NTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL-CONTEST “UNDER THE SPANISH SKY”
19 – 23 June 2022

INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL COMPETITION OF CHOREOGRAPHY, SONG, MUSICAL
INSTRUMENTS AND ORIGINAL GENRE
Spain. Costa Brava
June 19 – 23, 2022

The Festival will be held on the territory of Spain, on the famous and one of the most visited coast of the country – Costa Brava. The International Festival “Under the Spanish sky” is a festival of various art genres: dance, music, theatre, visual arts, photography, magic tricks, circus art, martial arts, etc. The festival is open to groups and soloists from art schools, academies, studios, children’s and youth centers, children, teenagers and adults without age limit. The purpose of this Festival is to come together and to get to know different cultures and types of creativity.

Purpose and primary goals of festival:

• Revival, preservation and development of national cultures.
• Acquaintance with the best creative associations, establishment of contacts between collectives, exchange of a creative experience.
• Support and development of young creativity.

Participants:

• Choreographic Art (Groups, Collectives, Ensembles, Show-entertainers, Soloists, etc.)
  • Classical Dance
  • Ballroom Dance
  • Modern Dance (Jazz, Modern, Neoclassical, etc.)
  • National Dance (Folk Dance)
  • Pop Dance
  • Social Dances (Swing, Argentine tango, Zoug, Kizomba, Bachata, Salsa, Samba, Merengue, Reggaeton, Hustle, etc.).
  • Mixed styles of Dance
• Instrumental Music (Ensembles, Orchestras, Quartettes, Trios, Duettes and Individual performers)
  • Modern Music
  • Pop Music
  • National Music
  • Classical Music
  • Ethnical Music, etc.
• Vocal (Choirs, Ensembles of different styles of execution, Quartettes, Trios, Duettes and Soloists)
  • Modern
  • National
  • Academic
  • Church choirs
  • Pop
  • Jazz
  • Rock
  • Rap, etc.
• Photography/ Video, Design
• Arts and Crafts
• Theater Fashion
• Art of creative word
• Theatrical Art
• Musicals and musical theatre productions
• Mixed Music and Dance groups
• Other types of Art

* Children, adult creative groups and individual performers with no age limit can take part in the Festival.

Age categories:

• 4 – 8 years
• 9 – 13 years
• 14 – 19 years
• 20 years and over

Conditions of participation in festival:

• Every group and participant must prepare 2 acts (max 8 minutes together).
• Participants should prepare necessary background music of the performance and must provide high quality background music for the performances on a CD or memory stick.
• Each number should be recorded on a separate carrier with a written performance name, group name or performers name.
• The Organizing Committee reserves the right to use and distribute audios, recordings, prints and other sorts of production produced during the competition period.
• The group leaders bear full responsibility for the members of the group during the festival and free time.

Evaluation criteria:

• Stage presence and technicality
• Compositional approach to performance
• Artistic disclosure of culture
• Level of difficulty of executive performance
• Creative individuality
• Originality

Festival jury:

• The organizational committee of the competition chooses the members of the international jury.
• The jury rates the performances of the competition by voting secretly on a scale of one to ten.
• The main evaluation criteria judges on the executive level and skill.

Prizse and awards of the festival:

• All participants of the competition are awarded with international diplomas.
• The participants of the competition are given the following titles:
  • Grand Prix possessor
  • 1st degree winner
  • 2nd degree winner
  • 3rd degree winner
  • Award winner
  • Participant of the competition
• Winners of the competition are awarded with corresponding certificates, confirming the title. Sponsors have the right to set up additional prizes and awards independently from the rewarding jury.