Performance Categories

Use the guide below to understand the technical elements of each category.

  • A solo-based category designed for dancers seeking a more structured adjudicated pathway. Scholarship includes a classical component, a contemporary solo, adjudicated masterclass participation, and solo coaching.

    This category is intended to assess technical foundation, artistry, adaptability, and readiness across multiple parts of the event experience.

  • A classical category grounded in pure ballet technique and repertoire-based movement. Ballet entries should reflect clarity of line, placement, control, musicality, and stylistic understanding within a classical framework.

    This category is presented with genre-appropriate grooming and costuming and remains focused on classical vocabulary and performance quality.

  • A category built around modern and contemporary dance technique, movement language, and creative expression. Contemporary work may include abstract ideas, shifting dynamics, floor work, or more conceptual movement patterns depending on the choreography.

    This category allows dancers to demonstrate versatility, physicality, and expressive range beyond strictly classical form.

  • A story-based ballet category that combines theatrical expression with ballet technique. While character and narrative are central to the performance, the choreography must still clearly demonstrate ballet steps, control, and classical foundation.

    This category is ideal for work that sits within the ballet tradition while leaning more strongly into role, mood, and dramatic interpretation.

  • A ballet-based category shaped by a more modern choreographic influence. Neo Classical blends classical technique with a freer, more contemporary movement quality while remaining grounded in ballet line, placement, and structure.

    It often has a cleaner, more minimal aesthetic than traditional ballet and allows dancers to explore contrast, fluidity, and stylistic nuance within a ballet framework.

  • A solo category designed to showcase versatility, attack, rhythm, and performance presence. For ballet-trained dancers, Jazz offers an opportunity to demonstrate a different energy and performance style while maintaining technical control.

    This category is typically more dynamic, sharp, and rhythm-driven, with an emphasis on projection and stage confidence.

  • A solo category based on an established classical work. Repertoire allows dancers to present recognised choreography from the ballet canon and demonstrate stylistic understanding, technical precision, and performance maturity within a known variation or excerpt.

    This category is especially suited to dancers wanting to engage directly with traditional classical material.

  • A traditional classical duet drawn from ballet repertoire. Pas de Deux highlights partnership, timing, coordination, line, and performance connection between two dancers within a classical structure.

    This category is intended for repertoire-based duet work and reflects the technical and artistic demands of classical partnering.