rom 12 to 17 July 2010, the Artscape Opera House in the Mother City will once again host the country’s premier ballet competition, the newly named Cape Town International Ballet Competition (CTIBC).

All applicants are urged to submit their necessary documentation and DVDs as soon as possible, as the entry deadline of 20th April is drawing closer, and the applicants need to be assessed as soon as possible. The requirements for applicants are as follows:

1. A written application
2. A DVD of the applicant performing a classical solo variation
3. Practice clothes must be worn in the video or DVD, not costumes.
4. Clearly labelled Head & Shoulders portrait photograph X 1
5. Clearly labelled action/in motion dance photograph of competitor in costume or practice clothes X 1
6. Clearly labelled photograph in arabesque pose X 1

The CTIBC repertoire is as follows:

FEMALE: SOLOS only
1. Giselle Act 1 Peasant variation
2. Napoli Act 3
3. Coppelia Act 3
4. Sleeping Beauty Fairy Variations
5. Sleeping Beauty Lilac Fairy variation
6. Esmeralda (with tambourine)
7. Paquita
8. Giselle Act 1 – Giselle
9. Swan Lake Act 3 variation
10. Le Corsaire
11. Bluebird
12. Sugar Plum Fairy Act 3 Nutcracker
13. La Bayadere, Gamzatti’s Wedding Act 3

MALE: SOLOS only
1. Franz, Coppelia Act 3
2. La Sylphide Act 1 James
3. Les Sylphides
4. Napoli Act 3 or Flower Festival at Genzano
5. Swan Lake Act 3
6. Le Corsaire
7. Bluebird
8. La Bayadere Act 1 Solor
9. Giselle, Albrecht’s solo – Act 2
10. Sleeping Beauty Act 3
11. Don Quixote Act 3

MALE & FEMALE: PAS DE DEUX
1. Coppelia Act 3
2. Le Corsaire
3. Giselle Act 2
4. Don Quixote Act 3
5. Swan Lake Act 3
6. Sleeping Beauty Act 3
7. Flower Festival at Genzano
8. Nutcracker Act 3
9. Esmeralda
10. Bluebird pas de deux

CONTEMPORARY SOLO
Must comply by the following:
- Created post-2000.
- Original choreography.
- Permission for use of music must be provided by the competitor with their Registration Form.

SAIBC COMPETITION STRUCTURE
- Please note that competitors should refrain from doing solos that are from the same style.
- The contemporary section of the competition will be judged separately from the classical section.
- Each round will be judged independently.
- The Final round will only include the classical section.
- Final judging will take place at the Gala, the final round of the CTIBC.

JUNIOR
Round One: Two solos from repertoire list and contemporary solo.
Finals: One classical solo (from repertoire list) which could include or exclude the solo in the previous round.
Gala: Three finalists performing one classical solo (at request of competition artistic management).

SENIOR
Round One: pas de deux or classical solos X 2 (from repertoire list) and contemporary solo
Finals: pas de deux or classical solo (from repertoire list) which could include or exclude what had been danced in the previous round.
Gala: three finalists performing one classical solo or pas de deux (at request of competition artistic management).

The competition categories in ballet and contemporary, are divided into a Junior/Amateur Division (15-18 years) and a Senior/Professional Division (19- 28 years). The judging criteria for the two categories will differ and each will work on a point system per round. There will be cash prizes in all divisions, with the winner in the senior category receiving R100, 000 and the winner in the junior section being awarded R80,000. The Michel Tesson Performing Arts Trust, Guernsey will be donating most of the prize money.

The panel of judges will once again consist of high profile dance personalities from all over the world. They include Eduard Greyling from South Africa, formerly a principal dancer with CAPAB Ballet and the Het Nationale Ballet in Holland; the President of the World Dance Alliance, Hae Shik Kim from South Korea; Lisa Pavane, the Head of Student Training at the Australian Ballet School; Mario Galizzi, a ballet teacher at the Higher Institute of Art at the Teatro Colon in Buenos Aires, Argentina; Charla Genn, a choreographer and teacher based in New York City; Septime Webre, the Artistic Director of The Washington Ballet, and Xin Lili, the Artistic Director of the Shanghai Ballet in China. Mr. Badenhorst will confirm the remaining judges shortly and has also announced the participation of talented dancers from South Africa, Cuba, South Korea, Japan and China.

The second Cape Town International Ballet Competition will take place from 12 to 17 July, 2010 at the Artscape Opera House in Cape Town, South Africa and entries close on 20 April.