Grand Finale – Best Dancer – Teens

Age category: Kids & Teens                                      Talent Category: Dancer

Date: 14th July 2021                                                     Status: Unpublished

Purpose of the document: Use this document for guidelines purposes only for IET Best Dancer category 2020. This is the Grand Finale Protocol Document. This document will provide details on rules, guidelines, marking, scoring for the Best Dancer. Please read this document carefully.

Category will have two stages after successful participation confirmation.

  1. Stage 1: Group Level (Completed – Early 2021)
  2. Stage 2: Grand Finale (Mid 2021)

This document is for Stage 2: Grand Finale Level of Competitions only.

Visit our Grand Finale Finalists on Fun Kids India Website. https://funkids.in/finalists/

 

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1ST FUNCADEMY AWARDS 2020

THE BEST DANCER we have 3 age divisions categories for the Great Grand Finale Finalists. There are different types of performance categories. This protocol document contains the information that is used for the children to participate in the Best Dancer category that is to be conducted. So please read this document carefully.

GRAND FINALE (Solo)

AGE DIVISIONS

CATEGORYAGE
Kids junior5 – 8 Years
Kids senior9 – 12 Years
Teen junior13 – 15 Years

PERFORMANCE CATEGORIES 

The Best Dancer category comprised of disparate genres to be unveiled to our esteemed judges/panellists. The categories are,

  • Acro – Contains gymnastic passes, flexibility moves, and/or contortionist moves. Must contain dance moves and choreography as well.
  • Ballet – Consists of ballet technique, classical and or contemporary ballet steps, and movements, performed in soft shoes. 
  • Character – The routine must be 50% characterization, i.e., a clown, puppet, etc. and 50% dance
  • Clogging – Performed in clogging shoes using clogging technique.
  • Contemporary – Same criteria as lyrical but fused with lyrical, jazz, and or modern movements set to more contemporary music. 
  • Hip hop – Routine using primarily hip-hop technique and moves.
  • Jazz – Contains traditional jazz movements and technique. 
  • Lyrical – Dancers interpret the lyrics, mood and content of the music.
  • Modern – Interpretive dance patterned after Graham technique.
  • Musical Theatre – A routine interpreting a song from a Broadway or movie musical. Broadway dancing–mime, lip sync singing, etc., are allowed.
  • Open – To encompass any form of dance not already listed or a combination of styles. 
  • Pro/Am – Any routine that contains a professional dancer.
  • Pointe – Same criteria as ballet. Must be performed in Pointe shoes.
  • Tap – Scored on tap technique and overall performance. 
  • Classical Indian Dance – Holds Bharatanatyam, Kathakali, Kathak, Manipuri, Kuchipudi and Odissi. The children can perform any one of these dance forms.

SELECTION CRITERIA

The Grand Finalists will do their Live Performance for a specific time slot. Judges and panellists will give 100 points score based on the finalist’s performance.

LIVE PERFORMANCE

*Kindly refer the PERFORMANCE CATEGORIES for types of genres. It will help you in this final stage of performance.

In Live performance, there is only one level of stage performance for each finalist in this GRAND FINALE. For this level, the finalists have to execute a dance performance by fusing 2 different Dance Varieties for contrast background music.

            This dance performance should be lasting maximum 2 minutes. The dance varieties should be pre-selected by the finalists of his/her choice from the Performance Categories mentioned in this document and performed on Stage. Finalists can use any safe and required props to perform the dance. Talent has to be ready with their Dance Properties and Music before the Stage Performance.

This phase carries 100 points for each finalist, in which the finalists have to score the maximum points they can earn by their astonishing performance.

* Please ensure the performance is the solo work of the contestant and any plagiarism will disqualify the contestant. Finalists have to be ready with their background music or karaoke to be used for dancing before the performance. Ensure to respect timelines as timer will be used and no extra time will be provided.

We can try to provide props for the dance act, however cannot guarantee that we provide the require prop and settings. It’s better that contestant needs to bring the props for their dance act.

Virtual Performance option – If we couldn’t do a face to face event, then virtual performance will be done on Video Conferencing software like Zoom, Microsoft Teams.

SCORING PROCEDURE

The performances are primarily judged on below factors. It consists of 100 points out of total.

Choreography30 points
Execution25 points
Creativity25 points
Difficulty of movement15 points
Personality5 points

* Scores are averaged for all judges and panellists to determine the final score.

SURPRISE AWARD

It’s important that you all keep sharing the Talent’s Grand Finalist page. (See Finalists page from https://funkids.in/finalists/) with your friends, families on social media, e.g. Facebook, YouTube and Instagram. Also share the amazing news and Talent page to your Local Newspapers, Radio, Magazines, Local Celebrities, Politicians and Key people.

On Social Media use hash tag of your photo or video as #CHILDFULLNAME #IET2020AWARDS #FUNKIDSINDIA #1STFUNCADEMYAWARDS

There is a SURPRISE AWARD for the Social Media Favourite at the end of the Grand Finale for the most active talent on social media. Please keep sharing talent and Fun Kids India posts available on Fun Kids India social media platform. See link to our platform below in CONTACT US section.

More you share Fun Kids India talent page, you will get more chance to win this SURPRISE AWARD. Judges and panellists decision will be Final.

 Good luck!! Have a great Grand Finale with Fun Kids India.

GUIDELINES

The candidate should follow these rules for delivering the talent in the Grand Finale Stage. So read these guidelines carefully.

  • The Best Dancer talent which is going to be perform should be fun and riskless
  • The candidate should accomplish the talent within the time duration
  • The talent should accommodate with Positive attitude
  • Furnish the credibility in a confident demeanour
  • Keep it natural and keep it simple
  • Ensure your act/performance is of Universal category, which is safe for kids and families to watch.

LIMITATIONS

There are few obstructions for delivering the talent in the Grand Finale Stage. Therefore, the candidates should follow those stipulations requisite.

  • Take off your glasses if needless, because it would be helpful in judging your eye contact
  • Avoid gobbling, chewing, chomping, gnawing or nibbling while performance
  • Apparels must be fair and acceptable
  • Comprisal of any political party names or their activities or any controversial topic or any incidents regarding of individuals is strictly proscribed during the performance.
  • Contestants will stop their performance if they exceed the time limit.
  • The talent must be substantially genuine. If any fraudulence found, then the contestant should be notified of disqualification before the winners are announced.
  • All contestants and families are requested to not to disclose the winner details/photos/videos taken during the live performance. Because we need to keep the surprises highly confidential to all the general audience before the official Live streaming release by Funkids India on 1st August 2021.

Make a roadmap for your performance and ready to rehearse before coming to the Stage. You have roughly 2 minutes to bring off your skills with this round. Tell yourself that your enactment is powerful and you are a strong Contestant. You owe it to yourself to have fun and utilize those 2 minutes. Keep your energy as high as possible. Be passion about what you reveal. Have fun!!!

COVID-19 SAFETY MEASURES

The Judges, Finalists, Audience and FunKidsIndia Crew should follow the safety measures while gathering for the Grand Finale.

  • Required Government Covid-19 Guidelines must be followed at all times. Please bring your masks, hand sanitizers, maintain 2-meter social distance for others etc.
  • Bring 72 hours before Covid-Negative Report. If Corona symptoms occurred, please let us know ASAP.
  • While coming to Finale, ensure to keep your family safe during travel and Grand Finale.
  • Be respectful to others all the times. Any inappropriate behaviour won’t be tolerated against FunKidsIndia Team, Judges, other contestants and families, audiences, etc.
  • Ensure to follow instructions given by FunKidsIndia Team
  • All will be required to wear a face covering, maintain social distancing and use hand sanitizers during the Grand Finale. However, finalists, judges, panellists, anchors and authorized persons will be exempt from wearing masks during the performances

* Live Finale Day – 24th July 2021.

Grand Finale Live Stream Day – 1st August 2021 at 5 pm on FunKidsIndia and partner channels

Note: The Grand Finale may be postponed or done only online depending on the situation. However we are aiming to do Face to Face in Delhi (if possible and safe).

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