1. This competition is open to male and female professional dancers or students, who are studying at conservatoires or dance academies from all countries.
2. Documents proving age for categories must be provided.
3. Aplication form must be completed and filled correctly.
4. DVD recordings should be posted to the competition jury not later than 25 April 2010.
5. Partners accompanying the contestants should finance themselves.
6. Documents required from contestants who pass the DVD elimination and qualify to compete in the competition are as follows:
• Curriculum vitae
• Three photographs (one portrait, one in costume, one in practice clothes) dimensions :13cm x 15cm
• Photocopies of passport or identity card, student documents from students.
7. The contestants who pass the DVD selection, will pay € 50 (Euros), as an application fee, to the bank account identified here.
8. NO HEALTH INSURANCE WILL BE PROVIDED.CONTESTANS ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR THEIR OWN HEALTH INSURANCE.
9. Choreographers or teachers who accompany contestants should finance themselves.
10. Contestants will bring their own make-up material, costumes etc….
11. Contestants may join classical ballet classes organized by the committee if they wish.
12. Stage and studio rehearsal times and programmes will be set in the meeting that will take place before the competition.
13. All contestants should be in Istanbul by July 5, 2010 before 18:00 p.m. when the competition meeting will take place.
14. All contestants must obey to the rules and programming set by the competition committee.
15. Any contestant who does not have the required documents or does not act according to the programme that is set by the Competition Committee will be disqualified.
16. In each round contestants will perform different choreographies that they have chosen from the ‘compulsory’ list.
17. Contestants, who wish to make changes in the choreography that they have chosen to perform, have to notify the Committee during the two hour period after the results of the last round have been announced.
18. The accommodation fees of the contestants participating in the competition will be paid by the Competition Committee as long as they proceed through the competition. Contestants who do not pass through to the finals, must check out from their hotels at 12:00 a.m. on the following day of the selection announcement related to the tour that they have failed.
19. Contestants who pass through to the finals will be paid 20 euros per diem. Contestants who do not pass through to the finals will not receive any per diem.

IMPORTANT NOTICE FOR CONTESTANTS :

Awards will be deposited only in the “Euro Bank Account” of the winners.

All Contestants coming to Istanbul for the second round of The Competition should inform the Competition Artistic Director, (info@istanbulballetcompetition.gov.tr),

their Euros Bank Account IBAN number, on their own name or their parents’ name if they are younger than 18 years old.

COMPETITION PROCEDURES
1. DVD Application forms can be obtained from our web site.
2. The choreography required for solo participants should not be longer than 5 minutes and for couples not more than 8 minutes for DVD recordings.
a- Name, Surname, Age and Country should be written in the first section.
b- Barré, Centre, Allegro exercises and classical variations or pas de deux selected from the compulsory repertoire should be entered in the second section (any two combinations from the “barrè”, any two combinations from the “centre” and a combination from the “allegro”).
c- All DVD recordings must include music.
d- Any DVD recordings posted after 25 April 2010 will not be accepted.

Application documents will be posted to the following address:

İstanbul Devlet Opera ve Balesi Müdürlüğü

Dünya Sağlık Sokak Opera İş Merkezi No:41-43 Kat:5

TAKSİM / İSTANBUL / TURKEY

TECHNICAL INFORMATION REQUESTED
1. Contestants are obliged to prepare their md format (mini disks):two seperate md’s required for both classical and contemporary pieces. During the competition :
• White background (cyclorama)
• Black wings
• General light set-up
• Grey or black dance floor will be avalaible on stage.
2. Contestants will compete with one lighting plan while dancing their classical choreography. However, they may request a different lighting plan for their contemporary choreography.

JURY & SCORING
1. The jury will evaluate over 12 points.
2. Contestants that have an average score higher than the jury's approved acceptable score will gain the right to pass through to the next round.
3. Contestants do not have the right to object to the jury’s decisions or to ask for any related document from the jury members.

GALA NIGHT
The entire contestants, who are awarded, will perform one of the works from their competition repertoire (classical or modern) on the Gala Night of the competition, together with the ballet stars invited as the guest artists to this night.