Registration for the prestigious international ballet competition Golden Pointe Shoes 2021 Online has begun. Since April, ballet school graduates from around the world can apply for The XIV Golden Pointe Shoes 2021 Online. Schools from Germany, Czech Republic, Italy, Spain, USA, Singapore and Poland have confirmed their participation so far. Young dancers can submit their application forms, together with 3 video recordings, until 5 June. They can apply individually or by their ballet school, through the official application form at goldenpointeshoes.com.

The Idea of the competition is to present and promote art created by ballet students from all around the world and, above all, to help them at the beginning of their professional careers. The Golden Pointe Shoes is not only a great opportunity to become known among critics and a wider audience, but it’s also a chance to fight for an amazing prize of € 5,000.

This year, the XIV edition of The International Ballet Competition Golden Pointe Shoes has to be hosted entirely online, due to the global pandemic of SARS-CoV-2. Amazing shows will be available via streaming platform. The entire situation doesn’t help in organizing cultural events, including ballet competitions, and it takes personal contact with the art away, but the online form makes it accessible for a much wider audience.

This year’s ambassadors of the Golden Pointe Shoes are Shoko Nakamura and Wiesław Dudek — the icon of the Japanese ballet and the Polish dancer of international fame. They’re admired by ballet lovers and acknowledged by the best choreographers all around the world.

The jury team consists of recognized teachers, dancers and choreographers — tremendous artists and experienced specialists with a great sense of aesthetics and sophisticated form but also extraordinary characters. Among them, You can find Spanish choreographer and flamenco dancer Rosa Olympia Estrella, professor of musical Arts Ewa Wycichowska, leading principal dancer of the Finnish National Opera Michał Krčmař, the dancer and teacher Piotr Nardelli, ballet master Vladimir Issaev and also Beata Książkiewicz, the professor of the Chopin University of Music.

Organizer: Ballet Foundation (Fundacja Balet)

Honorable patrons: President of City of Szczecin, Westpomeranian Voivodeship Marshal OlgierdGeblewicz and Ministry of Culture and National Heritage

Partners: Arts Ballet Theatre of Florida, Polish Society of Authors and Composers ZAiKS, Intitute of Music and Dance, Polish Society of Scenic Artists ZASP

Application form: here

Information leaflet: PDF (1 MB)

Info: goldenpointeshoes.com

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