
Shoulders
1. Shoulders require stoned straps or fabric

Bodice
1. Bust must be fully covered with no plunging necklines
2. Front and sides of the bodice must be covered with non-transparent fabric
3. Back of bodice must be covered in non-transparent fabric from three inches above the waist down
4. Open backs must taper inward to a point no lower than three inches above the waistline
5. Flesh-tone fabrics require heavy use of rhinestones or similar decorations so as not to reveal the skin or create a similar effect
6. Halter tops are not allowed

Skirts
1. Must reach mid-thigh in length
2. May not use transparent fabric above mid-thigh for the Latin and Rhythm styles
3. May be broken or slitted from the trunk line down and fully cover the legs when not in motion
4. 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
5. Flesh-tone fabrics require heavy use of rhinestones or similar decorations that do not reveal the skin or create a similar effect

Trunks
1. Regular cut dance trunks
2. No flesh tone fabric.


MEN
Shirts
1. Front of shirts must be of a non-transparent fabric in all areas within 4 inches of the side seam


*Organizers reserve the right to require costume adjustments if deemed unacceptable


[October 10, 2023]

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