All competitors entering who are NOT current members of Aerial Dance Studios Ballarat must submit a 2 minute video entry when submitting your entry form via YouTube link. This does not have to be the routine you will be performing on the day. (For Aerial Dance students please leave this section blank on entry form) If you are unsure which level to enter, please ask your instructor.
There will be an entry fee of $25 for non members and $15 for current Aerial Dance members.
For members to receive member discount, you must log in into your GymMaster account, select purchase, buy new membership.
ENTRY CLOSE 15TH OF MARCH
COMPETITION INFORMATION
This year the competition will be held at Location: Freight Bar, Ballarat on the 11th Of May from 6:30pm.
Instructors, competitive level students and performers who have been on a main stage previously or done paid work must compete in elite.
The poles are 3.6m high brass 40mm, stage left will be spin, stage right will be static.
Stage dimensions: 6m wide 4m deep.
Distance between the poles is 3m.
Stage lighting will change colours periodically during the performance, competitors WILL NOT be able to pick specific lighting
Only liquid chalk products may be used on the pole. Other grip aids are allowed to be used on your body.
Sashes will be given to all place getters including specialty awards.
There will be a 500 dollar cash prize to the overall champion (this is the performer who has the overall highest score of the night. Battle division not included)
No nudity, pasties and g strings are allowed.
RULES FOR LEVELS
BEGINNER
CAN NOT perform any inverted skills.
CAN NOT perform drops of flips.
Must have 2 points of contact on the pole at all times.
LOW INTERMEDIATE
CAN only perform one single skill from any single invert. (No inverted combos)
CAN NOT perform flips, tumbles, drops or aerial inverts.
HIGH INTERMEDIATE
CAN aerial straddle and perform combinations.
CAN do drops and dismounts such as symphony dismount in which both hands are on the pole and the body only does a half rotation.
CAN NOT do full rotation flips or dismounts. Eg. Butterfly flip.
CAN NOT perform advanced strength skills such as aerial shoulder mount, handsprings and power holds.
NO extreme flexibility moves. Eg. Contortion skills such as Rainbow Marchenko.
ADVANCED
CAN NOT aerial handspring. Handsprings in any grip are allowed from the floor only. No deadlifts or power spins.
CAN NOT perform flips where the body completely loses contact with the pole.
ELITE
No rules.
DOUBLES
Open to all levels.
Must involve some synchronization, on or off the pole.
Must perform doubles acrobatic skills off the pole.
FLOORGASM
This section is for choreography only.
CAN NOT perform any skills on the pole (no inverted tricks or pole sits)
Dynamic jumps, drops and kicks as performed in dance styles such as "Hard Style" and "Russian Exotic" allowed.
Spins allowed.
BATTLE
Tricks only.
1 minute of tricks to a random song of our choice.
You will not be judged on costume or choreography.
You will only be judged based on the tricks you perform.
Must perform both dynamic and flexibility skills.
Open to all levels.
MUSIC MUST BE SUBMITTED TO aerialdancestudios@gmail.com BY 6TH OF APRIL IN MP3 FORMAT. Music may be no longer than 3 minutes. Music is first in best dressed so be sure to get in early.