ADC|IBC

Denver, CO

General

Reviewer:

Parent

Dancer Age:

Competition experience:

6-10

Event Details

Round:

Regional

Season:

2025-26

Location:

Denver, CO

Traveled to compete:

Regionals attended:

Who encouraged multiple regionals:

Entry affiliation:

School

Rules Easy to Access?

Yes

Did Dancer Miss School?

Attended master classes:

Yes

Master Classes

Master Class Types:

Technique

Distance from venue:

5-10 miles away

Received corrections:

Teacher engagement:

Judges cared more about judging than teaching a class. Class size was far too large. Class only managed to complete 4 center combinations and went about 15 minutes over time.

Crowding:


Really Crowded	Plenty of Room to Move

Master Class Feedback

Technique:

Additional master class comments:

Obvious benefit for groups who were last to complete combination

Performance Details

Venue name:

Pinnacle Peak High School

Venue description:

Seating and lobby are nice for a high school. No check-in table or obvious presence by ADC IBC

Stage description:

Marley was extremely slippery. Several dancers fell quite hard which made me nervous as a parent.

Off-stage warm-up space:

Enough space to warm up

Dressing rooms:

Dressing room was a school classroom. Room was small

Parents in dressing rooms:

Male dressing room:

Yes

Parents backstage:

Onstage warm-up:

Open stage was crowded, but not unusually so.

Schedule adherence:

Tended to run behind

Other schedule comments:

Nearly an hour off because judges were delayed getting their dinner.

Staff communication:

Very Little communication

Parent seminar offered:

Yes

Parent Education

Seminar content:

Dancer and family Q&A

Seminar helpful:

Why (not) helpful:

Judges were underqualified to be judging or presenting to dancers. The panel’s answers to questions were uninspiring at best. In the Q&A discussion, one of the judges blamed dancers for sickling their feet causing them to fall (I have not witnessed so many dancers falling at other competitions).

Judging

Judging rubric clarity:

Judges' attentiveness:

Some of the judges watched and some seemed distracted

Feedback turnaround:

A few days after the competition

Type of Feedback:

Numerical scores, Audio commentary over a performance video

Feedback helpfulness:


Not Helpful At All	Extremely Helpful

Main takeaway:

Judges had limited knowledge of different variations styles. For example, my daughter danced a Russian version of her variation and the judge commented that she had never seen it before and had an overall negative tone. We heard similar stories from other dancers.

Scoring felt fair:

Unsure

Why Scoring Unfair?

n/a

Awards & Scholarships

Awards ceremony:

To top off a weekend involving poor scheduling, a cheap venue, and questionable judging, they only had 50% of the plaques to hand out. How more disorganized could you be?

Won an award or training offer:

Yes

Festival offer:

Gala offer:

Invited to finals:

Award or Training Offer Description:

Top 25

Final Comments

Best aspect:

Hard-pressed to think of anything positive.

Worst aspect:

The judging panel was very disappointing. One judge had never danced in a company. This competition fell short in every category I can think of.

Competition culture:

Judges comments were negative and Q&A session was not worth the time.

Attendee culture:

Attendees remained positive but could feel the unprofessionalism of the organization.

Suggested changes:

Get organized and make the competition and master class worth the money that we paid to be there.

Cost vs. expectation:


Significantly More	Significantly Less

Time worth it:


Not Worth It	Worth Every Minute

Overall rating:

Anything else?

This competition costs the same amount of money as others. I don’t understand why ADC IBC wouldn’t be able to provide more than a high school venue, mediocre judges, and limited scholarship opportunities.