POLE DANCE SHOW 2022

POLE DANCE SHOW 2022
promoter Fundacja MY WAY

We are happy to invite you to the 5th edition of POLE DANCE SHOW competitions, which will be held on 2-3 April 2022 at Targi Kielce. The mission of the competitions is to present a unique show on the stage with the use of vertical poles. Creativity and artistic side of the performance/show is what matters.

TICKETS can be purchased only on the day of the competition. Price: 50 PLN one day, 90 PLN two days

POLE DANCE SHOW 2022 I PROGRAMME

02.04.2022 r. (Saturday)

08:00-12:00 Registration of the competitors

08:00-13:00 Stage testing

13:00-13:45 Kids

13:50-17:50 Juniors

18:00-19:50 Solo women - amateurs, Solo women - semi-pro, Solo women - professionals

20:30 Announcement of the winners and award ceremony

 

03.04.2022 r. (Sunday)

08:00-12:00 Registration of the competitors

08:00-13:00 Stage test

13:00-14:30  Solo women debuts

14:30-15:30 Solo women- masters, Doubles, Men

15:35-19:50 Exotic category

20:30 Announcement of the winners and award ceremony

We invite you to participate in the workshops with the judges: https://fb.me/e/4bGPlFxRT

 

 

Details
  • date2022-04-01 ÷ 2022-04-03
  • application2021-09-06 ÷ 2021-12-20

POLE DANCE SHOW 2022 RULES


1. The Organizer of POLE DANCE SHOW 2022 (hereinafter referred to as the competition) are Targi Kielce in co-operation with the MY WAY POLE DANCE STUDIO.

2. The competition will take place on 2nd-3rd April, 2022 in the Centrum Kongresowe Targów Kielce (Targi Kielce Congress Center), ul. Zakładowa 1, 25-672 Kielce.

April 2 (Saturday) – POLE DANCE SHOW (kids, juniors, juniors debut, women 40+, women amateur, women semi-pro, women professional)
April 3 (Sunday) – POLE DANCE SHOW (duets, men, women amateur debut, exotic amateur, exotic debuts, exotic semi-pro, exotic professional, exotic stars)

3. Mission

The competition's mission is to put out an unique stage show using vertical poles. Creativity and the artistic side of the spectacle/show are the most important aspects.

4. The competition will include the following categories:

WOMEN SOLO professionals

  • this category is intended for women aged 18 and above, who are professional pole dancers (a minimum of 2 years of work as an instructor);

  • who have won a place on the podium in other national or international pole dance competitions in semi-pro or more advanced category;

WOMEN SOLO semi-pro

  • this category is intended for women aged 18 and above, who are professional pole dancers, for no longer than 2 years;

  • who have participated in pole dance competition in semi-pro category, but have not won 1st-3rd place

  • who have won 1st-3rd place in women amateur category.

WOMEN SOLO amateurs

  • This category is intended for women aged 18 and above, who are not a pole dance instructor on the day of submitting your application;

  • who have never won 1st-3rd place in pole dance competition in women amateur, semi-pro, professionals category;

  • no handspring deadlifts, flips, muscle up, press to handstand, aerial cartwheel, front and back handspring

WOMEN SOLO amateurs debuts

  • This category is intended for women aged 18 and above, who are not a pole dance instructor on the day of submitting your application;

  • who have never participated in any pole dance competitions (excluding internal competitions organized by a pole dance studio they attend);

  • no handspring deadlifts, flips, muscle up, press to handstand, aerial cartwheel, front and back handspring

WOMEN 40+ .The category is intended for women who, at the day of competitions, are at the age of 40;

MEN SOLO. This category is intended for men aged 18 and above;

DUETS . This category is intended for duets and groups;

JUNIORS 12-14. This category is intended for teenagers aged between 12 and 14;

JUNIORS 15-17. This category is intended for teenagers aged between 15 and 17;

JUNIORS 12-14 debuts. This category is intended for teenagers aged between 12 and 14, who have never participated in any pole dance competitions (excluding internal competitions organized by a pole dance studio they attend);

JUNIORS 15-17 debuts. This category is intended for teenagers aged between 15 and 17, who have never participated in any pole dance competitions (excluding internal competitions organized by a pole dance studio they attend);

KIDS. This category is intended for kids aged between 8 and 11;

EXOTIC AMATEURS.

  • The category intended for people aged 18 and above, who have not participated in any competition in exotic solo category and for people who have already participated in any competitions in exotic amateur category but have not won 1st-3rd place.
  • Pole dance/exotic instructors (on the day of submitting your application) cannot participate in this category.
  • Participants wear "glass" heel shoes;

EXOTIC AMATEURS debuts.

  • The category intended for people aged 18 and above, who have never participated in any pole dance competitions (excluding internal competitions organized by a pole dance studio they attend).
  • Pole dance/exotic instructors(on the day of submitting your application) cannot participate in this category.
  • Participants wear "glass" heel shoes;

EXOTIC SEMI-PRO. 

  • The category intended for people aged 18 and above, who have won 1st-3rd place in exotic amateur category.

  • The category intended for people who are pole dance instructions for less than 5 years.

  • It involves the use of “glass” heel shoes.

EXOTIC PROFESSIONALS. 

  • The category intended for people aged 18 and above, who have won 1st-3rd place in exotic semi-pro or more advanced category.

  • The category intended for people who are pole dance instructions for more than 5 years.

  • It involves the use of “glass” heel shoes.

EXOTIC STARS

  • The category intended for people aged 18 and above, who have won 1st-3rd place in exotic professionals/exotic stars category several times (more than two);

  • It involves the use of "glass" heel shoes.

5. Submissions

To participate in the competition you must fill in an application, which can be found at the following website: https://bit.ly/3jIU0vJ .The application video must not be a montage of clips. The duration of the video must not exceed 2 minutes.

The deadline for submissions is 20.12.2021. The number of 5-20 people from each category will be qualified for the finals. The finalists will be selected by the competition committee (jury) consisting of 3 people and announced by 15.01.2022 at the latest. Those who submit their applications but are not qualified to the final will not receive a refund of the submission fee.

Payment for participants:

70 PLN (20 EUR) – every person sending a submission (for individual categories). Failure to make the payment is tantamount to exclusion of a given candidate
100 PLN (25 EUR) – every duet sending a submission
130 PLN (30 EUR)– every person who is qualified for the finals. Payment up to 7 days after the finalists are announced.

150 PLN (40 EUR) – every duet which is qualified for the finals. Payment up to 7 days after the finalists are announced.

The payment is non-returnable. In case of the participant’s resignation from participation in the competition the payment shall not be refunded and the participant shall not receive a ticket. A participant who resigns from participation later than 3 weeks before the date of the competition cannot participate in next edition of the competitions. Except for a participant who will provide a medical certificate confirming inability to participate.

Payment options:
PayPal account: poledanceshowkielce@gmail.com or bank transfer

Payments should be made to:

MY WAY POLE DANCE STUDIO MARTA JANDA

74 1140 2004 0000 3902 7619 6196

with the title: First and last name, category

6. Awards

The first three places in each category will receive diplomas, medals and material and cash prizes founded by the sponsors.

Tomasz Gas - Malowanie Światłem will fund prizes for 1st places in pro categories - full package of photos from the performance and for the best performance in a discipline /the highest number of scores - individual session.

7. The scene and the poles

The scene will have 2 poles (static and rotating) with a diameter of 45mm, at a distance of 3m from each other and a height of 4m. From the participant's perspective, the rotating pole will be located on the left. In case of duets there is a possibility of selection of two static or two rotating poles (after previous notification by e-mail).

8. The Participants

On the day of the competition the participant must be 18 years of age (this does not pertain to the Junior and Kids category), have personal accident insurance, read the rules of the competition and have a valid identity document. It is forbidden to consume alcohol or narcotics on the day of the competition.

9. Scoring

EXOTIC categories

 

Max

Combinations and tricks performed on a pole

10

Floor work

10

Originality (choreography, costume, make-up).  

10

Interpretation of music

10

Dynamism, body line, felxibility

10

TOTAL

50

 

 

Penalties

Max

Falls

-5

Slipping off

-5

Costume problems

-5

Wiping hands

-5

TOTAL

-20

 

Doubles category

Artistic side of the performance  

Max

Originality of the choreography, costume, hair and make-up

10

Artistic expression

10

Music interpretation

10

Floor work

10

TOTAL

40

 

 

Technical side of the performance

Max

Fineness of getting into and off a position

10

Dynamism and strength

10

Difficulty level of the choreography

10

Flexibilty

10

Synchronization

10

TOTAL

50

 

Penalties

Max

Falls

-5

Slipping off

-5

Costume problems

-5

Wiping hands

-5

TOTAL

-20

 

Other categories

Artistic side of the performance    

Max

Originality of the choreography, costume, hair and make-up

10

Artistic expression

10

Music interpretation

10

Floor work

10

TOTAL 40

 

Technical side of the performance

Max

Fineness of getting into and off a position

10

Dynamism and strength

10

Difficulty level of the choreography

10

Flexibility

10

TOTAL

40

 

Penalties

Max

Falls

-5

Slipping off 

-5

Costume problems   

-5

Wiping hands

-5

TOTAL

-20

10. Music

The length of the participant's presentation cannot exceed 3 min 30 sec. (solo performances) and 4 min. in the case of duets. Music with a vulgar language, unethical, racist etc. content is forbidden. The same piece of music may not be used by more than one participant. The selected piece of music can be used by the participant who sent his/her submission first. Music should be uploaded to ScoreApp in the format of mp3 file by 15.03.2022 at the latest. 

How to do that?

1. Log in to ScoreApp system.

2. Enter the tab "Your account" --> "Dancer zone" --> Pole Dance Show

3. In the table you can find a field where you can enter your music (MP3 file column)

4. Save the music file by clicking "v" button (save)

Our system verifies the length of a song. Each file exceeding the length specified in the Rules will be rejected. We accept only files in MP3 format with a maximum size of 6MB. We recommend you to upload file using your computer (using smartphone is uncomfortable).

11. Costume

The costume is left to the participant's discretion. It is, however, forbidden to perform topless, in erotic lingerie, in a costume exposing intimate parts. Permitted footwear: ballet shoes, gym shoes, dance shoes and high heels (for exotic categories). The footwear may not pose a threat to the audience/jury/other participants. Permitted accessories: gloves, knee and ankle protectors. All accessories used for the choreography should be previously reported (by 15th of March 2022) , and their installation/removal should not take longer than 3 min. The participant is obligated to remain the stage clean (any feathers, confetti, etc. must be removed by the participant after their performance).  Tattoos and make-up are permitted, but these should not soil the scene, poles and the other participants. All accessories should not hamper the performance. The use of magnesia, dry hands, mighty grip etc. is allowed only when applied on the participant’s body. Balsams, itac, body lotions are forbidden.

During the final performance only the participant(s) is allowed to be on the stage. The use of third persons in a choreography is possible only after prior notification of this information (by 15th of March 2022) to the organizer. There may be a maximum of two people in addition to the participant on the stage. Additional people are not allowed to touch the poles.

12. Disqualification

A participant may be disqualified for not applying to the rules or the organizer's recommendations.

13. Authorization for reproduction of physical likeness

Making a submission to Pole Dance Show 2022 is tantamount to a lasting and unconditionally free of charge authorization for photographic, video and television recording of all the presentations and their use, publication and transmission in any media.

14. Tickets

Tickets for the event will be sold online and stationary on the day of the competition. Each finalist receives a ticket for the entire POLE DANCE SHOW competition. Coaches, parents, and human props are required to purchase a ticket for the event.

15. Participation in Pole Dance Show 2022 is tantamount to accepting these rules.

15. Any questions and remarks should be sent to poledanceshowkielce@gmail.com .