Making Stars Shine Bright

Solent Spotlight Dance Festival is a ONE DAY only competition for solo dancers.

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Our sections available to enter are:

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STAGE - Modern Jazz / Lyrical / Musical Theatre / Acro

CLASSICAL - Ballet / Character / Global Dance / Greek

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There are no minimum solo number requirements to enter the festival, however dancers who choose to compete in three or more classes within either the Stage or Classical categories will be automatically eligible for the Overall Winner award in their age group. The exception will be Mini dancers who only need to compete in two genres. Dancers must compete in 3 sections within Stage or Classical to be considered for that award, it is not 3 (or 2) across BOTH categories, eg. Acro, Lyrical & Ballet would not count towards an award as there are only two classes entered in the Stage section and one in the Classical section. A dancer would require an additional Stage dance to be considered for the Stage Award and two more dances to be considered for the Classical Award. 

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The marks awarded for each competitor’s dances will be added together, and the dancer with the highest total score will be declared the winner. If a dancer performs in more than three classes within a category, only their three highest scores will be counted toward the total.

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Each competitor will receive a certificate and feedback from a professional adjudicator and 1st, 2nd and 3rd medal places will still be awarded for each class as usual.

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Adjudication will take place at the end of the morning or evening session with all medal places and overall winners announced. There will be no adjudication after each class.

 

Our Mini and Junior age groups will take place in the morning and our Inter and Senior dancers will be in the afternoon. Ages are taken from 1st July 2026. Age groups are the same as our Novice and Open festival with the exception that for this event Pre-Juniors will be called Minis.

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Entry fees are £8 per solo.

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Due to limited time constraints of a one day festival we have had to cap the number of entries on our Modern Jazz and Musical Theatre classes. If other classes are not full we will look to re-open entries on these where we can.

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Unfortunately, we are unable to offer a Tap section due to the floor surface.

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Entry is via the Play and Perform platform as usual, please enter the syllabus for the age group you will be entering. 

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www.playandperform.co.uk/solent

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