The Baltic Movement Contest 2011
A contest for a short contemporary dance solo in the field of broadly understood contemporary dance (contemporary dance /contemprorary ballet)
The International Baltic Movement Contest 2011 will take place during the Gdansk Dance Festival 2011. The Contest is to support and promote contemporary dance in Europe. The contest is directed to the contemporary dance artists from the European countries. It is open for dancers of contemporary dance (contemporary dance / contemporary ballet) who have at least 3 years of artistic activity or/and are professional dancers with a diploma of dance studies.
Participation in the contest for a short contemporary dance solo is permitted for solos that are autonomous solo performances, the premiere of which took place between 1-st January 2009 and 15-th March 2011. The solo should not be shorter than 5 minutes and no longer than 20 minutes.
The deadline for application is 31-st March 2011 (see details in the regulations of the Contest - website www.klubzak.com.pl - NOTE: the date of arrival of the application to Club Zak is decisive).
The preselection and the final part of the BALTIC MOVEMENT CONTEST 2011 will take place during the Gdansk Dance Festival between 20-th - 23-rd June 2011. There will be maximum 12 finalists chosen by the Jury. One dancer can submit maximum two short solo pieces.
Solo pieces will be judged by an international jury composed of 5 (or 3) members. The Jury will carry out the preselection and then will judge the finalists. The organiser will invite to the Jury curators of international dance festivals, personages from the artistic world, and experts in the field of contemporary dance.
The composition of the jury will be officially presented on the 16-th March 2011 on the website www.klubzak.com.pl. The Jury will judge the solos for their artistic value, technical level and originality, awareness of the performance space and dramaturgy of the choreography.
In the Contest there are to be 3 prizes: 1st prize: 3.000 EUR, 2nd prize: 2.000 EUR and 3rd prize: 1.000 EUR.
All additional information: Contest Regulations, application form, light rider of Club Zak can be found on website www.klubzak.com.pl. We kindly ask to read carefully the Regulations.
Questions in Polish or English concerning the conditions of participation in the Contest may be sent to: e-mail: konkurs(at)klubzak.com.pl.
The answers will be published on the website www.klubzak.com.pl.
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