JUDGes CRITERIA

 

 

IMAGE - this criterion evaluates your stage image - costume, makeup, hairstyle, as well as the correspondence of your stage image to the idea and mood of the number, musical accompaniment.

 

ACTING SKILLS - this criterion evaluates your ability to influence the audience and interact with it through facial expressions, gestures, body plasticity and energy.

 

TECHNIQUE - this criterion evaluates your level of mastery of the stunt part of Exotic Pole Dance, both at the height of the pole and at the floor level, in the stalls - racks, flips, wheels, etc. Speed, amplitude, purity of performing stunt elements and combinations, as well as the original style, complexity, danceability and combination of stunt and choreographic elements are taken into account.

 

CHOREOGRAPHY  TECHNIQUE & PERFORMANCE - two parameters are evaluated at once in this criterion:1. The level of the dance technique of the performer - body lines, flexibility, splits, amplitude, body and arm positioning, musicality of performance, mastery of the technique of isolation, vaping, speed control, etc.2. Staging of the number - originality of the idea, complexity of choreographic vocabulary, complexity of musicality, dance pattern, movement in space and its filling of space, etc...

 

STYLE OWNERSHIP - in this criterion, getting into the style of dance is evaluated:

1. For FLOW STYLE, it is the level of flow, waving, leg work, hypnosis effect, etc.

2. For HARD STYLE, it is drive, energy, complexity and originality of tricks, speed of execution, amplitude both on the pole and in the floor dance.

3. For OLD SCHOOL STYLE, it is sensuality, seductiveness, a special fascinating energy in dance, purity of lines and musicality.

4. For Duets & Show Group - these are duet/group interaction between dancers, synchronicity, complexity of duet/group tricks, originality.

5 For THEATRE category - this is an idea, entertainment, emotional impact on the viewer

 

WOW EFFECT - this criterion evaluates the impression that your performance had on the judge. It can be anything a costume, an original trick, your smile, scenery, a wave of hair, etc. This is what is called the magic of dance, when you take your breath away from the individuality of the performer.