Supplemental Notice
- The judging criteria will focus on authentic Chinese classical dance movements in both Required Movements and Individual Choice parts of the competition.
- Please pay special attention to the bearing and forms which are characteristic of classical Chinese dance.
Competition Dates
1. Preliminaries in Taiwan will be held July 12th through 13th, 2008.
2. Competitions in USA will be held August 22nd through 24th, 2008 according to the following schedule:
- Thursday, August 21st: Contestant Rehearsal, Registration & Orientation
- Friday, August 22nd: Preliminaries
- Saturday, August 23rd: Semi-finals
- Sunday, August 24th: Finals, Divine Performing Arts show & Award Ceremony
Content of the Competition
1. Includes solo, duet, or trio dances.
2. The dance routine in the Competition will be less than two minutes long.
3. During the Preliminary Competition, the individual routine counts for 70% of the total score.
4. For the Semi-Finals, the dance routine will include one minute of a required set of movements (leaps, turns, flip, and control, plus tumbling techniques of "blanket fundamentals").
5. For the Finals, the dancers will perform one minute of a required set of movements and one minute of an individual choice set.
6. For the Semi-Finals and Finals, a different routine may be selected.
7. Required set of movements:
Placement Awards
Gold Award is $10,000, Silver Award is $3,000, Bronze Award is $1,000.
- Adult Division (Male): 1 Gold, 1 Silver, 2 Bronze, 3 Honorable Mention.
- Adult Division (Female): 1 Gold, 1 Silver, 2 Bronze, 3 Honorable Mention.
- Junior Division (Male): 1 Gold, 1 Silver, 2 Bronze, 3 Honorable Mention.
- Junior Division (Female): 1 Gold, 1 Silver, 2 Bronze, 3 Honorable Mention.
Qualifications to Enter the Competition
1. All dance teachers and dancers from professional arts academies and dance troupes and dance instructors, dancers, and dance students from professional dance schools between the ages of 14 – 40 may register and participate.
2. The range of age for each division of the Competition is as follows: Junior Division, age 14 - 17; Adult Division, age 18 – 40.
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