Solo dance contest
Klub Żak starts an OPEN CALL for the 14th edition of Solo Dance Contest, an international competition that every year gathers dancers and choreographers from all over the world.
The competition will take place during the 17th Gdańsk Dance Festival on September 22–25, 2025. The competition is addressed to all professional dancers from Poland and abroad who are over 18 years of age. Deadline for sending the application is March 31, 2025 at 23:59. We will invite selected solos to the main competition, which will be assessed by an international jury consisting of personalities from the world of contemporary dance. The total prize pool is EUR 6,000! During the competition, an audience prize of EUR 500 will be awarded, and the remaining EUR 5,500 will be distributed by the Jury between the 1st, 2nd and 3rd prizes.
During this year's edition, the Polish Solo Dance Contest.pl qualifiers will also be held for the first time. To participate in the qualifying rounds, which are scheduled for April 26-27, we will select from 10 to 12 solo performances performed by people from Poland, which will be presented to the audience and a group of experts. The pre-selection jury will select at least 5 works that will qualify for the main competition.
Who can apply?
All adult professional dancers with documented artistic activity and/or a dance studies diploma;
We are waiting for solo works that:
- are no shorter than 5 minutes and no longer than 20 minutes,
- premiered after January 1, 2024.
When?
- Deadline for submitting the application: March 31, 2025,
- Polish qualifying rounds for the competition: April 26-27, 2025,
- Main competition: September 22-25, 2025 (during the main program of the 17th Gdańsk Dance Festival).
What do we offer?
- Three financial prizes with a total value of EUR 5,500, which will be distributed by the Jury,
- Audience Award of EUR 500,
- invitation to Gdańsk and solo presentation on the Klub ŻAK stage,
- reimbursement of travel costs up to PLN 400 for people traveling within Poland and up to EUR 180 for people traveling from abroad,
- accommodation for the duration of the competition.
Charly Santagado / SDC 2024 / fot. Jan Rusek