Broadway

Category: Theatrical / specialty
Also known as: Musical theatre
DWTS performances in dataset: 1
Average total score: 34.0
First appearance: Season 19, Week 5 — Lea & Val (You Can't Stop the Beat)
Lift rule on DWTS: Allowed (non-core / specialty style on DWTS).

Origins and history

Broadway-style numbers on DWTS borrow musical-theatre dance traditions from New York stage musicals. Treated as a one-off specialty in our dataset.

Sources

• Wikipedia: Musical theatre — Stage dance tradition

How it is danced

Aspect	Detail
Time signature	Varies
Tempo (MPM)	N/A
Tempo (BPM, approx.)	Song-dependent
Character	Musical-theatre storytelling and jazz/theatre vocabulary.
Hold / frame	Theatrical.
Basic steps & figures	Show-specific choreography.
What judges look for	Character, vocals-adjacent performance energy, lines.

Competition tempi cite WDSF Competition Rules E.3.2 and related DanceSport charts where applicable; theatrical styles are song-driven.

History on Dancing with the Stars

Statistics below are computed from the Data with the Stars SQLite performance and score tables (not invented).

• Times danced: 1
• Score range: 34.0 – 34.0 (total judges’ score as stored)
• Perfect nights (every judging mark = 10): 0

Average score by era

Era	Performances	Average total
S11-20	1	34.0

Best scores

• 34.0 — S19 W5: Lea & Val — You Can't Stop the Beat (from Hairspray)

Lowest scores

• 34.0 — S19 W5: Lea & Val — You Can't Stop the Beat

Most-used songs

• You Can't Stop the Beat — from Hairspray (1×)

Charts

• Data CSV: data/broadway-by-season.csv
• SVG: charts/broadway-frequency.svg, charts/broadway-score-trend.svg

Watch top performances

• No linked YouTube clips in the dataset for this style yet.

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Educational fan reference. Dance histories paraphrased from cited sources; DWTS stats from project data. Not affiliated with BBC Studios or Disney.