Rules and Regulations

1. Participants
2. All professional dancers, students of ballet or contemporary dance, as well as amateurs, from Austria and abraod are eligible.
3. Age-restriction
   All participants up to 27 years.
   
   
4. 3.Categories
5. Professional Dancers (Category D) 
   Age between 18 – 27 years
   2 rounds, 3 different classic variations of the ballet repertoire of the 19^th and 20^th ballet repertoire (in the final may be one neoclassic variation of the 21^st century)
   Category D1 (Professional Dancers) – only Solo and classical variations 
   1^st round: 1 variation from classic balletrepertoires (see list of mandatory variations)
   2nd round/finale: at least 1 classic variation (see list of mandatory variatons), second variation can be a classic or a neoclassic (free choice) from choreographers of the 21^st century (eg John Cranko, Kenneth McMillan, Boris Eifman, Yuri Grigorowitsch, Rudolf Nureyew, Youri Vámos, F. Aston, J. Neumeier, ...)
   Category D2 (Professional Dancers Pas de Deux)
   1st round: 1 Pas de Deux from classic ballet repertoires (19^th and 20^th century)
   2nd round/finale: 1 Pas de Deux from classic ballet repertoires (19^th and 20^th century) or a neoclassic variation from choreographers of the 21^st century (eg John Cranko, Kenneth McMillan, Boris Eifman, Yuri Grigorowitsch, Rudolf Nureyew, Youri Vámos, F. Aston, J. Neumeier, ...), no repetition of the first round Pas de Deux in the second round/finale.
6. Students (Category B) – only Solo and classical variations
   Children and youth who regularly a professional ballet school. Participants of Category B may also compete in a higher category, but they will be judged by the higher category rules. 
   Category B1 from the age of 13 to 15 years
               2 rounds; 1 or 2 variations, but 1 could be repeated
   Category B2 from the age of 16 to 19 years
               2 rounds; 2 different variations
7. Private schools (Category A) – Solo or GroupFor children attending a non-professional ballet school once or twice a week.
   Participants may perform a children's dance or a scene from a well-known ballet. It is not necessary to choose a dance from the mandatory variations.
   The first round will take place by DVD transmittal, youtube link or facebook link of the dance. The video must not be identical wich the dance presented by the competition. Deadline is 10^th June 2014.  The qualified dancers will be invited to the contest.
   Category A1 (Solo) from the age up to 18 years, peformance duration max 2 minutesCategory A2 (Group, of min 3 pers) from the age up to 18 years, performance duration max 4 minutes
   
   
   
8. Modern and Contemporary Dancers (Category C) – Solo or GroupThe first round will take place by DVD transmittal, youtube link or facebook link of the dance. The video must not be identical wich the dance presented by the competition. Deadline is 10^th June 2014. The qualified dancers will be invited to the contest.The performance will be judged according to choreography, musicality, dance technique, context, course of movement and the presentation among other criteria. Category C1 (Solo) from the age to 27 years, performance duration max 3 minutesCategory C2 (Group, of min 3 pers) up to 27 years, performance duration max 4 minutes

 9.Registration 

The registration form and all necessary documents (see below) have to be send by mail or e-mail until 10^th June 2014. 
Necessary documents:

• filled registration form (see downloadlink www.wienweltwettbewerb.com)
• copy of passport (passport number, photo, personal data, date, place and authority of issue)
• portrait picture and a photo of dance pose for the competition
  Please save the photos as .jpg with a resolution of min 300 dpi and max 1 MB!
• short CV (education, career, teachers, previous competitions and awards, repertoire and list of roles performed)
• DVD or youtube link or facebook link of a short dance performance needed from all categories (except Students of category B and professional dancers of category D)

Registration per mail:

Wien-Welt-Wettbewerb 2014

New Century – Culture Exchange Association Austria
Kettenbrückengasse 18 
A-1040 Vienna 
Austria

or per e-mail to: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

or per Fax to: +43 1 318 700 2; +43 1 798 265 0

Please find also the english registration form for non-germanspeaker participants. (www.wienweltwettbewerb.com)

Within 14 days, after receiving the documents, you will get a letter of acknowledgment. Please notice that this letter is not equal to the authorisiation to participate in the contest. The management reserves the right to refuse registrations. 

1. Permitt to the contest
   You will get a notification from the commitee about your successfull permitt. After that we would kindly ask you to send us your CD (.wav or .mp3) with needed music, at the latest 3 weeks before the contest per mail. Only in exceptional cases (!) can you present your CD on arrival. 
2. Music
   Every music title must be on a seperate CD.

   Labelling:
   Name of participant; category A (Amateurs), B (Students), D (Professional Dancers) or C (Modern & Contemporary Dancers); choreography, variation and round

3. Jury and evaluation
   International expert jury consisting of directors of ballet schools, choreographers, dancers, artisitc directors, and so on. Dancers will be evaluated by a point system. 
4. Agenda and prices
   The competition consists of 1 or 2 rounds with a finale and gala. The award ceremony will be part of the gala, to which international guests will be invited. Depending on our possibilities some of the finalists' costs will be reimbursed.

   The prizes are prize money for the first 3 places (men and women) Grand Prix in category D, scholarships (eg ImPulsTanz Workshop, Ballettakademie der Wiener Staatsoper and other schools), prize from "Freunde der Wiener Staatsoper" (money prize), possible engagements, awards for the best talent and interpretation, medals, cups and diplomas. The jury is not obliged to give the Grand Prix.

5. Place
   The gala will take place in the famous Volkstheater in Vienna. The stages for rounds and finals will be announced on time. 
6. Access to stages and theatres 
   All participants, incl. one accompanying person (teacher, trainer) have free access. They will get an identity card. Parents are not allowed backstage. For the contest stage performance, all participants and their acompanying person will be given a free ticket, and for the gala evening they can buy a ticket at50 % reduction. 
7. Dance rehearsal
   The detailed timeplan will be posted in the theatres, office of the commitee and in the hotels. 
8. Workshops and master classes 
   The commitee classifies the categories for the workshop, which are not strictly mandatory. Highly qualified experts lead the workshops and Vladimir Malakhov the master classes. Participants in the contest may attend the ImPulsTanz workshops at reduced prices. 
9. Participation fee
   Within one week, after receivin the permitt of participation to the contest, the fee has to be paid to the following account:

   New Century Culture Exchange Association 
   Kettenbrückengasse 18
   A- 1040 Wien Österreich
   UniCredit Bank Austria AG
   IBAN: AT 02 12000 10004401948
   SWIFT: BKAUATWW

 10.Liability

The registration fee does not contain any kind of insurance. Wien-Welt-Wettbewerb 2014 assume no liability for accidents or damage within hotels and theatres during the contest duration. 

11.All travel or accomodation costs are to be covered by the participants, but we can offer you cheaper accomodations and hotels, see www.wienweltwettbewerb.com.

We can also arrange a pick up service from airport or station for you. 

12.Mandatory variations for Category B2 and Category D (B1 can be a choreography in the classical style, according to the ability of the student.)

All mandatory variations have to be choosen from following list:

• SWAN LAKE (Composer: Tchaikovsky) 
  Act 1 - female and male variations from Pas de Trois
  Act 2 - variation of Odette from Grand White Adagio
  Act 3 - variation of Odile and Siegfried  
  
  
• SLEEPING BEAUTY (Composer: Tchaikovsky)
  Prologue - variation of Lilac Fairy
  Act 1 - variation of Aurora
  Act 3 - Pas de deux of the Blue Bird (variation of Florina and the Blue Bird) 
  Pas de deux of Aurora and Prince Desiré (variation of Aurora and Prince Desiré) – Gold, Silver, Platinum (or Diamond) variations
  
  
• NUTCRACKER (Composer: Tchaikovsky) 
  Act 2 - variation of Sugar Plum Fairy and the Prince

• DON QUIXOTE (Composer: Minkus) 
  Act 1 - variation of Kitri, Basilio
  Act 2 - variation of Kitri, Cupid, the Mistress of the Dryades
  Act 3 - variation of Kitri and Basilio, Variation of the Bridesmaid
• LA BAYADÉRE (Composer: Minkus)
  Act 2 - variation of Gamzatti, Solor
  Act 3 - variation of Nikia and Solor,Three variations of the Shades
  
  
• PAQUITA (Composer: Minkus)
  Act 2 - variation of Paquita and Lucien d’Hervilly 
  Any female variations
  
  
• GISELLE (Composer: Adam)
  Act 1 - Female and male variation 
  Variation Peasant Pas de deux
  Variation Giselle
  Act 2 - variation Giselle and Albrecht
  
  
• LE CORSAIRE (Composer: Adam) 
  Act 1 - variation of Medora, 
  Act 2 - variation of Gulnare and the Merchant  
  Variation of Medora and the Slave
  Act 3 - 1^st, 2^nd and 3^rd variation from Pas de Trois des Odalisques
  Variation Grand pas de deux and Odalisques
  
  
• RAYMONDA (Composer: Glazunov) 
  Any female variations from Act 1 and Act 2
  Act 3 - variation of Raymonda and Jean de Brienne

• LA ESMERALDA (Composer: Pugni)
  Variation of Esmeralda and Phoebus 
  Variation of Diana and Acteon

• GRAND PAS CLASSIQUE (Composer:Auber) 
  Female and male variation (Grand Pas Classique)

• LA VIVANDIÈRE (MARKITENKA) (Composer: Arthur Saint-Léon )
  Female and male variation

• SATANILLA (THE CARNIVAL IN VENICE) (Composer: Pugni)
  Female and male variation
  
  
• LA FILLE MAL GARDÉE (Composer: Hertel) 
  Act 2 - variation Lisa and Colin
  
  
• COPPELIA (Composer: Delibes) 
  Act 1 - variation Swanilda
  Act 2 - variation Franz
  
  
• LA SYLPHIDE (Composer: Løwenskjold) 
  Act 1 - variation James
  Act 2 - variation Sylphide and James 

• CHOPINIANA (LES SYLPHIDES) (Composer:Frédéric Chopin)
  Variations

• NAPOLI (Composer: Paulli)
  Female and male variations from Pas de Six 

• THE FLOWER FESTIVAL AT GENZANO (Composer: Helsted)
  Female and male variations from Pas de deux

• THE FLAMES OF PARIS (Composer: Assafyev)
  Act 4 - variation of Jeanne and Philippe

• RAST DER KAVALLERIE (Composer:Johann Armsheimer)
  Female and male variations from Pas de deux

• LES MILLIONS D'ARLEQUIN (HARLEQUINADE) (Composer:Riccardo Drigo)
  Female and male variations (Pas de deux)

   

 These terms and conditions regulate the relationship between the participants and the organizers (contract organization). They are subject to occasional change. They are in their current version, at time of registration, part of the contract between organizers and participants. Modifications, taking into account the legitimate interests of the participants and the organizers, announced on the internet or in written form, are readily become part of the terms and conditions.