The NATD Showstopper Award is a modern, performance-based qualification that replaces traditional exams with live show performances. Running alongside existing Grades and Medal Tests, it allows dancers to earn recognized awards directly from the stage.

• Stage Celebration: Students perform routines under stage lights before a live audience, with the examiner assessing discreetly from the crowd.

• Unified Team Mark: Routines are judged as a total piece out of 100 marks (25 points each for technique, musicality, performance, and group work). All dancers share the same mark and receive individual certificates.

• 5 Progressive Levels: Dancers advance through Debut, Premiere, Masters, Elite, and Artist. No prior NATD exams are required—dancers enter at their current skill level.

• Maximum Flexibility: Open to all styles for solos, duos, trios, and groups. Under the 50% Rule, routines qualify as long as at least half the dancers on stage are registered candidates.

• Adaptable Submissions: Teachers can choose live show examining or submit filmed performances within six months.

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