Panoply’s 29^th Annual Choreography Competition Deadline Approaches!

Huntsville, AL—It’s not too late to join in the annual Panoply Arts Festival Choreography Competition, but the Entry Deadline is rapidly approaching! Applications are due by Monday, February 22, 2010 and are available by contacting jbroad@panoply.org or telephoning (256) 519-2787 (ARTS), ext. 205.

The competition will be held Friday (Elimination Rounds) and Saturday (Finals), April 23 and 24, in the Von Braun Center Concert Hall during the Panoply. The festival takes place across from the VBC in downtown Huntsville’s Big Spring International Park, April 23-25. Honorable Mention performances will be held in the park on the Valley Jubilee Stage on Friday, while the Finals Competition will be held Saturday in the Concert Hall. The $5.00 admission fee to the finals includes entry into the park for the festival.

This exciting competition highlights the creation of new dance works by choreographers aged 18 and over, giving festival audiences the opportunity to fully experience the true art of expressive movement! The entry fee—$50 per event—allows applicants to enter up to TWO original works with a choice of FIVE categories: Ballet, Jazz, Hip-hop, Modern Dance, and Tap! It’s a great opportunity to display your work, compete against choreographers from all over the country, increase your dancers’ experience, participate in master classes, and be candidly critiqued by a panel of judges with their own unique perspectives.

Prizes totaling $3,500 ($500 per category and $1,000 for “Best Overall Choreography”) will be awarded. Competitors from all across the nation make this a very exciting dance event—previous Panoply winners have come from such diverse areas as Chicago, Charleston, Montgomery, Tarpon Springs, Atlanta, Tampa, Birmingham, Greenwich, CT, and New Orleans!

Judges for the Panoply 2010 competition are: David Goud (Louisville, KY); Erin Rockwell (Jackson, MS); and Tiffany Daniels (Sarasota, FL). Master Classes will be taught on Saturday morning of the competition in the Von Braun Center Ballet Room; visit www.panoply.org, call (256) 519-2787, ext. 205, or e-mail jbroad@panoply.org for further competition info and to pre-register for these classes, which have limited seating!

This program/project has been made possible by grants from the Alabama State Council on the Arts and the National Endowment for the Arts.

Panoply’s 29th Annual Choreography Competition Deadline Approaches!

Panoply’s 29^th Annual Choreography Competition Deadline Approaches!