Help – i’m a participant

Good that you’re on this page! Here, you will find all the basic information you need to know before and during the weekend. We assume you have some experience with participating in ETDS’s (or NTDS’s). 

If not, you can check out the page for newcomers here.

If you can’t find the answer to your question on the website, please look at the FAQ page first. If your question still isn’t answered, please contact your team captain. If they don’t know the answer either they can email us directly and they will get back to you. This way, you can help prevent that we drown in emails. If you don’t have a team captain, you can contact us directly with your question at:

etdsamsterdam@gmail.com

before the etds

Registrations and payments go through the team captains. In most cases, they will send you a form that you can fill in. The payments also go through your team captain and your association. If you have questions about this, please ask your team captain.
We assume you have checked your spam box twice already and did not find it there. You can try to go to ___ (this link will be provided later), where you replace example@example.com by the email you subscribed with. If this does not work, please contact us via etdsamsterdam@gmail.com.
At ‘Packing list’ in the About section, you can find a packing list that should cover everything you need for the weekend.
You can find information about how to get to the venue by car or by public transport in the ‘About’ section. We advise all dancers to use public transport as much as possible
You can always cancel your registration through your team captain. However, if you can get your money back depends on a number of factors. For more information, see our registration policy.

What are the main differences with previous ETDS’s?

We mention some relevant differences with the previous ETDS (in Delft).

Classes

We have chosen for a different division of classes. Instead of beginners, breitensport and clopen, we only have breitensport and open. All dancers (including beginners and dancers that usually dance closed) should dance in breitensport class, except for a smaller experienced group, who dances open class. 

You can find whether you should dance in open class here.

After the qualification round of breitensport class, dancers are divided into one of six subclasses: enthusiasts, amateurs, professionals, masters, champions, or legends. At the ETDS in Delft, there were only four breitensport classes, namely amateurs, professionals, masters, and champions. 

You can find more information about the classes here.

Parking

Unfortunately, parking next to the venue is not free. We advise all dancers to use public transport as much as possible.

You can more information about parking here.

at the etds – general

We are working on an answer to this question. We'll post the answer to this question on this page.
Dinner will be arrange on Saturday and Sunday, so no need to go out and go to a restaurant.
There will definitely be a bar. We are working on an answer to the rest of this question. We’ll keep you posted!
We are working on an answer to this question. We’ll keep you posted!
We are working on an answer to this question. We’ll keep you posted!
You'll be just walking a round on the floor with your team. No preparation needed.
No.
The theme of the party on Saturday is Black Light District and the theme for Sunday evening is gala. It would be great if you bring the best (danceable) theme outfits for these parties!
Yes they can! We sell day admission tickets (for watching the competition) and night admission tickets (for joining the party) at the venue. The prices for these tickets will be available on the website soon.

at the etds – dancing

A preliminary schedule of the weekend can be found here.
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There are two classes to which you can subscribe, namely breitensport class and open class. In the ‘Tournament’ section you can find out whether you should subscribe to open class. All other dancers (including beginners and dancers that usually dance in closed class) should subscribe to breitensport class.

After the qualification round of breitensport class, dancers are divided into one of six subclasses:
  • enthusiasts
  • amateurs
  • professionals
  • masters
  • champions
  • legends
There is no qualification round for open class dancers. You can find more information about the classes here.
You can find the answer to this question on this page.
We are working on an answer to this question. We’ll keep you posted!
You can find the answer to this question on this page.