Definitions

• Clean posture with head, hips and heels in vertical alignment.
• Lift gaze and focus towards partner.
• Feet stay grounded creating fluid travel.
• Opposition and stretch from partner.

• Clean frame with head, shoulders/arms, hips, knees and feet in alignment (travelling and rotational)
• Stylish use of leg/arm gesture with control through limbs. 
• Clear contrast between shadow (proximity) and opposition (stretch).

• Creativity through body shape (use of tilt, flexion or counterbalance).
• Innovative isolation (head, shoulder, hip, knee, foot).
• Emote through breath and facial expression.

An aerial in Ceroc constitutes any move where one partner is lifted off the ground and involves aerial manoeuvres. These can include spins, flips, jumps, or other dynamic lifts where the feet leave the floor. 

A drop in Ceroc constitutes a move where one partner is lowered towards the ground in a controlled manner, resulting in that one partner relying on the other to be upright again.

A Baby Aerial is any lift where one of the follow’s feet remains below the leader’s waist (belt line) at all times. 

Someone who teaches dancing of any type, or is planning to in the next 6 months. 

Someone who has never taught dance of any type, and is not planning to. 

If a judge witnesses an incident in which a competition rule has been breached, they will make comments on their scoring sheets, however, will continue judging without said breach affecting the scores. That judge is then required to inform the head judge of the breach as soon as possible. Breaches of rules identified by competitors, audience and video replay will not be addressed.

It is the head judge’s responsibility to identify the rule/s being breached and severity of the breach taking into consideration the following:

• Did the incident give the competitor an unfair advantage?
• Did the incident interfere with any other competitors?
• Has the competitor been informed of the breach of rules previously (where applicable)?

The head judge may then choose to:

• Warn the competitor and identify the incident and rule/s that it breached.
• Penalise the competitor by loss of place/placings, and identify the incident, rule/s that it breached and outcome to the competitor.
• Disqualify the competitor from that category, and identify the incident, rule/s that it breached, and outcome to the competitor.