Royale Title Championship Competition: What It Is, Where It's Run and How It's Judged

A mixed-genre dance title in which each entrant performs three routines in the same genre - an improvisation, a section routine and a new title routine - and the three scores are added together to name a winner and runner-up.

A title championship differs from an ordinary dance section in one respect: it does not reward a single good performance, it rewards consistency across three. Each entrant dances three routines in the same genre, and the marks from all three are totalled. A dancer who is brilliant in the prepared piece but unsteady when the music is unknown will usually lose to one who is dependable in all three.

On the Sydney-style multi-genre challenge behind this template, the three routines are an improvisation, a routine from the entrant's normal dance section, and a new Title routine prepared specially for the championship. The published rules describe the section for six age groups (7 and under, 9 and under, 11 and under, 13 and under, 15 and under, and 16 and over) and name a winner and a runner-up. Improvisation and the Title routine are scored as their own entries in each age group, so a coordinator sees them as a linked pair rather than as separate sections.

On the day, the running order matters more than in a single-routine section. The entrant may be called for the improvisation, the section routine and the title routine at different points of the programme, and the panel must keep a running total for each dancer. A coordinator using eTalenter sets up the six Improvisation and Title groups, enters each adjudicator's mark out of 100 under the label Marks, and reads the combined result once all three routines are in.

The rules document does not print a time limit for the Title routine, judging criteria for the title, or points for placings, so none are installed here. The adjudicator's own sheet decides how the routines are weighed, and an organiser should confirm the limit with the dancers before the day.

Where Royale Title Championship is run

In eTalenter's data the Royale Title Championship appears on one template, the multi-genre Sydney dance challenge, where it runs as six individual age groups open to boys and girls together. Title or championship sections that combine several routines are a common closing feature of studio dance eisteddfods in countries with that tradition, but their format varies from event to event, so this page does not claim a wider reach than the data supports.

• Australia

Key facts

• Individual entry; boys and girls compete together and no language is needed.
• Six age groups: 7 and under, 9 and under, 11 and under, 13 and under, 15 and under, and 16 and over.
• Three routines in the same genre - improvisation, a section routine and a new Title routine - with the three scores added together.
• A winner and a runner-up are named; each entry is marked out of 100 under the label Marks.
• No Title routine time limit and no judging criteria are printed in the source, so none are set.
• Idea starters, not rules: choose the genre that suits the dancer best across improvisation and set work; plan the title routine to show a different mood or tempo from the section routine; rehearse the improvisation to unfamiliar music of different speeds.

On eTalenter, Royale Title Championship is filed under Dance and typically scored with Marks. It appears in 1 ready-made event templates — each one can adjust its time limit, age-group assignment and scoring setup independently.

Across the templates that use it, Royale Title Championship is most often entered as an Individual competition, typically scored out of 100.

What judges look at in Royale Title Championship

What a Royale Title Championship panel is actually weighing up, and where the marks are usually won or lost:

• Consistency across all three routines: the total rewards a dancer who holds their standard from the first routine to the last.
• Technique in the chosen genre: clean basics, control and secure placement in the prepared routines, not only in the showpiece moments.
• Improvisation: how quickly and musically the dancer responds to music they have not rehearsed, and whether the movement stays within the genre.
• Musicality and timing: movement placed on the phrasing and accents of each piece, including the unseen improvisation music.
• Performance and presence: energy, expression and focus that stay steady through three appearances, not just one.
• Freshness of the Title routine: a new piece that shows development beyond the section routine, rather than a repeat of it.

Treat these as the judging focus, not a fixed rubric: publish your own weighted criteria for Royale Title Championship under Scoring Setup, or start from the judge scoring and tabulation guide.

How to prepare for Royale Title Championship

How entrants and their teachers usually get Royale Title Championship right on the day:

• Pick one genre the dancer is strongest in and build all three routines inside it; the rules require the same genre throughout.
• Practise improvisation weekly to music of different speeds and moods, with someone else choosing the track so the dancer never knows it.
• Make the Title routine genuinely new rather than a trimmed version of the section routine; it should show a side the first routine did not.
• Train stamina as well as steps: three appearances in a programme can mean waiting, warming up and cooling down more than once.
• Plan a short warm-up that the dancer can repeat quickly between routines, including a calm routine for the minutes before the improvisation.
• Find out the Title routine time limit and the running order from the organiser well before the day, and rehearse to the exact edit of the music.

Frequently asked questions

Is Royale Title Championship judged individually or as a team?

Across eTalenter's templates it's most often run as an Individual entry, though an organiser can set either participation type when assigning the item to an age group.

How is the Royale Title Championship scored?

Each of the three routines - improvisation, section routine and Title routine - is marked, and the three scores are added together. The highest total is the winner, with a runner-up named as well. In eTalenter each entry is marked out of 100 under the label Marks.

Do all three routines have to be in the same genre?

Yes. The published rules ask for the improvisation, the section routine and the Title routine to be in the same genre, which is why a dancer should choose the genre they know best.

How long is the Title routine?

The source document does not print a time limit for the Title routine, so none is set in the template. An organiser should confirm the limit with entrants before the day.

Which age groups can enter?

The section is listed for six age groups: 7 and under, 9 and under, 11 and under, 13 and under, 15 and under, and 16 and over. Boys and girls compete together.

Want the full judging picture? Read the judge scoring and tabulation guide, or browse every dance competition item.

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