Sibiu Dance Competition 2023
Categories
Solo Categories
Preparatory
6-7 years old by October 20, 2023
SOLO/VARIATION (open category, time limit 2:30 min)
Preparatory Category solo dancers are not restricted to the Classical Ballet repertoire list, they may perform age and skill-appropriate choreographed numbers, classical ballet repertoire variation, and/or Contemporary/Open style solo.
Pre-Competitive
8 -10 years old by October 20, 2023
SOLO/VARIATION (open category, time limit 2:30 min)
Pre-Competitive solo dancers are not restricted to the Classical Ballet repertoire list, they may perform age and skill-appropriate choreographed numbers, classical ballet repertoire variation, and/or Contemporary/Open style solo.
Junior
11 -13 years old by October 20, 2023
A. CLASSICAL BALLET (any variation from Classical Ballet repertoire list, time limit up to 3 min)
B. CONTEMPORARY DANCE* (time limit up to 3:30 min)
Senior
14 -16 years old by October 20, 2023
A. CLASSICAL BALLET (any variation from Classical Ballet repertoire list, time limit up to 3 min)
B. CONTEMPORARY DANCE* (time limit up to 3:30 min)
Pre-Professional
17-19 years old by October 20, 2023
A. CLASSICAL BALLET (any variation from Classical Ballet repertoire list, time limit up to 3 min)
B. CONTEMPORARY DANCE* (time limit up to 3:30 min)
Professional Category
20-25 years old by October 20, 2023
A. CLASSICAL BALLET (any variation from Classical Ballet repertoire list, time limit up to 3 min)
B. CONTEMPORARY DANCE* (time limit up to 3:30 min)
Pas de Deux and Duet
Pas de Deux
2 contestants (time limit up to 6 min)
12-25 years old by October 20, 2023
CLASSICAL BALLET
Dancers will perform adagio/entre and coda from any Classical Ballet repertoire (no variations)
Duet
2 contestants (time limit up to 4 minutes)
8-25 years old by October 20, 2023
A. CLASSICAL BALLET (not Pas de Deux)
B. CONTEMPORARY DANCE*
C. CHARACTER DANCE
Ensemble Categories
Small Ensemble**
3-4 contestants (time limit up to 4 min)
8-25 years old by October 20, 2023
A. CLASSICAL BALLET
B. CONTEMPORARY DANCE*
C. CHARACTER DANCE
Medium Ensemble**
5-10 contestants (time limit up to 5 min)
8-25 years old by October 20, 2023
A. CLASSICAL BALLET
B. CONTEMPORARY DANCE*
C. CHARACTER DANCE
Large Ensemble**
10+ contestants (time limit up to 6 min)
8-25 years old by October 20, 2023
A. CLASSICAL BALLET
B. CONTEMPORARY DANCE*
C. CHARACTER DANCE
*Contemporary choreography is understood for the purpose of this competition as pieces in either modern or contemporary vocabulary to be choreographed since 2019
**For groups, the category will be chosen according to the arithmetic average of the ages reached by October 20, 2023 by the dance contestants.