The dance of ballet is a dance of the soul, through understanding and presenting each movement

the dancer can truly show their inner beauty!

Competition and Workshop of Classical ballet, Stage acting, Character and Folk dance.

2nd Edition

FEBRUARY 7 – 9, 2020

Mission Statement The main goal of the Jewels Festival being to bring together the ballet, dance & creative arts of talented and gifted kids, teens and young adults to the communities in order to motivate their drive to dance, produce new art, meet other artists

and to share their work and progress with the community.

For the second year in a row the Jewels Festival would like to present an absolutely new and unique competitionof

CLASSICAL BALLET, STAGE ACTING, CHARACTER AND FOLK DANCE

and workshop experience for all new and current dancers!

The workshops will include MASTER CLASSES of CLASSICAL BALLET, CHARACTER DANCE, and STAGE

ACTING.

The Jewels Festival has a great panel of judges from USA, Japan, Ukraine, Bolshoi Theater

and GITIS (Russian Institute of Theater Arts, Moscow, Russia).

Jewels Festival workshops will be lead by some our FAMOUS JUDGES - Mr. Vadim Pisarev,

Prima Ballerina Mrs. Eleanor D’Antuono and other great teachers.

We hope that all contestants will have a very educated, interesting and exciting dance experience at all that Jewels

Festival 2020 has to offer!

A big award ceremony will conclude the event followed by a gala performance

featuring 20 dancers selected throughout the competition.

Each school will have a great opportunity to invite one or more of our judges for a master class

or workshop at their school.

All the contestants, parents and guests of the Jewels competition

will have a chance to see the exhibition of drawing by young artist of Brooklyn.

www.JewelsFestival.com

COMPETITIONS

Selection Each Solo, Pas de Deux and Ensemble contestant will have a choice to participate either in the full competition and try

to win the Grand Prix award or can compete in just one dance category (see table below).

Classical Variation, Neo-classical / Contemporary, Character - Folk dance, Stage acting. Solo contestants are age 7 to 23 on the January 2020.

How to accept All participants need to send us a video of one dance (up to 2 min) and pre-registration form.

You can upload your video clip on Youtube or Vimeo

Registration form download from here: (Registration) Send your video and registration form by email JewelsFestival@gmail.com

All videos and registration are due by January 10th

.

ATTENTION: WE ARE OFFER EARLY BIRD REGISTRATION WITH 10% DISSCOUNT DUE BY 09/01/2019

Age group Dance category Time limit Award one dance division

Grand Prix entry

SOLO COMPETITION

SOLO PRE-COMPETITIVE DIVISIONGrand Prix $100

A 7 -8

Classical / Neo – classical Variation

1m 30 1st place 2nd place 3rd place

Grand Prix entry 1st place 2nd place 3rd place Character - Folk dance 2m

1st place 2nd place 3rd place

B 9 - 10

Classical / Neo – classical Variation

1m 30 1st place 2nd place 3rd place

Grand Prix entry 1st place 2nd place 3rd place Character - Folk dance 2m

1st place 2nd place 3rd place

SOLO JUNIOR DIVISION Grand Prix $100

C 11 -12

Classical Variation 2m 1

st place

2nd

place 3

rd place

Grand Prix entry 1

st place

2nd place 3rd place

Neo-classical/ Contemporary/ Character-Folk dance

2m 30 1

st place

2nd place 3rd place

Stage Acting 2m 30 1st place 2

nd place

3rd place

D 13 - 14

Classical Variation 2m 1

st place

2nd

place 3rd place

Grand Prix entry 1

st place

2nd

place 3

rd place

Neo-classical / Contemporary/ Character-Folk dance

2m 30 1st place 2

nd place

3rd

place

Stage Acting 2m 30 1st place 2nd place 3rd place

SOLO PRE – PROFESSIONAL DIVISION Grand Prix $150

E 15 - 16

Classical Variation 2m 30 1st place 2

nd place

3rd

place

Grand Prix entry 1st place 2nd place 3rd place

Neo-classical / Contemporary Solo

2m 30 1st place 2nd place 3

rd place

Character -Folk dance 2m 30 1st place 2nd place 3

rd place

Stage Acting dance 3m 1st place 2nd place 3rd place

F 17 - 19

Classical Variation 2m 30 1st place 2nd place 3rd place

Grand Prix entry 1st place 2

nd place

3rd place

Neo-classical / Contemporary Solo

2m 30 1st place 2nd place 3rd place

Character-Folk dance 2m 30 1

st place

2nd place 3rd place

Stage acting dance 3m 1st place 2nd place 3rd place

SOLO PROFESSIONAL DIVISION Grand Prix $200

G 20 - 23

Classical Variation 2m 30 1st place 2nd place 3rd place

Grand Prix entry 1st place 2nd place 3rd place

Neo-classical / Contemporary Solo

3m 1st place 2nd place 3rd place

Character/Folk dance 3m 1st place 2nd place 3rd place

Stage acting dance 3m 30 1st place 2

nd place

3rd

place

PAS DE DEUX COMPETITION Grand Prix $500

Classical Pas des deux 10m 1

st place

2nd place 3rd place

Grand Prix entry 1st place 2

nd place

3rd

place

Neo – classical / Contemporary duet / Character-Folk dance

4m 1

st place

2nd

place 3

rd place

Stage acting dance 5m 1

st place

2nd place 3rd place

ENSEMBLE COMPETITION Grand Prix $200 (Best School Award)

Classical dance 5m 1st place 2nd place 3

rd place

Grand Prix entry 1st place 2

nd place

3rd

place

Character - Folk dance / Contemporary dance 5m 1st place 2

nd place

3rd

place

Acting dance 5m 1st place 2nd place 3rd place

AWARD: All participants will get a Participate diploma of Achievement.

Those contestants who attend a full workshop will get a Certificate of Completionthe workshop for classical ballet,

character dance and stage acting master classes.

Awards in one division – Medal and Diploma

Grand Prix awards – Trophy and Diploma

Grand Prix prize – Cash prize, Trophy and Diploma

Schools who bring ensemble of 3 dances of classical, character and acting will qualified to get a Best School Award

(Grand Prix). D'Antuono Prize - Awarded to a dancer chosen by our special guest

People choice award - Awarded to the best contestant by the audience

Scholarships for summer programs will be presented by different ballet schools.

PRICES: Soloist Grand Prix entry(qualified for Grand Prix award and Grand Prix main prize) Pre – competitive division Group A, B - $250 (included registration fee, 2 solos, workshop 3 days)

Junior division Group C, D - $350 (included registration fee, 3 solos, workshop 3 days)

Pre – professional and Professional division Group E, F, G - $400 (included registration fee, 4 solos, workshop 3 days)

Soloist just one category(qualified for Award in one category)

Registration fee $60

Each Solo $80 Workshop fee $50 each class

Pas de DuexGrand Prix entry(qualified for Grand Prix award and Grand Prix main prize)

$500 per couple (included registration fee, 3 dance, workshop 3 days)

Pas de Duex/ Duet just one category(qualified for Award in one category)

Registration fee $100 per couple

Pas de duex or Duet $150 per couple Workshopfee $50 per each dancer

Ensemble Grand Prix Entry(qualified for Grand Prix award and Grand Prix main prize)

20% off from the total price (Included registration fee, 3 dances in Classical, Character, Acting and full workshop)

Ensemblejust one category(qualified for Award in one category)

Registration fee – $40 each Group of 2 – $60

of3 to 4 – $50

of5 – 6 – $40 of7 and up – $30

Workshop fee - $50 per class per participant

PAYMENT:

Accepted methods of payments PayPal - info@ADACAdance.com (only for those who have a PayPal account)

Bank TransferQuickPay with Zelle (Chase: Adaca@Adacadance.org) Bank Check (no personal checks)

Credit Card (Visa, Master card, Discover)

Money Order

Payble to - Academy of Dance and Creative Arts, Inc(send to 3806 Nostrand Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11235)

All fees must be paid upon registration. All registration forms without payment are not valid.

WORKSHOPS Workshop included MASTER CLASSES of Ballet, Character and Stage acting.

STAGE ACTING MASTER CLASS – Friday, February 7 3pm – 8pm, all groups. Master class teacher - Each dancer who prepare a stage acting dance will have a chance to show this work at the master class, get correction,

work on the corrections and show it again before the competition.

MASTER CLASSES OF CLASSICAL BALLET (VAGANOVA METHOD) – Saturday and Sunday

Groups A, B - Saturday 2pm - 3:30, Sunday 10am – 11:30am

Group C, D – Saturday 3:30 and 5pm, Sunday 11:30

Group E, F, G – Saturday 10am and 11:30, Sunday 1:00 – 2:30 Master class included barre, center and jumps

MASTER CLASSES OF CHARACTER DANCE – Saturday and Sunday Group C, D – Saturday 10am – 11:30am. Master class teachers – Svetlana Al Neyadi

Group E, F, G – Sunday Master class teachers – VitalyVertich

Master class included barre and center in character tradition, turns and different combinations in different style of dance.

Saturday:

Stage Studio Kingsborough Studio ADACA

Groups A, B Ballet 1:00 – 2:30 Teacher:

Groups C, D Ballet 9am – 11:30am

Teacher:

Groups E, F, G Ballet 9am – 11:30am Teacher:

THE COMPLETE SCHEDULE WILL BE UP BY JANUARY 2020.

CLASSICAL REPERTOIRE LIST Note: All copyright negotiations are the responsibility of each participant.

We understand that the competition for the character-folk dance and stage acting is for the first time in USA,

please do not hesitate to contact us.

We also can recommend a good dance in any of the dance category.

Our e-mail: jewelsfestival@gmail.com

CLASSICAL VARIATIONS Classical Ballet

(Composer/Choreographer) Group A Group B Group C Group D Group E, F, G

Cinderella

(Prokofiev/Zaharov) All variations

Giselle

(Adam/Perrot, Coralli) -

Act I Peasant

Pas de Deux

Variation of Giselle

Pas de Deux Variation from Act II

Don Quixote

(Minkus/Petipa) - -

All Pas de Deux, Act I, Act II and Act III

Variations,

All Kitri’s Variations and Queen of the Dryads

Le Corsaire

(Adam, Drigo/Petipa)

Pas d’EsclaveVariations,

Odalisques Variations

Pas d’Esclave pas de deux, Jardin Anime,

Act III Pas de Deux and Variations

Diana & Acteon

(Pugni/Vaganova) - - Pas de Deux and Variations

Flower Festival at Genzano

(Helsted/Bournonville) - Pas de Deux and All Variations

Grand Pas Classique

(Auber/Gsovsky) - - Pas de Deux and Variations

La Bayadere (Minkus/Petipa)

- All Variations

Coppelia

(Delibes/any) All variations Pas de Deux and all variations

La Esmeralda

(Pugni/Petipa) - - Pas de Deux and Variations

La Fille Mal Gardee

(Hertel/any) All Variations Pas de Deux and Variations

La Sylphide

(Lovenskjold/Bournonville) - - Pas de Deux and Variations

Paquita

(Minkus/Petipa) All Variations

Raymonda

(Glazunov/Petipa) All Variations

Satanella

(Pugni/Petipa) - Pas de Deux and Variations

Swan Lake

(Tchaikovsky/Petipa, Ivanov) Pas de Trois Variations

Odette’s Variation,

Act II Black Swan Pas de Deux and Variations

The Flames of Paris

(Asafiev/Vainonen) Pas de Deux and Variations

The Nutcracker

(Tchaikovsky/Vainonen) Pas de Deux and Variations

The Sleeping Beauty (Tchaikovsky/Petipa)

Fairy’s variations, Blue bird variations

Act III Pas de Deux and all variations

Walpurgis Night

(Gounod/Lavrovsky) - - All Variations

The Talisman

(Schnietzhoeffer/Drigo/Petipa) All Variations Pas de Deux and Variations

Napoli

(Bournonville) - - All variations

The Fairy Doll

(Bayer/Legat) All Variations

NEO-CLASSICAL SOLO Any choreography after1960 year: Y. Grigorovich, V. Vasilev, L. Yacobson, J. Robbins, F. Ashton, J. Kilian, W. Forsythe, K.

McMillan, M. Bejart, W. McGregor, J. Neumeier, A. Messerer, M. Martirosyan, B. Efman, K. Goleysovskiy,A. Gorskiy

CLASSICAL ENSEMBLE Any group dance from classical ballet. For example: Pas de Troi Ocean and Pearls, Variations of Pearls, Swan Lake Pas de troi, Paquita pas de troi, Trio Odalisque, La Bayadere three shades, Don Quixote friends variations and many others.

CHARACTER AND FOLK DANCE SOLO / PAS DE DEUX / ENSEMBLE Any character dances from operas and ballets. For examples: Don Quixote - Gypsy dance, Mercedes, Toreador, Giga dance and other character dances

Swan Lake– Spanish, Mazurka, Hungarianand other character dances

Raymonda - Panaderas and other character dances

La Bayadere - Dance with drum

Laurencia and Spanish miniature dances

Folk dances as Zorba, Sailor, Zapateo, Choirs, Tarantella and other Ukrain, Russian, Georgia, Azerbaydjan, Mexica, Italia and other

country.

STAGE ACTING No costumes needed, just props.

Here is our recommendations:

Cinderella (good for all groups)

Music by S. Prokofiev, Choreography by R. Zaharov

Act I beginning Stepmother & Stepsisters https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-0i9iYPrV9gfrom 2:02 – 3:36 Act I Cinderella variation

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-0i9iYPrV9gfrom 9:10 –12:30 Act II Stepmother & Stepsisters variation

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-0i9iYPrV9g from 46:56 – 48:15 Act III Stepmother & Stepsisters

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-0i9iYPrV9gfrom 1:07:30 – 1:09:50 Act III Stepmother, Stepsisters& Prince

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-0i9iYPrV9gfrom 1:09:55 – 1:12:17 Act III Cinderella & Prince

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-0i9iYPrV9gfrom 1:12:17 – 1:13:55

La Fille Mal Gardee (good for all groups)

Music by Hertel, Choreography by Y. Grigorovich, M. Martirosyan, L. Lavrosky Act I Marcelina, Lisa and Collen

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rJ6pgBhGHMI from 2:56 – 5:12 Act I Marcelina and Lisa

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rJ6pgBhGHMI from 8:22 – 11:07 Act I Lisa & Collen

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rJ6pgBhGHMI from 11:10 – 13:19 Act II Marcelina and Lisa

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rJ6pgBhGHMI from 47:47 – 51:16 Act II Marcelina, Lisa and Collen

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rJ6pgBhGHMI from 51:18 – 54:09

Galateya (good for all groups) Music by T. Kogan, Choreography by D. Briansev

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rCtJk76RYI4from 10:38 – 12:53

Giselle (only groups E, F, G) Music by Adam, Choreography by Perrot, Coralli

Act I Giselle and Albert

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oYhxrZT67Wo from 2:52 – 7:00

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Act I Giselle and Batilda

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oYhxrZT67Wo from 17:46 – 19:18 Act I Giselle mad scene

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oYhxrZT67Wo from 23:45 – 28:30

Esmeralda(only groups D, E, F, G) Act III Esmeralda and Phoebus https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=znm9vA5iFnc Romeo and Juliette (only groups D, E, F, G) Act I Juliette and Nurse

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YBlFH-07plAfrom 21:12 – 22:31 Act I Romeo and Juliette

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YBlFH-07plAfrom 43:52 –47:19 Act III Juliette

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4NFsfSgiaX4from 1:57:53 – 1:59:29 Act III Juliette https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4NFsfSgiaX4from 2:09:50 – 2:14:07

GOALS Throughout the competition the jury will evaluate a candidate’s potential as a dancer by considering:

Artistry and Soul

Presentation and Filling poses

Physical suitability

Courage and individuality

An imaginative and sensitive response to the music

A clear grasp in communicating differing movement dynamics

Technical facility, control, and coordination

MUSIC Music must be submitted in MP3 file to JewelsFestival@gmail.com (Subject should be MUSIC)

The MP3 file should be your nameage_dancecategory_nameofdance). SAMPLE: paulsmith17_classicalsolo_sleepingbeatuy

www.JewelsFestival.com

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oYhxrZT67Wohttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oYhxrZT67Wohttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=znm9vA5iFnchttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YBlFH-07plAhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YBlFH-07plAhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4NFsfSgiaX4https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4NFsfSgiaX4