08/08/24 – Board of Control Approves Adjustments to Squad Sizes in Dance

August 8, 2024 Dance Blog Updates

At its most recent meeting, the KHSAA Board of Control approved proposed changes to the Dance State Championship entry. The maximum squad size limit in all divisions was adjusted to 40 to align with the Universal Dance Association competitions. In the future, for KHSAA competition, if the individual dance competition styles have an average of 40 entries in at least three consecutive years statewide, the KHSAA will further divide that category into multiple divisions. Schools who wish to compete in the KHSAA Dance postseason for 2024-25 will receive a notification when DA101 (Dance Division Declaration form) is open and available. 

The KHSAA will offer the following divisions for 2024-2025: 

• Jazz – minimum 5, maximum of 40
• Game Day – minimum 5, maximum of 40
• Pom – minimum 5, maximum of 40
• Small Hip Hop – minimum 5, maximum 14
• Large Hip Hop – minimum 15, maximum 40

The KHSAA wanted to notify competitive dance teams of the updates for the 2024-25 season. The following dates and host schools are made available to assist schools in planning for the postseason competitions. The tentative dates for 2025 are also listed.

*Tentative corresponding dates but may be adjusted due to judge availability.

Contact Sarah Bridenbaugh (sbridenbaugh@khsaa.org) should you have any questions pertaining to Dance.

– KHSAA –

About the Kentucky High School Athletic Association
The Kentucky High School Athletic Association was organized in 1917 and is the agency designated by the Kentucky Department of Education to manage high school athletics in the Commonwealth. The Association is a voluntary nonprofit 501(c)3 organization made up of 290 member schools, both public and non-public. The KHSAA awards 229 state championships to 59 teams and 178 individuals in 13 sports and six sport-activities, funds catastrophic insurance coverage for its more than 109,000 rostered member school student-athletes, provides coaching education and sports safety programs for more than 12,000 coaches and licenses and facilitates the distribution of training material for over 4,000 contest officials.