NORTH LAND
DANCE
NORTH
Salekhard
November 6-9
iLANDi
FIRST INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL OF CONTEMPORARY DANCE IN YAMAL
We have created a platform that unites and inspires dancers from different regions. The capital of Yamal itself will be an important part of the Festival. Reindeer, northern lights, the boundary of the Arctic Circle — the participants will see it all!
WHAT WE OFFER
CHOREOGRAPHY WITH AN EXPERT FOR THE WINNER
PROFESSIONAL FEEDBACK
CONTESTS AND WORKSHOPS
ENTERTAINMENT PROGRAM
TRADITIONS AND TREATS OF YAMAL
FOR PARTICIPANTS
WHO CAN PARTICIPATE?
- Educational theater studios
- Professional dance companies
- Amateur dance groups
- Independent creative associations
AGE CATEGORIES
The appropriate age is a prerequisite:
The team leader may be over 35 y.o.
- For citizens of the Russian Federation — from 16 to 35 y.o.
- For citizens of foreign countries — from 18 to 35 y.o.
The team leader may be over 35 y.o.
APPLICATION
The team shall attach a video with a dance performance to the application form. It is obligatory to apply for the "Big Forms" category. Other categories are optional.
Requirements for the video:
Requirements for the video:
- The video performance shall comply with the category
- The performance on the video shall be the one the team will present at the Festival
- One category — one attached video
EXPENSES
Participation, accommodation and meals are free of charge. Travelling is at your expense. But we have made a reservation with Yamal Airlines, so please contact us.
Nominations
“BIG FORMS”
Team: 8-12 people
Up to 5 minutes
Obligatory category
Up to 5 minutes
Obligatory category
“SMALL FORMS”
Team: 2-4 people
Up to 4 minutes
Up to 4 minutes
“SOLO”
1 participant
Up to 3 minutes
Up to 3 minutes
GRAND PRIX
The Grand Prix winner will stage a dance performance under the guidance of an expert from the jury. The final choreography may be presented in any festivals and competitions.
If a participant wins in the "Small forms" or "Solo" category, the prize goes to the whole team.
If a participant wins in the "Small forms" or "Solo" category, the prize goes to the whole team.
QUALIFYING STAGE EXPERTS
FESTIVAL EXPERTS
ELIZAVETA DRUZHININA
Moscow
Choreographer, teacher, participant of the "Tantsy" show on the TNT channel
ALISA LISHENKO
Yekaterinburg
Choreographer, participant of the "Tantsy" show on the TNT channel, producer of shows, musicals and theater performances
ALEXANDER SHIPITSIN
BORIS SHIPULIN
Moscow
Saint Petersburg
Choreographer, teacher
Style: Contemporary and Vogue
Style: Contemporary and Vogue
Director, choreographer
KONSTANTIN KEYKHEL
Saint Petersburg
Dancer, choreographer Inner Company
Liza Zhukova
Amsterdam
Dancer, choreographer and teacher of Contemporary Dance
FESTIVAL STAGES
01
REGISTRATION
02
Experts evaluate each application and video and send invitations to those who have been selected.
Oct 3 – Oct 18
03
YAMAL DANCE FESTIVAL
The teams compete in three categories in the city on the Arctic Circle.
Salekhard, Nov 6-9
YOUR OWN PRODUCTION
Experts create a personalized dance production for the Grand Prix winners of the Festival.
To be organized in the city of the winning team
PROJECT TEAM
Anna Marakhovskaya
Head of the Festival
Anastasia Egorova
Program Director
Aleksandr Fedorov
Technical Director
Ekaterina Chalova
Participants Support Manager
ORGANISERS AND PARTNERS
REGISTRATION
A team can indicate any number of categories in one application.
Please note that participation in each category requires a separate video.
"Big Forms" is the obligatory category for each team.
Please note that participation in each category requires a separate video.
"Big Forms" is the obligatory category for each team.
Registration is closed
STILL HAVE QUESTIONS?
Contact Anastasia, the Program Director
ALEXANDER SHIPITSIN
Moscow
Choreographer, teacher
Style: Contemporary and Vogue
Style: Contemporary and Vogue
- Artistic Director of Theater of Dance Forms "Contrast"
- Choreographer and director of more than 20 dance performances
- Director of All-Russian Ballet Competition and Festival "A.T.O.M."
- Medal winner of the Delphic Games of Russia and CIS
- Winner of international theater festivals in the Czech Republic, Germany, Lithuania and Latvia
ALISA LISHENKO
Yekaterinburg
Choreographer, participant of the "Tantsy" show on the TNT channel, producer of shows, musicals and theater performances
- Participant of the 1st, 2d and 7th seasons of the "Tantsy" show on the TNT channel
- Ballet master
- Founder of Dance School "Rework"
- Performer and choreographer of Ural Industrial Biennale of Contemporary Art
- Head and choreographer of "Rework crew"
- Winner of Russian Dance Championship "Projects 818" in the Best Dance Show category
- Winner of Volga Champ 2023 in the Best Dance Show category
BORIS SHIPULIN
Saint Petersburg
Director, choreographer
- Artistic Director of International Dance Center
- Silver Medal winner of the DAP International Choreography Competition (Italy)
- Winner of the Russian President’s Prize for Culture
- Choreographer of the "Leningrad Center" show-space
- Expert of the dance section of the Russian Student Spring
- Choreographer of the "Dance Revolution" project on Channel One
- Сhoreographer-director of the one-act ballets "Okamenelye" and "Zhazhda" at the Hermitage Theater
- Сhoreographer of the "Bile, Kazakhstan" television project
- Choreographer of St Petersburg State Musical Theatre "Karambol"
- Show choreographer on Channel One
KONSTANTIN KEYKHEL
Saint Petersburg
Dancer, choreographer Inner Company
- Founder of "Inner Company"
- Artist of the "Provintsialnye tantsy" theater under the direction of Tatiana Baganova
- Choreographer at Mariinsky Theater, Leonid Yakobson Ballet Theatre, St. Gallen Theatre, Codarts, Ural Opera and Evgeny Panfilov Ballet Theatre,
- Assistant choreographer at the Diaghilev Festival
- Participant of Bolshoi Theater Programme for Young Choreographers "Faces", workshop "Dance-platforma", Workshop for Choreographers at the Perm Opera and Ballet Theatre, Workshop for Young Choreographers "Telo v glavnoy roli" at the "Danceinversion" Festival and the Bolshoi Theater
- Finalist of the "Context. Diana Vishneva" Festival
- Winner of the prize of the Union of Theater Workers of the Russian Federetion and the "Dusha tantsa" award
Liza Zhukova
Amsterdam
Dancer, choreographer and teacher of Contemporary Dance
- Graduate of Amsterdamse Hogeschool voor de Kunsten,
- Director of such productions as "Jealous", "FearLess", "Gravity", "Pretend"
- Winner in the "Best Dancer" category of the Festival "Context. Diana Vishneva"
- Special Prize Winner of the Festival "Direzioni Altre"
- Choreographer of "Roberto Devereux" by Gaetano Donizetti in the Dutch National Opera.
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