Preparatory Category
6-7 years old by January 1, 2021
SOLO/VARIATION (open category, time limit 2:30 min)
Preparatory Category solo dancers are not restricted to the classical repertoire list, they may perform age and skill appropriate choreographed numbers, classical ballet repertoire variation and /or Contemporary/Open solo
Pre-competitive Category
Pre-competitive 1: up to 4 classes per week
Pre-competitive 2: more then 5 classes per week
8 -10 years old by January 1, 2021
SOLO/VARIATION (open category, time limit 2:30 min)
Pre-Competitive solo dancers are not restricted to the classical repertoire list, they may perform age and skill appropriate choreographed numbers, classical ballet repertoire variation and /or Contemporary/Open solo
Junior Category
Junior 1: up to 4 classes per week
Junior 2: more then 5 classes per week
11 -13 years old by January 1, 2021
A. CLASSICAL BALLET (any variation from Classical Ballet repertoire, time limit up to 3 min)
B. CONTEMPORARY DANCE* (time limit up to 3:30 min)
Senior Category
14 -16 years old by January 1, 2021
A. CLASSICAL BALLET (any variation from Classical Ballet repertoire, time limit up to 3 min)
B. CONTEMPORARY DANCE* (time limit up to 3:30 min)
Pre-professional Category
17-19 years old by January 1, 2021
A. CLASSICAL BALLET (any variation from Classical Ballet repertoire, time limit up to 3 min)
B. CONTEMPORARY DANCE* (time limit up to 3:30 min)
Professional Category
20+ years old
A. CLASSICAL BALLET (any variation from Classical Ballet repertoire, time limit up to 3 min)
B. CONTEMPORARY DANCE* (time limit up to 3:30 min)
Pas de Deux
12-25 years old by January 1, 2021
CLASSICAL BALLET (time limit up to 6 min)
Dancers will presente: adagio/entre and coda from any Classical Ballet
Duet
8-25 years old by January 1, 2021
CONTEMPORARY DANCE* (time limit up to 4 min)
Trio/Cvartet 3-4 contestants (time limit up to 3 min)
8-25 years old by January 1, 2021
- CLASSICAL BALLET
B. CONTEMPORARY DANCE* - CHARACTER DANCE
Group 5-10 contestants (time limit up to 4 min)
8-25 years old by January 1, 2021
- CLASSICAL BALLET
B. CONTEMPORARY DANCE* - CHARACTER DANCE
Ensemble10+ contestants (time limit up to 5 min)
- CLASSICAL BALLET
B. CONTEMPORARY DANCE* - CHARACTER DANCE
*Contemporary choreography is understood for the purpose of this competition as pieces in either modern or contemporary vocabulary to be choreographed since 2015.