19 INTERNATIONAL

CHOREOGRAPHIC FESTIVAL

ARABESK

 

Latvia, Jurmala

24 – 27 June, 2019

 

ORGANIZER OF THE FESTIVAL

Public Organization

“ARABESK”

 

CONDITIONS

 

Goals and objectives of the festival

• To present creative achievements of art collectives

• To provide an excellent opportunity to share experiences between teams, group leaders and dance teachers

• To improve professional skills among adults and youth

• To identify and support the most talented and promising children and dance collectives

• To establish international friendly contact with the countries participating in the Olympiad

• To popularize the beauty and coloring of our country's culture against the backdrop of performances made by foreign countries

• To develop interethnic, interregional, international relations

• To promote various genres of choreographic art

 

Program

24 June

Arrival. Masterclasses. Rehearsal.

25 June

Contest day

26 June

Gala concert. Awarding.

27 June

Departure.

 

Nominations

• Classical choreography
• Neoclassical choreography
• Dance show
• Children dance (max 10 years old)
• Experimental dance
• Sports choreography
• Modern choreography (jazz, modern, contemporary, neofolk, afro)
• Stage choreography
• Folk choreography
• Stylizated folk dance
• Folk-stage dance
• Street directions (dances), (hip-hop, house, techno, disco, break dance)

 

Age categories

 1 age category (5 - 7)

 2 age category (8 - 10)

 3 age category (11 - 13)

 4 age category (14 - 17)

 5 age category (18 - 25)

 6 age category - professionals (students of professional schools and colleges)

 7 age category - mixed

 

Jury and awards of the Dance Olympiad

The jury of the contest is formed from leading experts in the choreography.

Awarding

• GRAND - PRIX

• Laureate of 1 grade

• Laureate of 2 grade

• Laureate of 3 grade

Special prize from Jury members

Special prize “For the best choreography work”

Special prize “For high performing skills”

Special prize “For artistry”

Cup for choreography work

 

Criteria for evaluation

• Performance technique

• Compositional construction of the performance

• Theatrical effectiveness, plastics, costumes, requisite, culture of performance

• Selection and matching of musical and choreographic material

• Artistry, the disclosure of the artistic image.

 

Technical requirements

 

• Music should be with an ideal sound quality;

• It is necessary to record each music peace on one medium. Each record must contain information: the name of the ensemble or the surname of the performer, the name of the dance with the exact time of the sound;

• You must have a duplicate record with you.

 

ATTENTION!

 

1. The Organizing Committee has the right to use and distribute (without paying honorarium) audio and video recordings, printed and other kinds of products produced during the events of the competition and its results.

2. It is forbidden to make changes to the program later than 5 days before the competition.

 

Organizational requirements

 

• Application for participation in the competition, video, photo and a short biography of the collective must be sent till May 1, 2019.

• The application must be full completed and sent to balet.arabesk@inbox.lv together with the phonogram of the contest performance.

• The application must contain exact information about the genre. Data on the number of participants contained in the application are treated as final.

• Participation in the competition must be confirmed by an official letter of the Organizing Committee