Helsinki International Ballet Competition 2012
Helsinki International Ballet Competition 29th May to 7th June 2012
The competition will be held in three qualifying rounds. The order of appearance on stage will be determined randomly by drawing numbers. The programme consists of both classical ballet and modern dance.
In the Helsinki International Ballet Competition men and women will be judged separately and in two divisions:
Junior division (age 15-18)
Senior division (age 19-25)
Round I: 29.5. - 31.5. at 7 pm (three performances)
Juniors present two variations from the classical 19th century ballet repertoire and seniors can choose either pas de deux or two variations. Part of the competitors will be eliminated, and the semi-finalists will proceed to round II.
Round II: 2.6. and 3.6. at 7 pm (two performances)
One contemporary ballet fragment lasting no less than 3 minutes nor more than 6 minutes. The choreography must consist of new and modern elements. After the elimination the finalists will proceed to round III.
Round III: 5.6. and 6.6. at 7 pm (two performances)
1. One pas de deux or two variations from the classical ballet repertoire from the 19th or 20th century, lasting no more than 10/6 minutes.
2. One contemporary ballet fragment created after 2000, lasting no more than 6 minutes.
Awards Gala: 7.6. at 19.30 in the Auditorium
The winners will be performing a programme chosen by the international jury. The prizes will be awarded during the gala evening. After the Gala the evening continues with a buffet.
All performances will be held at the Finnish National Opera House
The International Ballet Competition
One swallow does not make a summer, the saying goes, but one Doris makes a summer, realising an international ballet competition, and creating whatever she sets her mind to.
The Helsinki International Ballet Competition would not exist without the initiative of one woman, Professor Doris Laine-Almi.
Now, as the sixth Helsinki International Ballet Competition is soon beginning, on a larger scale than ever, memories of how it all began inevitably come back.
After a dazzling career as prima ballerina and director of the Finnish National Ballet, Doris Laine did not sit back to enjoy retirement. She put her energy on developing dance in Finland, on lifting the prestige of the art form, and on putting her international connections to good use for the benefit of dance in Finland.
Since the 1970's, Doris Laine-Almi had participated in the activities of the International Theatre Institute (ITI) and in particular in the International Dance Committee. She was frequently invited to act as a member of the jury for international ballet competitions in Varna, Moscow and Jackson, among other cities.
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