The City of Plymouth Dance Festival
2024
The 2024 City of Plymouth Dance Festival will be held for 9 days from Saturday July 20th through to Sunday July 28th at Lipson Co-operative Academy. We are also pleased to be returning to Lipson Co-Operative Academy. We heard over and over again that because of the friendly, positive atmosphere, the venue, the helpfulness of Lipson’s staff and the festival volunteers, “Plymouth dance festival was their favourite 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 2024 Dance Festival is:
Vicki Durning
Vicki trained under the highly regarded Maureen Law where she gained great experience in performing at festival and Championship level, reaching the final 6 in Miss Dance of Great Britain, which has stood her in great stead in the training of her own students who have also gone on to high achievement with many winning Championship titles as well as two 3rd places at Miss Dance and a Runner Up.
Vicki works as a freelance teacher at vocational colleges as well as maintaining her own school which was established in 1980 and is often called upon to choreograph for shows and individual festival pieces.
She was appointed as an examiner of the IDTA in 1996 and now sits on the Tap Faculty of the association creating all new syllabus work. Over the years she has conducted many Scholarship classes for the IDTA and other associations as well as lecturing in all genres of dance. Many of her past pupils are now working in the industry, including the Westend and Ballet companies.
Encouraging the talent of today through adjudicating has always been a passion of hers and so was highly delighted to be appointed as an adjudicator for The British and International Federation.
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.