SOLO DANCE AND DUO DANCE INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL WILL BE HELD IN JANUARY 2008 - ORGANISED BY ORKESZTIKA FOUNDATION IN BUDAPEST, HUNGARY.
New, short dance productions are wanted!
Continuing the traditions of the previous festivals, we would like to keep at our goals and apart from some regulations the dance groups can perform their show without restrictions. All the performances will be evaluated by a professional jury and the audience. Our Festival gives opportunity for individual dancers and dance groups to realise their artistic concepts and through this event they will get a feedback that they can use for developing themselves.
About the Festival:
The competition of the Festival can receive 20 solo and 20 duo performances. Unfortunately there is no possibility for more because of lack of time. The festival can not host performances in which there is no intention for a unique presentation, which means that improvisations, or a choreography that was performed before will not be accepted.
We want to ensure for everyone the possibility to perform, so the Festival 2008 has been completed with nomination-rounds because of the large number of perspective participants:
Our Polish partner EFERTE Dance Development Foundation organized 14th June, 2007 in Poland the second semi-finals of the Hungarian SoloDuo Festival. With the jury's decision, from the 17 performances, 2 duos and 1 solo got into the competition.
Our Czech partner, Duncan Center Conservatory?s organising the nomination round for Czech applicants semi-festival in October 2007.
The Hungarian nomination-round will be 16-17th November 2007 in the Mozdulatmevészeti Stúdió (Art of Movement Studio), which is opened for the audience.
Our aim is to organise semi-festivals nomination rounds in every European country to avoid the selection by videos. But until that, the organisers and the jury will have a look at the performances on dvd and chose the bests for the competition in October 2007.
The appliers who won the best solo or duo dance production in 2007, do not have to send a dvd of their new solo or duo, they go into the competitive program automatically.
This year we would like to emphasise the professional evaluation of each performance.
The sequence of the performances will be decided by chance.
We will ensure the same light technique and the same time-extent for the stage rehearsal for all the participants of the Festival. The size of the stage is 8 x 8 m.
You can apply to the Festival with short solo or duo dance performances under the following conditions:
- Dance performances that were already presented can not participate in the Festival.
- Applicants must be at least 16 years old
- The length of a solo performance can not be more than 6 minutes and no more than 9 minutes in the case of duo performances. Overrunning these time limits cause automatically disqualification of the participant.
- Tools or instruments can be used in the performances but only if their installation can not take more than 30 seconds in the première. Tools (candles, water, dye) that can damage or soil the stage floor are forbidden to use.
- One choreographer or performer just can participate maximum in one solo and one duo.
The foundation can give free accomodation to 20 foreign participants and catering too, but can not pay the travelling costs.
Application deadline: 15th of October, 2007, arrival date of the Application form, and the DVD!
Registration fee: 12 Euro/application
Address: Orkesztika Alapítvány Titkársága, 1077 Budapest, Rottenbiller u. 31.
Fax: +36-1-321-9745
You can download the application form from: Application form
E-mail: info@mozdulatmuveszet.hu
More information: +36-20-361-7821 at Tariska Andrea or at Deutsch-Für Ágnes Sarolta: +36-20-5323-907
- Application formula can be required by telephone or e-mail
The Art of Movement Studio provides rehearsal possibilities for all the applicants free of charge.
