Judge’s Assistant — Éditions Perspectives

As a practical extension of the book Le jugement en danse, the Judge’s Assistant helps judges, future judges, trainers, dancers and coaches reflect on real judgment situations: perception, attention, emotions, cognitive biases, intuition, comparison, fatigue and personal development.

The book explains the human mechanisms involved in judgment. The Judge’s Assistant helps apply them to a concrete situation: a doubt, a difficulty encountered in competition, a training question, a debriefing or a personal area for improvement.

Why this assistant?

Judging is not only about applying a grid or producing a ranking. A judge observes, selects, compares, feels, sometimes doubts, and then decides in a real context, with constraints of attention, perception, emotion, experience and time.

The Judge’s Assistant has been designed to help clarify what happens during this process. It does not replace official rules, institutional training or field experience. It offers a space for reflection, clarification and progress.

Who is it for?

The assistant may be useful for several audiences:

judges who wish to analyse and improve their practice;
future judges who want to understand the mechanisms of judgment;
trainers who wish to create exercises or practical situations;
dancers and coaches who want to better understand the logic of judgment;
anyone interested in cognitive biases, attention, perception and decision-making.

What the assistant can do

explain a concept related to judgment: attention, perception, emotion, cognitive bias, intuition;
analyse a situation experienced by a judge, dancer, coach or trainer;
suggest a self-positioning grid or a short questionnaire;
help identify a personal point of vigilance;
prepare a debriefing after a competition;
build a small personal protocol for progress;
prepare a training exercise for beginner or experienced judges.

What the assistant does not do

The Judge’s Assistant remains deliberately limited to its field.

It does not say who should have won a competition.
It does not replace official rules or judging systems.
It does not settle disputes or appeals.
It does not accuse a judge, dancer, coach or institution.
It does not provide legal, tax, medical, social or administrative advice.
It does not answer as a general-purpose AI outside the field of judgment in dance.

Its role is to shed light on possible mechanisms, not to judge people.

Examples of questions you can ask

“I am a judge and I do not know where to start.”
“I think I may have been influenced by a very visible couple.”
“Why do competent judges not always see the same thing?”
“I would like to know which area I should work on as a judge.”
“Prepare an exercise to train beginner judges on limited attention.”
“When I judge, I often take previous rankings into account.”
“I am a dancer and I do not understand why my result differs from what I felt.”

Request test access

The Judge’s Assistant is currently in an experimental testing phase. If you are a judge, trainer, dancer, coach or simply interested in judgment in dance, you may express your interest in taking part in the first tests.

Your message will be sent by email so that you can be contacted about the testing phase.

The information you provide will only be used to respond to your test access request and to contact you about the Judge’s Assistant.

The associated book

The Judge’s Assistant is directly linked to the book Le jugement en danse. The book provides the framework, concepts and examples. The assistant allows a more personal application: “What is happening in my case?”, “Which point should I watch carefully?”, “How can I improve?”.

A full English version of the book may be considered later. For now, this test version of the assistant can already be used in English.

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