Ministry of Culture of the Russian Federation,
Theatrical Association of Russia,
Ministry of Culture and Mass Communications of the Perm Region,
Perm Tchaikovsky Opera and Ballet Theatre,
International Dance Council (U.N.E.S.C.O)

present

the XII Russian Open Competition of Ballet Dancers “Arabesque–2012” named after Ekaterina Maximova
in the city of Perm, Russia
from 5 April to 15 April, 2012.

Artistic Director and the Chief of the Jury is Vladimir VASILIEV.

Application Requirements

1. Ballet dancers and students of ballet schools, Russian or foreign, may take part in the Competition. Grand Prix and first prize winners of previous "Arabesque" competitions are not admitted to the Competition.

2. Admission to the Competition for the competitors born not earlier than 31 December 1985 and not later than 31 December 1998.

3. To participate in the Competition, the candidates are requested to apply by 18 February 2012 to the Board of Directors of the Competition.
The application is to include the following documents:

• completed application form on the enclosed model (application form);
• performance programme on the enclosed model (programme). A light plot of the contemporary piece (list of necessary lighting positions and changes) should be attached to the programme, as well as description of props, if necessary;
• scanned copy of the passport pages containing the passport number, photo, personal data, date and place of issue and issuing authority;
• one portrait photo and one photo in full-length dance pose for the Competition catalogue. Applicants should submit photos as graphic files of a quality appropriate for printing and high graphic resolution (no less than 300 dpi);
• a short curriculum vitae;
• repertoire (list of roles performed);
• certificate of a received dance education (copy) or of private classes.

The application is to be sent by post to the following address:
Ballet Competition "Arabesque-2012", Theatre of Opera and Ballet, 25a Petropavlovskaya St., Perm 614000, Russia
or by e-mail to arabesque@inbox.ru

The management of the Competition engages itself to confirm receipt of the application within a week from the day the application is received, by e-mail or phone indicated in the application form.

The application is considered as admitted only if it contains all the documents listed above and meets all the requirements.

The Board of Directors reserves the right to reject applications if any documents or information are missing, or if the application is received later than on 18 February 2012 (regardless of the date of filling the form or sending the application).

4. Entrance fee of 2500 rubles (or an equivalent amount in euros or US dollars; the amount is subject to change) for the foreign participants will be paid on the day of arrival in Perm.

5. The Competition Board of Directors will not be able to refund entrance fees and the documents to applicants who fail to compete.

6. On the day of arrival, the competitors must check the programme of their performance in each round at the Directors office, and must not change it during the Competition period.

Regulation

1. Participants may appear in one of the two categories: soloists (female and male) or couples. Each competitor is examined and estimated individually. A competitor may appear with a non-competing partner.

Competitors should indicate the category they wish to appear in when filling the application form. Changing a category during the competition period (performing as a soloist in one round and appearing in a couple in another round) is not allowed. A competitor is allowed to change the couples category for the soloists category, if their partner is not able to compete anymore, at the special permission of the Jury.

When performing the contemporary choreography pieces, competitors in couples may appear solo, and soloists may perform in couples with other participants or non-competing partners.

2. The Jury of the Competition is formed by its Chairman Vladimir Vasiliev.

3. The Jury of Press is formed by the Theatrical Association of the Russian Federation.

4. The Competition will be held in three rounds and performed on the theatre stage (12 m wide, 10 m deep, without slope).

5. All performances are open to the public.

6. The pieces performed in one of the rounds must not be the same as performed in the others.

7. The order of appearance of each competitor will be determined by drawing of numbers and preserved till the end of the Competition.

8. For the couples the number of the female competitor will be used. If the female partner is out of the competition, the number of the male competitor will be used from that moment.

9. For the competitors dancing variations the interval between the performances should not be less than 15 minutes. The interval between performing classical and contemporary choreography should not be less than 50 minutes.

10. The finalists will perform for the two unpaid final dance galas with the programme affirmed by the jury.

11. If one of the partners in a couple is not admitted to the semi-final or final rounds, he (she) must perform as a partner of the other competitor, admitted to the semi-finals and finals and also at the final gala performances.

12. The members of the Jury must not rehearse or rate their pupils during the holding of the Competition, and they must not rate the pieces they had choreographed.

13. Competitors will bring their own pianists, who must have the piano scores, or to use CD recordings.

14. Just after the drawing numbers procedure, competitors must submit the recordings for each round to the Theatre’s sound engineer, each round on a separate CD (wav, mp3 formats). Participants also should have an extra CD with recordings for all the rounds.

Each recording must be labelled with a clear indication of the name and the lot of the performer, the number of the track, the title of the piece and which round it is performed at. Recordings should be made using professional equipment.

15. Participants must talk beforehand to the stage manager to get his approval of the light plot of the contemporary piece and the props.

16. The accepted applicants will be notified of the date of their arrival in Perm by the Competition Board of Directors not later than 30 days before the finishing of the Competition.

Financial Clauses

1. Travel

Participants pay for their travel to Perm and back.

If the participant is admitted to the third round (final), the Board of Directors will reimburse:
- the travel expenses (in roubles) to Perm and back (only the cost of economy class tickets) for the Russian competitors, their partners and coaches (if more than one coach comes with the competitor, only one coach is reimbursed);
- the cost of economy class tickets (in roubles) for the travel to Perm and back for the foreign competitors and their partners.

To have their travel expenses reimbursed, participants should submit the original travel documents to the accounts service of the Theatre (including the round-trip tickets and tickets for the way back which should be sent to the Theatre by post).

If electronic tickets are used, Participants should keep and bring the original boarding passes.

2. Accommodation

Participants pay for their accommodation at a hotel from the arrival to the last day of the second round (the payment may be made in two parts).

If the participant is admitted to the third round, the Board of Directors will reimburse:
- to Russian participants: the hotel expenses (the cost of economy room) of the participant, their partners and one coach, and (if cheques provided) the hotel expenses of the participant, their partner and one coach during the first and second rounds;
- to foreign participants: the hotel expenses (the cost of economy room) of the participant and their partner, and (if cheques provided) the hotel expenses of the participant and their partner during the first and second rounds.

3. Meals

The Board of Directors will be in charge of the meals for the participants and their partners only for the period of their participation.

If a non-competing partner does not perform in a couple with a competitor in all the rounds, the partner’s meals are paid only during the round he does perform in.

The Board of Directors will be in charge of the meals for competitors taking part only in the contemporary pieces contest during the II round.

4. Participants not admitted to the semi-finals and finals, and also their partners and coaches, may stay in Perm till the end of the Competition at their expenses.

5. Competitors, awarded a prize for the performance of contemporary choreography, or the performers of a contemporary number by a choreographer, awarded for the best choreography, are granted the same financial conditions as the finalists (see clause 1, 2, 3).

6. The Board of Directors will provide the competitors with the rehearsal rooms and with one stage rehearsal before each round.

7. The Board of Directors will not provide the competitors with any kind of insurance.

8. The Board of Directors will not provide the competitors with the stage costumes, makeup, footwear and music scores. The competitors must bring their stage costumes, ballet shoes, makeup and everything else they need.

9. During the competition period masters of the classical and contemporary dance are supposed to conduct master classes.

10. The competition board of directors reserves the right to invite the laureates and owners of the competition certificates to participate in gala performances.

11. The Competition Board of Directors reserves the right to broadcast all competition events, to shoot films, make video recordings and further spread them without paying the fees to the competitors and their partners. Video- and photoshooting at the competition is allowed only to the accredited specialists.

12. In case of incomprehension of the present rules interpretation, the identical Russian text is considered to be valid.

Performance Programme

ROUND I

Classical Choreography

Competitors must perform:
couples: one pas de deux by choreographers of the XIX-XXI centuries.
soloists: two variations by choreographers of the XIX-XXI centuries.

ROUND II (SEMI-FINALS)

1. Classical Choreography

Couples: one pas de deux or a separate piece by choreographers of the XIX-XXI centuries.
Soloists: two variations or a separate piece by choreographers of the XIX-XXI centuries.

2. Contemporary Choreography

Couples and soloists must perform one piece of contemporary choreography (modern or jazz dance or a piece of a free or any other style dance) to the music of any composer, staged not earlier than 2006.

The performing time must not exceed 4 minutes (please mind that the Jury executes exact timing of the performed pieces).

Original choreography created specially for the Competition "Arabesque-2012" and the best performers of contemporary piece are encouraged by special awards.

To show the pieces staged specially for “Arabesque-2012”, the following participants are also admitted:
- performers of contemporary programme, not taking part in the first and third rounds of the Competition; (application form and programme)
- competitors not admitted to the second round expressing their will to show the contemporary piece.

ROUND III (FINALS)

Classical Choreography

Couples: one pas de deux by choreographers of the XIX-XXI centuries.
Soloists: two variations by choreographers of the XIX-XXI centuries.

All the pieces are allowed to perform only if the participant has a permission to perform the piece given by the owners of the author’s right to the piece (including the author’s heirs).

AWARDS

• Ekaterina Maximova Award(Grand Prix)—A cash prize of 200000 roubles, the medal and the title of Laureate of International Competition is given to the best competitor.
  
• Two First awards(one female and one male). A cash prize of 120000 roubles each, the medal and the titles of Laureates of International Competition.
  
• Two Second awards(one female and one male). A cash prize of 90000 roubles each, the medal and the titles of Laureates of International Competition.
  
• Two Third awards(one female and one male). A cash prize of 60000 roubles each, the medal and the titles of Laureates of International Competition.
  
• Two cash prizes of 70000 roubles each to the balletmasters for the best contemporary choreography piece especially created for the Competition.
  
• Two cash prize of 30000 roubles each for the best performing of a piece of contemporary choreography.
  
  The finalists unawarded with the above mentioned prizes and also the best non-competing partners, the best coaches and the best concertmasters will be presented with the Competition certificates and monetary awards.
  
  
• Ekaterina Maximova and Vladimir Vasiliev Award. A cash prize of $2,500.00 to the best couple.
  
• Galina Ulanova award. A cash prize of $1,000.00 for spirituality.
  
• Japaneze-Russian couple Yukari Saito and Nikolai Fyodorov Award. A cash prize of $1,000.00 to the most talented dancers among the youngest competitors.
  
• George Zoritch Award. A cash prize of $1,000.00 to the best female or male dancers for technical precision and performance artistry.
  
• Marius Petipa Award. A cash prize of 30000 roubles, established by Perm public foundation "Pearl of the Urals", for the purity of classical dance.
  
• The Perm State Tchaikovsky Opera and Ballet Award. A special prize of 30000 roubles for the best performing of a choreographic piece with music by P.I.Tchaikovsky.
  
• Fyodor Chekhankov Award "Inspiration". A cash prize of $1,000.00 to the best acting in the performance.
  
• Natalia Dudinskaya Award. A cash prize of $1,000.00 established by the couple Margarita Kullik and Vladimir Kim for adhesion to traditions of Russian ballet school.
  
• Aydar Shaidullin Award. A cash prize of $1,000.00 established by producer group GLOBEX PROMOTION to the most talented student of foreign ballet school.
  
• Andrey Kibanov Award. A cash prize of $1,000.00 to a talented participant of the Competition.
  
• Andrey Merkuriev (the premier dancer of the Bolshoi Theatre) Award. A cash prize of $1,000.00 for the "realness of character, emotionality and expression".
  
• Toshihiko Takahashi Award. A cash prize of $2,500.00 to the best female dancer.
  
• Jury of the Press Award.
  

The monetary prizes are received by the winners in roubles and are equivalent to the current official dollar exchange rate with the collected income tax.

The Jury reserves the right:

• not to award all the prizes;
• to divide one prize among the contestants;
• to extend the prize in any of the said nominations, in the event that some prize is not awarded, using the remaining funds.

State and public organizations, firms and individuals will be able to grant other special prizes in conforming with the Competition Organizing Committee.