The City of Plymouth Dance Festival
Venue
The venue for the Dance Festival is:
Lipson Co-Operative Academy
Bernice Terrace
Plymouth PL4 7PG
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Adjudicator
We are very excited to announce that the adjudicator for Plymouth’s 2025 Dance Festival is:
MADELEINE SHEA, FISTD, FIDTA Dip LCDD, PGCA
Madeleine trained at London College of Dance and Drama going on to dance professionally in TV shows and the theatre. She was also employed by the BBC as a choreographer and Visual Effects Designer working on many shows including The Les Dawson Show, The Morcambe and Wise Show, Doctor Who, Are you Being Served, The Two Ronnies, Tomorrows World, Bodymatters and Greenclaws.
Madeleine has examined for several leading Dance Organisations including online and video. She holds teaching qualifications with the ISTD in Ballet, Modern, Tap, Greek, National and additionally Ballroom and Latin American. She also holds 4 Fellowships with the IDTA. For many years she ran her own dancing school teaching Ballet, Modern, Jazz, Tap, Greek and National Dance. In addition, she has taught at Stella Mann College and has also taught at Urdang Academy. Currently she examines extensively both here and abroad. Madeleine is an adjudicator member of The British and International Federation of Festivals, is a TDCI Championship Adjudicator, and was awarded the PGCA (Post Graduate Certificate in Adjudication.) Madeleine is a Panel Member for All England Dance.
Return of Cups and Trophies
Auditing and preparing returned cups ready for presentation is a mammoth task and requires a lot of time, effort and space.
The cups and trophies needing to be returned by June 1st are those which had been presented in the previous years.
If you have any queries regarding the return of your cup or trophy, please use our contact form and select Cups and Tropies.
Supervision of Performers
Please remember that for the duration of the festival all teachers, parents, guardians and carers are responsible for the continuous care and supervision of their own children or pupils. If they are unable to attend personally, they must delegate their responsibilities to an identified adult and ensure that their children or pupils are aware of the identity and name of the person responsible for their care. This includes supervision throughout all Festival venues, performance and practice and changing areas that are be provided. A child’s carer must at least 18 years old.
For your information, please read Plymouth Festival’s Safer Festivals Statement which can be downloaded from the bottom of every page.
The Festival Performance
The Festival experience differs from the examination situation in that it offers participants the opportunity to perform on a public stage in front of an audience and receive a mark and feedback from a qualified adjudicator.
The adjudicator will therefore look for a complete performance, including attention to dress, entrances and exits, announcing and acknowledging both applause and, where appropriate, the accompanist.