INTERNATIONAL DANCE COMPETITION RIGA 2023

November 17-19, 2023

Contest organizer

International dance organization ARABESK

with the support of the Riga City Council

 

The competition will be held at the Kipsala International Exhibition Center

www.bt1.lv 

Kipsalas 8, Riga, Latvia, LV-1048

Stage size 12m x 12m

 

CONDITIONS

Competitive nominations

• classical dance,

• neoclassical dance,

• folk dance,

• folk-stage,

• folk-stylized,

• folk-variety dance,

• jazz,

• modern,

• contemporary,

• lyrical,

• children's dance (up to 10 years),

• variety dance,

• sports-variety dance,

• dance show,

• sports dance,

• disco,

• hip hop and other street directions,

• experimental dance,

• author's choreography,

• modern directions of choreography.

Age categories

1 age category: up to 6 years

2 age category: from 6 years to 8 years

3 age category: from 9 years to 12 years

4 age category: from 13 years to 15 years

5 age category: from 16 years to 19 years

6 age category: from 20 years to 25 years

MIX age - mixed age groups

Mixed junior age group up to 12 years

Mixed senior age group from 13 years old

Mixed age group - no age restrictions

Competitors

Soloists, duets, trios, small groups from 4 to 6 people, large groups.

Level 1 - amateur studios and schools

Level 2 - exemplary, folk, state groups and schools

Level 3 - professional schools, collectives and schools.

Each level is evaluated and awarded separately.

Organizational requirements

• Organizations or persons delegating participants bear the costs of their arrival to the venue of the competition and back, accommodation and meals for the entire period of the event.

• All participants must be insured for the duration of their travel and stay in Latvia.

• Teams must have an appropriate number of accompanying persons to ensure the safety of the participants.

• The organizers of the competition are not responsible for accidents and thefts on and off the concert venue.

• Participation in the competition is confirmed by an invitation sent by the organizer, based on applications received, lists of participants.

• Members of the team are responsible for the copyrights of the performed contest numbers.

• Applications are accepted only from teachers and school leaders. Organizational issues are resolved with the team leader and parents receive information from their team leader.

• During the competition number it is forbidden to throw props that may interfere with the performance of other participants in the competition. If something is left on the stage after the performance, then the participant/group must clean everything up so that the number is not disqualified.

• Approaching the jury during the competition and breaks is prohibited. All the results of the performance and questions from the jury can be found after the award ceremony.

Rewarding

• GRAND PRIX

• Laureate of the 1st degree

• Laureate of the 2nd degree

• Laureate of the 3rd degree

• Certificates for participation in international competitions and master classes.

• Each participant of the competition receives a diploma

Criteria for evaluation

• performance technique

• compositional construction of the performance

• staging, plasticity, costume, props, performance culture

• selection and matching of musical and choreographic material

• artistry, disclosure of the artistic image.

ATTENTION!

The organizing committee has the right to use and distribute (without paying a fee) audio and video recordings, printed and other products produced during the competition events and following its results.

Organizational requirements

• An application for participation in the competition, a phonogram, a photo and a short biography of the team must be sent in one letter via Wetransfer system before 1 October 2023 to email danceolympiad@gmail.com

• An application must contain exact information indicating the genre. The information on the number of participants contained in the application is treated as final.

• Phonograms are sent together with the application. Each phonogram must contain the name of the group, nomination, (first name, surname of the soloist) and the name of the dance, the dance begins with a dot or with a phonogram start..

Preliminary program

November 17

Check-in. Registration. Master classes. Excursions.

November 18th

Opening of the competition. Competition day.

November 19

Competition day. Gala concert.