2025 Dance Competition
Northland Ballet & Dance 57th Annual Dance Competitions.
Venue
Capitaine Bougainville Theatre, Forum North, Whangarei.
Here is the 2024 competition programme with results. 2024 Programme
Classes
A complete list of all Competition Classes is available.
Rules
Find out what you have to do to enter the Dance Competition
Sponsorship
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2025 Adjudicator
Tyler Johnston
Tyler currently teaches at Auckland’s Studio 246 where she is head of Ballet and Contemporary for the studio. She also choreographs musicals for the National Youth Theatre in Auckland and Hamilton. She is the previous owner of Auckland Ballet Theatre where she taught ballet, jazz, tap, hip hop, PBT, latin american, and contemporary.
Tyler trained at Mount Eden Ballet Academy sitting all RAD & NZAMD exams with High Distinctions, then was accepted into the New Zealand School of Dance as a classical major and was selected to take regular classes with the Royal New Zealand Ballet
Company, she also joined them for their season of Swan Lake.
She then went on to dance in Australia and Vienna, Austria before coming home to become a qualified teacher with the Royal Academy of Dance in London.
As a dancer she trained 7 days a week in all genres, travelled to America with her dance troupes and competed in regular competitions. Tyler loves choreographing for solos and troupes as well as for musical theatre performances and just generally loves working with young people who are passionate about dance.
Entry Fees
Solos: $15 per item
Duos: $15 per item
Trios: $20 per item
Jazz and Tap Dance Championships: $20
Classical Ballet Variation: $20
National Young Performer: $25
Groups: $30 per group
Late entry fee: $10 for entries submitted during the week after the entry closing date.
Administration fees
Administration fees will not be charged for the 2023 & future competitions.
Note
All entries and fees must be received by the closing date.
Entries are only accepted when entry form and full payment are matched.
Programmes
There will be no printed programmes.
An pdf copy will be available via the competition app.
Competition Weekend Prices
Weekend Pass: $35 per person
Day Pass: $15 per person
Adults: $5 per session. Groups session: $10 per person.
Children 5 to 15 years: gold coin donation per session
Children under 5 years free
Northland Ballet & Dance Inc. Membership
Membership will entitle the holder to free admission to all competition sessions
$30 Single; $45 Double.
Join Northland Ballet and Dance
Sponsor a Competition Dance
The sponsor’s name is printed on the programme with their sponsored class. Sponsorship is $20 per class
Trophies
Please return all trophies won last year, professionally engraved and cleaned before 31 March 2025
Please deliver trophies to:
Northland Ballet & Dance Inc., PO Box 1680, Whangarei 0140.
or contact the Trophy Secretary, trophies@northlandballetanddance.nz