


We would like to thank to
ISTANBUL METROPOLITAN MUNICIPALITY for their contributions.
MEDIA SPONSORS
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.