Top 10 Performance (competition) Things to Remember!

April 18, 2008 on 4:29 pm | In Anthony, Theatre, Uncategorized, competition, judging |
  1. Get off the floor when you hop, and PRESS into the balls of your feet (Forced Arch) TAP
  2. Don’t dance; Perform
  3. Straighten the supporting leg!
  4. Spot eye level, on the accent to turn as a unit.
  5. No Fouettes in Tap! Save them for your Jazz, Modern, Lyrical and Ballet - Use Tap Turns!
  6. Don’t forget to Pointe` your feet - especially when going into & getting up from in floor sections!
  7. Every transition is equally as important as each individual step!
  8. Be sure to stretch before every performance.
  9. Preview and discuss each stage, at each performance, for proper staging and spacing!
  10. Express, Emote and SMILE!!!!

I choose these 10 because they apply to 90% of the the dances I adjudicate. They are here to help you avoid the most common pit falls I encounter. Sometimes the hardest thing to do is see ourselves - but when we do, we can become the person we want to be by working on what actually makes up who we are as a person. Then we love ourselves and have the ability to love others. It works that way with Critical Criticism! Listen to what everyone has to say, Take it all with a grain of salt, then place appropriate value to all you have heard and apply it properly to your life!

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  1. Thank you for these comments. I agree totally. We just finished a dance competition where you could not even hear the tap sounds from dancers. There is no way the judges could hear because I was right up front and could not hear a sound. It was a built stage and looked great but no tap coming through. Students were doing fouettes…not 1 or 2 but 8 or 9. It was pretty much judged on flash/costume, not tap. Most groups did no more than running flaps, sh hop st and lots and lots of arms. Hey, they were perfectly together but it was always very simple. It can be very frustrating. We did really well but even I think that some of my tap solos had muffled feet and scored high, or they were way ahead of their music …but they were judged more on appearance.

    The judges had about 2 comments each on the three tapes. I know that it’s a long day for judges but we need some kind of feedback. I try to keep the level of difficulty up for my students but it seems that it doesn’t matter sometimes. Do you judge on the difficulty level as well????

    Thanks for listening.

    Denise

    Comment by denise — May 22, 2008 #

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