Competition Details
The Classical Greek Faculty are delighted to announce the return of this exciting event.
The festival celebrates the classical Greek genre via a wealth of categories. All entries this year were adjudicated online, with the exception of 'Groups' - this category will be adjudicated alongside the finalists at our LIVE finals which will take place on Sunday 8 May 2022, at the Gordon Craig Theatre, Stevenage, UK.
Tickets
Purchase your Finals ticket/s for your competitors/s by Friday 22 April 2022. No entries by the deadline will assume competitors do not wish to take up their finalist place.
Group tickets have already been purchased. Only Group entries as entered previously will be allowed to dance on the day. Each group category will dance as a complete competition with winners being announced at the end of the section.
Entry to the venue will be via ticket only.
Spectator tickets:
In advance via Eventbrite (wristbands sent in advance) - Full day £10, concession £6 | Half day £6, concession £3
On the door (Card payment only) - Full day £12, concession £8 | Half day £8, concession £5
All competitors will receive certificates. All prizes will be awarded at the discretion of the adjudicators. Finalists will receive certificates, winners of each section will receive cups and trophies, and special awards will also be presented.
A representative must be available to collect special awards on behalf of any competitor/s who have left the building. Times given in the programme.
Please note:
No personal photography or video is permitted within the auditorium.
An independent photographer will be in attendance - photographs will be available to purchase.
Contact us: classicalgreek@istd.org
Entry Criteria & Rules
All competitors must have been entered by a qualified dance teacher.
Only those selected as finalists may enter the competition at this stage.
Category |
Age | Time |
Solo A | 8 years & under | 1.5 mins |
Solo B | 9 - 10 years | 1.5 mins |
Solo C | 11 - 12 years | 2 mins |
Solo D | 13 - 14 years | 2 mins |
Premier Solo | 15 years + | 2 mins |
Junior Duet | 11 years & under | 2.5 mins |
Inter Duet | 12 - 15 years | 2.5 mins |
Senior Duet | 16 - 21 years | 2.5 mins |
Junior Trio / Quartet | 11 years & under | 2.5 mins |
Inter Trio / Quartet | 12 - 15 years | 2.5 mins |
Senior Trio / Quartet | 16 - 21 years | 2.5 mins |
Junior Group | 11 years & under | 4 mins |
Inter Group | 12 - 15 years | 4 mins |
Senior Group | 15 – 21 years | 4 mins |
Group Choreography (no less than 4 dancers) | Any age | 5 mins |
Solos: The age of the dancer on 1 September 2021 determines the section to be entered. Only one dance per competitor may be submitted.
Duets, Trios, and Quartets: The age of the eldest dancer on 1 September 2021 determines which section the dance will be placed in.
No late entries will be accepted.
Make-up and costume – as appropriate for the age range.
The programme has been designed with safety in mind and the potential to manage any COVID restrictions brought into place.
Music should be provided in CD format with a back up copy. One track only per CD. These must be clearly labelled and handed in to the designated area well before the section and be collected by the end of the day.
Titles should be handed in prior to the section. Synopsis should be no longer than 30 words.
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Finalists Results
Heats Adjudicators
Feedback on the online heats from our adjudicators:
"It was an absolute joy to adjudicate so many entries in our online heats for the Classical Greek Dance festival, with such a lovely standard of work being seen. Congratulations to all the competitors and their teachers for some creative and inspired choreography and dynamic performances in the solos, duets, trios and quartets - a wide range of the styles of Classical Greek was seen.
It is going to be a wonderfully entertaining live final in May. I hope that everyone will be there to support their dancers and schools flying the flag for our very special dance genre."
- Alison Seddon
"It has been a real pleasure to adjudicate some of the online heats for the 2022 Classical Greek Dance Festival and I was very impressed by the quality of everyone’s online submissions - the care and consideration given by the teachers should be applauded.
The work was varied and interesting, covering a wide range of subjects and themes - and in the most part technically secure. It reminded me again just how wonderful Classical Greek dance is for encouraging expression and movement quality and for developing creativity.
Huge congratulations to all who entered and all good luck to those going through to the live finals."
- Carol Vasko
The following are FINALISTS and invited to the Gordon Craig Theatre Stevenage on Sunday 8 May
Solo A
Megan Smith | At the end of the Rainbow |
Erin Brehaut | Bluebird |
Lauren Gardner | Dryad: Spirit of the Forest |
Sailor Mullen | Golden Slumbers |
Isla Trimble | Little Mermaid |
Molly Denscombe | Rose Fairy |
Matilda Briggs | Spring Returns |
Alice Codd | The little Flame Fairy explores her craft |
Bethany Lynch | The Rain Fairy |
Lilac Willow Howe | To a Child Dancing in the Wind |
Solo B
Elsie Cann | A Ray of Sunshine |
Maia Piecha | Artemis Goddess of Young Children |
Lily Lewin | Beside the Willow |
Erin Cafferkey | Forest Fire |
Brooke Reilly | His Eye is on the Sparrow |
Doris Garrod | Kingfisher |
Sophie Hawe | Kione, Goddess of Snow and Ice |
Alex Williams | Mischievous Woodland Nymph |
Emilia Lane | Morning Dew |
Beatrice Carpenter | My Dancing Day |
Bella Digby | Pan challenges Apollo to a Music Contest |
Francesca Ionascu | Poppies |
Lily Hurrell | Sunshine |
Mya Curtis | Tell me I'm not Dreaming |
Mia Le Roux | The Dandelion Clock |
Matilda Blackwell | The Dream |
Saskia Porter | The Mischievous Moonsprite |
Charlotte Murray | The Sunflower |
Ayla Orsborn | To the Fairyland Afar |
Ava Burstin | Will o' the Wisp |
Solo C
Matilda Lawson | Artemis Kills Orion |
Grace Cann | Aura, Goddess of the Morning Breeze |
Isla Seymore | Child of War |
Kitty Steer | Euterpe |
Millie Wyatt | Exultate Jubilate |
Emily Rohenhurst | I Remember |
Tilly Annable | Morning has Broken |
Cai Hoyte | Nerites Takes Revenge on Poseidon |
Katie Walter | Offering to Hera, Queen of the Heavens |
Freya Smith | Phoebe, Moon Goddess and Conjuror of Silver Light |
Molly Ferrier | Pirate of the Aegean |
Mia Ward | The Cloths of Heaven |
Aoife Gallagher | The New Ball |
Amelia Czajaka | The Phoenix Rises |
Lauren Travers | The Saviours Word |
Daria Budusan | The Slave |
Scout Mullen | The Watermill |
Thea Rich-Spice | Styx, Goddess of the Underworld |
Lilly-Grace Nicolle | Water Sprite |
Daisy-Fleur Howe | Wild Swans |
Solo D
Lexi Coggin | A Simple Gift |
Evie Dicks | Air |
Oceana Adams | Atalanta |
Serena Festivo | Atalanta and the Apple |
Piper Mullen | Auguries of Innocence- the Journey from Childhood to Experience |
Holly Pryke-Smith | Cyrene |
Olivia Wiltshire | Ebb and Flow |
Chloe Taylor | How can you tell someone that you're hurting? |
Amelie Sheridan | Nereid: Rain on the River |
Jake Taylor | Night Terror |
Holly McAlindon | Olympic Preparations |
Rosie Dunn | Penelope waits for Odysseus |
Hannah Keogh | Phillia's Love Spell |
Emily Savage | Phosphorous, the Morning Star, blazes a trail across the Heavens |
Ques-li De Bruin | Protector of the Forest |
Viviana McKean | The Lark Ascending |
Mesha Facey | The Life of a Rose |
Ava Merolla | The River of Forgetfulness |
Ellie Harle | The Storm |
Maddy De'ath | The Story of Niobe |
Lola Yarker | Thinking of You |
Tayla Mae Pickering | To a Daffodil |
Sophia Eisenhuth | Training for the Spartan Games |
Amber Murray | Urania, Muse of Astronomy |
Teagan Walker | Wife of Ceyx |
Rachel Stott | Words of Solace and Encouragement |
Solo Premier
Sian O'Keeffe | Aleyone weeps for Ceyx eventually turning into a Kingfisher |
Grace Davison | Artemis: The Accidental Killing of Orion |
Caitlin Coggin | Athena accidentally kills her best friend, Pallas, whilst playing |
Francesca Allen | Athena, protector of Athens |
Imogen Pohl | Bacchae of Euripidies |
Leah Farrant | Demeter the Goddess of the Harvest |
Ariana Nedelcu | Devestation |
Charlotte Kennedy | Electra gets revenge on her Mother after her Father's death |
Lucy Bullock | Enyo Goddess of War |
Georgia Mackness | Fashioned from water and clay, and brought to life by the breath of the Four Winds, Pandora was created by the Gods to work mischief for Men |
Evie Paddison | First Light |
Lucy Gilbert | Gaea, Goddess of Earth |
Hannah Digby | Green Waves |
Caitlin Garbutt | In Mourning |
Imogen Burn | In Remembrance |
Beatriz Kingsmill-Smith | Let the River Run |
Hannah Richards | Medea's Anguish |
Scarlett Bolwell | Medusa |
Ella Howe | Offerings to Khrysothemis |
Isobel Lamb | Pandora’s Box |
Lili Skye Howe | Paranoia |
Bethany Tolhurst-McWatt Green | Peace - a poem by Rupert Brooke |
Harriet Lowe | Sanctus |
Poppy Joy | Siren |
Molly Barnes | Strike the Tambour |
Topaz Alger | The Sphinx of Thebes |
Eleanor Achurch | The Vanishing face of Gaia- a final warning from Mother Earth |
Duet Junior
Sailor Mullen & Elsie Cann | Lullaby for the World |
Fearne Gibbs & Millie Wyatt | Once upon a Time |
Isla Belle Trimble & Lilac Willow Howe | Sun and Wind from Aesop’s Fable |
Lily Lewin & Florence Henderson | The Holly and the Ivy |
Erin and Isla Cafferjey | The Moth and the Flame |
Olivia Brooks & Evie Rush | The North Wind and the Sun |
Duet Intermediate
Emily & Tilly | Day and Night |
Kitty Steer and Teagan Walker | Demeter and Persephone |
Lola & Abigail | Halleluiah |
E Achurch & E Paddison | Highland Storm |
Jasmine Campion & Lucie May Coombes | Meeting at the Water's Edge |
Amelie Bowden & Serena Festivo | Persephone is kidnapped by Hades |
Charlotte Kennedy and Jemima Gosling | Synopsis (spoken) |
Elouise Nickols and Bailey Bishop | Terpsichore and Euterpe |
Emily Savage & Lexi Coggin | The boy God, Apollo, seeks and slays the Python |
Martha Atkinson & Asha Warren | The Gift of Music |
Duet Senior
Caitlin Garbutt & Beatriz Kingsmill-Smith | Achilles encounters his mother, Thetis, prior to the Siege of Troy |
Soraya Miller & Agatha Swenson | Death be not Proud |
Daisy Smedley & Lucy Gilbert | Everyone has a Purpose |
Lili Skye Howe & Vivianna McKean | Gemini the Twins |
Hannah Digby & Ronalee Galhena | Gloria Alleluia |
Bethany Tolhurst-McWatt Green & Madison Wootton-Porte | Preparing for Battle - Spartan women defend the homestead |
Francesca Allen & Ariana Nedelcu | Spartan Warriors |
Trio/Quartet Junior
Lily Lewin, Aida Diedhiou & Florence Henderson | A Childhood Forsaken |
Katie, Zoe & Molly | Fairies of the Sea |
Brooke Reill, Sophie Frame & Charlotte Murray | For the Beauty of the Earth |
Charlotte Meades, Olivia Lane & Isla Withers | Pixies at Play |
Olivia Brooks, Fearne Gibbs & Evie Rush | The Song Nymphs |
Bella Digby, Niamh Gallacher & Tifani Veg | Waterlilies |
Trio/Quartet Intermediate
Vivanna, Shannon & Ruby | Aurora |
Skye Reilly, Ava Merolla, Isabelle Barry & Ellie Janeba | Celebrating the Harvest in honour of Demeter |
Chloe Taylor, Asha Warren, Ellie Harle & Martha Atkinson | Out of the Deep |
Lexi Coggin, Molly Ferrier, Lucy Hoti & Emily Savage | The Four Winds |
Tilly, Erin & Amelia | The River |
Jasmine Campion, Rachel Stott & Lucie May Coombes | To a Skylark |
Trio/Quartet Senior
Caitlin Garbutt, Georgia Mackness, Evie Paddison & Beatriz Kingsmill-Smith | Born of Chao, the goddess Nyx in turn brings the goddesses of Retribution, Pain and Deceit into being |
Ysabella Garcia, Harriet Lowe, Madison Wootton-Porter | Joy |
New Millennium Maenads | |
Sian, Molly & Imogen | Requiem for a Soldier |
Soraya Miller, Bethany Tolhurst, McWatt Green & Agatha Swenson | Sancta Mater |
Annabelle Davey, Imogen Pohl, Isabella Samuel & Emily Shanks | The Four Seasons |
Health and Safety
Safe dance practice / floor craft is paramount.
Teachers should ensure their competitors are fully warmed up beforehand and perform the dances in a safe manner, which will not cause injury.
Chaperones:
Each school will be allocated a dressing room.
Parents will be allowed into the dressing room to change their own children.
Each school must provide enough licensed chaperones to both supervise their allocated dressing room area and accompany competitors backstage and to the wings.
1 licensed chaperone per 12 competitors is required. Names and license numbers will be required from each school.
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Terms and Conditions
Anyone competing in the online event does so at their own risk. The Imperial Society of Teachers of Dancing will not accept any responsibility for any injury or illness howsoever caused.
Upon booking tickets you are agreeing on the student's behalf to the criteria set above and you agree to adhere to health and safety regulations and the competitor rules.
The integrity of the teacher is relied upon to ensure that the rules are followed by all participants to enable a smooth running of the event.
The Society accepts no responsibility for copyright, recording, or performing rights for any music used.
The Adjudicators’ decision is final and no correspondence regarding their decision will be permitted. Individual feedback will not be provided.
A media consent form may be circulated to those who have booked tickets, after ticket sales have ended. Written consent must be obtained for participants/competitors and any additional performers from parents/carers/guardians before taking part in the event.
You have agreed on the competitor’s behalf, that if they are selected as a winner or for any commendation, their name and footage of them dancing, may be used by the Society for media and marketing purposes.
Winning and commendation footage may be kept and used by the Society for promotional purposes for up to 2 years.
No refunds are payable once tickets are purchased and payment received*.
Where the Candidate tests positive for Covid-19, via a PCR and the period of compulsory self-isolation means they are unable to attend the event, a full credit note will be issued. Credit note is to be used within 24 months of the event date and refunds will not be issued.
*The ability to run this competition is based on a minimum number of entries being received. Should this minimum number not be reached, we may have to cancel the event and issue a refund. Competitors must be made aware of this by their teacher in advance. If the competition cannot take place teachers will be advised by email used to purchased tickets.
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