Dance With A Stranger (DWAS)
Dance with a Stranger, commonly called DWAS (dee-woz), is about dancing with someone you may not have danced with before. DWAS in some ways reflects how our classes work: strangers turn up to a dance class and rotate round the class and dance with people they haven't danced with before.
DWAS is a great opportunity to meet dancers from other dance studios.
- No need to enter with a partner
- Dancers may only enter one DWAS level per role
Dancers enter DWAS as individuals and enter at their own competition Level - you cannot dance up. A competitor may be competing in different levels for Freestyle and DWAS if their Freestyle partner is in a higher Level.
Enter as a Lead and as a Follow
You can enter one level as a lead and a different level as a follow provided you have joined the MJPI for both roles.
Each entry counts as a separate event as the maximum number of events you can enter on Saturday is three.
How DWAS Works
Leads and follows are judged separately. However, the judges will still be looking for how well you dance with each partner i.e. synergy and partnership.
Follows move around partners on the dance floor at intervals of at least 50 seconds announced by the MC.
A major change for Refresh will be that competitors will have two songs and will have longer to dance with fewer partners rather than a short time with every partner. Judges will score across the round and therefore there won't any repechages leaving more time for social dancing.
