Categories are a guide when entering a competition. Selecting the correct category is important for the judges to score accordingly. Categories below span across all competitions provided by INTERNATIONAL TALENT COMPETITION
BALLET A performance consisting of ballet technique and incorporating traditional classical movements. Performers dancing in this category SHOULD NOT be wearing pointe shoes.
POINTE A performance consisting of ballet technique and incorporating traditional classical movements that must be performed in pointe shoes.
JAZZ A performance consisting of jazz technique; kicks, turns and jumps.
TAP A performance consisting primarily of tap technique.
LYRICAL A performance consisting of jazz and ballet technique expressing the lyrics of the song.
ACROBATICS A performance demonstrating a combination of control, strength and flexibility, through balances, contortion and tumbling tricks.
SONG & DANCE A performance containing both singing and dancing of any style.
MUSICAL THEATRE A performance featuring any style of dance from a Broadway Show, Movie or Television Show.
HIP HOP A performance demonstrating street dance that incorporates style and/or funk choreography.
CONTEMPORARY A performance that incorporates a fusion of modern dance techniques from Graham, Humphrey-Weidman, Horton or the Bartenieff Fundamentals.
OWN CHOREOGRAPHY Performers can showcase any style of dance. This must be choreographed independently by the registered dancer.
FOLK/ETHNIC Performances which are to a significant degree bound by tradition with strong cultural roots.
POM A performance using pom-poms incorporating precise and definite movements.
OPEN DANCE A performance demonstrating any style of dance or a combination of dance styles.
CONTEMPORARY BALLAD Singers must choose a song from the contemporary repertoire in a ballad style
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CONTEMPORARY POP Singers must choose a song from the contemporary repertoire in a upbeat style.
CONTEMPORARY MUSIC THEATRE Singers must choose a character song from a stage Musical and demonstrate qualities appropriate to the selected song. There is NO restrictions with Musical age and/or year.
COUNTRY Singers must choose a contemporary or traditional country or western song, which must be performed in a country style.
R&B/JAZZ Singers must choose a song within the Jazz or RNB genre. This can be either BALLAD or UPTEMPO.
ORIGINAL The competitor must perform a song that they have written themselves.
ACTING/MONOLOGUE ALL performers must perform a monologue or scene from a movie or stage musical. ALL movies, monologues and stage musicals accepted in this section. STRICTLY NO MUSIC.
OPEN VOCAL Singers can choose ANY style of song to perform. (E.g – Musical theatre, classical, country, pop, ballad et.)