Chairman:
Kay Benson, 29211 North Blanchard Creek Road, Chattaroy, WA 99003,
(509) 238-4151 or (509) 998-9908 or e-mail: chezkay@att.net.
Advisory Committee:
Phillip Broadbent, Shari Davis, Mimi Ewers, Jonna Maule, Kristen Potts, Margaret Goodner-Tan, Ceci Klein.
Entry forms:
may be obtained at Empire Dance Shop. (509) 747-7808 or online
Email: service@empiredanceshop.com
2012 Ballet adjudications
will be held at: Gonzaga University Dance Studio in Spokane.
Entry forms may be obtained at Empire Dance Shop or on line at www.musicfestnorthest.org .
2012 Ballet Adjudicator:
Peter Christie, Ballet West, Salt Lake City

1. General Entries use Ballet entry form (Pink).

2. Young Artist entrants, Class 1 only, use Young Artist entry form (Green).

3. Entrants must be at least 10 years of age, and no older than a senior high school student, to be eligible for an award.

4. Entrants may not be adjudicated more than two consecutive years in either the Junior or Intermediate Classes.

5. Junior and Senior students must have pointe shoes available for class.

6. There will be no changes made out of the class for which the entrant is registered. Changes from class times within a class may be made at the discretion of the chairman, class space permitting.

7. For adjudication, female entrants must wear black leotards, pink tights, and pink shoes. No jewelry, adornments, or frills may be worn. Male entrants must wear white T-shirts, black tights, black/white shoes.

8. Senior award winners may enter and win in subsequent years.

9. Warm-up room(s) will be available.

USE GREEN ENTRY FORM FOR THIS CLASS. The Young Artist entrants must be between the ages of 14 and 20 years, inclusive, on or before May 1, 2012. Winner, with a grade of at least Superior, will receive an award of $500 and must perform at the Festival Highlights Concert, Friday, May 18, 2012. See Preliminary Bulletin (page 6) for Young Artist Rules.

Young Artist Fee $50.00 ($10.00 surcharge for non-member teachers does not apply.)

Class 1A Young Artist Solo - A classical variation of the dancer’s choice. Open only to Class 1C entrants. Time limit Not less than 1 minute or more than 3 minutes.

Class 1B Young Artist Required Ballet Steps. Steps will be selected by the adjudicator. Open only to Class 1C entrants.

*Class 1C Young Artist Required Female Variation – Le Corsaire, Minkus (from grand pas de deux) Y oung Artist Required Male Variation – Le Corsaire, (slave variation) Minkus (from grand pas de deux).

1. All ballet adjudications are classes taught by the adjudicator. Oral adjudications are given to each class.
2. Monetary award winners must be available to perform at the Festival Highlights concert May 18, 2012.
3. Students judged to be particularly outstanding by the adjudicator are given the Festival Certificate of Merit. No other grading, numerical or otherwise, is used in this division.

Fee: $25.00

*Class 2 Senior. Winner will receive $50.00 and will perform a variation of his/her choice at the Festival Highlights concert Friday , May 18, 2012 and will also receive a gold medal.

*Class 3 Junior A. The winner will perform a variation of his/her choice at the Festival Highlights concert Friday , May 18, 2012 and will also receive a gold medal.

Class 4 Junior B.
Class 5 Intermediate A.
Class 6 Intermediate B.

Fee, $20.00 Time Limit, 3 Minutes

Class 7 Young Choreographer. Open only to entrants adjudicated in the Junior or Senior classes. Only one Certificate of Merit will be awarded, and tha t winner will perform at the Festival Highlights concert Friday , May 18, 2012. This is an original dance by entrants to music of their choice. Content of dance may

1. be ballet, character, jazz or modern. Entrants will be judged on originality of idea, development of the idea as the dance form, musical interpretation, use of space, and performance. Teachers may help students select music.

2. Students may enter more than once, but a separate entry form and fee is required for each entry.

3. Entrants must provide music recorded on tape cassette or CD for choreography. Music must be loud enough to be heard in a large auditorium. Young Choreographer will be the last scheduled class in the Ballet Division. There may

4. be no more than ten (10) dancers per entry.