Type: Dance (choreographers, dancers)
Deadline (closes): October 15, 2009
Eligibility: International, Open to all ages
Prizes: 0€ (+ certificates + international promotion + publication + edition of the work in an international anthology + the winner will be nominated for the Grand Prix Leonardo Da Vinci 2010).
Entry Fee: €0 first entry, €25 each additional.
The prize awards: The prize award will take place in the Netherlands on may 7, 2010 during the third wuacademia Festival in Groningen. The presence of the winners at the prize award day is highly needed

SUBMIT YOUR ARTWORK

WUACADEMIA FESTIVAL 2009
Saturday 9 May 2009 from 19h
LOCATION: THE SILO,
ADRES: ACTERWEG 47
9725 BM GRONINGEN
Behind the Central Station Groningen (2 minutes walk)
Sufficient parking

Communication: Contests 2009

Unfortunately, we could not meet up with our original deadline of March 31, 2009, due to
some technical reasons beyond our control. The new deadline now is October 15, 2009. We
sincerely apologize for any inconvenience this may cause any participant.

THE REGULATION OF THE COMPETITION

ITEM 1: The world-wide competition 2009 of the 4th art (DANCE) is organised by the World and Universal Academy foundation, in partnership with the WUACADEMIA company. It is open from Januari 5, 2009 to October 15, 2009. All artists, irrespective of age, sex, nationality or social situation …may participate.

ITEM 2: To participate in the competition, send an original choreography or several artistic dance. 

ITEM 3: The 2009 world competition of the 4th art (DANCE) will reward best artistic dance in the following categories:
- Hip-hop ;
- Rock and Roll ;
-  Disco ;
-  Classic dance ;
- Salsa ;
- contemporary African dance ;
- Traditional African dance.

ITEM 4: The three best choreographers from each genres will receive respectively:
- The golden Prize of the 4th art (CHOREOGRAPHER) (certificate and world-wide promotion);
-The silver Prize of the 4th art (CHOREOGRAPHER) (certificate and world-wide promotion);
-The bronze Prize of the 4th art (CHOREOGRAPHER) (certificate and world-wide promotion);

The three best dancers from each genres will receive respectively:
- The golden Prize of the 4th art (DANCER) (certificate and world-wide promotion);
-The silver Prize of the 4th art (DANCER) (certificate and world-wide promotion);
-The bronze Prize of the 4th art (DANCER) (certificate and world-wide promotion);

ITEM 5: The best work among the “gold Prizes" will receive the World-wide Grand Prize of the 4th art (DANCE)

ITEM 6: The concurrent work must be sent through Internet (in format PDF) and in A4 format paper.

ITEM 7: The works that are sent in will not be returned to their author. Once sent, the work will not be modified or completed by registering again. The author has to send his photography and his artistic curriculum vitae. Candidates are obliged  to send in their works either in Dutch, English or French in addition to their artistic curriculum vitae. The participants using a pseudonym must mention the two names (the true name and the pseudonym) on the participation card when paying for the entry fee,  otherwise they will be eliminated.

ITEM 8: ENTRY FEE (FEES): €0 first entry, €25 each additional. It is possible to present several works.  Every work will have an apart inscription to. The entry fee is non-refundable.

 ITEM 9: The competing works will be published on the site www.wuacademia.org from November 2, 2008. Netsurfers will then  be able to vote.  The netsurfers would vote and choose the best overall work. The candidates do not receive any rights of authors concerning the usage of their works by the World and Universal Academy notably in regards to the voting process on the net.

ITEM 10: The results will be announced on 10 Januari 2009.  The prize award will take place in the Netherlands on Mei 7, 2010 during the fourth world and universal Festival in Groningen.  The presence of the winners at the prize award day is highly needed.

ITEM 11: Candidates must submit only original work of arts. Any work that we receive from participants is assumed to be authentic work of the author. In the event of false claim the author will bare the consequence alone. We wish all the participants good luck.