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Rules and Regulations of the Ballet Teachers' Workshop Scholarships

Entries

No late entries will be accepted under any circumstances.

General Rules and Conditions

  1. All competitors perform completely at their own risk.
  2. The scholarships are only for students of amateur status.  Students cannot derive any regular income from the art form.
  3. If a competitor leaves the stage before the end of a solo, other than by fault of the committee, they will be allowed to dance at the end of the section as a non competing performer.
  4. Competitors must appear in the order of which their name appears in the class/program.
  5. Any person/s whose conduct is off putting to other competitors or the committee will be asked to leave.  If they are a competitor they could face disqualification.
  6. A breach of any rules or conditions may result in either disqualification of the competitor or, at the committee's discretion, the student might be asked to dance as a non competing performer.
  7. The committee will not be responsible for any lost property, including uncollected tapes/cds.
  8. Semi finals will be conducted as required at the discretion of the committee.
  9. Only students of teachers who are current members of the BTW for the forthcoming 12 months are eligible to enter the scholarships.
  10. Full-time students are eligible to enter providing they enter under the name of their full-time school and the entry form is signed by the principal.
  11. Students who have previously won a section are entitled to re-enter the same section.

Adjudicator/s

  1. The adjudicator/s decision is final and no correspondence will be entered into.
  2. Communication with the adjudicator at any time during the competition by any person other than members of the committee is strictly forbidden and any breach of this rule will result in a disqualification.
  3. The committee reserves the right to appoint a co-adjudicator or substitute adjudicator if required.

Copyright

  1. Neither the Ballet Teachers' Worshop Victoria Inc (BTW) nor the committee will be liable for any copyright infringements.
  2. The use of cameras, video cameras or any other recording devices including telephone cameras is strictly forbidden by anyone other than the BTW officials.
  3. Any and all publicity that may arise from any media including television, newspapers, photographs or web information remains the rights of the BTW.

Audition Attire

  1. Female - plain coloured leotard (no skirts), tights & ballet shoes (no accessories).
  2. Male - tights, a tight fitting top with socks and ballet shoes (no accessories).

Age

  1. Age will be taken as at 30 June each year.
  2. Competitors may only enter in their own age group.
  3. The committee reserves the right to ask for a Birth Certificate of any competitor in any section.

Music

  1. No solo may exceed 3 minutes in length.
  2. All items will be timed from the commencement of the perofrmance or music (whichever comes first).  Commencement of performance is the commencement of the first step (other than a straight forward walk and placement to starting position).
  3. Variations are exempt from these time restrictions, but must adhere to correct music interpretations.
  4. Each labelled cassette/cd (in a case) is to contain one item only and must be set at the beginning of the music.

Performance - Finals

  1. All finalists are selected from heats or semi finals held during the audition process.
  2. No pointe work is allowed for sections A, B, C & F.
  3. Pointe work is optional for female finalists in section D (none will be seen in the semi final).
  4. Short classical tutus must be worn for all girls in sections A, B, C & D.
  5. Variations must be performed in sections E & F (from a list provided to the finalists at the auditions) and are not allowed for section D.
  6. Finalists in section E (Mabel Pryde Memorial Scholarship) must perform on pointe.
  7. All finalists in section E (Mabel Pryde Memorial Scholarship) and section F (the Paul Hammond Foundation Award) must wear a traditional and authentic costume appropriate for the relevant variation performed.
  8. Competitors arriving late will be allowed to dance at the end of the section as a non competing performer.
  9. Only competitors and/or committee members are allowed backstage at any time (parents and guardians of section A finalists excepted).
  10. No rehearsals allowed at any time backstage.  Students will be supervised by the committee whilst warming up on stage for each section.