Fursuit Dance Competition

Quick Summary

• Everyone needs to attend try-outs.
• [Signups close September 8th, 2024 11:59pm PDT]. Onsite signups will be limited on a first come, first serve basis. It cannot be guaranteed every in-person sign up will be able to audition.
• Choreographed routines may be between 90 seconds and 120 seconds; +30 seconds may be added for groups. Keep it short. If you go over, our AV staff will fade the music for you.
• You need to be in fursuit (yes, even for try-outs). It's a fursuit dance competition, after all! Partials are acceptable, but must include a head, hand, feetpaws, and ideally a tail at a minimum.
• If you are selected for finals, you need to show up 1 hour before the showtime. Time TBA. We've gotta get your music sound checked. Be nice to the AV staff!
• Finals will be on MAIN STAGE. Be prepared to dance on stage, with the crowd and judges all seated in one direction.

Details

When and Where

Prelims

Online Sign-Up Form: Click here! Signups close Monday September 8th @ 11:59 PM PDT.

• Tryouts will tentatively be held Friday, September 19th, Panel room 5
• Entrants may request feedback or coaching prior to prelims to help prepare them better for the competition. If you desire this, leave a link to a performance of yours in the sign-up form.

Finals

Please arrive no later than hour minutes before show time once announced.

• Please make sure convention badges are present upon arrival.
• Please do not harass other dancers if they look like they are concentrating, it's throwing their concentration off and they may be focusing for the show!
• If any emergency arises please notify the AFC or OCC staff.

Rules

1. When performing, we ask you not do two things, or you may be disqualified:
• Jump from the stage;
• Remove fursuit attire in the middle of a routine.
2. Dancers must be in fursuit for at-con tryout and finals.
• Partials are okay. At minimum: Head, hands, feet paws and tails are required (Costumed shoe/footwear i.e. “Happy Feet” are acceptable) with no skin showing. Note: Each case where a character has no tail or an overly complicated tail to dance with, will be looked at individually.

Music

Judging

• Execution and cleanliness.
• Diversity of movements.
• Complexity of the performance.
• Levels (use of the Y axis).
• Traveling, or employing footwork to move around.
• Musicality; how well movement fits the music.
• Tempo; do they change up their speed and play with different song elements?
• Synchronization (only applies to groups).

Prelims

• In the prelims, competitors will perform one (solo or group) at a time for the judges. The judges will be asked to assign one of 5 phrases to describe your routine:
• Great Performance (5 out of 5)
• Good Performance (4 out of 5)
• Maybe (3 out of 5)
• Needs Work (2 out of 5)
• Not Ready for Stage (1 out of 5)
• In the end, scores will be added up, and the qualifying finalists will be announced via e-mail, and Another Furry Con's official Twitter, as well as a Telegram group that competitors will have the option to join.
• All prelim routines will be recorded for judge deliberation, and can be requested by competitors for their own review.

Finals

In finals, judges will utilize the ballroom system, which asks them to rank the competitors in real time. Basically, whoever goes first will default to first place, and if a judge likes the second competitor more, they will bump the first entrant to second place. This continues on until all finalists are ranked. Finalists will only ever stay the same rank or move down one between rounds; they will never go up.

Prizes