A couple in closed hold against a red curtain.

Competitions

We compete at collegiate events around New England and beyond.

Upcoming

2026–27

Everyone travels together. Entering is optional, and you can skip any competition you like. The dates are also on the team calendar (Google Calendar, opens in a new tab).

Official

The team enters these together and travels together. If you are competing this year, these are the ones to plan around.

Not this year
Brown Competition  oursWe host this most years, in October. It is not running in 2026–27, and the team hopes to bring it back.
Woonsocket, Rhode Island
Paused
Sat 24 – Sun 25 Oct 2026
Harvard InvitationalUsually our largest beginner turnout of the fall. Entries are open, late registration closes 21 October
Cambridge, Massachusetts
Entries open
Sat 21 Nov 2026
Tufts CompetitionNewcomers dance the whole Bronze syllabus here. Entries are open, online registration closes 19 November
Medford, Massachusetts
Entries open
[date]
Worcester ClassicHosted by WPI, in the spring. No 2027 date announced yet
Worcester, Massachusetts
Watch this space
[date]
Northeastern Ballroom ClassicSpring. No 2027 date announced yet
Boston, Massachusetts
Watch this space

Unofficial

The team does not enter these as a team. Anyone who wants to go enters themselves, and there are usually enough of us going to travel together anyway.

[date]
Terrier DancesportHosted by Boston University, in the fall. No 2026 date announced yet
Boston, Massachusetts
Watch this space
Sat 24 – Sun 25 Apr 2027
MIT Open Dancesport CompetitionNewcomer through Championship, all four styles
Cambridge, Massachusetts
On your own

Other competitions

On the circuit but not on our calendar this year.

Sat 10 Oct 2026
UPenn PreludeThe first of the season, and a long way south
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Not this year
Sat 7 Nov 2026
Minuteman Dancesport ClassicHosted by UMass Amherst
Amherst, Massachusetts
Not this year
If this is new to you

How a collegiate competition works

You compete at a proficiency level rather than by year, and everyone starts at the bottom. Your first competition is against other people who also started a couple of months ago.

A competition is a whole day. Heats run from early morning until late evening, and you dance for about ninety seconds at a time, several times over.

Dues and fundraising cover the bus and part of the entry fees. Costumes get borrowed from people who already own them, so nobody buys a gown in their first year.

You will not be going alone. We travel as a team, sit together all day, and the loudest cheering goes to whoever is dancing their first heat.

The levels

The figures allowed at each level (PDF)

NewcomerFirst year of dancing, on the Bronze figures
BronzeBasic figures only
SilverMore open movement
GoldFull syllabus
ChampionshipOpen choreography
The archive

Results

Two months from your first lesson, this could be you.

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