A solo Welsh-festival dance item for the club and street styles, judged on rhythm, technique, energy and control rather than on a traditional form.
Disco, Hip Hop and Street Dance is a single dance item that groups the popular club and street styles together: the bounce and groove of disco, the grounded, rhythm-led movement of hip hop, and the wider family of street dance that grew up around it. Unlike a folk or classical item there is no fixed repertoire to reproduce. The entrant chooses the music and builds a routine that shows the style convincingly.
On the eTalenter Welsh festival template it is an Individual item for both genders, offered in all seven school-year bands: Year 2 and under, Years 3-4, 5-6, 7-9, 10-11, 12-13 and a 14-25 band. Competitors are grouped by school year, not by an age range, and the language field is set to Welsh because that is the festival’s working language. It sits in the On Stage section beside Folk Dance and Creative Composition Dance, and it is the item for dancers whose training is in contemporary commercial styles rather than in a traditional form.
A round runs like any solo stage item. Competitors are called in turn, perform their routine to their own track within the time allowed, and are marked as they dance. The festival’s published rules print no numeric scheme for this item, so the template’s 10-minute field and its Rating out of 10 are the app’s defaults; an organiser should replace them with whatever their own notice states. Prizes in the source are first, second and third in each competition.
Organisers keep the item because it gives young dancers who are strong in modern styles a place to compete on equal footing with singers and traditional dancers. It rewards musicality, stamina and stage confidence, and it draws an audience that might not otherwise come to a youth arts festival.
Where Disco, Hip Hop and Street Dance is run
On the eTalenter templates this item appears on one template, a Welsh-language youth arts festival in Wales, where it is a solo On Stage dance item offered across every school-year band. The styles themselves are danced worldwide, but under this exact heading the item is found only on that template, so organisers elsewhere should look at the general Western Dance page for a wider description.
- Wales
Key facts
- Individual item: one dancer performs, boys and girls together
- Offered in all seven bands: Year 2 and under, Years 3-4, 5-6, 7-9, 10-11, 12-13 and 14-25
- Covers disco, hip hop and street dance in one item, so the entrant picks one style or blends them
- Language is set to Welsh on the template; the dancing itself needs no words
- The 10-minute time field is the app’s default because the published rules print no figure for this item
- The template scores it as a Rating out of 10; the source names first, second and third prizes and publishes no grade bands
On eTalenter, Disco, Hip Hop and Street Dance is filed under On Stage and typically scored with Rating out of 10. It appears in 1 ready-made event templates — each one can adjust its time limit, age-group assignment and scoring setup independently.
Across the templates that use it, Disco, Hip Hop and Street Dance is most often entered as an Individual competition, typically scored out of 100, commonly time-limited to around 10 minutes where a limit is set.
What judges look at in Disco, Hip Hop and Street Dance
What a Disco, Hip Hop and Street Dance panel is actually weighing up, and where the marks are usually won or lost:
- Rhythm and musicality: moving on the beat, hitting accents in the track and showing that the routine was built to the music, not laid over it
- Technique in the chosen style: clean isolations and grooves for hip hop, secure footwork and floor work where used, and recognisable style rather than generic movement
- Energy and stamina: holding intensity from the first count to the last, without fading or rushing the closing section
- Choreography and variety: changes of level, direction and tempo that keep the routine interesting, with a clear opening and ending
- Control and safety: landing and finishing moves cleanly, and keeping to moves suited to the dancer’s age band
- Stage presence and time: confident performance to the audience and the panel, and finishing within the time allowed
Treat these as the judging focus, not a fixed rubric: publish your own weighted criteria for Disco, Hip Hop and Street Dance under Scoring Setup, or start from our judging and score tabulation guide.
How to prepare for Disco, Hip Hop and Street Dance
How entrants and their teachers usually get Disco, Hip Hop and Street Dance right on the day:
- Choose a track whose beat is clear and whose length fits the limit, and cut it so the routine has a strong start and a definite finish
- Count the music in eights and write the routine down against the counts, so every move has a place and nothing is improvised on the day
- Practise with a mirror first, then on video, and check that the style reads clearly: the panel should be able to say which style you chose
- Build stamina by running the whole routine twice back to back in rehearsal, so the last thirty seconds are as sharp as the first
- Keep difficult moves for where you can land them every time; a clean medium move beats a failed hard one
- Rehearse the entrance and the final pose, and test your music file on a different device before the festival
- Dance at least once in a hall or on a stage-sized floor, because space changes how big the routine needs to be
Ready-made event templates that include Disco, Hip Hop and Street Dance
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| Template | Category | Score label | Competitions |
|---|---|---|---|
| Urdd Eisteddfod (Wales) | On Stage | Rating out of 10 | 7 |
Frequently asked questions
Is Disco, Hip Hop and Street Dance judged individually or as a team?
Across eTalenter’s templates it’s most often run as an Individual entry, though an organiser can set either participation type when assigning the item to an age group.
Is this the same as Western Dance?
It is closely related, but this item is limited to disco, hip hop and street dance as named on the Welsh festival template. The general Western Dance page covers a wider mix of Western styles.
Can I choose my own music?
Entrants normally bring their own track, but the template does not print the music rules. Check your festival notice for format, delivery and any limits on content.
What age groups can enter?
The template has seven bands grouped by school year: Year 2 and under, Years 3-4, 5-6, 7-9, 10-11, 12-13, and a 14-25 band. The band follows the competitor’s school year on the festival’s cut-off date.
Is it judged individually or as a team?
Individually. It is a solo item; group routines belong to the separate Group Dance item.
How long can the routine be?
The template carries a 10-minute field, but that is the app’s default because the published rules print no figure for this item. Follow the time in your own festival notice.
Want the full judging picture? Read our judging and score tabulation guide, or browse every on stage competition item.
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