Starbound competition1/8/2024 On top of the fact that we heard judges telling another studio they were a favorite, the judging was incredibly inconsistent and puzzling. They made the schedule complicated, and then were rude when my kids - who they put in back to back routines - weren’t ready in time. I brought my studio here, after taking a few years away from starbound, and I remembered every reason why we stopped coming here. I am so incredibly disappointed in this competition. And to top it off it was overbooked as usual. I have never seen such partisan unbalanced judging. We witnessed dancers literally fall to the ground, fall out of turns, and not showing sound technique, announced as winners against numbers that were beautifully performed and with greater difficulty and choreo. But most notably, there were many numbers awarded the highest overalls in every category that literally had no regard for feet, choreo, technique or showmanship. I was skeptical going in when I noticed that several of the studios appearing during the weekend were listed as SB's "top studios" in their cruise contest on instagram – clearly noting who has been putting in the money all season already in a big way. I have always read that there is favoritism toward specific studios from their staff & judges, but finally witnessed it full-out without question. They have always been all over the place in judging, but our latest experience solidifies our studio's decision to never attend again. Hopefully this season was just a fluke!Īs an experienced comp mom of multiple elite dancers over the past 15 years, I cannot fathom the experience of Starbound this season. Also wish they did a scoring breakdown (so many points each for technique, performance, choreography) instead of just a general overall score because I feel like that’s where unfair judging comes into play since they aren’t really taking off points for anything in particular. We typically love this competition but our studio will be taking a break from it next year. The critiques were awful as they didn’t have much to say and didn’t even really seem to know much of what they were talking about. Also can tell very blatant favoritism towards one certain studio. They favor tap and boys as evident that the same two tappers get first and scholarships every single year, and still competing in the lower level. Elite golds going to dances with little content, dancers who could barely execute turns, no pointed toes, and technical issues, while other dances that were technically sound were receiving high golds. The judging was very off in comparison to previous years. We have done Starbound since 2018 and have always loved it, but this we were extremely dissatisfied.
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