Share | Michael Marszowski, Luis Miranda, Emma Difrancesco, Michelle Duan Gender neutral Competitions Monday, September 16, 2019 USA Dance plans to make a long overdue change in the coming months – all their sanctioned competitions will be gender-neutral. This means that regardless of a dancer’s gender, they are welcome to compete in the role that best suits them and all couples of any configuration will compete on the floor together. This change will establish USA Dance nationally and internationally as an organization that affords all dancers the equality, dignity, and respect that they deserve. In the summer of 2018, the DanceSport Council (DSC) first put out the word asking for volunteers who would work together to identify and address the necessary changes to make all USA Dance competitions open to what was then termed “same sex” couples. The newly formed committee consisted of amateur and professional dancers of all experience levels and various gender identities. One of their first actions was to adopt the term “gender neutral” over “same sex” in recognition of the fact that a competitive couple might consist of various gender configurations. That term has now been adopted industry-wide as other organizations have followed USA Dance in making similar changes. Read More Latest News Articles Chapter of the Year 2018 Saturday, April 6, 2019 |Leland Whitney - Social Dance Vice President The Social Dance Council worked with the District Directors and Chapters to solicit submissions and determine the winners. Nine Chapter Nominations and ten Volunteer Nominations were submitted. We are pleased to recognize the following winners of these awards. Read More Volunteer of the Year Saturday, April 6, 2019 | Leland Whitney - Social Dance Vice President The Social Dance Council worked with the District Directors and Chapters to solicit submissions and determine the winners. Nine Chapter Nominations and ten Volunteer Nominations were submitted. We are pleased to recognize the following winners of these awards Read More Membership News Read the latest news USA Dance Membership. Read More Newsletters and News from the World DanceSport Federation (WDSF) The World DanceSport Federation (WDSF) warmly welcomes today’s decision by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) Session to include Breaking on the sports programme of the Olympic Games Paris 2024. Read More News from the United States Olympic & Paralympic Committee CHICAGO – The United States Olympic Committee has formally changed its name to the United States Olympic & Paralympic Committee – a change celebrating the athletes of Team USA and the Paralympic Movement in the United States. The USOPC board of directors unanimously approved the change in its quarterly meeting. Read More News from the International Olympic Committee When he announced in Paris, on a winter's evening in 1892, the forthcoming re-establishment of the Olympic Games, Pierre de Coubertin was applauded, but nobody at the time imagined the scale of the project that reviving the ancient Olympic Games... Read More Media Information Publications American Dancer Previous Issues of the American Dancer Learn More Media Information The following pages provide background information for use by the media whien preparing articles or features that focus on ballroom dancing and DanceSport. Learn More USA Dance Channel Catch up on the videos of USA Dance Channel which include past competitions, demonstrations and National Ballroom Dance Week Flash Mob! Learn More Document Library Find out how USA Dance is governed, Bylaws Policies, Rules, SafeSport and Minutes. Learn More Become a Member and Stay Informed. Join Now Thank You to Our Supporters. Sed ut perspiciatis unde omnis iste natus error sit voluptatem accusantium doloremque laudantium, totam rem aperiam, eaque ipsa quae ab illo inventore veritatis et quasi architecto beatae. Buy Ad Space