OTB Street Dance Competition March 2026 – New Dock Hall

Date

22 Mar 2026
Expired!

Location

New Dock Hall, Leeds

Cost

£23.00

Time

All Day

Welcome to the Competition Info Page for OTB – Sunday 22nd March at New Dock Hall, Leeds

Here, you’ll find all the information you need to plan your time with us. Use the tabs at the bottom of this page to navigate through different sections of information for this event.

This is one of our main events and is open to dancers of all levels.

Entry Limits:
Each dancer may enter up to 4 events:

Dancers can enter a maximum of 4 out of 5 possible sections, which may include:

    • Up to 2 solos (either 1 set routine solo & 1 freestyle solo, or 2 set routine solos)
    • A trio OR a quad event
    • A duo event
    • A team event

Note dancers can enter all 5 listed above (just 4 out of the options)

Competition Numbers & Schedule

Schedule

7:55am – Teachers Access
8:00am – Doors Open

8:30am – Section 1 Set Routines & Freestyle Solos (7 Years & Under)
Awards presented immediately after each final

9:50am – Section 1 Duos (7 Years & Under)
Awards presented immediately after each final

10:00am – Section 1 Trio/Quads (7 Years & Under)
Awards presented immediately after each final

10:10am – Section 1 Team Events (7 Years & Under)
Awards presented after all teams have danced
(Number of teams in each section will be confirmed closer to the event)

10:30am – Section 2 Team Events (9 Years & Under) & Parents Teams
Awards presented after all teams have danced
(Number of teams in each section will be confirmed closer to the event)

10:55am – Section 2 Trio/Quads (9 Years & Under) & Parents Trio/Quads
Awards presented immediately after each final

11:05am – Section 2 Duos (9 Years & Under)
Awards presented immediately after each final

11:20am – Section 2 Set Routines & Freestyle Solos (9 Years & Under) & Parents Solos
Awards presented immediately after each final

12:50pm – Section 3 Team Events (11 Years & Under)
Awards presented after all teams have danced
(Number of teams in each section will be confirmed closer to the event)

1:20pm – Section 3 Trio/Quads (11 Years & Under)
Awards presented immediately after each final

1:30pm – Section 3 Duo Events (11 Years & Under)
Awards presented immediately after each final

1:50pm – Section 3 Set Routines & Freestyle Solos (11 Years & Under)
Awards presented immediately after each final

3:30pm – Section 4 Team Events (12 Years & Over)
Awards presented after all teams have danced
(Number of teams in each section will be confirmed closer to the event)

4:30pm – Section 4 Trio/Quads (12 Years & Over)
Awards presented immediately after each final

4:45pm – Section 4 Duo Events (12 Years & Over)
Awards presented immediately after each final

5:10pm – Section 4 Set Routines & Freestyle Solo Events (12 Years & Over)
Awards presented immediately after each final

7:00pm – 7:10pm Approx Finish Time

Competition Numbers

For our main events, dancers will wear competition numbers so they can be clearly identified by the judges from both the front and the back of the hall.

Please note the colour guidance below for how numbers are worn in each category. Your teacher will distribute these to dancers on arrival at the event.

Solos
Dancers will wear two numbers (the same number):
• White number on the front
• Pink number on the back

Duos
Each dancer will wear one number (the same number for the pair):
• One dancer wears the white number on the front
• The other dancer wears the green number on the back

Trios / Quads
Dancers will wear two numbers (the same number for the group):
• One dancer wears the white number on the front
• Another dancer wears the yellow number on the back

Please refer to the link here for the initial programme for this event. Note that the age categories have now been adjusted slightly now that all entries have been processed. The finalised age categories are displayed below for all solo events. Duo and quad categories will be as the original programme.

DANCE 1 (FAVOURITE THING)
4 YEARS & UNDER
5 YEARS
6 YEARS
6 YEARS ADD NEEDS
7 YEARS
7 YEARS ADD NEEDS
8 YEARS
8 YEARS ADD NEEDS
10 & 11 YEARS
12 YEARS
PARENTS

DANCE 2 (DON’T WANNA GO HOME)
4 YEARS & UNDER
5 YEARS
6 YEARS
7 YEARS
7 YEARS ADD NEEDS
8 YEARS
8 YEARS ADD NEEDS
9 YEARS
10 YEARS
11 YEARS
11 YEARS ADD NEEDS
12-14 YEARS
16 YEARS
PARENTS

DANCE 3 (BUTTER)
6 YEARS & UNDER
7 YEARS
8 YEARS
9 YEARS
10 YEARS
11 YEARS
12 YEARS
13 YEARS & OVER
PARENTS

DANCE 4 (WORK)
7 YEARS
8 & 9 YEARS
10 YEARS
11 YEARS
12 YEARS
13 YEARS
14 & 15 YEARS
16 YEARS & OVER

DANCE 5 (FREEZE)
8 & 9 YEARS
10 YEARS
11 YEARS
12 YEARS
13 YEARS
14 & 15 YEARS
16 YEARS & OVER

DANCE 6 (MASTERPIECE)
10 & 11 YEARS
12-14 YEARS
15 YEARS
17 YEARS & OVER

DANCE 7 (DO IT WELL)
9 YEARS
10 & 11 YEARS
12 & 13 YEARS
14 YEARS
15 YEARS
16 & 17 YEARS
18 YEARS & OVER

CLASS MEMBER FS
3 YEARS
6 & 7 YEARS
8 & 9 YEARS
10 & 11 YEARS
13 YEARS

BEGINNER FS
4 YEARS & UNDER
5 YEARS
6 YEARS
6 YEARS ADD NEEDS
7 YEARS
8 YEARS
9 YEARS
10 YEARS
11 YEARS
11 YEARS ADD NEEDS
12 YEARS
13 YEARS
14 & 15 YEARS
16 & 17 YEARS
18 YEARS & OVER

INTER/ADV FS
7 YEARS
8 & 9 YEARS
10 & 11 YEARS
12 & 13 YEARS
14 YEARS & OVER

PARENTS FS

Speakers

A Body of Persons Approval (BOPA) has been issued for this event by the local Council. Under BOPA conditions, the priority is to ensure the safety and well-being of all event participants, with particular attention to children up to school-leaving age. This should be considered a team effort between:
* Event Organisers
* Event Staff
* Licensed Chaperones
* Dance School Teachers/Leaders
* Parents/Guardians/Responsible Adults

It would be much appreciated if all attendees could take note of the following information.

Photo/ Video Policy-
As this is a private event for event participants and their family/friends, our organisation would like to be able to permit the use of cameras to capture these special memories. We would however like to bring your attention to the following:

Solos, Duos & Trio/Quad Events- If you are intending to upload photos/videos of your participant to social media, it is recommended that you consider your privacy settings so that you limit your audience to close friends & family. Our team may also take videos and photos to use on OTB social media pages. If anyone does have any concerns/objections to this or would like us to make adjustments for any particular event, please speak to your dance school lead who will communicate this with our events team.

Team events- One nominated person from the dance school performing their team routine may video the routine from the front. It is strictly prohibited for anyone else in the venue to take a video recording. It is then at the teachers discretion where that recording gets shared. This is so that the teacher can decide who has access to their choreography and also for safeguarding reasons which are considered different to a solos/duos type event. Still photographs are permitted but please consider the points highlighted in the solos/pairs sections above.

Child Supervision & Sign in/ Sign Out Procedure-Participants up to school-leaving age are supervised by a responsible adult at all times. Participants of this age will not be permitted to pass our door/security team without a responsible adult accompanying them. On arrival and departure, event participants are asked to inform their teacher/group lead so that they can record attendance times at the event.

Safeguarding info- Our safeguarding policy can be found here

The Designated Safeguarding Lead for OTB is Jessica Porter, who will be in attendance for the duration of the event and will be based on the stage. Alternatively, you can email info@onthebeat.dance

Please see the venue page for information on travel, parking, changing facilities, emergency procedures and first aid.

Merchandise– Our merchandise stall will be available in the foyer. Payments by cash & card are accepted.

Please have your wristbands on and fastened securely before entering the building. Lost, damaged or forgotten wristbands will not be replaced and will have to be re-purchased.
Please see our full wristband policy here.

There will be a limited number of wristbands available on the door – priority access will be given to those who have a wristband in advance.
Please note that bands are only available to people attending with a dance school and are not on sale to the general public.
Payments by cash & card are accepted.

Wristbands purchased on the door are £26

Allocated Seating- All seating will be reserved clearly with your dance school name.

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