A required field is not yet a participation requirement
An asterisk next to “Partner name” initially only means that the form requires a value. You cannot safely infer from that whether the course accepts only fixed couples. A form can serve several types of courses and still display the same fields. Conversely, successfully entering something does not turn a partner course into a course with individual registration. The form logic and the actual registration rules must match.
What matters is the registration option explicitly provided for your specific course. An option such as “individual” may hide partner fields, while a separate individual registration form may omit them entirely. If the field remains mandatory even though the course details allow individual participation, you need a specific instruction for resolving this contradiction. The label “singles course” alone does not provide an approved substitute entry.
A partner field may also belong to a second record, for example, with an additional email address or a second participation fee. In that case, entering a made-up name would not be just a harmless note. “N. N.” or “no partner” is therefore not a universally valid entry either.
For help choosing a course in general, see the guide to getting started with a dance course for singles. An actual joint registration as a fixed couple is a different process. Who you practice with later is not determined by a substitute entry in the form.
