The Competition, dedicated to soloists, couples and groups belonging to dance schools and amateur companies, will take place in Rome on March 23rd and 24th 2019 at the Orione Theater located in via Tortona 7 at 250m. from Piazza Re di Roma.
There will be three styles: March 23 Classic and Neoclassical, Modern and March 24 Contemporary, and the participants will be divided into:
- CHILDREN: 8/11 years
- JUNIOR: 12/14
- SENIOR: 15/17
- PROFESSIONAL: 18+
Exclusively for solos, the Senior and Professional categories are divided into: MALE (men only) and FEMALE (women only) only in case if they reach the minimum number of 3 participants, otherwise they will be grouped together regardless of gender. The ages are intended to be reached by 22/03/2019.
The quantity of participants is limited. We do not accept inscriptions made for speculative purposes only. Regarding the age of the participants of a group of the various categories, it could happen that some dancers may be younger or older than the rest of the members. Their participation will be allowed only if the majority of the group will have the age of the category they belong to.
The groups will be considered as such starting from three members. Soloists, couples and groups are allowed in all styles. The soloists will have 2’30 “of time available to perform the couples 3 minutes, the groups will have 4 minutes. The maximum tolerance limit allowed is 30 seconds to be strictly respected, under penalty of exclusion from the competition.
MUSIC, SCENOGRAPHS AND COSTUMES
The music, which must be perfectly clear to listening, must be attached when the online registration is made and must be named with the title of the choreography. Only MP3 are formats allowed. However, it is the DUTY for the group leaders representing the participating schools and for the independent soloists, is to bring with them, during the show, a spare cd or a USB stick reporting ONLY the track used by them for the competition to be used in case of need.
Eventual scenographic objects are allowed but they must be easy to remove and in any case the use of naked flames, water or anything else that could damage and / or dirty the theater stage is not allowed. The choices of stage costumes are free but must be absolutely decent.
COSTS:
We remind once again that the ROME DANCE CONTEST remains one of the few international events with FREE ENTRY until places are exhausted. The contributions for the participations are as follows:
- For students in group € 40.00 + surcharge of € 25.00 in case of second choreography + increase of € 35.00 in case of third choreography + increase of € 55.00 in case of fourth choreography.
- Soloist € 60.00 + surcharge of € 25.00 in case of the second choreography + increase of € 45.00 in case of third choreography + increase of € 55.00 in case of fourth choreography.
- Duo € 100.00 + surcharge of € 25.00 in case of the second choreography + surcharge of € 35.00 in case of third choreography + increase of € 45.00 in case of fourth choreography + increase of 55 euros in case of the fifth choreography.
Please note: the soloist or the duo participant who also make part of one or more group choreographies will be required to pay the solo or duo component respectively, to which will be added the supplement provided for participation in several choreographies (example: soloist who also participates in 1 group choreography will pay a total of 85.00 euros – resulting from 60.00 + 25.00). In case of non-participation, the registration fees will not be refunded under any circumstances.
The deadline for registration, for the prize holders included, is set for March 17th 2019. After this date, the registration will be SUBSIDIZED BY 50%. The organization reserves the right to close the registrations when the maximum number of participants is reached. All entries must be made online only and always before March 17, 2019. Please note that all data to be filled in are required otherwise the registration will not be successful. Schools or soloists with more choreographies are required to complete a separate submission form for each piece presented, trying to be careful to load the relevant piece of music well. Forballet.it assumes no responsibility in case of wrong, corrupt and / or illegible files.
The copy of the payment in pdf or jpg format must be uploaded to each card otherwise the system will not allow you to continue. The loading time depends on the power of your internet line and the heaviness of the attached files. Wait until the message appears on the part of the system, the registration is successful and do not rush to close the page.
REHEARLSALS:
There are no rehearsals.
TECHNICAL NOTES:
The stage has a 5% slope, measuring 11 × 10 and is covered with professional linoleum; therefore the use of pitch is prohibited and useless. Although the theater is equipped with a generous and professional lighting system, for all the participants the same light will be used to avoid any effects that could be read as favoritism.
OPENING HOURS AND ACCESS TO DRESSING ROOMS:
MARCH 23th day classic and modern section
- 23 MARCH: The show will start at 15.00. It will be possible to enter the dressing rooms at 13:00. At the end of the performances of each style the award ceremony will follow . The style order is set in: Classic and modern. We assume no responsibility to communicate at what time the show will end, therefore WILL BE CARE TO DECIDE TO NOW BOOK YOUR RETURNING TRAVEL.
OPENING HOURS AND ACCESS TO DRESSING ROOMS:
MARCH 24th day contemporary section
- 24 MARCH: The show will start at 10.00. It will be possible to enter the dressing rooms at 8:00. At the end of all the performances will follow the awards. We assume no responsibility for communicating in advance at what time the show will end, therefore please decide on the time of your RETURNING TICKET carefully.
ATTENTION: The precise program of the performances (which you should print by your own) will be announced at the time of the closing of the registrations and in any case not before March 21nd. Therefore it is useless to ask continually at what time your performance starts or ask the estimated time of the end of the competition. Despite having a large dressing area, accesses will be allowed only to the dancers in order of category and style that immediately after performing on stage will be accompanied by the chief of the group strait to the auditorium so they can enjoy the rest of the show (if there will be free seats available). However, all the dancers are invited to leave the changing rooms promptly and progressively immediately after having performed their performance to encourage the preparation and warming up of the colleagues in the lineup.
It will be the responsibility of the director of each school to be present, or to entrust a person of his trust, next to the audio technicians for any need for stop and play music or placement outputs before the start of the music as the technicians will not accept assignments neither verbal or written on behalf of third parties. Unlike in case no one was present to direct in directing, it will be implicitly understood that the music will start immediately after the presentation of the voiceover without further waiting. Each school will have to provide itself with a necessary period of checking the stage and its important to avoid crowding the state too much time before the performances.
There will not be our agents who will come to look for or call schools in the dressing rooms. If it is not present, it will proceed with the next school and will automatically be excluded from the competition. Same for soloists and couples.
Only the presence of the coreografo or the school director will e excepted behind the curtains who will be requested to wait at the stage exit, regardless of the presence of other exhibitions of his students in the contest. It will be allowed to stay only if there will be two or more students exhibiting in a row. If this rule will not be respected the participation at the contest will be denied.
We remind you that the entrance to the stage is on the right side and the exit is on the left side (having the stage in front of you). Any movement not correspondent to this rule will be persecuted by our stuff.
We ask you to respect the maximum silence behind the curtains and outside the doors of entrance to the stage. After the third notice of the lack of respect our stuff will have to exclude the disturbers from the contest. The respect for colleagues and neighbours goes before everything else!
ENTRANCE TICKETS:
Admission for viewing both shows is ABSOLUTELY FREE until all the sits are taken. After the auditorium is completely full, the firemen will inhibit further entry to both parents and relatives or relatives. Therefore we ask you to remind to your guests to reach the theater on time
VOTES AND AWARDS:
The thing that we would like to underline specifically is that if only one or two candidates are to be present in one category, the award of the eventual prize will still follow the expected criteria, therefore the ascent to the podium is not to be considered discounted for any lack of challengers.
The judgment will be based on individual votes divided as follows:
- Soloists and couples: Technique, musicality and interpretation.
- Groups: Technique, interpretation and synchronous ability.
Each category and style will be awarded, at the discretion of the jury, with a 1st, 2nd and 3rd place and all will compete for the achievement of prestigious scholarships. All prizes to be won will be published and updated by category on our official Rome Dance Contest and Forballet.it website and on Instagram (forballet.it)
Since the scholarships are particularly prestigious, expensive and in some cases unique, the winners must conferm their intention to participate by the date established by the juror who will award the prize. The jury will draw a ranking of 3 positions of preference for the attribution of the same, so if on schedule, the first candidates will not benefit from the scholarship that will be awarded to him, the management of forballet.itwill contact the second on the list , thus declining the benefit achieved by the first winners without the possibility of recovering it.
PRIZE OF CRITICS AND AUTHOR CHOREOGRAPHY AWARD for the BALLET, MODERN and CONTEMPORARY issued by the President of the jury Mrs Francesca Bernabini
CALCULATION CRITERIA FOR FINAL VOTES AND AWARDS:
The votes will be expressed from 5 to 10 with the possibility of half votes. The evaluation parameters are established as follows: total vote of less than 5 NON-CLASSIFIED, total score of 5.01 and 6 THIRD CLASSIFIED rating from 6.01 to 7 SECOND CLASSIFIED and vote from 7.01 to 10 FIRST CLASSIFIED. When more than a score higher than 7.01 should occur, the rankings will be awarded starting from the highest grade to decrease (from 1st place to decrease), for example if the following scores should occur: 9.01 – 8.75 – 7.57 – 7.03 will be awarded:
- The first prize 9.01
- The second 8.75 prize
- The third prize 7.57
A single prize will be awarded for each ranking assignment unless it is an ex-aequo with the exact same score. The judgment will be final and unappealable. The organization and the jury do not accept the invitation of third parties “to the attention”. For a speech of transparency that distinguishes our work from others ALL THE RESULTS WILL BE EXHIBITED IN THE FOYER OF THE THEATER IMMEDIATELY AFTER THE END OF EVERY SINGLE STYLE.
PAYMENTS:
Payments must be made payable to Forballet.it s.r.l.s., on the following current account number: IT45P0311175040000000005823 at UBI Banca Popolare di Ancona swift code BLOPIT22
LIABILITY AND BEHAVIOR CODE:
At the end of the event if the inspection by the inspectors appointed by the Theater, it turns out to have been damaged, the sum for any compensation for damages caused will be distributed between all schools and participants of the competition. We therefore invite you to take the utmost care of the premises of the theater that hosts the initiative and the utmost respect for all colleagues and professionals. The organization declines any responsibility for damages to people or things that may happen during the event, whether they are suffered or caused by people participating in the contest. During the show it is absolutely forbidden to shoot with large cameras that can disturb the spectators and take pictures with flash. Each participant, each choreographer and each director at the time of enrollment waives any right of representation, any compensation for participation in the competition and authorizes the organization to acquire and use its image for promotional purposes only and disclosures authorized by current legislation. The participants or those for them, take on their own responsibility for their physical conditions. The organization declines any responsibility for damages to persons or things that may occur during the various stages of the event, whether they are suffered or caused by persons participating in the Competition and / or suffered or caused by the public in the hall.
If you need any clarification or information in any moment of the competition you are requested to express your needs and questions in an educated manner, calmly. Take note that your students will always copy your manners and your behaviour because you are their models guiders. Remember that you need to explain to them that there is always who wins and who looses in this life and and that one needs to know to except both, if this thing will not be taught to our students we will not have any right to complain about this new “ill-mannered” and capricious generation.
The Organization reserves the right to modify the present regulation at any time, schedules and / or cancel the event if there are reasons of force majeure to prevent it. In this case the registration fees will be returned by mail. The jurisdiction for each dispute is entrusted to the Court of competence.
