National Association Of Teachers of Dancing
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London Area Qualifying Heat Theatrical Scholarships
2nd July 2023 @ 9:00 am - 6:00 pm
£5 ā £8
š„ LONDON AREA HEAT INFORMATIONĀ
DANCE GENRES Ballet, Modern, Tap & Contemporary
HEAT VENUE
Bat & Ball Community Centre, Crampton’s Rd, Sevenoaks, Kent, TN14 5DN
The candidates will take part in a 30-minute class in the dance genre/s they have been entered in. The classes will be taken by experienced professionals who all have a wealth of knowledge in the above dance genres.
The area organisers will select adjudicators for the heats. Adjudicators will mark each candidate out of 50. If there is more than one adjudicator, marks will then be averaged to give an individual overall score. The 5 top scoring candidates from each category and section will then go through to our Grand Finals of solo performances in Birmingham on Sunday 1st October.
2023 theatrical Scholarships Rules
THE GRAND FINALS
Sunday 1st October 2023
FINALS VENUE
Sutton Coldfield Town Hall Upper Clifton Rd
Sutton Coldfield Birmingham, B73 6AB
The winners from each heat will now come together to perform solo numbers in the genre they were chosen. The solo performance must be 1 and a half to 2 minutes in length and must be fully costumed with theatrical stage make-up. There will be 20Ā candidates per section but in the event of a tie, the committee will grant an extra place.
There will be 2 adjudicators for the finals, both of whom are professionals in the dancing world. Once again they will each mark out of 50 and their scores will be combined. Candidates will be marked purely on their solo performance. As of January 2023 marks from the heat will not be taken into consideration anymore at the Grand Finals.
AWARDS
3rd place, runner up, and our NATD Scholarship Champions 2023 will all receive a commemorative trophy.
The scholarship winners will receive Ā£100 prize money.
All participants at the Finals will receive a Scholarship trophy.
Tickets for the Grand Finals will go on sale nearer the time, once all 4 heats have taken place.
Grand Finals ticket prices as follows…
Ā£25.00 Adult Ā£15.00 Child (16 and under), Members Ā£ 20.00 *Free to the entering teachers. (only one free teacher per school)
