7^th International Bollywood Dance Competition

Saturday 27^th – Sunday 28^th, 2020
Dora Stratou Theatre (19.00)

“Oriental Expression Awards” organizes the 7^th International Bollywood Dance Competition. This competition will take place during the “8^th Bollywood and Multicultural Dance Festival”.

The competition will be on both days, starting at 19:00 at Dora Stratou Theater. 

The winners of each category will be awarded the same day after the competition.

Participants that are interested must enroll until the 5^th of June, 2020.

BOLLYWOOD DANCE CATEGORIES (ALL STYLES)

A.      SOLO CATEGORY   Bollywood Kid Star of the Year 2020 Age limit: 6 – 12 years old   Bollywood Teen Star of the Year 2020 Age limit: 13 – 17 years old	B.         GROUP CATEGORY   Bollywood Group of the Year 2020 Kids  Age limit: 6 – 12 years old Teens  Age limit: 13 – 17 years old Adults  Age limit: 18  years old and above
Bollywood Rising Star of the Year 2020 Βeginner/Intermediate Age limit: 18  years old and above   Bollywood Star of the Year 2020 Professional level Age limit: 18 years old and above

 

THE JUDGES PANEL 

The Judges panel comprises all International Artists who are invited for this year’s Festival along with Anna Dimitratou, Artistic Director and Sumon Rudra, Choreographer of the 1^st Bollywood Dance Academy Greece.

• ANNA DIMITRATOU (Panel’s President): Founder of “1st Bollywood Dance Academy Greece”, Creative Director of Artistic Studio Oriental Expression, Actress, Bellydance and Bollywood Teacher, Performer and Choreographer
• DEVESH MIRCHANDANI: Bollywood and Classical Indian Dances Teacher, dancer and choreographer
• AMIT PATEL: Bollywood and Contemporary Dancer, choreographer, teacher, and director 
• SUMON RUDRA: Teacher, performer and choreographer
• CAROLINA RUBIO: Teacher, performer and choreographer of Bollywood Dance and Bellydance
• JEYA RAVEENDRAN: Dancer, Choreographer and Teacher 
• VINATHA SREERAMKUMAR: Dancer, Teacher, Choreographer and Entrepreneur from Chennai – India.
• ILONA KOLACHANA: Teachar and performer of Indian Dances from Finland
• ENAKSHI VYAS: Founder and artistic director of Elite Naach Academy
• ELISAVET DAKOUTROU: Teacher and choreographer of Tribal Fusion Bellydance
• SARA TOSCANO: bellydancer, certified teacher and co-owner of Avaton Theatre in Athens
• SNEHA MISTRI: Teacher, choreographer, singer, dancer and presenter of radio and television based in Madrid, Spain. She has trained in Indian classical dance Bharatanatyam, Contemporary dance, Street Dance and Jazz

 

TERMS OF PARTICIPATION

• Performance Time limit:
  2’ minutes (Kids, Teens and Rising Star)
  3’ minutes (Professional level)
  3’ 30” minutes (Group category)
• All the Contestants will perform in a random order on their own music.  The track should be send until 10^th June 2020 at info@orientalexpressionawards.gr. Contestants should also carry an extra CD or USB with their music for Back-up.
• Contestants must arrive at the Theater by 18.00
• Participants are responsible for their personal belongings

 

DISTINCTIONS AND PRIZES

• Every participant shall receive a participation certificate.
• Winners for all categories (1^st, 2^nd and 3^rd place) win:
  a. A Medal (Gold, Silver or Bronze) from the Oriental Expression Awards
  b. A certification signed by all the members of the Judges Panel
  c. A bag with the Oriental Expression Awards logo
• Special Gift hampers from our sponsors will be announced soon.

• 1^st place winners shall also receive a trophy from Oriental Expression Awards.

MORE PRESENTS FROM THE ORGANIZERS AND THE SPONSORS WILL BE ANNOUNCED SOON

 

RESULTS – WINNERS ANNOUNCEMENT

• The Winners announcement is made right after the end of the Competition, in a special ceremony where all winners are awarded Medals, Prizes and distinctions.
• The Results of the Competition as well as the detailed scores for each participant will be posted PUBLICLY at orientalexpressionawards.gr as also at www.bollywoodfestival.gr.
• A personal code will be sent to each participant by e-mail, along with the Certificate of Participation. Each participant will use the unique personal code in order to identify his/her rank amongst the other participants.

 

ENTRY FEES

The fee for each participant is 25 euro and includes:

• Contestant’s performance
• Free entrance in the following Show. Exquisite guest artists and dancers from all over the world will perform, as also dance troupes and the winners of Professional categories as mentioned above

* For participating in more than one category there is an additional charge of 15 euro per category

• Viewers’ entrance: 10 euro (Competition and Show entrance included)