EUROPESTAGE RIGA 2025

01-02 MARCH 2025, RIGA, LATVIA, ATTA CENTRE

For the purposes of these Terms and Conditions, all references to Europestage also mean TK Events SIA, the company owning the Europestage brand.

AGE GROUPS:

  • 3-4
  • 5-6
  • 7-9
  • 10-12
  • 13-15
  • 16-18
  • ADULTS
  • MIX (determined by average age)

FORMAT:

  • Group

CATEGORY:

  • KIDS DANCE
  • FOLK DANCE
  • FOLK-STYLE DANCE
  • STAGE DANCE
  • CONTEMP & JAZZ-MODERN
  • HIP HOP & URBAN

JUDGING & AWARDS/ OLYMPIC SCORING SYSTEM

Each Judge evaluates and scores each performance with a maximum of 100 points based on the following criteria:

  1. Technique: 30 points max
  2. Choreography: 30 points max
  3. Presentation: 20 points max
  4. Musicality: 20 points max

Using the Olympic scoring system were one highest and one lowest scores are eliminated, the points awarded for each dance will be the aggregate of the remaining three scores.

Winning Performances (1, 2 and 3 places) awarded with Diplomas and Trophies

Runners-up (4, 5 and 6 places) awarded with Diplomas and Large Medals

Performances are scored within their own declared nomination: Age Group and Category

DAY 1 (Europestage Kids Day) / 3–9 years old – places can be duplicated in each Age Group and Category.

DAY 2 / 10+ years old – first three places only (i.e. 1st, 2nd and 3rd) DO NOT GET DUPLICATED within the same Age Group and Category, except for:

  • In case of a tie (that is when the same number of points are awarded)
  • In case of 1 point separating places (working from top going down)

CASH or CASH EQUIVALENT PRIZES

The top scoring performance (with the highest number of points out of all categories) IN EACH AGE GROUP will receive a €200 (two hundred euros) cash prize. In case of a tie, it will be up to the Judges to determine the winner.

DAY 1 (Europestage Kids Day) / 3–9 years old – the top scoring performance choreographer of the day will receive an all-inclusive pre-booked (by Europestage) trip to the “Camp Fabrika” week in Istanbul (flight, accommodation and workshops), up to a maximum value of €1,000

DAY 2 / 10+ years old – the top scoring performance choreographer of the day will receive an all-inclusive pre-booked (by Europestage) trip to the “Camp Fabrika” week in Istanbul (flight, accommodation and workshops), up to a maximum value of €1,000.

DEADLINE

Event dates: 1 and 2 of March 2025

Closing Date: Monday, 6 January 2025. We expect demand for places to be very high again this year. You are advised to book early as we reserve the right to close to new applications once our maximum number of performances on both days is reached. Please follow the official updates (as to how many spaces are left) and news feeds on our website and Instagram @europestage

After the closing date or earlier once new applications are closed you can still sign up for our waiting list; should a suitable space become available we will make an offer for you to consider at the time.

APPLICATION

To apply, please:

  1. visit our website https://welovedanc.ing
  2. select your event
  3. sign into your account (or create one if you do not have Europestage online account)
  4. book dance spaces
  5. make a booking payment to guarantee stage time (a small deposit payment)
  6. when you are ready, you can complete the other forms on your Dashboard (this info must be completed by Friday, 31 January 2025):
    • performance details
    • competitors’ names and DOB. In the event of any queries Europestage reserve the right to inspect documentation.
    • upload your sound tracks and visual backgrounds

COPYRIGHT

By submitting your application, you and all the individual dancers listed in the Competitors dashboard section and allocated in the Performance dashboard section, give your expressed permission to allow Europestage and/or its accredited partners to photograph and take video shots on stage and other locations during the competition days. You also agree that this material may be used for website and other promotional purposes by Europestage and/or its accredited partners and that the copyrights related to this material belongs to TK Events SIA.

By submitting your application, you also confirm that your dance performance(s) do not infringe the copyright or intellectual property rights of any other person, dance studio or organisation here or worldwide. To protect the integrity of the competition and promote the creativity of others in the dance world we take any infringements of this condition very seriously indeed. If you are discovered to be in breach of this rule your act will be expelled from the competition without refund. We also reserve the right to take further action, after the competition has finished.

TECHNICAL SPECS

Stage: 12 x 10 meters

Professional Sound & Lights equipment

Stage flooring: professional vinyl

Each competitor can use our stage LED screen for video & photo visualisation during their performance. The media files must be uploaded during the application process in your online account by no later than Friday, 31 January 2025

Video format: 720.p, .MP4

Photo format: .jpg and .png

PRICE

Registration fee (per competitor):

  • EUR 23 + Latvian VAT Tax (21%)
  • EUR 16 + Latvian VAT Tax (21%) per dance for 2 or more dances by the same competitor

Each Competitor will receive:

  • Personal named “Competitor” Diploma
  • “Competitor” Medal
  • Europestage branded gift

EVENT ENTRY FEE

It is our top priority to manage event entry and people flows effectively, safely, swiftly and easily. For these reasons we will sell tickets to the event at a small nominal price to count and monitor the number of visitors.

Please visit our website: https://welovedanc.ing to purchase your tickets for this event (or click button bellow "Buy Tickets").

Admission fee per person: EUR 5 + Latvian VAT Tax (21%)

Previously confirmed & accredited team managers; and Competitors listed & allocated in Europestage online accounts are exempt from the admission fee.