TANGO BA MUNDIAL DE BAILE PRELIMINARY - CHAMPIONSHIP TERMS & CONDITION
IMPORTANT NOTE
THE RULES OF THE TANGO BA MUNDIAL DE BAILE PRELIMINARY SHOULD BE READ IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF THE FESTIVAL.
BY REGISTERING FOR THE TANGO BA MUNDIAL DE BAILE PRELIMINARY CHAMPIONSHIP THE PARTICIPANT ("YOU") ALSO ACCEPT THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF THE FESTIVAL ISTANBUL TANGO FIESTA.
REGISTRATION
REGISTRATION PROCESS and REQUIREMENTS
CHECK‐IN
The competition, in both categories, will be developed in 3 (three) stages (organisation has the right to add or subtract a category):
Qualifying Round - Semifinal - Final
In the Stage Tango category, each couple will compete individually, dancing to one song of their choice. The music piece shall not exceed (4) minutes and must be handed in to the Organization in CD format (two original copies in good condition).
Since the jury will evaluate the variety of choreographies exhibited, it is recommended that participants perform different choreographies for each of the Qualifying rounds, although this is not exclusive.
The Organization will be entitled to eliminate from the competition those participants that:
In order to ensure the impartiality and professional integrity of the jury members, contestants will not be able to participate in seminars, workshops and/or classes taught by any member of the jury before the compeition finalises, as long as they are in the competition.
JURY
The jury will be composed of a minimum of 4 (four) members, who— understanding and accepting the rules of the competition, and committing to their compliance— will determine the score of the participating couples. The Office of Festivals will appoint (with the agreement of the Organizer) 2 (two) of these members. The rest of the jury will be composed of professionals proposed by the PRELIMINARY, who will have to be approved by the Office of Festivals.
All the decisions of the jury will not be subject to appeal. By enrolling, participants accept this condition. In case of distrust or disagreement, participants may submit a written statement (in Spanish or English) to the Organization and NOT directly to the panel of evaluating judges. Any jury member who may have had a work relationship or been the teacher of any of the participants of the Preliminary for a period of at least 6 months close to the beginning of the competition, shall refrain from scoring such participant. For this purpose, both the voluntary statements of the jury and the information provided by participants when enrolling will be taken into account. In these cases, to get the couple’s final score, the judges’ scores will be added, and this amount will be divided by the number of jury members who actually voted.
The final score for each performance will result from the accumulation of points, given by each member of the jury on a scale of 1 to 10, in accordance with the criteria described in the following section.
The jury will choose a winning couple in each category. Also, the jury (with the agreement of the Organizer) may grant awards and special mentions to the second and third place, and will be entitled to award other mentions if deemed appropriate.
In exceptional cases (power interruption, incidents on stage, etc.), the jury may determine that contestants should dance to additional songs to arrive at a fair verdict. Participants may not refuse to perform.
In case of a tie, the couples with the same final score will have to break the draw, either by dancing an additional round until a winning couple emerges from the votes of the jury.
SUPERVISOR
There will be a supervisor that is appointed by the Office of Festivals and Central Events (from Buenos Aires, Argentina). The Supervisor will bear the responsibility of ensuring the compliance of the present Rules and properly solve any inconvenience not considered in these Rules and establish or inform about the clarifying or interpretative rules that he considers necessary.
CATEGORIES
Tango De Pista
(unrestricted entry, amateurs and professionals)
(unrestricted entry, amateurs and professionals)
FILMING and PHOTOGRAPHING
The Organization of the Preliminary (Istanbul Tango Fiesta) reserves the right to record all the stages of the Championship, by any means known or to be known—including but not limited to filming, recording, photographing, digitalization, etc.—by itself or third parties, in order to promote and advertise the event. The recorded material obtained will be exclusive property of the Organization of the Preliminary, who will have to turn a copy of it, as established by the Collaboration Agreement, to the Office of Festivals. By entering the Championship, participants explicitly and irrevocably authorize the use of the recorded material, without this suggesting—or implying—any compensation for any reason whatsoever by the Organization of the Preliminary and/or the Office of Festivals, in favor of any person or organization that claims entitlement to any right that may be invoked. This clause also includes, without limitations, all photographic material published and/or made available for promotion, advertisement, etc.
PRIZES
Each category of the PRELIMINARY OF TANGO BUENOS AIRES FESTIVAL AND DANCE WORLD CUP 2018 will have one winning couple, who will automatically qualify to compete at the TANGO BUENOS AIRES FESTIVAL AND DANCE WORLD CUP 2018, starting in the semi-final rounds.
The prizes for the winners of the Tango de Pista and Stage Tango Categories will be provided by the Organization of the Preliminary (Istanbul Tango Fiesta) and will consist of two tickets from the city of the Preliminary (Istanbul) to the City of Buenos Aires, including airfares and travel, accommodation and meal expenses for the days of the semi-finals and finals of TANGO BUENOS AIRES FESTIVAL AND DANCE WORLD CUP 2018, in the month of August.
A couple’s registration and subsequent check‐in implies knowledge and acceptance of these Rules by each one of the participants.
1st Place
2nd Place
3rd Place
4th Place
5th Place
PARTICIPATION FEE
The participation fee is 25 Euros for one person for each (one) category (50 Euros for one couple for one category). The participation fee is non-refundable due to any reasons.
PARTICIPANT REQUIREMENTS
All contestants must join all the ceremonies, events, photo shootings and other advertisement organised during the championship and additional to this, the winners (the contestants who are in the first 5 place) must join to these events after the championship as requested by the organisation.
GENERAL REMINDERS
The Organisation Team have the right to change the rules, time or shape of the organisation due to unexpected events or any other reasons.
IMPORTANT NOTE
THE RULES OF THE TANGO BA MUNDIAL DE BAILE PRELIMINARY SHOULD BE READ IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF THE FESTIVAL.
BY REGISTERING FOR THE TANGO BA MUNDIAL DE BAILE PRELIMINARY CHAMPIONSHIP THE PARTICIPANT ("YOU") ALSO ACCEPT THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF THE FESTIVAL ISTANBUL TANGO FIESTA.
REGISTRATION
- To be eligible to register, dance partners must be 18 years of age by the start date of the local competition and must demonstrate a minimum of 1 (one) years of residence within the area of influence of the corresponding Preliminary.
- Participants are not allowed to register two or more times in the same category, but it will be possible in different ones, with the same or a different partner.
- If both members of the couple are natives or residents of different cities, they will have to choose the city of residence or birth of either one, as couples are allowed to represent only one city.
- Eligible countries (in alphabetical order): Bulgaria, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Israel, Kazakhstan, Lebanon, Netherlands, Poland, Romania, Russia, Serbia, Turkey, United Arab Emirates and Ukraine.
REGISTRATION PROCESS and REQUIREMENTS
- All the contestants will have to register online and make the payment within 5 business days of the registration. The contestants also have to be present at 7 June 2018 (17:30 Istanbul Time) the first date of the competition in Istanbul. This date & time is subject to change. Please refer to the website closer to the date of the competition for possible changes.
CHECK‐IN
- In order to check in, all contestants must attend on the date and time specified by the Organization of the Preliminary, with their ID card. At this opportunity, they will receive the order number and be informed of the approximate dates and times on which they will perform in the different stages of the corresponding category.
- Those who do not check in will not be able to participate in the championship. A delay will only be considered in duly proven cases of force majeure, except in the event of circumstances of public knowledge.
- At the time of check‐in, contestants will have to complete a form with their personal details, and with any other additional information required by the organization. On this form, they shall inform if they have had a work, professional or personal relationship with any of the members of the jury from the competition, in the last 180 days prior to the championship.
- All the information provided at the time of check‐in will be considered a sworn statement. Any contradiction in the information, subsequent to the signature, shall be penalized by the Organization with the subtraction of points, disqualification from the competition, or any other resolution that this body may establish.
- The ID and the registration form must be shown at every stage of the competition.
- All championship contestants commit themselves to participate in various ceremonies and events planned by the Organization of the Preliminary—such as press conferences, interviews for radio stations and over‐the‐air or cable television channels, etc.—if they are summoned for such purpose.
The competition, in both categories, will be developed in 3 (three) stages (organisation has the right to add or subtract a category):
Qualifying Round - Semifinal - Final
- Qualifying Round: All registered couples will participate. They will dance twice (on the same or on a different day, according to the schedule established by the Organization)
- Semifinal: Couples that have been selected in the Qualifying Round will participate.
- Final: Couples that have been selected in the Semifinal will participate.
In the Stage Tango category, each couple will compete individually, dancing to one song of their choice. The music piece shall not exceed (4) minutes and must be handed in to the Organization in CD format (two original copies in good condition).
Since the jury will evaluate the variety of choreographies exhibited, it is recommended that participants perform different choreographies for each of the Qualifying rounds, although this is not exclusive.
The Organization will be entitled to eliminate from the competition those participants that:
- Do not comply with Championship he rules;
- Commit any moral offense or improper act that tarnishes the image of the Championship or may cause displeasure in the public;
- Try to impose a political or religious point of view during the competition;
- Doesn’t act properly at all times during the festival;
- Writing, publishing an unethical statement about the competition before, during or after the festival and/or the competition.
In order to ensure the impartiality and professional integrity of the jury members, contestants will not be able to participate in seminars, workshops and/or classes taught by any member of the jury before the compeition finalises, as long as they are in the competition.
JURY
The jury will be composed of a minimum of 4 (four) members, who— understanding and accepting the rules of the competition, and committing to their compliance— will determine the score of the participating couples. The Office of Festivals will appoint (with the agreement of the Organizer) 2 (two) of these members. The rest of the jury will be composed of professionals proposed by the PRELIMINARY, who will have to be approved by the Office of Festivals.
All the decisions of the jury will not be subject to appeal. By enrolling, participants accept this condition. In case of distrust or disagreement, participants may submit a written statement (in Spanish or English) to the Organization and NOT directly to the panel of evaluating judges. Any jury member who may have had a work relationship or been the teacher of any of the participants of the Preliminary for a period of at least 6 months close to the beginning of the competition, shall refrain from scoring such participant. For this purpose, both the voluntary statements of the jury and the information provided by participants when enrolling will be taken into account. In these cases, to get the couple’s final score, the judges’ scores will be added, and this amount will be divided by the number of jury members who actually voted.
The final score for each performance will result from the accumulation of points, given by each member of the jury on a scale of 1 to 10, in accordance with the criteria described in the following section.
The jury will choose a winning couple in each category. Also, the jury (with the agreement of the Organizer) may grant awards and special mentions to the second and third place, and will be entitled to award other mentions if deemed appropriate.
In exceptional cases (power interruption, incidents on stage, etc.), the jury may determine that contestants should dance to additional songs to arrive at a fair verdict. Participants may not refuse to perform.
In case of a tie, the couples with the same final score will have to break the draw, either by dancing an additional round until a winning couple emerges from the votes of the jury.
SUPERVISOR
There will be a supervisor that is appointed by the Office of Festivals and Central Events (from Buenos Aires, Argentina). The Supervisor will bear the responsibility of ensuring the compliance of the present Rules and properly solve any inconvenience not considered in these Rules and establish or inform about the clarifying or interpretative rules that he considers necessary.
CATEGORIES
Tango De Pista
(unrestricted entry, amateurs and professionals)
- Once formed, the couple must not separate while the music is playing. For the position to be considered correct, the body of one of the members of the couple must be contained all the time by the arm of the other. It is understood that in certain figures, this may be flexible, but not throughout the duration of the dance.
- All movements must be made within the space allowed by the couple’s embrace.
- The Jury will take into account the couple’s musicality and walking style as fundamental to the score.
- Within these parameters, the couple may perform any commonly used figures of “social” tango, including barridas (sweeps), sacadas al piso (drawn to the floor), enrosques (twists), etc.
- Jumps, figures that involve losing the contact of both feet with the floor and all other choreographic possibilities typical of Stage Tango are completely forbidden.
- As is typical in a dancehall, couples must constantly move counterclockwise and may not stay in the same part of the choreographic space as this would obstruct the circulation on the dance floor.
- Outfits will not be taken into consideration during the judging process.
(unrestricted entry, amateurs and professionals)
- Participants will be able to express their view of the Argentine tango dance.
- This means that couples will be allowed to perform movements, figures and applications that are not directly related to the traditional tango dance. But the choreography must include traditional elements of tango: figure eights, spins, long walks, voleos, hooks, and the “milonguero embrace.”
- Couples will be able to break the embrace and use techniques from other dance disciplines, as long as they are justified and enrich the performance of the dancer.
- Aerial tricks and movements from other dance disciplines must not be excessive. This means that they must not exceed a third of the overall performance. The couple must include floor movement sequences throughout the whole stage floor.
- Outfits will not be taken into consideration during the judging process.
- If a technical problem should occur, the Jury will evaluate the repetition of the choreography at the end of the assigned performing time slot.
- In case of having a problem with the choreography, the couple will decide whether to continue dancing or not, and the Jury will evaluate the manner and grace with which they solve the inconvenience; but the couple will not be allowed to repeat the performance.
FILMING and PHOTOGRAPHING
The Organization of the Preliminary (Istanbul Tango Fiesta) reserves the right to record all the stages of the Championship, by any means known or to be known—including but not limited to filming, recording, photographing, digitalization, etc.—by itself or third parties, in order to promote and advertise the event. The recorded material obtained will be exclusive property of the Organization of the Preliminary, who will have to turn a copy of it, as established by the Collaboration Agreement, to the Office of Festivals. By entering the Championship, participants explicitly and irrevocably authorize the use of the recorded material, without this suggesting—or implying—any compensation for any reason whatsoever by the Organization of the Preliminary and/or the Office of Festivals, in favor of any person or organization that claims entitlement to any right that may be invoked. This clause also includes, without limitations, all photographic material published and/or made available for promotion, advertisement, etc.
PRIZES
Each category of the PRELIMINARY OF TANGO BUENOS AIRES FESTIVAL AND DANCE WORLD CUP 2018 will have one winning couple, who will automatically qualify to compete at the TANGO BUENOS AIRES FESTIVAL AND DANCE WORLD CUP 2018, starting in the semi-final rounds.
The prizes for the winners of the Tango de Pista and Stage Tango Categories will be provided by the Organization of the Preliminary (Istanbul Tango Fiesta) and will consist of two tickets from the city of the Preliminary (Istanbul) to the City of Buenos Aires, including airfares and travel, accommodation and meal expenses for the days of the semi-finals and finals of TANGO BUENOS AIRES FESTIVAL AND DANCE WORLD CUP 2018, in the month of August.
A couple’s registration and subsequent check‐in implies knowledge and acceptance of these Rules by each one of the participants.
1st Place
- Two airline tickets from the city of the Preliminary (Istanbul) to the City of Buenos Aires, including airfares and travel, accommodation and meal expenses for the days of the semifinals and finals;
- The winners will participate in the cast of the next addition of Istanbul Tango Fiesta: Festival and Championship as performers;
- Free entrance to the weekly milongas organised by Tangoturk, Tangoist & Tango Noa for the 2018 calendar year;
- Any other presents the sponsors may hand out.
2nd Place
- Full pass including accommodation to the Cunda Tango Camp orgnised by Tangoist;
- The 2nd place holders will participate in the cast of the Cunda Tango Camp as performers in 2019;
- Free entrance to the weekly milongas organised by Tangoturk, Tangoist & Tango Noa for the 2018 calendar year;
- Any other presents the sponsors may hand out.
3rd Place
- Full Milonga Pass and 4 Workshops Pass to Istanbul Tango Ritua 2018l;
- Free entrance to the weekly milongas organised by Tangoturk, Tangoist & Tango Noa for the 2018 calendar year;
- Any other presents the sponsors may hand out.
4th Place
- Free entrance to the weekly milongas organised by Tangoturk, Tangoist & Tango Noa for the 2018 calendar year;
- Any other presents the sponsors may hand out.
5th Place
- Any other presents the sponsors may hand out.
PARTICIPATION FEE
The participation fee is 25 Euros for one person for each (one) category (50 Euros for one couple for one category). The participation fee is non-refundable due to any reasons.
PARTICIPANT REQUIREMENTS
All contestants must join all the ceremonies, events, photo shootings and other advertisement organised during the championship and additional to this, the winners (the contestants who are in the first 5 place) must join to these events after the championship as requested by the organisation.
GENERAL REMINDERS
The Organisation Team have the right to change the rules, time or shape of the organisation due to unexpected events or any other reasons.